Today is the 13th International Noise Awareness Day. This day is supposed to put a worldwide focus on a very important topic in Occupational Safety and Health. Not only in daily life - loud music or traffic noise -, but especially at work, noise and the awareness of noise-related dangers are of high importance. This is where education and training can help reducing health risks caused by noise at work. This subject has always been one of the main focuses of ENETOSH.

The "epitome"- project (eLearning Promoting the Integration of Migrant Workers) is a two year Leonardo da Vinci pilot project in operation from October 2006 to September 2008 involving six Member States – The Czech Republic, France, Germany, Latvia, Poland and the UK. This project addresses issues around the training of lower skilled actual and potential migrant workers in the hospitality and food and drink manufacturing sectors to ensure all employees are fully integrated into the workplace especially in terms of work and cultural practices. The project now enters the pilot phase, which means the project outcome (e-learning content) is ready to be tested. The national partners therefore are looking for enterprises to join this process.
Companies which are interested in joining the project are requested to contact Dr. Noemí Fernández Sánchez, RKW Kompetenzzentrum, Germany, email: sanchez@rkw.de.

From 28th to 29th February, 2008, an international conference will take place at the Czech Union of Scientific and Technical Society, Prague. This conference is aimed at OSH specialists and managers of all levels, employees' representatives for OSH problems and any other interested parties who are aware that OSH education and training is one of very important components of the OSH prevention in companies and state administration. The participating experts will discuss aspects of OSH Education and Training in the changing world of work.