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Most European countries can benefit from economic incentives in OSH (04.01.2012)

This Guide on Economic Incentives Schemes is intended to serve as a practical and user-friendly guide to help incentive providers to create or optimise their own economic incentive schemes. Incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as low accident numbers), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Therefore the EU-OSHA expert group on economic incentives suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with three sectors: construction, health care and HORECA.

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Read the sectoral compilations of Innovative solutions to safety and health risks in the construction, healthcare and HORECA

Innovative solutions to safety and health risks in the construction, healthcare and HORECA sectors (21.12.2011)

One conclusion from the EU-OSHA economic incentives project is that incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as accident numbers in experience rating), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Experts from the economic incentives project therefore suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA (hotels, restaurants, catering). The preventive measures from these compilations are worth promoting in their own right, as well as being applied in economic incentives schemes. These preventive solutions can be used as a basis for incentive-providing organisations to develop their own incentive scheme, adapted to the specific situation in their sector and country.

How to create economic incentives in occupational safety and health: A practical guide (21.12.2011)

This Guide on Economic Incentives Schemes is intended to serve as a practical and user-friendly guide to help incentive providers to create or optimise their own economic incentive schemes. Incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as low accident numbers), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Therefore the expert group suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA.

EU to promote SME exports (14.07.2010)

A new EU study reveals that small firms which trade internationally create more jobs and are more innovative

SME Week - Jump (10.05.2010)

European SME Week 2010

EU to provide 45,000 micro-loans to unemployed and small entrepreneurs (15.03.2010)

A new facility to provide loans to people who have lost their jobs and want to start or further develop their own small business

Int-News of Campbell award for business excellence in OSH (11.03.2010)

National Safety Council Names 2009 Robert W. Campbell Award Winner

European Small Business Portal (08.03.2010)

Want to find out what the EU does to boost small businesses in Europe and on the global market, and what it can do for your business? This portal gathers together all the information provided by the EU on and for SMEs, ranging from practical advice to policy issues, from local contact points to networking links.

Go to the SMEs Portal

What is European SME Week? (02.03.2010)

European SME Week 2010 - from 25 May to 1 June

New markets for SMEs with easy access to information on standards in China (27.01.2010)

New markets for SMEs

Review of “OSH for Development” by Jukka Takala (03.10.2009)