'Safe Start' round table meeting
'Safe Start' round table meeting, 25 October 2007
Held in Anthura, Bleiswijk, The Netherlands
Read the round table report
and get a feel of the atmosphere (the individual presentations are included below in the programme)
Last year's European Week for Safety and Health at Work was dedicated to getting young people off to a safe start to their working lives. ’Safe Start’ was the theme of the campaign organised by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in 2006.
Results of the campaign
The campaign achieved a great deal. It put the issue on the agenda for many sectors, and real progress has been made. Things have moved on since then. Government policy has continued to evolve, and technology is advancing rapidly. The Netherlands Focal Point organised the 2006 European Week, and took the opportunity to arrange a round table meeting with various organisations active in the field during the 2007 European Week, which focuses on physical strain.
'Safe Start' round table meeting
This meeting looked at developments in government policy, technological progress, and what has happened to the good practice examples of 2006.
Agenda for the 'Safe Start' round table meeting on 25 October 2007
10.00 a.m. Arrival at location, coffee/tea
10.15 a.m.
Introduction by Henk Schrama, TNO, Focal Point Manager
10.25 a.m.
Welcome address by
Iwan van der Knaap, Financial Director of Anthura (host)
Math Creemers, Director of Stigas (host)
10.35 a.m.
Presentation on the European ‘Safe Start’ Campaign and the winners of the GP Awards by Peter Rimmer (5 MB), European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
11.00 a.m.
Some practical examples:
- Raising awareness of safety, health, well-being and environmental issues among staff and students (trainees) in the leisure industry, by Luuk Oosting, Edu Alert.
- Swimming Pools. A new approach for supervisors, by Arjan van Oostenbrugge, Groenoord sports and leisure pool
- Noise campaign run by the construction industry health and safety body Arbouw: 'If you don't want to hear, you'll have to feel', by Hanneke Bax, Arbouw
11.30 a.m. Break, tea/coffee
11.45 a.m.
Feedback on some campaigns
- Occupational health and safety coaches participating in the engineering industry's '5x better, for a healthier working environment' campaign & educational activities, by Annemarie Arensen from the campaign.
- 'Dangerous work is the most fun', by Klaas Pieter Derks, chairman of the CNV Christian trade union federation youth branch
- ENETOSH - safety in education, by Paul Swüste, TUDelft
- Arbouw construction industry campaign, by Hanneke Bax, Arbouw
12.25 p.m.
Outlook for the future from the points of view of employers, employees and the government.
- Ministry for Social Affairs and Employment, Adriaan Weber
- CNV Christian trade union confederation, Marco Hietkamp
- MKB-Nederland (organisation representing small and medium-sized businesses in the Netherlands), Mario van Mierlo
12.55 p.m.
Round-up by Henk Schrama
1.00 p.m.
Lunch
1.45 - 2.30 p.m.
Tour of Anthura
