Our work on Occupational Safety and Health prioritises worker’s health and wellbeing. To maximise healthy working years, we seek to strengthen the capacity of the relevant stakeholders to promote occupational safety and health.
Working careers are longer than ever before and workplaces are becoming more diverse. With the changing world of work, new forms and methods of work have arisen. The concerns for the safety, health and welfare of people at work are many and varied. Therefore, high quality occupational safety and health services are needed so that everyone can receive the best standard of occupational care.
Our Expert Group on Occupational Safety and Health has previously studied the existing barriers to identification and reporting of the occupational and work-related diseases. The results shed light on the emerging work-related health and safety risks and the areas in need of further policy development. To complement this study, the group works on identifying the shortages of competencies among OSH professionals in the changing world of work.
Expert Group Members
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Finland Suomi
Chair
Mr. Owe Österbacka
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
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Norway Norge
Co-Chair
Dr. Jogindra Samant
Directorate of Labour Inspection
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Finland Suomi
International Technical Advisor
Ms., D.Sc (Tech.), Päivi Hämäläinen
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Department for Work and Gender Equality
Policy Unit
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Estonia Eesti
Ms. Eva Põldis
Ministry of Social Affairs
Alternate(s)
Ms. Silja Soon
Labour Inspectorate
Ms. Karin Reinhold
Tallinn University of Technology
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Latvia Latvija
Mr. Ivars Vanadziņš
Institute for Occupational Safety and Environmental Health
Alternate(s)
Ms. Jolanta Geduša
Ministry of Welfare of Latvia
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Lithuania Lietuva
Ms Lolita Pilipavičienė
Occupational Health Centre
Institute of Hygiene
Alternate(s)
Ms. Kristina Jokimaitė
Primary Health Care and Nursing Division
Personal Health Care Department
Ministry of Health
Ms. Giedrė Namajūnaitė
Health Promotion Division
Public Health Department
Ministry of Health
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Norway Norge
Ms. Anne Marie Lund Eikrem
Directorate of Labour Inspection
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Poland Polska
Ms; PhD Eliza Goszczyńska
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM)
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Sweden Sverige
Ms. Anette Nylund
The Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise
International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
Mr. Jaime Calderon
Regional Office for South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Vienna, MHD
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Mr Claude Loiselle
Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch (LABADMIN/OSH)
Governance and Tripartism Department (GOVERNANCE)
International Labour Office
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Mr. Tim Tregenza
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
