The XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work for the first time provided a platform for 125 youth from around the world to engage directly with international OSH experts. This was an opportunity to make their case for safer and healthier working conditions and to propose youth-oriented approaches to achieve this objective.
The SafeYouth@Work Action Plan seeks to further innovate ways to reduce the high incidence rate of injuries to young workers and lay the foundation for a culture of prevention on OSH. These solutions will directly connect with youth and will resonate at the same time with a broader OSH community to get all key actors involved in securing a safer and healthier Future of Work.
Following an initiative at the XX World Congress 2014 in Frankfurt, the ILO took a first step in 2017 in Singapore to foster a cross-generational exchange between OSH experts, policymakers, employer and worker representatives and young professionals on the subject of “OSH for Youth”. This exchange will lead to the development of a framework for action for the coming years – an Action Plan on OSH for Youth.
ILO invites you to comment on the first draft of this Action Plan. Write your comment and shape your future! (Action Plan website).

The new project “Ergohair” has been approved, with EU funding for the European Social Dialogue. Lead applicant is the Belgian employers' federation UBK. The University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany and A.G2R La Mondiale, France are partners in the project. Coiffure EU and Uni Europe are associate organisations.
The project focuses on ergonomics in the hairdressing sector. It is scheduled for 24 months, a first workshop took place in Hamburg in October.
Helpful material on ergonomics and skin protection for hairdressers is already available from the previous project "A close shave". Two manuals for teachers have been developed: "Ergonomics for start-up hairdressers" and "Preventing skin complaints for start-up hairdressers".
In addition, a video has been produced that is available online. For more information, please contact the network of European employers in the hairdressing sector, Coiffure EU.

ETUCE has recently been granted the status of Official Campaign Partner of EU-OSHA, the European Agency for Occupational Safety and Health, and is participating in the “2017 Healthy Workplaces for All Ages” campaign.
Especially in the context of the 2017 campaign’s objectives of “Promoting sustainable work and healthy ageing from the start of the working life” and “Encouraging the exchange of information and good practice aimed to preventing health problems throughout the working life”, the EU social partners in education: ETUCE-the European Trade Union Committee for Education and EFEE-the European Federation of Education Employers, have recently signed the OiRA memorandum of understanding (MoU) with EU-OSHA for the development, use and maintenance of an OiRA tool with the EU social partners in education.
This MoU for the OiRA project stems from the EU-funded project “Social Partners Promoting Decent Workplaces in the Education Sector for a Healthier Working Life” run jointly by ETUCE and EFEE. The project resulted in a set of practical guidelines on How to Promote Joint Social Partner Initiatives at European, Regional and Local Level to Prevent and Combat Psychosocial Hazards in Education.
The education sector is characterised by a number of risk factors, especially psychosocial risks, which include stress, harassment and violence. The OiRA tool will be based on inputs from the social partners (ETUCE/EFEE) built on the concept of the promotion of decent workplaces in the education sector. ETUCE welcomes this new partnership and it is looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.
Please find more information on the website of OiRA - Online Interactive Risk Assessment.
There is a call for expressions of interest for an expert, advertised now at the EU-OSHA website.

ENETOSH is now an official partner of the ISSA Vision Zero campaign.
See Dr Ulrike Bollmann presenting the membership document in Singapore on 5 September on the picture on the right.
The campaign was launched in Singapore at the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work by the International Social Security Association (ISSA).
Vision Zero is based on the belief that all accidents, diseases and harm at work are preventable and on the commitment of Vision Zero Companies and Partners to promote the three core values of this campaign: Safety.Health.Wellbeing.
Find out more on the campaign website.