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Mind Safety - Safety Matters! Project In Istanbul


Once more, Diana Policarpo presented the Mind Safety - Safety Matters! project, coordinated by the Authority for Working Conditions (ACT), Portugal, at the INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CONGRESS (IOHSC2017), invited by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Occupational Health and Safety Department, 6 – 7 December 2017” in Istanbul, Turkey.
This communication focuses on MS-SM project which integrates strategic partnerships to establish a collaborative and networked practice to study and propose innovative practices and materials for the teaching of occupational health and safety concepts, thus fostering a risk perception in the young people of school age and contributing to the creation of a safety culture.
The absence of workplace accidents occurs in companies where safety is a core nuclear value, meaning a value that translates into consistency between decisions, policies, resource distribution and organizational practices, where productivity never threatens safety. Therefore, with this project we intend to awaken our conscience and set out a path for the implementation of a safety culture that is expected, in the medium and long term, to be reflected in the reduction of occupational accidents and diseases in Europe and particularly in Portugal.
In conclusion, this conference provided the participants with a successful exchange of experiences and good practices in various contexts, whether professional or scholar.

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Survey by Leeds Beckett University
Teacher Mental Health
The Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in schools at Leeds Beckett University conducted a survey in December 2017 which was completed by more than 700 teachers. The data show that the majority of teachers have experienced a mental health need and that poor teacher mental health can have a detrimental affect on pupil mental health, pupil progress, the quality of teaching and the quality of the relationships that teachers establish with pupils and colleagues.
The research demonstrates that the causes of poor teacher mental health are multi-faceted and include factors such as: teacher workload; changing demands to the curriculum; changes to assessment approaches in school; excessive monitoring of teacher performance and excessive surveillance from other teachers.
Find out more in this blog article and on the Centre's web site.

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Matthew Holder meets Ulrike Bollmann, the driving force behind ENETOSH
School of occupational health and safety
In Singapore, at the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Matthew Holder of the British Safety Council had the opportunity to do an interview with Dr Ulrike Bollmann, founder and coordinator of the ENETOSH network.
The interview was published in the Safety Management Magazine.
Please find out more about the magazine here and read the interview here.

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from czech republic and india
New network members
We are glad to welcome a new institutional member, as well as a new individual member, to the ENETOSH network which now has 87 members from 36 countries.
The Faculty of Safety Engineering is the youngest faculty of VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. The Faculty was established in 2002 in response to the growing demand of practice for highly educated professionals in the area of safety engineering and for related scientific research activities. The establishment of the new faculty represented a continuation of a long-term process of development in scientific research activities and fields of study oriented towards safety and fire protection at VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava. Graduates can take positions as members of fire protection services, designers, safety and security engineers in various organizations, and others. After gaining adequate practical experience and authorization, many graduates can find jobs in the private sector as well.
www.fbi.vsb.cz
Pravinkumar D. Ukhlikar, our new individual member from India, is working as an Incharge Principal at the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI), in Latur (M.S.) India. He is also persuing Ph.D. research in Pune University on accident prevention.
Please find contact information, and more, in our member's area.

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ENETOSH in India


Our new member Pravinkumar D. Ukhlikar, Vice-Principal of the Governmental Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Latur, Maharastra, India, conducted a OSH training session on 15 November 2017 at the ITI with almost 300 participants.
The participants were VET institutional staff, students, local industry personnel and university graduates. Aim of the session was to sensitize participants on OSH training. Mr. Ukhlikar also took this opportunity to introduce the ENETOSH network and its activities to the participants. We look forward to more OSH experts being active in our network.
Find out more about the Industrial Training Institutes here.

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Your comments please!
SafeYouth@Work Action Plan
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).

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SafeYouth@Work Media Competition and SafeYouth Congress by ILO
Win a free trip to Singapore!
Spread the word: End of June is the deadline for submissions for the media competition or the SafeYouth Congress - there is still a good chance to be invited to travel to Singapore in September!


The SafeYouth@Work Media Competition is organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the International Media Festival for Prevention (IMFP) at the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, taking place 3-6 September in Singapore.
‘Show us what safety means to you’: The SafeYouth@Work Media Competition is a unique opportunity for youths (aged 15 to 24) to demonstrate their perception of safety and health by making a film, taking a photo, painting a poster, writing a song, telling a story.
More information on the SafeYouth@Work Media Competition: www.safety2017singapore.com/safeyouthatwork. Submit an entry: www.ilo.org/safeyouth. DEADLINE for submission: 30 June 2017.
‘Become a Youth Champion’: The SafeYouth Congress gives youths a voice to influence the international dialogue on the promotion of safe work for young people. 200 youth participants (aged 18 to 24) are invited from around the world.
More information on the SafeYouth Congress: www.safety2017singapore.com
Submit your candidacy as a Youth Champion: www.ilo.org/safeyouth. DEADLINE for submission: 15 June 2017.

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New project for hairdressers
Ergohair
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.

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Mind Safety - Safety Matters! project in Latvia
Diana Policarpo, presented the Mind Safety - Safety Matters! project, coordinated by the Authority for Working Conditions (ACT), Portugal, at the conference „Each single accident at work is too much”, 11 – 12 October 2017 in Riga, Latvia. The project aims to provide a collaborative and inclusive learning approach on OSH by establishing an interface between teacher education/training and learning contexts in OSH. Varpu Kujala, from the Rajamäki School in Nurmijärvi, gave an insight in the OSH practice at schools in Finland.
At the conference, organized by the State Labour Inspectorate of Republic of Latvia in cooperation with the International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI), and the EU-OSHA, the participants analyzed key factors of an adequate approach to prevention in OSH. Apart from this the conference provided the participants with a successful exchange of experiences and good practices in the school context. A highlight – as usual – was the visit of Napo at this conference.

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with EU-OSHA as European social partner in the education sector
ETUCE signs OiRA memorandum
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.

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