OSHA, Bilbao – MELE, Croatia IPA Conference “Community agencies: partners in accession” Parallel session A – Lessons learned Arrangement OSHA, Bilbao – MELE, Croatia Zdravko Muratti Head of OS Dep. Lisbon, november 09.

New organization of OSH in the RC GOVERNMENT M H S W M E L E OS Dep. SIRC Oversight service in the areas of labour and occupational safety C I H I H P W C I H P S W Occupational health medical teams Authorised professional and commissioners Services for occupational safety

18.07.2006. Arrangement between the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Bilbao and the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Zagreb, Croatia - Support programme based on the role of the FOP up to becoming members of the EU

Activities along this period: Participation at all FOP meetings during the PHARE IV and IPA programmes Project co-ordination meetings Focal Point set up Set up a national network Agency network manager visited Croatia Focal Point Participation in the Agency`s Internet group - Preparation for the participation in the GPA

Results: New IT eqipment Set up the Croatian Agency website Translated about 1200 pages of Agency materials Promote material Exchanged experiances in Occupational Safety and Health at Work Agency’s participation in 3 Seminars in Croatia

What have been the experiences of technical assistance so far? Over our expectation - Introducing and linking between themselves Information about occupational safety in MS Possible exchange of aknowledge and experience Good cooperation Faster approach to the EU standards in OSH - Be active in Agency`s Programme

What are the key elements of success? Good organisation and cooperations Easy correspodence Optimally loading of tasks Respectation Efficiency and timeliness

Which were the main challenges for the cooperation and how did you solve them? Keep the unicque approach for all actors! To continue in this way

Thank you for your attention!