AGROSH+

AGROSH+ present in the “For the people with care” Magazine, from Bulgaria (OSH related magazine)

Daniel Dodoc — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:48:00 GMT

The AGROSH+ project benefited from a very good visibility by publishing two articles presenting the results of the project, and feedback from the experts involved in the project, in two editions of “For the people with care” Magazine, published by Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work – FCBZR.

In the Year VI, Issue 22, 2018, April – June, Edition (pages. 36-38) the C1 “Staff Training-Testing Course was presented together with a project summary.

In the Year VI, Issue 23, 2018, Edition Dr. Theodor Haratau addressed a few words to the readers of the magazine presenting also the Romtens Foundation and the project and its objectives and results. He also addressed some well-earned congratulations to the “For the people with care” team and success in making future editions. On top of that a second article with a general description of the project was published in the same edition.

“For the people with care” Magazine it is a quarterly magazine, free of charge and is disseminated among around 500 people from different companies from Bulgaria and worldwide.

1st Edition - pag. 36-38

2nd edition - availble soon.

AGROSH+ at the OSH Conference “Near miss accidents” in Albena, Bulgaria – 14-16 May 2019

Daniel Dodoc — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:32:00 GMT

Romtens Foundation will attend and present the AGROSH+ project at the OSH Conference “Near miss accidents” in Albena, Bulgaria on 14-16 May 2019, organized by FCBZR - Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“ from Bulgaria.

More information about this event will be further provided.

AGROSH+ at the Annual National Awards For Occupational Safety And Health 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria - 22 February 2019

Daniel Dodoc — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:08:00 GMT

The AGROSH+ project will be presented at the Annual National Awards For Occupational Safety And Health, organized by FCBZR - Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“ from Bulgaria, Sofia with the support of the "General Labour Inspectorate" Executive Agency from Sofia.

The event will be held on the 22^nd of February 2019.

Same as every year, among the participants there will be representatives of public institutions and NGOs from Bulgaria, as well as international representatives from worldly recognized institutions in the field of occupational safety and health.

The training "OSH for Agriculture” was held between the 2nd and 6th of July 2018 in Bucharest

Daniel Dodoc — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:13:00 GMT

The training "OSH for Agriculture” was held between the 2nd and 6th of July 2018 in Bucharest.

The participants were 14 experts working in the field of Occupational Health and Safety from Romania, Bulgaria and Ireland.

The course was considered by both lecturers and learners, very interactive and highly applied to the field of OSH with a very good mixture of theoretical and practical training.

Feedback from the trainees:

Worked well:

„presentations of the case studies”

„excellent group work with a lot of interaction”

„calculating the risks and putting measures to eliminate the risk factors, was the most important and best part of the Case Studies”

“the working groups, the level of presentation, the case studies, very good organization”

Did not worked well :

“not enough time to finish some exercises”

“very high pace of the course”

Training course “OSH for Agriculture”, 2-6 July 2018 Bucharest

Daniel Dodoc — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:53:00 GMT

Between July 2 and 6, 2018, Romtens Foundation will organize in Bucharest training course "OSH for Agriculture".

Location: Hotel Ibis Gara de Nord

Lecturers: OSH experts, occupational health doctors who have extensive experience at national and international level and have been involved in producing the content for this course.

Who addresses: those who work in the field of Ocupational Health and Safety. There will be also Bugarian and Irish participants at this training course.

Required documents: CV, proof of fllowing a training in OSH (eg. OSH Inspector / Specialist) or any other course that offers the opportunity to conduct OSH services.

The participation is free of charge. The training course is conducted in English!

For registration please contact us at crina.slave@romtens.ro or office@romtens.ro

Presenting the AGROSH+ project at the ICOH CONGRESS DUBLIN 2018

Daniel Dodoc — Mon, 07 May 2018 09:00:00 GMT

Between 29^th of April – 4^th of May 2018 the ICOH CONGRESS DUBLIN 2018 took place and we had the honor to present the AGROSH+ project at this event. The ICOH Congress is one of the largest international congresses on health and safety at work, where experts from around the world meet every three years to share their experience and knowledge.

More than 2200 experts in Health & Safety learned about our project and about the results of the Occupational Medicine Training Course held in November 2017 in Bucharest. The project was represented by Prof. Dr. Elena-Ana Pauncu from UMF Timisoara.

