Programme

Healthy Workplaces European Summit - 17th November 2009

08.00 – 09.00: Registration and Coffee

09.00 – 10.30: OPENING SESSION (Languages – EN, FR, DE, ES, IT)

		Presentations:
Presenter: Jukka Takala Welcome / Keynotes:
	Jukka Takala, Director, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
	Sven Otto Littorin, Minister of Employment representing the Swedish EU Presidency
	Gemma Zabaleta, Minister of Employment, Basque Government
	Kris De Meester, BusinessEurope
	Walter Cerfeda, Walter Cerfeda, ETUC Confederation Secretary
	Celestino Corbacho, Minister of Employment and Immigration, Spanish Government

10.30 – 11.00: EU-OSHA - European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER): FIRST RESULTS

			Abstract & presentation:
			Eusebio Rial González, Head of the European Risk Observatory of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work	abstract

11.00 – 11.30: Coffee-break

11.30 – 13.00: SMEs AND RISK ASSESSMENT

		Abstracts & presentations:
Chair David Walters, Professor of Work Environment, Director of Cardiff Work Environment Research Centre, Cardiff University
	Overview: challenges, solutions for SMEs, David Walters, Cardiff University
	Even micro-enterprises are able to make risk assessments - a joint campaign by the Berlin and Brandenburg health and safety authorities and the social accident insurance associations, Detlev Mohr, OSH Authority Land Brandenbur	abstract ppt
	Creating effective mechanisms for communicating chemical risks to SMEs under REACH, Chris Money, European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)	abstract ppt
	Promoting participative psychosocial risks’ assessments to achieve a healthier work organisation, Clara Llorens Serrano, Union Institute of Work, Environment and Health (ISTAS-CCOO)	abstract ppt
	Chemical risk assessment in small companies - what works and what doesn’t? Ann-Beth Antonsson, Swedish Environmental Research Institute	abstract ppt
	Round Table Discussion (government, worker, employer) – Bertil Remaeus, Viktor Kempa and Kris De Meester

13.30 – 14.30: Lunch Break (Exhibition Hall)

14.30 – 15.00: Award Ceremony of the Pan-European Photo Competition (Exhibition Hall)

		Presentations:
		Presenter: Peter Rimmer, member of the Jury

15.00 –17.15: THE HEALTHY WORKPLACES CAMPAIGN ON RISK ASSESSMENT 2008 – 2009

Abstracts & presentations:

Chair David Walters, Professor of Work Environment, Director of Cardiff Work Environment Research Centre, Cardiff University

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European report on the Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Risk Assessment 2008 - 2009:

Andrew Smith, Head of EU-OSHA Communication and Promotion Unit

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The SLIC Campaign:
• Chemical risk prevention in SMEs: a SLIC campaign,

Joaquim Pintado Nunes, Senior Labour Inspectors Committee (SLIC)

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Presentations of Good Practice Award Winners:
• Safety observation in Daily Use,

Antti Leino, Skanska Finland

• Assessing and tackling external violence at work,

José Ignacio Asensio Bazterra, Director General of EuskoTren

• Programme for the involvement of associates in risk assessment,

Jonas Šarka, UAB "Mars Lietuva"

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Presentations of Official Campaign Partners

Teachers’ work-related stress: implementing the ETUCE action plan and the European autonomous framework agreement on work-related stress

Susan Flocken, European Trade Union Committee for Education (CSEE- ETUCE)

Construction crafts and SMEs in Europe in partnership with the EU-OSHA Healthy Workplaces Campaign,

Riccardo Viaggi, European Builders Confederation (EBC)

How multinationals can influence OSH with S.M.O.,

James Heenan, GE Energy

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The Online Risk Assessment Tool (ORA):
• “Digital risk assessment; away with the Stone Age paper based tools!”:

Jan Michiel Meeuwsen, TNO and

Mario Van Mierlo, MKB

• ORA: Jukka Takala, EU-OSHA Director

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17.15 – 17.25: CLOSING OF THE SUMMIT

Chair: Jukka Takala, EU-OSHA Director

Closing and outlook on the Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Maintenance 2010- 2011, Armindo Silva, Acting Director for Social Dialogue, Social Rights, Working Conditions and Adaptation to Change, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission

SIDE EVENTS

11.15 – 11.45 Press Conference
9.00 – 19.30 Exhibitions (Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2008-2009, Good Practice Award, Photo Competition)