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Hans-Horst Konkolewsky Director European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

6 th Framework Programme on Research. Hans-Horst Konkolewsky Director European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Role of the European Agency in European Research activities (I). Agency Regulation “The Agency’s role shall be to collect technical,

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Hans-Horst Konkolewsky Director European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

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  1. 6th Framework Programme on Research Hans-Horst Konkolewsky Director European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

  2. Role of the European Agency in European Research activities (I) • Agency Regulation • “The Agency’s role shall be to collect technical, • scientific and economic information on research • into safety and health at work and on other • research activities, which involve aspects • connected with safety and health at work and • disseminate the results of the research and • research activities”

  3. Role of the European Agency in European Research activities (II) • Conclusions of 2001 OSH strategy seminar • Agency key role in co-ordinating research • activities at EU level • Development of Agency Topic Centre Research • 12 European Occupational Safety and Health • Research Institutes • Networking and common goal of • developing EU OSH research

  4. Agency role under the 6th Framework Programme • Agency as a “facilitator” of OSH Research • networking and EU OSH Research activity • 6th Research Programme • Lead to research information deliverables • Enhance the EU OSH research information base • Agency put research information to good use in disseminating to EU policy and decision-makers

  5. Community Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health • Agency develop “Risk Observer” for new and • emerging risks – Europe´s “watch out tower” • for future OSH challenges to the workforce • Continue development of Topic Centre • Research activities in parallel  • Agency is the EU body for dissemination of • OSH information and results, including Research  • Networking and information exchange and • dissemination hosted by the • global OSH portal

  6. Aim of today’s information meeting (I) • Bring together European OSH research institutes in one place at one time with key Commission players in the Research field • “Expressions of Interest”– fair degree of support for OSH projects – e.g. your EoIs

  7. Aim of today’s information meeting (II) • opportunity for networking ready for • “Call for Proposals” (starting December) • opportunity to be informed by Commission officials on the state of play in OSH research possibilities • assess main areas of research interest and next steps (timetable for action)

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