OSH and education

Proceedings

Learning about OSH: a seminar on occupational health and safety and education

A joint Spanish EU Presidency and European Agency seminar in cooperation with the European Commission in Bilbao on 4 & 5 March 2002.

• Seminar documentation:
  • Welcome and introduction [EN] by Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Director, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  • Opening address [ES] by Leodegario Fernández, Director of the Spanish National Institute for Safety and Health at Work, representing the Spanish Presidency
  • Case studies:OSH at school - primary and secondary education
    • Denmark [EN] - Ar and Mi at school. Power point presentation available here.
    • Italy [EN] - Good practice examples to promote health and safety in primary school. Power point presentation available here.
    • Greece [EN] - Promoting skills for safety and health in the school and community. Power point presentation available here.
  • OSH & adults - technical and vocational education
    • Finland [EN] - On-the-job learning in the Finnish educational system. Power point presentation available here.
    • Germany [EN] - Integration of OSH into vocational education in agriculture. Power point presentation available here.
    • Italy [EN] - Integrating OSH into the curricula of technical and vocational institutes. Power point presentation available here.
    • Spain [ES]- Integrating OSH in technical and vocational education in Spain. Power point presentation available here.
  • OSH & adults - university education
    • Spain [ES] - integrating OSH into university education in Spain
    • UK [EN] - 'Tomorrow's Doctor'; OSH training on medical degrees. Power point presentation available here.
  • Integrating the OSH system into education
    • Denmark [EN] - New Act on the teaching environment for school children & students. Power point presentation available here.
    • Germany [EN] - Conception of safety promotion in schools. Power point presentation available here.
  • Integrating OSH via campaigns and structural programmes
    • Germany [EN & DE]- Integration into vocational education in Land Brandenburg; use of a campaign. Power point presentation available here.
    • Portugal [EN] - National programme of education for OSH. Power point presentation available here.
• Keynote address [FR] by Jean-Luc Marie, Director General of INRS, Chair of ISSA Education and Training Section
• Roundtable members:
  • Peter Skinner [EN], Member of European Parliament Representative from the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Florentino Alonso, National Institute for Safety and Hygiene at Work, Spain
  • Mogens Bergulf [EN], Ministry for Employment, Denmark
  • Marc Heselmans [FR], Ministry for Employment, Belgium
  • Owen Tudor, Trades Union Congress, UK and representative of ETUC
  • Natascha Waltke [EN], UNICE representative
• Conclusions [EN] presented by Bernhard Jansen, Director, Directorate D, DG Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission
• Closing address [ES] by Juan Carlos Aparicio, Spanish Minister for Employment and Social Affairs
• Background documents
  • Other Member State initiatives
  • European strategy documents