In the scope of the XX World Congress in Frankfurt, the first International Youth Congress for Safety and Health at Work has been organized by the institution for statutory accident insurance and prevention in the wood and metal sector (BGHM) of the German Social Accident Insurance. 42 apprentices from different countries participated in the Youth Congress, talking, thinking, exchanging and developing ideas about safety and health at work. The outcome of the Youth Congress was immediately presented to the visitors of the Forum for Prevention and within a symposium at the XX World Congress.
Steve Horvath from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety writes in his blog article about the Youth Congress: "One of the most meaningful events organized at the triennial World Congress on Health and Safety was the establishment of the first International Youth Congress. It was my honour to be involved with such a valuable initiative and to have the opportunity to introduce these young participants to the World Congress at the symposium I co-chaired and helped organize."
For more information, pictures and videos of the Youth Congress, please go to the Blog of Steve Horwath at CCOHS, the website of DGUV "Jugend will sich erleben (Youth wants self-experience)" - mostly in German - and the documentation of the World Congress (about the symposium "Creating a safe and healthy learning and working environment" and the “Forum for prevention”).