EU Presidency Conference -“Working together to eliminate occupational cancer”, Helsinki

De Luteraanse Domkerk van Helsinki op het Senaatsplein
date November 27, 2019 - November 28, 2019
city Helsinki, Finland
location Helsinki, Finland Show location
organisation European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) i

Start date : 27/11/2019

End date : 27/11/2019

Where:

Helsinki, Finland

Presidency of the Council of the EU,

Consumer affairs and public health, Employment and social rights,

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The conference is part of the ‘Roadmap on carcinogens’ initiative and will address the prevention of work-related cancers.

It aims to increase awareness of carcinogenic substances and to collect and disseminate good practices on reducing occupational exposure to carcinogens.

The event is organised under the auspices of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU.

More information on the event


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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) works to make European workplaces safer, healthier and more productive – for the benefit of businesses, employees and governments. The agency promotes a culture of risk prevention to improve working conditions in Europe.

What EU-OSHA does

  • Anticipating change: Foresight projects highlight and study new and emerging OSH risks
  • Facts and figures: gathering and disseminating information through the ESENER enterprise survey and OSH overviews on specific topics to identify priorities
  • Tools for good OSH management: Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) for small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Raising awareness: through 2-year Healthy Workplaces Campaigns across Europe and NAPO films on workplace safety and health
  • Networking knowledge: OSHwiki online encyclopaedia of accurate and reliable OSH information
  • Strategic networking: partnerships with governments, employers’ and workers’ organisations

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