EU strengthens its transatlantic cooperation on work safety
News release - 08.07.2005
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and the USA's National Institute for Occupational Safety pool their online resources in a joint website expected to facilitate knowledge transfer between researchers and practitioners on both continents.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA and the Bilbao-based European Agency for Safety and Health at Work have launched today a new joint OSH website.
The site follows the structure and presentation of the Agency's website network and represents a significant contribution to the creation of a global portal to workplace safety and health information. As well as linking directly to EU information, the site is a rich source of OSH information in the United States.
The common website will provide the Occupational Safety and Health community with improved access and sharing of the vast pool of European and American OSH expertise and research. 'In today's global economy such cooperation and partnership is not only a need, it is a must', said Dr Max Lum, Director of the Office of Health Communication, NIOSH.
The Director of the European Agency, Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, added: 'The Agency' online network already includes health and safety organisations from Australia, Canada, USA and Japan. With such a significant new partner as NIOSH, the expanded network will be a leading international hub for safety and health information.'
The EU/NIOSH website is available at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/usnetwork/
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Press contacts:
Marek Kosarczyn, Press Officer, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, email: kosarczyn@osha.europa.eu, tel: +34 94 479 43 86.
Other enquiries:
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Gran Via 33, E-48009 Bilbao, Spain, email: information@osha.europa.eu, fax: +34 94 479 4383.
Notes to editors:
- The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work was set up by the European Union to help meet the information needs in the field of occupational safety and health. Based in Bilbao, Spain, the Agency aims to improve the lives of people at work by stimulating the flow of technical, scientific and economic information between all those involved in occupational safety and health issues.
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA, is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US Department of Health and Human Services.
- The Agency's website acts as a gateway to an ever-increasing amount of safety and health information for people with an interest in safety and health at work such as workers, employers, practitioners and experts. Starting at the Agency's home page http://agency.osha.europa.eu easily navigated links connect to 25 national web sites maintained by the Agency's Focal Points, 3 EFTA countries, 2 Candidate countries and 2 international organisations plus 4 trade partners.
