1. Name and title of speaker
Working together for risk prevention Healthy Workplaces Campaign
Name and title of speaker
Date | Event title
Safety and health at work is everyone’s concern. It’s good for you. It’s good for business.

2. Scale of the problem Why is safety and health important?
Good for business, workers and for society as a whole
Significant improvements across the EU in recent decades, but …
Every year more than 5,500 people lose their lives due to workplace accidents
159,000 die as a result of work-related illnesses (ILO estimates)
€ 490 billion cost to the EU economy

3. Benefits of good safety and health
Reduced risks and costs
Lower employee absence and turnover rates
Fewer accidents
Lower accident insurance costs
Productivity increases
Threat of legal action is lessened
Better reputation among customers, suppliers and investors

4. Prevention is better than cure
Prevention is the cornerstone of Europe’s approach to managing risks. Prevention is about managing work-related risks with the ultimate aim of eliminating and reducing the number of work-related accidents and occupational illnesses.

5. What does prevention mean in practice?
Managers and workers working together to prevent risks
Managers and employers have primary responsibility
However….. active worker participation is vital for success

6. Basic principles of risk prevention
Avoid risks
Evaluate risks that cannot be avoided
Combat them at source
Adapt work to the individual
Adapt to technical progress
Replace the dangerous by the non- or the less dangerous
Develop a coherent overall prevention policy
Prioritise collective protective measures over individual ones
Give appropriate instructions to workers

7. Strategic aims of the campaign
Promotion of core message that workers and managers must work together
Giving clear guidance to employers to manage specific work-related risks
Provision of practical guidance to promote a risk prevention culture
Laying the foundations for a more sustainable risk prevention culture in Europe

8. Management taking the lead
It is the legal and moral duty of management to take the lead on workplace safety and health. In practice this means:
Visible and active commitment by management
Engaging with the workforce and their representatives
Effective ‘downward’ and ‘crossways’ communication
Using risk assessment to guide decisions
Integration of good health and safety management throughout an organisation
Promotion of these ideas throughout entire supply chain
Monitoring, reporting and reviewing health and safety performance

9. Worker participation Worker participation is vital. Benefits include:
Lower accident rates
Cost-effective solutions
A happier and more productive workforce (lower absence rates)
Greater awareness and control of workplace risks

10. Consulting on safety and health
Employers have a duty to consult workers/worker representatives on health and safety. This means in practice:
Effective and open dialogue
Joint problem solving and decision making
Listening and acting on what is said
Participation in spotting hazards, assessing risks and devising solutions
Participation in implementing solutions and promoting safe working conditions
Workers fully cooperating with employers
Putting in place arrangements so these can happen in practice

11. About the campaign How the 2012-13 Healthy Workplaces Campaign works
We help create safer and healthier workplaces for everyone’s benefit
But we cannot do this by ourselves
We need you to help foster and promote workplace safety and health

12. Network-based campaigning
Core strength: national focal points and tripartite networks.
But also … engage other stakeholders/partners
Official campaign partners (Pan-European and international organisations) including social partners, NGOs, sectoral federations and networks, private companies
EU institutions including European Commission, EU Parliament, EU representations, EU agencies, Enterprise Europe Network

13. How to get involved?
The campaign is open to all individuals and organisations. You can get involved by:
Disseminating campaign information and materials
Joining in with one of the many events, conferences, competitions, advertising campaigns – taking place during the campaign
Organising your own activities

14. Campaign partnership offer
Pan-European organisations can also apply to be campaign partners. The Agency offers:
Partner certificate
Welcome pack
Promotion at EU level and in the media
Online Communication Platform
Partner web section

15. European Good Practice Awards
Recognise outstanding and innovative contributions
Encourage managers and workers to work together
Enhance workplace safety and health
EU Member States, EEA, Western Balkans and Turkey
Two categories:
Workplaces employing fewer than 100 people
Those with 100 or more workers
Winners chosen from entries submitted by national focal points

16. Resources Campaign guide Practical guides for workers and managers
Good practice examples
News about campaign events
Presentations and animated video clips
All available in 24 languages

17. Key dates Campaign launch: 18 April 2012
European Weeks for Safety and Health at Work: October 2012 and 2013
Good Practice Awards Ceremony: April 2013
Healthy Workplaces Summit: November 2013

18. Further information Visit the campaign website
To find out about events and activities in your country, contact your national focal point