Main objective of this project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union is to develop relevant and high-quality competences of future HSE professionals in the area of RM through transnational cooperation among universities, insurance institutions, enterprises and other key stakeholders.
Project partners are VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava (project leader), University of Minho and Austrian Social Insurance for Occupational Risks.
The project is focused on building practical skills, incorporating management skills, of university students – future safety professionals (in industrial, consultancy and insurance companies as well as in governmental bodies) – in the area of HSE risk management. These skills will be developed through the set of innovative teaching methods (e.g. brainstorming, mind mapping, discussion and project methods) and tools (e.g. case studies and best practices examples, online risk assessment tools, safety games – table games and virtual reality games). Special attention will be paid to bringing close-to-real-world scenarios to the students and to active involvement (engagement) of students in teaching.
The methods and tools will be incorporated into existing subjects at the partner universities and new voluntary subject will be prepared incl. e-learning support for distant study. Furthermore, summer schools and module of industry trainee programme focused on HSE risk management will be prepared and organized in close cooperation with industry. Courses for university teachers on interactive teaching will be carried out.
Kickoff meeting of the project was organized by the VSB – Technical University of Ostrava in September 2018.
More information on the project's Facebook page.

Two new factsheets are available now on enetosh.net. Factsheet #3, "An introduction to networking", and Factsheet #4, "Evaluation of quality of academic safety, health and environment education".
In Factsheet #3, Tim Tregenza of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work offers interesting views and thoughts on the topic networking. On two pages, he gives basic information about networking, as well as facts about network typology, size and structure, on network resilience, evaluation methods and network membership.
In Factsheet #4, Paul Swuste of the Safety Science Group, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Frank van Dijk, Learning and Developing Occupational Health Foundation (LDOH) and ICOH Scientific Committee Education and Training in Occupational Health (SCETOH), write on three pages about the evaluation of quality of academic safety, health and environment education. Their focus is on quality, quality assessment, transfer of education, transfer at different levels of education and evaluation of outcomes, in daily practice and on scientific level.
You can access all ENETOSH Factsheets on our "Publications" page.

We have a new member in our network, which now consists of 89 member institutions and individual members from 36 countries worldwide.
AOSH Awarding Body UK Ltd. is a progressive and fast growing autonomous awarding body, its purpose is to certify practitioners in the health and safety profession. AOSH UK offers Certified Safety Specialist (CSS). which is the pioneer certification (in the UK) in safety, health & environment accredited by IAS/ISO/IEC 17024:2012 standards for personnel certification programs. The CSS certification purpose is to promote excellence and professionalism in the health & safety field. The CSS certification authenticates that certified individuals have met minimum formal education, competency and experience requirements. For more information, please visit the AOSH website.

The new strategic framework of ENETOSH is based on an analysis of the network’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) carried out by the ENETOSH members in September 2017.
Following an intensive discussion at the 21th ENETOSH Network Meeting in Brighton in April 2018, the ENETOSH strategy 3.0 was approved by the ENETOSH Steering Committee by end of June.
The strategy paper describes the vision, mission and the operative goals for the network.
The ENETOSH Action plan 2018 – 2020 gives details about the future work of the ENETOSH Task Forces.
You can read the paper "Strategic Framework" here.