ENETOSH Network Connections

ASEAN-OSHNET as an effective network in fostering a safe and healthy working environment to bring about a productive and competitive workforce, towards a better quality of life. Member countries are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The mission of the network is beneficial cooperation and solidarity among the national OSH institutions of the ASEAN countries, high capability of national OSH institutions in OSH promotion, training and research, free flow of OSH information, particularly through utilization of information and communication technology, as well as harmonization of OSH standards and guidelines.
The members countries all have a focus on one of the different fields of OSH. The Philippines have their focus on the field of education and training.

BALcanOSH.net is a wide network of professional civil society organizations, supported by the social partners in promoting the idea that creating a preventive culture can lead to safer and healthier jobs. During the BALcanOSH initial meeting in Pristina in September 2016, the new network was initiated.
MOSHA (Macedonian Occupational Safety And Health Association), a member of the ENETOSH network, is the leading institution, in partnership with the Serbian, Kosovar, Albanian and Montenegrin OSH associations, in associate partnership with the IOSH, Croatian OSH institute, Slovenian association of safety engineers and Bulgarian OSH foundation.

The Alliance for Education is a unique network in the education sector. With members from all levels of the educational landscape and as an interface between the education industry and the public sector, the Alliance for Education offers exciting points of contact for individual and joint work in the transformation of digital education. The BfB members have the opportunity to support decision-makers from business and politics directly in the digital transformation of education and to support the exchange of experience for non-profit activities in the field of the information society and to bundle project plans. The Alliance for Education is also involved in various international initiatives, such as the European EdTech Alliance.

The Danish UNESCO-ASP (Associated Schools Project) network is part of the International UNESCO ASP Network, which presently includes 11,500 schools and educational institutions in 182 countries.

The Danish UNESCO ASP network contains of 37 schools: three primary, 14 primary & lower secondary, 18 upper secondary schools, one vocational training, and two teacher training Colleges. All together they are called Sustainable Development Goals Schools – in short UNESCO SDG Schools.

European Association of Schools of Occupational Medicine

The European Association of Schools of Occupational Medicine (EASOM) exists to promote the highest standards of education and training in occupational medicine in Europe. This will be achieved through the exchange of knowledge, skills and experience of teaching and training between member schools.

European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training

EfVET is one of the leading European-wide professional associations which has been created by, and for, Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers. EfVET’s policy and strategy are formulated by its member colleges and VET institutions. It collaborates with but is independent of all government and funding bodies. Its income is derived from membership subscription, grants and sponsorship.

European Network for Mental Health Promotion

The ENMHP is a network for people interested in mental health promotion. ENMHP has more than 1600 members from Europe and beyond. ENMHP membership includes policy makers, practitioners and educators. The network aims to influence practitioners, policy makers, professionals and administrators. ENMHP builds on the work of ProMenPol project. ProMenPol was a 36-month project being undertaken by partners from Germany, Austria, Ireland, Finland, Estonia, Greece and Belgium. The project was a co-ordination action funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme. One of the tasks of the project was to improve the understanding of health determinants (specifically: to increase understanding/ knowledge across Member States in research terms, of health promotion and health protection policy for mental health, comparison of best practice, the prevention of mental disorders in environments such as educational institutions, workplaces, residential homes for the elderly, together with an identification of the impact of such measures on cognitive and emotional development).

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) is an informal network of national occupational health and safety institutes, public health, health promotion and statutory social insurance institutions. ENWHP is a platform for all stakeholders interested in the improvement of workplace health and committed to working towards the vision & mission of the ENWHP: "healthy employees in healthy organisations". Currently the network has national contact offices in 28 countries.

European Training Foundation

ETF's mission is to help transition and developing countries harness the potential of their human capital through the reform of education, training, and labour market systems, in the context of EU external relations policies. ETF supports 29 countries bordering the EU to improve their vocational education and training systems, analyse skills needs, and develop their labour markets. By doing so, ETF helps them to improve social cohesion and achieve more sustainable economic growth, which in turn benefits Member States and their citizens by improving economic relations.

