News Archive - Enetosh

ENETOSH symposium at the XX World Congress 2014

03. Sep 2014 /

More than 100 people coming from different regions of the world joined the ENETOSH symposium in Frankfurt.
The symposium was about the role of education for the development of a culture of prevention. To establish an effective culture of prevention all areas must be involved, not only the world of work but also the educational system and society as a whole. How can we can join all forces, that was the subject of the symposium.
Divided into three working groups the audience set out into searching solutions.
The method was: Ask questions!
To learn more about the symposium please have a look into the video clip "Prevention awareness from an early age” at the video portal within the documentation of the XX World Congress.
Click here to take a look at the "Question Cards" from the symposium.
The whole documentation of the XX World Congress can be found on the congress website. All links open in a new browser window.

Application phase for 2015 started at Ludwig –Maximilians-Universität, Munich

"Master International Occupational Safety and Health" program

21. Jul 2014 /

The “Master International Occupational Safety and Health” has been developed by the Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine of the University LMU, as part of the Center for International Health (CIHLMU) and in close collaboration with professionals from universities in Latin America, as for instance the University Cayetano Heredia.
The main objective of the Master International Occupational Safety and Health is to train professionals in the field of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). Therefore, the program offers tools for research and work in OSH, both in Latin American countries as well as at an international level.
The graduate program offers an international and interdisciplinary training in global OSH with focus on project-based learning. The Master's program is based on a blended learning concept, in order to ensure maximum flexibility and efficiency. This blended learning concept involves a high ability of self-directed learning.
The application phase for the 4th cohort, starting in 2015, is open until the 15th of September 2014. For information and application, please visit the website of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich.

#14: Stress And Psychosocial Risks

New Hot Topic

19. Jul 2014 /

Not only in special branches like gastronomy, heavy industry or the pedagogical sector, but in all areas of work, work-related stress and psychosocial risks can be or become a serious problem.
In this 14th Hot Topic, we present examples of good practice dealing with this issue that are included in our database "Tool Box" or are presented in our "Good Practice" area.
ENETOSH is an official partner of the 2014 - 2015 campaign „Healthy Workplaces“ by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. The focus of this campaign is „Stress and Psychosocial Risks“. For more information on the EU-OSHA campaign and the topic itself, please visit the "Healthy Workplaces Campaign" website, for this Hot Topic (and the other ones as well), please choose "Hot Topics" from the main menu on the left.

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A tailor-made approach in workers training

Accident prevention in Siberia

22. Jun 2014 /

Kuzbass interdisciplinary Centre for Occupational Safety (Kutbasscot) released a new video presentation on worker accident prevention, "A tailored approach to OSH training based on interactive training complex".
According to statistics competence of workers is the most important factor to prevent occupational accidents. The lack of protective equipment and the usage of unsafe tools can be left in the background. The competence in occupational safety is the workers' ability to work independently, observing the occupational safety requirements. This ability is based on personality traits, knowledge, skills, habits of work and the experience in occupational safety.
Kuzbasscot developed new methods of workers' training, making use of video, 3d models and interactive multimedia during the occupational safety trainings. The aim of the approach is to shape the habit of safe work, to inspire the workers and to build their confidence that their personal competence will increase their safety.
This video shows the basic approach, as well as examples of the interactive training.

Call for Papers

The 31st ICOH Congress 2015

21. May 2014 /

This triennial International Congress on Occupational Health will take place from May 31 til June 5, 2015, at COEX Convention Center, Seoul, Korea. It is organized by the International Commission on Occupational Safety and Health (ICOH), the Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) and the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM).
About 3000 participants from all fields of OSH will meet to share knowledge and cases to prevent occupational accidents and diseases, as well as to build mutual networks among safety and health experts around the world and strengthen cooperations and networking. OSH experts can participate as well as representatives from the education sector, like instructors, trainers, teachers, lecturers and university professors. Workers and their representatives, employers and their organizations, public and non-public organizations, manufacturers and importers of safety products, experts in communication and public relations, media representatives and journalists are all important as well, for widespread networking and to reach higher standards in the field of occupational safety and health all over the world. ENETOSH is invited to join the congress.
A call for papers is available on the conference website. The abstract submission ends by August 31, 2014.

Read more … The 31st ICOH Congress 2015

ENETOSH official Partner

Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2014 - 2015

19. May 2014 /

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has launched the Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2014 - 2015 "Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress".
The campaign focuses on stress and psychosocial risks. Tackling stress and psychosocial risks creates a healthy working environment, improves worker well-being and business performance. ENETOSH is an official campaign partner now and will focus on the growing problem of stress and psychosocial risks within the learning and working environment of educational institutions.
In addition the network will especially promote resources developed by EU-OSHA that can be used within the field of education and training on occupational safety and health. More information about the campaign on the official website: www.healthy-workplaces.eu

New edition of the European Road Safety Charter

„Together, we are Road Safety!“

16. May 2014 /

The European Road Safety Charter (ERSC) has launched a new campaign: „Together, we are Road Safety!“ The new edition of the website contains lots of resources, materials and information on road safety, examples of good practice, road safety events, testimonials, and more.
The European Road Safety Charter is an invitation by the European Commission to take concrete actions, assess results and further heighten awareness about the need to reduce road accident fatalities. It offers European recognition to the associations that have signed up, and also makes the road safety actions they wish to carry out more visible on a European level.
The ERSC especially encourages members to develop initiatives targeting young people. Youth constitutes a key priority in the years to come, because road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among people under 24 years old. Initiatives are supposed to address different target groups, such as children from 0 - 11 years, Pre-Teens from 12 - 14, Adolescents from 15 - 17, or young adults. Age groups that have the highest percentage of pedestrian fatalities are children younger than 10 years (and adults aged 65 years or older).
„Together, we are Road Safety!“ longs to address these target groups with accurate education and training to help reducing the number of accidents and fatalities on the road.
For examples of good practice dealing with road safety, please have a look at our "Hot Topic" (see main menu).
More information about the European Road Safety Charter and the campaign on the website: www.erscharter.eu

State of the Art

ENETOSH by numbers

26. Apr 2014 /

The ENETOSH kickoff happened in October 2005, the project originally was scheduled for a 24 month runtime. Now, end of April 2014, the network is still working successfully and currently consists of 67 members from 28 countries. The database on the web platform www.enetosh.net contains 700 examples of good practice from 41 countries worldwide, the WHO IS WHO area shows contact profiles of 164 experts in education and training on OSH.
After its launch in 2006, the web platform www.enetosh.net immediately showed a very good acceptance. In 2008, the click rates had increased to a peak level and, during the following years, the number of clicks stabilized on a constant level (roundabout 26000 unique visitors per year) - enetosh.net had become a working platform. Taking a look at the numbers of 2013 and the current year 2014, we can see strongly increasing numbers again: From January to April 2014, an average of 30% more unique visitors than in the "peak year" 2008 visited the platform. The number of total visits (which indicates, that people do not only access the platform once, but several times per month) shows increasing rates of nearly 60%, comparing the first three months of 2014 to those of the year 2008.
All these numbers show, that the ENETOSH network and its web platform is well-known and acknowledged among experts in education and training on occupational safety and health all over the world.
More information, e.g. about the ENETOSH Ambassadors, the "Whole School Approach" working group or detailed web statistics, can be found in the multiple areas of this web platform.

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