The draft program of the 2nd Joint Workshop is ready now. Mainstreaming OSH into Education will be tackled from four perspectives: Research, Education, Training/Service providers and Awareness raising. In addition reference will be made to Regulation, Dialogue and Financing. Experts from different regions of the world will discuss recent findings and current developments in education and training on OSH. The leading question will be of how to share the knowledge within the field globally.
The workshop is jointly organized by ILO, ISSA, EU-OSHA, NIOSH and ENETOSH.
If you are interested to participate in this workshop please send a message to: enetosh@dguv.de. Due to organizational reasons the number of participants will be limited.
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The Centre for International Health at the University of Bergen (UiB), Norway, together with colleagues at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania, has created a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to reach health personnel all over the world – with the purpose of improving health and life of workers in developing countries. The course "Occupational Health in Developing Countries" is free for everyone to attend.
The first course starts 7 March 2016, and it is possible to sign up now. The course is at Master level but can be attended by anyone interested in work and health.
The course is teaching basic knowledge on work and health and how to prevent the development of diseases and injuries, caused by working conditions. The industrial activity in the developing countries is increasing, but focus on the working conditions is not following. Both the industry and the health services worldwide lack knowledge about the high risk of injuries and death in the work place. As a result, millions of people are getting hurt. This course is a contribution to reduce the problem.
All information and sign in for the course on www.futurelearn.com

In Finland, the National Occupational Safety Card has rapidly become a popular way to complete the basic training in safety and health at shared workplaces. The card was established in 1997. In 2007 the Centre for Occupational Safety started coordinating the Occupational Safety Card related activies. The card has been developed by Finnish industrial enterprises together with social partners, insurance institutions and educational organisations.

yeepa is a software solution for real time multi-player quiz gaming and measuring knowledge development. yeepa uses psychometric methods implemented also in PISA. While PISA is a paper and pencil test for students, yeepa is a socially interactive gaming platform on the Internet for everybody anytime. yeepa is currently introduced to schools and universities in Germany. 1000 medical students of the University of Mainz use yeepa to prepare for their examinations.
Learners log in via smartphone, tablet or laptop and compete against each other in quizzes relevant to integration in Germany. The quizzes introduce to the German way of life, culture and legal and political frameworks. They highlight issues of refugees and migrants in Germany. They also address refugees and potential migrants wishing to come to Germany. Critical incidents of the entire migration life cycle are presented and offer insights and solutions through further information and learning material.
As cultural diversity is an important topic in occupational safety and health, this tool can help to face challenges caused by growing numbers of migrants, refugees and of multicultural workplaces.
More information on www.yeepa.de