European Providers of Vocational Education and Training

EUproVET is a representational platform for European VET providers. EUproVET contributes to the European agenda by providing the labour market with a skilled and high qualified labour force, contributing to social inclusion, from both the social and economic perspectives, contributing to life long learning, creating smooth pathways to higher stages of education and contributing to an open European Vocational Education and Training Area (EVETA).

The European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) is Europe's largest network of institutions and individuals dealing with e-learning, and – more broadly speaking – open and distance education. Its purpose is to share knowledge and improve understanding amongst professionals in distance and e-learning.

The European Community for Safety and Health at Work (EHEA) is a professional association of occupational safety professionals that disseminates world best practices and develops occupational safety and health competencies. The experts of the association are specialists with practical experience in international companies and European qualifications.

In their professional activity the members of the ESOSH share the visionof the community that life is the highest value and do their utmost to prevent any harm to human life and health, carry out missions– form a safe mindset and spread leadership in occupational safety, seek to the goal– develop their own professional competence and become a source of development for others and achieve goals: disseminate knowledge obtained from qualified, experienced security professionals, combine efforts with other professionals who share the desire for safe work and European values and spread the attitude to labor protection as a moral obligation.

The Eurydice Network provides information on and analyses of European education systems and policies.
It consists of 42 national units based in 38 countries participating in the Erasmus+ programme (28 Member States, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey). It is coordinated and managed by the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in Brussels, which drafts its publications and databases.

European Vocational Training Association

The European Vocational Training Association – EVTA, is a leading European network in the field of Vocational Education and Training, representing VET providers across Europe. Established in Belgium in 1998 as an International No-Profit Association (AISBL), EVTA is the result of the cooperation between VET providers from different EU countries in the framework of the Euroqualification project.

Founded in 2017 by Sizwe Nxasana and Dr Judy Dlamini, Future Nation Schools is a network of independent schools that aims to lead the African Education Revolution through relevant, futuristic, Africa-focused and technology-enabled education.

International Commission on Occupational Health

In 1985, the ICOH established a Scientific Committee on Education and Training in Occupational Health. This Scientific committee has been established to improve education and training in the field of health and safety at work, inclusive the education of medical students and students of other relevant disciplines, the education of occupational health nurses, occupational physicians, occupational hygienists, safety experts, psychologists, and other experts in occupational safety and health (OSH), and the education of non-OSH experts relevant for occupational safety and health, such as general practitioners in primary health care, human resource managers and engineers.
The aim is to raise the level of knowledge and skills on all aspects of occupational safety and health. The education and training includes not only the vocational training of relevant professionals but also the cycle of lifelong learning. The committee is similarly committed to the education and training in occupational safety and health of workers and managers, their representatives, and of volunteers active in this field. As education and access to and use of reliable information are closely connected, the committee will take the need to improve access and use of reliable information into account.

The International Network of Safety & Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO)

INSHPO is the global voice for the occupational safety and health profession and acts as a forum for international collaboration among professional organisations to improve safety and health at work. INSHPO started from an appreciation that occupational safety and health issues and concerns are not limited by national borders. With the increasing worldwide distribution of products and provision of services, the widespread migration of workers, and the conduct of international corporate activities, almost every issue that occupational safety and health professionals face is global in scope. Yet, in this climate, practising generalists often lack the facility to influence policymakers on a global scale and establish effective, mutually supportive international networks and address concerns of common interest. In response, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) in the United Kingdom created INSHPO in 2001. INSHPO has since grown to include 14 member organisations in 11 countries.

International Occupational Hygiene Association

The International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA) represents the global community of occupational hygienists. IOHA is an association of occupational hygiene organisations from across the world, all of which are dedicated to the discipline and application of the inherent principles of occupational hygiene.
The Occupational Hygiene Training Association (OHTA) was formed to promote better standards of occupational hygiene practice throughout the world and provide training in the discipline. IOHA supports OHTA and are working together to provide formal recognition of the qualifications delivered by the OHTA training programmes.

The Special Commission on Prevention of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) is composed of 13 international prevention sections. One of these sections is dedicated to education and training for prevention.
The ISSA is the world's leading international organization for social security institutions, government departments and agencies. The ISSA promotes excellence in social security administration through professional guidelines, expert knowledge, services and support to enable its members to develop dynamic social security systems and policy throughout the world. Founded in 1927 under the auspices of the International Labour Organization, the ISSA counts more than 320 member organizations in over 150 countries.

