THE NETWORK ELEMENT OF THE EST-FIN TWINNING Kari Kurppa FIOH

NETWORK: - A SYSTEM OF INTERCONNECTED THINGS; - A STRUCTURE THE MEMBERS CAN USE THE NETWORK (STRUCTURE) AS A TOOL THAT EXPANDS THEIR OWN CAPACITIES

BALTIC SEA OH&S NETWORK NORWAY FINLAND NORTH-WESTERN RUSSIA ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA POLAND GERMANY DENMARK SWEDEN

NATIONAL NETWORK NGO CENTER INSTITUTE ORGANISATION DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY B SPECIALISED HOSPITAL PROJECT X UNIVERSITY AGENCY DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY A

SUBNATIONAL NETWORK ORGANISATION

The National OH&S Network The Subnetwork on OH&S Training Institutions The Tartu County OH&S Network Establishment of a Subnetwork on OH&S in Agriculture THE NETWORKS

Capacities in a Country Organization

Identify Other OSH Capacities

Build Bridges, Directory NETWORK

Joint Activity Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Dr K. Kurppa COLLABORA- TION SPECIFIC PROJECT (PURPOSE)

NECESSARY STEPS Identification of member organisations Motivation of member organisations Agreement about the network's purpose, goals and objectives Jointly agreed policy statement - desentralised architecture - autonomy of member organisations (voluntary, peer-to-peer) - agreement about operational principles Appointment of a technical Secretariat Establishment of an Advisory Board ('political') Compilation of a Directory Establishment of a Web site Action plan Evaluation

INDICATOR Indicators are pointers that simplify phenomena and help to understand and monitor complex realities.

INDICATORS "VARIABLES HYPOTHETICALLY LINKED TO THE VARIABLE, WHICH ITSELF CANNOT BE DIRECTLY OBSERVED" Abernathy 2003

INDICATORS SIMPLY A "TOOL" FOR MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS, AND NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL TO THE PHENOMENON UNDER SCRUTINY Abernathy 2003

INDICATOR NOT TO BE TAKEN AS A TRUE MEASURE OF THE PHENOMENON FOR WHICH IT WAS CHOSEN Abernathy 2003

OPERATIONALIZATION The process of reducing phenomena into "concrete and specific definitions" or measurable units. Numeric indicators are created through operationalization. Abernathy 2003

OH&S PROFILE An OH&S profile is a structured description of a situation on OH&S in a specified context. structured overview sector of economy, county, community light description (not scientific)

PURPOSE OF A PROFILE To understand OH&S in a local context, and from the perspective of stakeholders To provide a written summary that documents a state of affairs

Model development: Sectoral Profile on OH&S in Agriculture County OH&S Profile Rural Community OH&S Profile THE NETWORK COMPONENT PROFILES

SUBNATIONAL PROFILES - province, district, subdistrict, village - benchmarking within a country - tools for local empowerment - relatively new ideas in most countries

COMMUNITY OH&S PROFILE ÜLENURME COMMUNE (COUNTY OF TARTU, ESTONIA) Name and affilities of the community: Ylenurme (Ülenurme); Tartu county; Estonia Contact Information: Ülenurme Vallavalitsus Tõrvandi, Tartu Maakond fax Municipal council chairman Aavo Lang Municipal director Aivar Aleksejev, tel , Municipal secretary Reet Sakk, tel , Geography: Ülenurme is a community situating in Southeastern Estonia, just south of Tartu (a university town with inhabitants). The distance from the community center to Tartu is 6 km. The total area is 8634,9 ha. 73,8% of the territory is in agricultural use ha cultivable land and 1128 ha forests. Average temperature in summer (May-Aug) is +15º C and in winter (Dec-March) -2ºC. Villages/other divisions: There are two centers with more than one thousand inhabitants ( Ülenurme (1034) and Tõrvandi (1578), 12 villages (Soinaste (275), Räni (473), Külitse (329), Lepiku (88), Laane (61), Reola (149), Uhti (293), Läti (12), Täsvere (15), Õssu (28), Soosilla (37) and Lemmatsi (106)). Community centers (both administrative and commercial) are Ülenurme and Tõrvandi. Administration: There is a community development plan for years , prepared together with Tartu University (to be found at commune's internet site Commune office employs 14 persons. There is no-one responsible for work, health or occupational health and safety matters. Health matters belong in priciple to financial and social councillor. Commune does not arrange work for unemployed. (continued… 1/7)

SECTORAL PROFILES Sector of economy (agriculture,...) Practical instruments for labour inspectors, employers, managers, trade unions, … Benchmarking