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News Release from: European Agency For Safety And Health At Work | Subject: 2004 report
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Team on 21 June 2005
European Agency publishes 2004 report
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work is launching its annual report, summarising the Agency's activities in a year which saw the EU's membership grow from 15 to 25 Member States.
The Bilbao-based European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EASHW) is launching its annual report, summarising the Agency's activities in a year which saw the EU's membership grow from 15 to 25 Member States "The enlargement has provided us with a much larger pool of experience and expertise to share among Member States", say Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, the Agency's director, and Luis Lopes, the chairperson of the Agency's Administrative Board, in the report's opening statement
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Agency capitalised on this by intensifying its pan-European programmes, including the European Week 2004 on construction.
The campaign culminated in bringing together top representative bodies in Europe's EUR900billion construction industry and of the Dutch EU presidency to sign a landmark declaration committing its signatories to improve the industry's safety and health standards.
Other 2004 highlights include: an SME funding scheme promoting health and safety in European small and medium-sized companies - an independent evaluation in 2004 showed the scheme reached more than 700,000 SMEs.
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Another highlight was exploring the commercial value of occupational safety and health - with a new report and a working paper, the Agency pinpointed criteria for commercially productive CSR (corporate social responsibility) strategy and a strong link between higher OSH (occupational safety and health) standards and higher productivity.
Devising an enlargement action plan for 2005-2006 had two main thrusts: a mass information campaign in the new Member States and knowledge transfer adapting SME funding schemes' expertise to new Member States' individual circumstances.
Focusing on high-risk sectors, with new factsheets published on violence and other hazards in education sector, and special web features developed for the construction and fishing industries.
Addressing the issues of disability and gender with the help of new information materials, a dedicated web feature and a seminar.
Mainstreaming OSH into education - a report analysing 32 initiatives across Europe described how to successfully integrate OSH into school and university curricula.
Monitoring tomorrow's risks by collecting and analysing the data required to launch a Risk Observatory in 2005.
In 2004 the Agency produced and distributed more than 4million copies of publications in up to 20 languages.
The number of visitors on the Agency's website doubled to nearly 3million.
The annual report can be downloaded from the agency's website.
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