Links:
Website of the Section of the ISSA on Education and Training for Prevention: www.issa.int/en/web/prevention-education

The Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network was launched in October 1993 at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA). It includes occupational health specialists primarily from Canada, Mexico and the United States who are active in the APHA, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), National Safety Council (NSC) and the 20-plus local grassroots Committees for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) groups in the U.S. and Canada.
The Network has expanded its work from Mexico to include projects in Bangladesh, Central American, China, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
The Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network is a volunteer network of 300 occupational safety and health professionals who have placed their names on a resource list to provide information, technical assistance and on-site instruction regarding workplace hazards to worker and community organizations in the developing world. Network members, including industrial hygienists, toxicologists, epidemiologists, occupational physicians and nurses, and health educators among others, are donating their time and expertise to create safer and healthier working conditions for workers employed by transnational corporations around the world.

Since 2016 the NEU has been operating an on-line health and safety forum so that members can communicate with each other, develop networks, share good practice/success stories, publicise events and seek answers to particular questions. There are currently 371 members, including NUT school representatives, health and safety representatives, health and safety officers and staff. When a member of the group sends an email from the group email address, it goes to everyone in the group and replies also go to all members

Mail address of the forum:
nut-health-and-safety-forum@googlegroups.com

As a designated WHO collaborating centre, the members of the global network of WHO collaborating centres for occupational health's overall purpose is to assist the organization in implementing the World Health Assembly Resolution 60.26: the Global Plan of Action on Workers' Health, 2008-2017. Members of the network are currently undertaking activities in line with the workplan objectives for the period 2012-2017.

OIC Network for Occupational Safety and Health (OIC-OSHNET) is a transnational networks project under the framework of Vocational Education and Training Programme for Islamic Countries (OIC-VET). It was proposed by the Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in order to establish closer cooperation for sharing knowledge, experience and new technologies, conduct joint research and training, exchange of good practices and to organize new initiatives, projects and programmes in the field of Occupational Safety and Health among similar local, national and regional institutions, OSH researchers and practitioners, national authorities, policy makers, social security institutions and employers' and workers' organizations active in this field in the OIC Member Countries.

EU-OSHA’s OSHVET project aims to raise awareness of occupational safety and health (OSH) among teachers and students in vocational education and training (VET), and provide practical information and resources at regional and national levels across EU, EFTA and accession countries.

The US National Safety Council (NSC) with global partners organise the Robert W. Campbell Award, an international award for business excellence. The Award recognizes companies that have successfully integrated health, safety and environmental management into their overall business operations.
The Award programme is supported by a network of more than 20 Global Partners across five continents. The Award business cases have been converted to be used as resources for engineering and business schools, and to promote partnerships with business schools and cooperation among professors/lecturers.
In 2009, ENETOSH joined the global network of the Robert W. Campbell Award.

THE SDG 8 INITIATIVE is the University of Gothenburg´s commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 8 of the 2030 Agenda. The aim is to achieve sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. The University of Gothenburg, as part of the International Association of Universities (IAU) and its Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD) Cluster, has been asked to take a lead specifically on SDG 8. Every goal has its lead university, resulting in a global network of universities coordinating different goals.

Schools for Health in Europe network (SHE) aims to support organisations and professionals to further develop and sustain school health promotion in each country by providing the European platform for school health promotion. The network is coordinated by CBO, as a WHO Collaborating Centre for School Health Promotion.

The Global Public-Private Knowledge Sharing Platform on Skills for Employment (Global KSP) aims to help strengthen the links between education and training to productive and decent work by sharing approaches, knowledge and experiences that governments, employers, workers and international organizations have found effective in addressing these issues of common concern across the world.

European Research Network on Vocational Education and Training

The European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET) covers a broad range of research and development activities in vocational education and training (VET). The field of VET-related research covers both initial VET and continuing vocational training, both school-based and workplace-based learning provisions as well as the development of pedagogic expertise for vocational and professional education.