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62037E
62037E

Prevention and Research Unit
one of the 3 units of EU-OSHA that develops and implements research and information projects related to health and safety

This appropriation covers the activities proposed for the Prevention and Research Unit (PRU) in the AMP-2012. They include tasks regarding: the further development of the Online interactive risk assessment (OiRA) tool; the provision of good practice solutions for use at workplace level; the development of products to support the Healthy Workplace Campaign activities; the further development of the OSHwiki and activities to promote the engagement of other organisations and individuals as 'approved authors';
BUDGET & ESTABLISHMENT PLAN FOR 2012, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, November 2011, https://osha.europa.eu/en/file/40631/ [28.9.2018]
Works in the areas of anticipating change and new and emerging risks through Foresight activities (European Risk Observatory); facts and figures – gathering data and information through instruments such as the ESENER enterprise survey and overview research projects; developing tools for good OSH management such as the Online interactive Risk Assessment project (OiRA); providing OSH information and products for the Agency’s awareness-raising Healthy Workplaces Campaigns; and networking knowledge, primarily through the development of the OSHwiki
Translations
- Български: "отдел „Превенция и изследвания“"
- Čeština: oddělení prevence a výzkumu
- Dansk: enhed for forebyggelse og forskning
- Deutsch: Referat Prävention und Forschung
- Ελληνικά: Μονάδα Πρόληψης και Έρευνας
- English: Prevention and Research Unit
- Español: Unidad de Prevención e Investigación
- Eesti: ennetuse ja uuringute talitus
- Suomi: Ennaltaehkäisy- ja tutkimusyksikkö
- Français: unité «Prévention et recherche»
- Hrvatski: Odjel za prevenciju i istraživanje
- Magyar: Megelőzési és Kutatási Osztály
- Íslenska: Forvarnar- og rannsóknardeild
- Italiano: unità Prevenzione e ricerca
- Lietuvių: Prevencijos ir mokslinių tyrimų skyrius
- Latviešu: Profilakses un pētniecības daļa
- Malti: miżura ta' prevenzjoni
- Nederlands: eenheid Preventie en Onderzoek
- Norsk: Enhet for forebygging og forskning
- Polski: Jednostka ds. Profilaktyki i Badań
- Português: Unidade de Prevenção e Investigação
- Română: unitatea Prevenire și cercetare
- Slovenčina: oddelenie pre prevenciu a výskum
- Slovenščina: enota za preprečevanje tveganj in raziskave
- Svenska: enheten för förebyggande och forskning