Community strategy on safety and health at work
- Introduction
- Community strategy on safety and health at work.
- Other EU activities and documentation relevant to safety and health strategy
Introduction
This special web feature has been set up in order to keep you informed of the latest developments on the EU Strategy on Safety and Health. The European Commission published a Communication in March 2002 on the EU Strategy, "Adapting to change in work and society: a new Community strategy on health and safety at work 2002-2006". In this feature, you will find all relevant documents and position papers on the EU Strategy.
Community strategy on safety and health at work.
Communication from the Commission "Adapting to change in work and society: a new Community strategy on health and safety at work 2002-2006"
Available in PDF-format in:
Danish - Dutch
- English - Finnish
- French - German
- Greek - Italian
- Portuguese - Spanish
- Swedish
Commission's press release on the strategy
Reactions to the Commission's Communication of 11th March 2002
OTHER EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS
- European Parliament
- European Parliament adopts final report on Community OSH Strategy (available at page 9 of attached pdf)
- European Parliament Draft Report on the Commission Strategy - This document is the draft which will provide the basis for the Parliament's report on the Strategy which will be voted in Committee in September and plenary over the following weeks. Available in
http://www.europarl.eu.int/meetdocs/committees/empl/20020708/EMPL20020708.htm
- European Parliament Working Document on the Community Strategy - This document brings together some preliminary views and points for discussion preceeding the debate in the European Parliament on the Strategy which will include an official hearing before Summer and which will result in a final Opinion following the hearing. Available in
Danish - Dutch - English - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Italian - Portuguese - Spanish - Swedish
- European Economic and Social Committee Opinion on the Community Strategy
- Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (EU)
Exploratory opinion of the Economic and Social Committee in anticipation of the Commission Communication on health and safety at work at the request of the European Commission.
Available in PDF-format (English version). And also in MS Word Format in:
Danish - Dutch - English - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Italian - Portuguese - Spanish - Swedish
- Committee of the Regions Opinion on the Community Strategy
Danish - Dutch - English - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Italian - Portuguese - Spanish - Swedish
- Draft Opinion on the Strategy of the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work
- Declaration adopted by the Workers' Group of the ACHS
EUROPEAN SOCIAL PARTNERS
TUTB Newsletter du BTS, no 18, 2002
- Wanted now - a programme to deliver the strategy
- Long on ideas, short on means
- Una evaluación lúcida, medios insuficientes
TUTB Publication ETUC Resolution Position of the European Building and Wood workers
A new impetus for Community occupational health policy (EU)
Contribution by the Workers' Group of the Luxembourg Advisory Committee for Health and Safety to the framing of the Community action programme on health and safety (May 2001).
Summary and printed publication
English version
French version
Full document in PDF format: A new impetus for Community occupational health policy
English version
French version
Spanish version
UNICE position paper on the Strategy Press release from UNICE (Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe) UNICE Newsletter article on the strategy
- EN:
http://www.unice.org/unice/Website.nsf/HTML+Pages/MAY2002-EN.htm#social- FR:
http://www.unice.org/unice/Website.nsf/HTML+Pages/MAY2002-FR.htm#socialTrades Union Congress (United Kingdom) Occupational safety and health: a priority for employers (EU)
14-page bi-lingual booklet offering business' view of health at work, particularly the need for education in risk-awareness, and vigilance to the emergence of new occupational risks. Published by the UNICE. Available in PDF-format.
French version
EUROPEAN INTEREST GROUPS
- Standing Committee of European Doctors
- CPME reaction on the resolution of the Council on a new strategy on health
and safety at work
http://www.cpme.be/adopted/CPME_AD_Brd_210902_18_EN_fr.pdf
http://www.cpme.be/adopted/CPME_AD_Brd_210902_18_FR_en.pdf
- Position paper on "Healthy Organisations through Organisational Health (the role of occupational health)
http://www.cpme.be/adopted/CPME_AD_Brd_160302_9_EN_fr.pdf
http://www.cpme.be/adopted/CPME_AD_Brd_160302_9_FR_en.pdf
- European Women's Lobby
- Prevention of work related accidents: a different strategy in a changing world (EU)
Conference organised by the European Agency for Safety and Health at work and the Belgian presindency.
European Agency documents
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- Quality of Work: A future community strategy for safety and health at work (EU)
The objective of this seminar, jointly organised by the European Agency, the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission was to support the process of development of the new Community Strategy on Safety and Health as announced in the EU Social Policy Agenda, especially to identify the key challenges for the new strategy and the priorities and type of action that could be taken to reach the common goal - safe, healthy and productive jobs.
- Quality of work: New Approaches and Strategies in Occupational Safety and Health (EU)
Summary of workshops organised in Düsseldorf (15 May 2001) and Bilbao (29-30 May 2001) by The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. The objective of these workshops was to update an earlier Agency report on Priorities and Strategies in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the Member States of the European Union (1997). The workshops also aimed to provide decision-makers from the Member States, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Social and Economic Committee and national and European Social Partners with information about the newest developments and options in strategic OSH policy.Other EU activities and documentation relevant to safety and health strategy
Other EU activities of the Commission and other institutions have a relevance to the development of the future safety and health strategy. We have included here some of the activities which have a link to safety and health and which will be developed over the coming months in parallel to the safety and health strategy.
- Commission proposes EU strategy for long-term investment in high-quality jobs and living standards (EU)
The Commission has adopted a plan aiming to raise the quality of EU jobs and living standards. The new strategy aims to benchmark governments, social partners and NGOs on the basis of 'quality indicators' for individual jobs, labour markets and social policies.
- Commission communication on progress in improving quality at work (see page 12 for health and safety)
- European Employment guidelines 2003 (health and safety covered in guidelines 3 and 5 in particular)
- European Social Policy Agenda
- Commission Communication on Mid-term review of the European Social Agenda
- Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on improving the quality dimension of social and employment policy (EU)
Available in MS Word Format in:
Danish - Dutch - English - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Italian - Portuguese - Spanish - Swedish- European Commission Green Paper on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (EU)
The Commission has published a Green Paper (consultative document) on CSR in Europe, an issue whereby companies besides their economic concerns decide voluntarily to take on board environmental and social ones (includes safety and health issues - see Section 2.1.2 on page 8 of pdf)
- Commission feature on Corporate Social Responsibility
- Joint European Commission - European Agency Forum publication on "Corporate Social Responsibility and Work Health" (EU)
Based on the summary of a seminar organised in Brussels on 19th October 2001 by the European Commission and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
