from Malta
New Member of the ENETOSH network
We are glad to welcome The Centre for Labour Studies (CLS) as a new member to our network, which now has 94 members from 37 countries worldwide. CLS is an independent, educational, documentation and research centre at the University of Malta. It longs to strengthen the University's link with working persons, employers and the world of work at large and promote social dialogue, active involvement and the effective participation of workers, and their representatives, in specific workplaces and in labour policy more generally.
To pursue this mission, CLS seeks to establish healthy working partnerships and promote synergies between academics, government, trade unions, employers and other actors from civil society involved in the field of labour relations, organise educational programmes aimed at sensitising people actively involved or interested in labour issues to current trends, relevant concepts and analytical tools pertinent in this area. The center acts as a national monitoring agency and clearing house for trends and developments occurring in employment and industrial relations and carries out research, consultancy and disseminate information on issues related to industrial and employee relations in Malta and abroad.
Since 1997, the CLS has been offering a Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety. Malta’s main crop of occupational health and safety practitioners has derived primarily from graduates of this diploma programme. In 2016 the Centre started offering this course at a Bachelor level as a Degree (Honours) in Occupational Health and Safety.
More information on CLS in our member's area and on the CLS website.

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2019 edition
CIOP Poster competition
The Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute from Poland has been organising the occupational safety poster competition since 1997. The purpose of the competition is to obtain posters promoting the issues of occupational safety and health protection of man in the working environment.
The competition is organised in cooperation with Academies of Fine Arts (Cracow, Warsaw, Lodz) and under the patronage of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy and Chief Labour Inspector. The participants are artists, professors and students of artistic universities in Poland and abroad. The jury of the competition consists of representatives of artistic professions, science, ministries of health and labour, and trade unions, as well as enterprises whose business is related to the topic of the posters.
All posters of the competition from 2002 to 2019 can be seen on the CIOP website.

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Child Safety in Nigeria
The Safety Chic
In Nigeria, there is a very active woman working intensively on child safety in Africa. Ugochi Obidiegwu is the CEO of Ulomka Multi Solutions, a growing Health and Safety business. Her safety movement focuses on creating unique safety education products for African children and educators in order to intentionally groom safety conscious children. Using “The Safety Chic” platform on social media, she engages in safety advocacy. The "Train Them Young Initiative" (#2TYI), under her company, has taught over 4000 students in Nigeria and Ghana safety skills and is being replicated in other African countries.
This is achieved via training and her child safety story book series – "The Adventures of Muna", which was self published on Amazon. It has been sold in 11 states and 7 countries. She convenes the annual School Safety Summit where relevant stakeholders proffer solutions to safety challenges affecting school children.
Due to her work, in 2016, she became a YALI Regional Leadership Centre Fellow for Emerging African Leaders. In 2017, she was a finalist for the McKinsey Next Generation Woman Leader Award. In 2018 she became a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur and a Mandela Washington Fellow. She currently sits on the West African Regional Advisory Board to IREX and USAID on matters relating to the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
Ugochi Obidiegwu is committed to ensuring more children get safety education in Africa. She plans to keep introducing innovative safety programmes and products that enhance safety consciousness.
ENETOSH is very glad to cooperate with Ugochi Obidiegwu in the future!

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7th November at A+A in Düsseldorf, Germany
Network Meeting and Workshop “How to reach young people?”
The 23 ENETOSH Network Meeting and Workshop “How to reach young people?” will take place in the scope of A+A "36th International Congress for Occupational Safety and Health - SAFETY – HEALTH – ERGONOMICS" on 7th November in Düsseldorf, Germany.
The workshop is a follow-up event to the joint EU-OSHA – ENETOSH Workshop in Bilbao on musculoskeletal health for children and young workers. EU-OSHA has recently published the results of this workshop here.
Please find the confirmation form for participating the workshop here. If you are interested in participating, please send the filled in confirmation form to us by 7th October at the latest.
The complete A+A Congress program can be found here.

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seminar summary now available
Good musculoskeletal health at an early age
EU-OSHA in collaboration with ENETOSH (European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health) organised a seminar addressing the issue of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among young people and workers. The seminar was organised in the framework of an OSH overview project on MSDs and with a view to the upcoming Healthy Workplaces campaign ‘Lighten the Load’, to start in October 2020.
The event served as an awareness-raising activity on the need to promote good musculoskeletal health at an early age. Participants exchanged ideas in small groups led by experts on four different aspects: research, policy (OSH – ergonomics), practice (mainstreaming OSH into education), and communication (body self-perception).
On the website of EU-OSHA, reports on the main conclusions from each workshop are available now, as well as information on the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders, a practical guide for small businesses on psychosocial risks, stress and musculoskeletal disorders and information on mainstreaming OSH into education.

