1. Xabier Irastorza European Risk Observatory ESENER-PR European Survey of Enterprises on New & Emerging Risks – Psychosocial Risks Working Conditions and Health and Safety surveys in Europe: stocktaking, challenges an perspectives OSE - ETUI Brussels, 18 March 2009

2. Brief description of EU-OSHA-1  Established in Bilbao in 1996  To help improve working conditions in the EU by collecting, analysing and communicating technical, scientific and economic information to people involved in safety and health at work (OSH)

3. Brief description of EU-OSHA-2 Tripartism as basic principle  The Agency is a tripartite European Union organisation and brings together representatives from: governments employers’ workers’ organisations as well as from the European Commission

4. Brief description of EU-OSHA-3 European Risk Observatory  Aim: the identification of new and emerging risks  Analyse trends, anticipate changes in the world of work and their possible effects on OSH  Stimulating reflection among the Agency’s stakeholders and providing a platform for debate http://riskobservatory.osha.europa.eu/

5.  Contribute to ‘real-time’ dimension of the European Risk Observatory (ERO)  Provide answers to European OSH questions and describe factors underlying emerging risks  Assist in directing action, setting policies and supporting campaigns  Generate a high-visibility, large-scale initiative  Contribute to genuine culture of risk prevention Motivation for a survey

6.  Feasibility study 2005  Stakeholder consultation 2006  Budget approval WP 2007  Procurement finalised November 2007  Cooperation with Eurofound  Ongoing dialogue with stakeholders Survey background

7.  Comm. Strategy 2002-2006 on H&S at Work – explicit mention of psychosocial risks  Comm. Strategy 2007-2012 on H&S at Work – renewed attention  Shared concern in EU social dialogue – Framework agreements on: Work-related stress (8.10.2004) Harassment and violence at work (26.4.2007) Survey topic: Psychosocial risks

8. Management view  General H&S management in the establishment  H&S risks in the establishment  Management of psychosocial risks in the establishment  Barriers for psychosocial risk management and existing support  Formal employee representation in OSH issues

9. Survey topic: Psychosocial risks Employee view  Role of employee representative in OSH issues  Resources and training of employee representatives in OSH issues  General H&S management  OSH and psychosocial risks  Psychosocial risk management  Drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management

10.  Telephone survey of managers and H&S reps.  Minima of 500, 1000 or 1500 interviews per MS  All enterprises with >10 employees  All sectors except NACE ‘A’, ‘T’ & ‘U’  EU-27 (Community budget)  Croatia and Turkey (IPA funds)  Switzerland and Norway (own costs) Survey specification

11. Project outline  Kick-off December 2007  Stepwise approach: 3 phases  Total budget for EU27: €2.3 million  24 months duration from 2007 to 2009  Cooperation with Eurofound  Survey Advisory Group

12. Project GANTT

13. Project contractor  Consortium leader: TNS Infratest Sozialforschung  Partners Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (I-WHO) Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin TNO Quality of Life – Work & Employment Group of additional experts: BG, IT, FI, CY, PL. TNS opinion and TNS network of national fieldwork institutes

14. Key dates  End of quantitative pilot:24/10/08  Expert discussion on pilot results:04/11/08  Consultation of survey advisory group:07/11/08  Final English master questionnaire:14/11/08  Final versions:16/02/09  Fieldwork:13/03/09  First results:Oct 2009  Data delivery:28/04/10

15. Status report  Result of pilot and expert discussions  Employee representatives’ definition  Specification of application for web presentation  Approximately 45 ‘OSH questions’ in managers’ questionnaire and 35 in health & safety reps’  Total of 28,500 interviews with managers and approximately 10,000 with health and safety reps.

16. Thank you! Xabier Irastorza irastorza@osha.europa.eu