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Explore the European Agency's pivotal role in coordinating and disseminating research on occupational safety and health. Learn about its impact on the 6th Framework Programme and its function as a facilitator of OSH research networking. Enhance your understanding of the Community Strategy on OSH and the development of a "Risk Observer" for emerging risks. Join us for valuable insights on OSH research opportunities and networking initiatives.
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6th 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, • 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”
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
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
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
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
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)