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Institute for Occupational Medicine and Occupational Safety (IAA)
New member of the ENETOSH network
We are glad to welcome a new member to the ENETOSH network, which now has 93 institutional or individual members from 37 countries.
The Institute for Occupational Medicine and Occupational Safety (IAA) from Germany is an institution of experts, occupational physicians, company doctors, safety engineers and specialists for work safety with more than 20 years of experience in the support of companies in all industries. The Institute offers professional expert advice, helps to check regularly and train employees in work protection in a sustainable manner and provides risk assessments for all sectors (physical stress).
More information on the institute's website or in our members area.

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published in Prevention Science Magazine
Evaluation of the Talking Safety Project by NIOSH
Talking Safety, a foundational curriculum in occupational safety and health, is a project run by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This curriculum, maintained by the NIOSH Safe • Skilled • Ready Workforce Program, is the culmination of many years’ work by a consortium of partners dedicated to reducing occupational injuries and illnesses among youth.
In March 2019, Prevention Science, the Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, published a multilevel evaluation of the Talking Safety Curriculum for Middle Schools and High Schools by Rebecca J. Guerin (author), Andrea H. Okun, John P. Barile, James G. Emshoff, Michelle D. Ediger and Devin S. Baker.
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a foundational curriculum from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Talking Safety, to change adolescents’ workplace safety and health knowledge, attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy, and behavioral intention to engage in workplace safety actions. The study also examines the impact of teacher fidelity of curriculum implementation on student outcomes. A multilevel evaluation, based on a modified theory of planned behavior, was conducted in 2016 with 1748 eighth-graders in Miami-Dade, Florida.
Get access to the full article here, to the "Talking Safety" curriculum here.

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for mental resilience of Flemish youth
New Interactive E-coaching platform
The Flanders Institute of Healthy Living launched a new tool to increase the mental resilience of adolescents (NokNok). Using a combination of online coaching, mental health tips, and exercises, it motivates and stimulates adolescents to strengthen their mental wellbeing and resilience. On this newly developed interactive coaching platform, adolescents learn how to cope with stressors, to improve their self-confidence and to develop a positive vision on life. The tool is easily accessible and young people can use it on their own pace.
The NokNok platform uses gamification elements to motivate and re-enforce young people. Colourful monsters play a major role in the look and feel of the website. Each of the NokNok characters has their own personality and give advice and tips on mental health. NokNok visitors create their own unique monster when setting up their account. Each one lives in its own NokNok-room which can be completely personalised. Users can choose things like pineapple wallpaper, inspiring quotes on the wall, cool plants, and unicorns as pets. The more progress youngsters make on the platform, the more decoration options they unlock to style their personal NokNok space.
More information and access to the platform on www-noknok.be

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main challenges and strategies in OSH educational programs
National Occupational Safety and Health Week in Seoul


„How can OSH programs enhance the OSH experts and professionals’ capacities?” was one of the leading questions at the International Seminar on OSH Educational Programs that took place within the scope of Korea’s 52nd National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Week on July 3rd 2019 in Seoul organized by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA).
Commissioner Silas Sng from the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore; Alan Stevens, Head of Global Engagement & Partnerships at IOSH, UK; Young Bok Bae, Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Training Institute, OSHTI of KOSHA, Korea; and Dr Ulrike Bollmann, Head of International Cooperation at the Institute for Work and Health of the DGUV, Germany, presented the main challenges and strategies in the OSH educational programs in their countries. The session was moderated by Dr. In Jae Shin, Director General, Occupational Safety and Health Training Institute, KOSHA, who is a member of the ENETOSH Steering Committee.

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in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ENETOSH represented at this year’s AIHce EXP 2019
Each year, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) seeks out speakers from around the globe to provide world-class education on topics important to IH/OH professionals.
Through collaborations with Dr. Ulrike Bollmann (ENETOSH), Dr. Thomas Fuller (Illinois State University), and Lester Claravall (Oklahoma Department of Labor), an abstract was put together discussing the ENETOSH ‘mainstreaming OSH into education’ concept. From the hundreds of abstracts submitted to the AIHA, “Global Occupational Safety and Health Education and Mainstreaming Collaborations” was one of the abstracts accepted. Fuller and Claravall co-presented this topic during the AIHce EXP 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The presentation identified OSH curricula for various educational levels, described the global need for expanded OSH education to build OSH professional competence, and identified new areas where OSH curricula might be applied in their organizations. In addition, Fuller discussed the ENETOSH / IOHA collaborations taking place between the two international organizations.
As a representative for ENETOSH, Claravall shared the current state of the art of the ENETOSH web platform and good practice examples. In addition, Claravall shared the ENETOSH model (see fig.1).
Fuller and Claravall fielded great questions from an international crowd of about 50 participants. At the conclusion of the session, many of the participants complimented how they liked the presentation because it introduced them to new insights they didn’t think about previously. The IH/OH professionals also had the opportunity to see firsthand how the ENETOSH model is currently being practiced in Oklahoma via curriculum policy and via the nation’s first ‘mainstreaming OSH into education” law (Senate Bill 262) passed in Oklahoma.

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