Annual report

EU-OSHA Annual Report 2008: Health and Safety in Hard Times

The Annual Report for 2008 highlights significant Agency achievements over the year, in the context of the Community Strategy for Health and Safety at Work (2007-2012). These include the Healthy Workplaces campaign on risk assessment, a new report on emerging chemical risks, the launch of the ‘European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks’ and the new Agency Strategy for 2009-2013, which sets out how the Agency will work in the years ahead to reduce occupational accidents and work-related diseases.

Health and Safety in Hard Times (A summary of the 2008 annual report)

The summary outlines the main Agency achievements over the year and offers an outlook into 2009: Healthy Workplaces campaign on risk assessment, Report on emerging chemical risks, European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks, New Agency Strategy for 2009-2013, etc.

EU-OSHA Annual report 2007: bringing safety and health closer to European workers

As a key player in the implementation of the new Community Strategy for Health and Safety at Work (2007-2012), EU-OSHA’s annual report provides a concise overview of its activities in 2007. Highlights of the year include the extension of its European and global networks, the ‘Lighten the load campaign’ and the Healthy Workplace Initiative, as well as research into new and emerging workplace risks.

EU-OSHA Annual report 2007: bringing safety and health closer to European workers (A summary of the 2007 annual report)

As a key player in the implementation of the new Community Strategy for Health and Safety at Work (2007-2012), EU-OSHA’s annual report provides a concise overview of its activities in 2007. Highlights of the year include the extension of its European and global networks, the ‘Lighten the load campaign’ and the Healthy Workplace Initiative, as well as research into new and emerging workplace risks.

Issue 2006 - Annual report 2006

In 2006 the Agency continued to work to build our global partnerships in OSH. We took steps to involve workers, employers and governments more closely in our planning and decision-making, through changes to our governance structure, and by involving advisory groups in our work. We also made it easier for our network of focal points – the OSH organisations in the different EU Member States – to work with their national partners. Meanwhile, an external evaluation of our activities, due to report in 2007, will help us improve the way we work with these focal points. And we’ve continued to strengthen our cooperation with accession and candidate countries, as well as with the European Commission and Parliament, and the European social partners.

Issue 2006 - Good safety and health is good business (A summary of the 2006 annual report)

Over the 10 years that the Agency has existed, the European Union has made significant progress in improving the occupational safety and health (OSH) of its 220 million workers. But work-related accidents and ill health are still a huge problem, both ethically and economically – a problem that is, in very large measure, preventable. Of course, no organisation is perfect, but in terms of health and safety the diff erence between the best and worst companies is huge. Good practice is there to be followed.

Issue 2005 - Developing a preventive OSH culture in Europe (full report)

As you read this, the Agency is entering its 10th year of operation and it is now undoubtedly a very different organisation to the one that started in 1996. It has not only expanded significantly, especially with the addition of 10 new Member States in 2004, it is also able to offer employers, workers, national authorities and other stakeholders throughout Europe a much broader and deeper pool of occupational safety and health (OSH) information and expertise, all conveniently available at the click of a mouse, thanks to our decision as early as 1997 to embrace the Internet as a central plank of our strategy. However, although the scale and scope of our service has altered dramatically, our core mission and strategy has not changed since the day the Agency first opened its doors in Bilbao in 1996.

Issue 2005 - Developing a preventive OSH culture in Europe (A summary of the 2005 annual report)

During 2005, we continued to build on these strengths, for example by expanding our network of partners and focal points, enhancing our award-winning website and reaping the first fruits of our new risk observatory. Our European Week for Safety and Health at Work also, yet again, produced impressive results. More significantly, the Agency started to adopt a more holistic, integrated approach to encouraging a preventive culture, reflected in our new healthy workplace initiative, focused on the EU-10, plus Romania and Bulgaria.

Issue 2004 - Enlarging the power of occupational safety and health in the European Union (full report)

During the year, the Agency capitalised on its partners’ collectivestrengths — and demonstrated its ability to manage pan- European OSH programmes — in a variety of ways. These ranged from our 2004 European Week for Safety and Health at Work, which focused on the construction industry, to the success of our SME funding scheme and new studies covering issues such as corporate social responsibility and hazards in the education sector.

Issue 2004 - Enlarging the power of occupational safety and health in the European Union (A summary of the 2004 annual report)

During the year, the Agency capitalised on its partners’ collectivestrengths — and demonstrated its ability to manage pan- European OSH programmes — in a variety of ways. These ranged from our 2004 European Week for Safety and Health at Work, which focused on the construction industry, to the success of our SME funding scheme and new studies covering issues such as corporate social responsibility and hazards in the education sector.