NAPO site and films

Napo has new films and new site. Napo is an original idea conceived by a small group of OSH communications professionals in response to the need for high quality information products to break down national boundaries and address the diverse cultures, languages and practical needs of people at work.

The Group put together a proposal, a specification and an Invitation to Tender to produce a video about safety signs, and identified two production companies from their own country who were invited to put forward a treatment. Via Storia, a French company from Strasbourg, won the contract. Napo was born!

Now, NAPO has new films and his own Website.

EU-OSHA launches the Risk Assessment Campaign

The EU-OSHA launched the European Campaign on Risk Assessment on Friday 6th of June. The purpose of the "Healthy Workplaces" campaign is the promotion of a management approach that considers the different stpes of risk assessment.



There is a great deal of resources available to help promoting the campaign and implementing the risk assessments, (e.g.: Risk - Assessment Office Checklist).

12th May, International Nurses Day

International Nurses Day will be celebrated on 12 May (Florence Nightingale's birthday) around the world.

This year, the theme is "Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Primary Health Care"

Important week for Safety and Health at Work

This week is very important for Safety and Health at Work around the World. Today, 28th of April, is the “World Day for Safety and Health at Work”, this year with the theme "Managing Risk in the Work Environment". On this day, many events and conferences will take place around the world, and Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) will be under the spotlight, at least for one day.

On Thursday, we will celebrate 1st of May, an occasion to look back and see the many advances achieved in OSH in different countries.

However, recent tragedies like the one in Casablanca last week, with at least 55 workers dead, reminds us that there is still a lot to do to spread OSH around the world.

Information and resources on HORECA

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The EU-OSHA has published a Web section on HORECA (HOtels, REstaurants and CAtering), a growing sector with have a negative impact on occupational safety and health (OSH), due to factors like heavy workload, long working hours, and many other, wich makes it a sector with many work related diseases.

In addition to this, EU-OSHA has published different publications related to the HORECA sector, wich address the handling of dangerous substances, prevention of MSDs and other common sectorial risks.

Best whishes for 2008.

The year is over and it is time to think of these first months of "WorkingSafe".

Starting a project from scratch is not an easy task and it takes time and energy. We are very happy with how we have managed to build a nice community and increase our statistics month after month.

For the coming year, we have a great deal of new projects and enthusiasm enough to put them in place, hoping they will serve our main objective:

Disseminate information and rise awareness so everyone can Work Safe.

Best whishes for 2008.

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