Center for Occupational Safety and Fire Protection (CIVOP s.r.o.)
The company started its operations in Prague in 1993 as a small family business. The former Occupational Safety Information and Education Centre (CIVOP) in the Czech Republic, was an independent, private facility active at national and international level and serving industry, the public administration, and government departments. CIVOP was the Czech national centre of the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre in Geneva (CIS-ILO). Its functions encompassed the gathering and dissemination of information, the setting up of databases, education and training of management personnel and professionals, organisation of international and national conferences and seminars, and consultation activity. CIVOP wasrepresented on the board of the Czech chamber of commerce and in the Czech government council responsible for health and safety at work.
CIVOP was responsible for developing criteria and analysing examples of good practice in the new Member States and candidate countries.
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Faculty of Safety Engineering VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava
The Faculty of Safety Engineering is the youngest faculty of VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic was established in 2002 in response to the growing demand of practice for highly educated professionals in the area of safety engineering and for related scientific research activities. The establishment of the new faculty represented a continuation of a long-term process of development in scientific research activities and fields of study oriented towards safety and fire protection at VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava.
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Occupational Safety Research Institute (VÚBP)
The Occupational Safety Research Institute (VÚBP, v.v.i.) is a public research institution founded by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic. The aim of the establishment of VÚBP, v.v.i. is conducting scientific research in occupational safety and health protection at work as well as conducting specific tasks stemming from the International Labour Organisation conventions, existing legal regulations in OSH, requirements of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Eurostat and needs of the founder and the labour inspection.
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