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The project will provide long term sustainability of well-being, health and work ability among workers in the mining industry on the Barents region. Work in the mining industry situated in the Barents region is characterized by exposure to harsh climatic conditions. Therefore specific knowledge is needed about the separate and combined risks that are unique for the regional mining industry. The p ...
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Harsh Weather Testing Network

Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Oct 30, 2012,

The purpose of the project is to create a novel transnational network between the project partners and their clients (SME’s) and find an activate other organizations that give testing services to join the network. The meaning of the network is to create a totally new system for developing and strengthening the harsh weather testing activities in the northern periphery region. During the project th ...
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The development of attractive island communities requires competitiveness and innovation. It also requires the development and recognition of island communities and the archipelago as a whole, in regional, economical, and political terms. Because of the geographic heterogeneity of the islands as well as the regional inequality within the archipelago, flexible work arrangements offer one possibil ...
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The cooperation for safety in sparsely populated areas 2.4 (CoSafe)

Start date: May 31, 2008, End date: May 30, 2011,

The CoSafe project aims to increase the preparedness for major accidents and extreme situations in rural areas and to develop emergency medical care (EMC) in extreme conditions in the NPP region. Improved preparedness rescue and prehospital capacity will as well increase basic safety for the tourists as well as the inhabitants in the NPP region. This com-prises also the development of: * collabora ...
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Development of Occupational Health and Safety in the Republic of Karelia

Start date: Jul 31, 2002, End date: Feb 27, 2006,

...ilities of occupational protection. Th e institutional structures of occupational protection are very diff erent. Th is information can be used in the cross-border business and investment planning of Finnish companies. Equally, when importing goods from the other side of the border, it is important to know the prevailing norms of occupational protection.
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Making the EU CLEAN of AsBestos

Start date: Oct 1, 2013,

ABClean intends to create a common European curricula on asbestos management targeting prevention and health coordinators of the construction sector and focused on the different cycles of removal and waste disposal of asbestos-containing materials. OSHA reported that these works are done by micro businesses and SMEs leading to a decline in employers' and employees' awareness, knowledge and experie ...
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THESEIS aims at developing, testing and disseminating an innovative training model in the field of occupational Health and Safety of workers in the pollution management sector of eco-industry.The increasing demand for this material can be attributed to several factors: People working in eco-industry face specific risks related to their activities; most of the companies of the sector are SMEs; ther ...
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Psychosocial risks, work-related stress, violence, harassment and bullying are now widely recognised major challenges to occupational health and safety (EASHW, 2007). Nearly one in three of Europe's workers, report that they are affected by stress at work (EASHW, 2002). In a wider perspective, psychosocial risks are now a major public health concern and are associated with economic and social secu ...
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The project aims to develop new innovative on-line standards and Vocational Certificate for Trainers and officers working within the field of Social, Economic, Environmental and Physical Regeneration. The qualification will provide the beneficiaries with the knowledge to undertake their roles and provide them with the skills to develop volunteers and trainers from primarily voluntary, community an ...
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The project aims at compiling the expert-knowledge of integrating Occupational Safety and Health into education and training in Europe and to promote the use of good practice across national and cultural boundaries. The project is aimed at lecturers and trainers who train intermediaries in occupational safety and health, and at decision-makers and policymakers in OSH and vocational training policy ...
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Based upon a previously funded Leonardo da Vinci project (Vocational Qualifications, Titles and Transparency in Health Services in European Member States) the EQUOTE project will undertake a detailed survey in relation to the obstacles facing women in reaching the higher echelons of the health sector.The project aims to survey, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the initial and vocational trai ...
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The project started out with 13 partners from 10 countries. Examples of good practice of education and training in safety and health were brought together by the partners according defined criteria from whole of Europe. Furthermore the project group developed a common standard for the qualification of instructors and trainers in safety and health. Today, almost 50 partners from 20 European countri ...
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This project aims to equip teachers, HR professionals and care workers to understand the factors that are critical to life span mental health maintenance and promotion in schools, workplaces and older people’s services and to initiate, implement and monitor policy and programme development within their organisations. This requires:1. An understanding of the distinction between mental health and m ...
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The idea of developing a Workplace Health Promotion Course for Occupational Health & Public Health experts emerged from a Needs Analysis and the recommendations of 2 previous projects: a Europe Fund Project from 2002 and a PHARE project from 2006.This project aims at increasing the level of knowledge in what concerns the most advanced findings in Workplace Health Promotion through a process of tra ...
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