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Risk assessment: online and interactive with OiRA 5 October 2016 - Zagreb

Risk assessment: online and interactive with OiRA 5 October 2016 - Zagreb. Who we are. One of more than 40 EU agencies Governed by European law Founded in 1996 Mostly financed from the general EU budget Independent in the execution of its mission/tasks

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Risk assessment: online and interactive with OiRA 5 October 2016 - Zagreb

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  1. Risk assessment: • online and interactive with OiRA • 5 October 2016 - Zagreb

  2. Who we are • One of more than 40 EU agencies • Governed by European law • Founded in 1996 • Mostly financed from the general EU budget • Independent in the execution of its mission/tasks • A tripartite network organisation, closely linked to EU actors and national networks through the national focal points

  3. Where we operate • Focal points in • EU Member States • Candidate countries • EFTA countries • Projects in • Western Balkan and Turkey - Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) • 16 countries south and east of the EU - European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Map is valid as of 2014

  4. Priority areas and activities Corporate video

  5. Why care about small enterprises • Provide the daily bread for most of the global population • Limited resources (money, time and personnel) • Under pressure from complex markets, competition from bigger firms, government red tape and limited credit access and much more • The work environment: • Higher risks of accidents and occupational diseases • Limited capacity to control (management attention and knowledge as well as time and money) • More self-employed and informal sector under stressful conditions • Peter Hasle, PPT – USE 2015 available at: http://www.useconference.com/images/custom/peter_hasle_keynote_use_2015v2.pdf

  6. Why OiRA? • Proportion (%) of enterprises reporting that they do not carry out regular risk assessment or other checks, by enterprise size, EU28? Source: ESENER-2, EU-OSHA

  7. Why OiRA? • Enterprises need help in identifying risks (ESENER findings) • There is sufficient evidence at EU/MS level to conclude that micro and small enterprises (MSEs) have some shortcomings/challenges to overcome when it comes to risk assessment (RA): • “It is not necessary, because we do not have any major problems” • “The necessary expertise is lacking” • “A lack of technical support or guidance”

  8. Challenge: reach MSEs and get them to act The evidence gathered shows that in order to support MSEs in the implementation of initiatives to improve OSH, it is required: • To support RA activities • To target employment sectors • To be appropriate: neither too complicated nor too expensive (guides, tools,…) • To involve trade unions and trade associations • To disseminate (practical solutions like tools) through personal contact • To combine active interventions with practical documentation and tools The Agency’s OiRA tool and diffusion strategy meet these requirements

  9. Project Goals • OiRA aims: • To contribute to the “development of simple tools to facilitate Risk Assessment” (Community Strategy 2007-2012) like OiRA (EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014 - 2020). • To develop and promote practical tools to help MSEs to put in place the RA process • To help demystify the RA process among MSEs • To build a critical mass of social partners (EU and national), governments, public institutions interested in developing and disseminating RA tools tailored to the specificities and needs of European MSEs

  10. OiRA target audience • EU sectoral social partners • Already on board: 6 sectors • EU- Social dialogue • partners • 28 EU Member States + Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein + accession countries • Public/National OSH Institutes • Social Partners • National level • Micro & • small companies • 19.39 million micro and small enterprises in the EU27

  11. OiRA tools generator • EU-OSHA • intermediaries • 106 OiRA tools available • available in 16 languages • OiRA tools • Micro & • small companies • EU-OSHA • Bureau & • Governing • Board • EU-OSHA

  12. Project Values • The OiRA philosophy : • Provision of free and open source software • More than a software, a diffusion model where social partners play a key role • OiRA tools available to the end-users free of charge • Development of an OiRA community: • Sharing tools (possibility to clone and translate/adapt tools from other countries/sectors) • Sharing of experiences/good practice

  13. OiRA Main Statistics • 106 OiRA tools have been published and 25 are under development (03.10.2016). • The OiRA community is made of 15 OiRA national partners plus the EU sectoral social partners who developed an EU tool for their sector (6). • The number of accounts that have been created since August 2011 is: 34.365 (03.10.2016). • The number of accumulated risk assessments carried out with OiRA (accumulated assessment since August 2011) is: 47.511 (03.10.2016).

  14. OiRA Partners in Member States

  15. OiRA Partners in Member States

  16. OiRA tools published since 01.01.2016 • Retail trade of non-food products (France) • Cleaning (Latvia) • Cafes & Restaurants (Latvia) • Bakery (Slovenia) • Commercial Shops (Slovenia) • Butchers (Slovenia) • Car repair (Slovenia) • Painters, paperhangers, plasterers and stucco masons / construction (Slovenia) • Hotels/guest houses (Latvia) • Horeca (Belgium in French and Dutch) • Private security (Spain – Spanish) • Hairdressing – (Spain – Catalan) • Live Performance Production (EU – Spanish) • Live Performance Venues (EU – Spanish)

  17. OiRA Partners – Social Partners

  18. OiRA tools - published

  19. OiRA tools - published

  20. OiRA tools - published

  21. OiRA tools - published

  22. OiRA tools – under development

  23. OiRA tools – under development

  24. Information, documentation and supporting materials: • OiRA website (www.oiraproject.eu)

  25. Thank you • For further information visit: • http://www.oiraproject.eu • Or contact: • Lorenzo Munar by email at munar@osha.europa.eu

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