Xabier Irastorza European Risk Observatory

1. ESENER-PR European Survey of Enterprises on New & Emerging Risks – Psychosocial Risks Working Conditions and Health and Safety surveys in Europe: stocktaking, challenges an perspectives OSE - ETUI Brussels, 18 March 2009 Xabier Irastorza European Risk Observatory

2. Brief description of EU-OSHA-1 • Established in Bilbao in 1996 • To help improve working conditions in the EU by collecting, analysing and communicating technical, scientific and economic information to people involved in safety and health at work (OSH)

3. Brief description of EU-OSHA-2 Tripartism as basic principle • The Agency is a tripartite European Union organisation and brings together representatives from: • governments • employers’ • workers’ organisations • as well as from the European Commission

4. Brief description of EU-OSHA-3European Risk Observatory • Aim: the identification of new and emerging risks • Analyse trends, anticipate changes in the world of work and their possible effects on OSH • Stimulating reflection among the Agency’s stakeholders and providing a platform for debate http://riskobservatory.osha.europa.eu/

5. Contribute to ‘real-time’ dimension of the European Risk Observatory (ERO) Provide answers to European OSH questions and describe factors underlying emerging risks Assist in directing action, setting policies and supporting campaigns Generate a high-visibility, large-scale initiative Contribute to genuine culture of risk prevention Motivation for a survey

6. Management view General H&S management in the establishment H&S risks in the establishment Management of psychosocial risks in the establishment Barriers for psychosocial risk management and existing support Formal employee representation in OSH issues Survey topic: Psychosocial risks

7. Employee view Role of employee representative in OSH issues Resources and training of employee representatives in OSH issues General H&S management OSH and psychosocial risks Psychosocial risk management Drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management Survey topic: Psychosocial risks

8. Telephone survey of managers and H&S reps. Minima of 500, 1000 or 1500 interviews per MS All enterprises with >10 employees All sectors except NACE ‘A’, ‘T’ & ‘U’ EU-27 (Community budget) Croatia and Turkey (IPA funds) Switzerland and Norway (own costs) Survey specification

9. Project outline • Kick-off December 2007 • Stepwise approach: 3 phases • Total budget for EU27: €2.3 million • 24 months duration from 2007 to 2009 • Cooperation with Eurofound • Survey Advisory Group

10. Project GANTT

11. Project contractor • Consortium leader: • TNS Infratest Sozialforschung • Partners • Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (I-WHO) • Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin • TNO Quality of Life – Work & Employment • Group of additional experts: BG, IT, FI, CY, PL. • TNS opinion and TNS network of national fieldwork institutes

12. Key dates • End of quantitative pilot: 24/10/08 • Expert discussion on pilot results: 04/11/08 • Consultation of survey advisory group: 07/11/08 • Final English master questionnaire: 14/11/08 • Final versions: 16/02/09 • Fieldwork: 13/03/09 • First results: Oct 2009 • Data delivery: 28/04/10

13. Status report • Result of pilot and expert discussions • Employee representatives’ definition • Specification of application for web presentation • Approximately 45 ‘OSH questions’ in managers’ questionnaire and 35 in health & safety reps’ • Total of 28,500 interviews with managers and approximately 10,000 with health and safety reps.

14. Thank you! Xabier Irastorza irastorza@osha.europa.eu