For more information, visit: http://icoh2018.org/2018/

C1 - "1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1” / 16th – 20th of April 2018 /Sofia, Bulgaria

Daniel Dodoc — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:11:00 GMT

Between 16^th – 20^th of April 2018 the "1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1” – C1, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, organized with the support of FCBZR from Bulgaria.

The beneficiaries of this course were AGROSH+ partners’ staff and the scope was to test and revise all training material of the future training course dedicated to OSH experts which will be organized between 2^nd and 6^th of July 2018 in Bucharest/Romania.

Presentation of the AGROSH+ project at the 9th International Congress on Occupational Safety and Health, Istanbul, Turkey

Daniel Dodoc — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:06:00 GMT

Between May 6-9, 2018, the "9^th International Congress on Occupational Safety and Health" is organized in Istanbul, Turkey by the Turkish Ministry of Labor and Social Security with the participation of academics, experts, national and international organizations, universities , chambers and non-governmental organizations. The congress will assess occupational health and safety issues in 31 main headings under the main theme "Coordination and cooperation in the field of occupational health and safety". At the Occupational Health and Safety Fair, which will be held together with Congress, visitors will find opportunities to meet health and safety in-the-job innovations.

At this congress the AGROSH + project will be presented by Mr. Theodor Haratau during a session whose program will be displayed in the next period on http://www.tioshconference.gov.tr/

UPDATE: 4th Transnational Project Meeting of the AGROSH+

Daniel Dodoc — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:25:00 GMT

The fourth transnational meeting of the AGROSH+ project will take place in Sofia on the 21^st of April 2018 and will be hosted by the Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“ from Bulgaria. Initially, this meeting was scheduled for March 1, but was rescheduled for April 21, 2018.

During this meeting, the partners will discuss the results of the C1-"1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1", they will analyze the progress of the Safety and Health at Work component for agriculture and they will also review the dissemination events planned for the last part of the project.

UPDATE: C1 - "1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1” / 16th – 20th of April 2018 /Sofia, Bulgaria

Daniel Dodoc — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:21:00 GMT

Between 16^th – 20^th of April 2018 the "1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1” – C1, will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, organized with the support of FCBZR from Bulgaria. Inital this course was scheduled for February 23-28, 2018, but was rescheduled for April 16-20, 2018.

The beneficiaries of this course will be AGROSH+ partners’ staff who are involved in developing the training materials for the future training course dedicated to Occupational Safety and Health which will be organized between 2^nd and 6^th of July 2018 in Bucharest/Romania.

The participants will be OSH experts, occupational medicine physicians, psychologists, , researchers in the field of public health and Agriculture and Food Science.

UPDATE: AGROSH+ project presentation at "The 32nd International Congress on Occupational Health"

Daniel Dodoc — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:07:00 GMT

Between April 29 and May 4, 2018 will be held in Dublin, Ireland "The 32nd International Congress on Occupational Health" organized by the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Occupational Health, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland - Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. The ICOH Congress is one of the largest international congresses on health and safety at work, where experts from around the world meet every three years to share their experience and knowledge.

During the congress, namely May 3, 2018, in the session "Innovations in OSH Education and Training - Innovations in Education and Training in SSM" will be presented the two training courses developed within the AGROSH + project, coordinated by to the Romtens Foundation; the presentation will be made by Mr. Theodor Haratau.

For more information, visit http://icoh2018.org/2018/full-programme/

C3 - "Implementation Course 1-OSH for Agriculture“

Daniel Dodoc — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:33:47 GMT

As part of the Learning activities taking place in the AGROSH+ project, Romtens Foundations, will host in Bucharest, Romania the C3 - "Implementation Course 1-OSH for Agriculture“.

The course will take place over a period of 5 days, 8 hours / day, between the 2^th and 6^th July 2018 and it will be accredited by National Authority for Qualifications.

The trainees will be OSH experts from Romania, Bulgaria and Ireland.

The trainers will be OSH experts, Occupational Medicine physicians, etc. who have an extensive experience at national and international level and have been involved in producing the content for this course.

More information about the C3 - "Implementation Course 1-OSH for Agriculture“ and how you can apply to be a trainee will be available soon on www.agrosh.ro .

Multiplier Event – Dublin, Ireland

Daniel Dodoc — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:29:00 GMT

One of the four Multiplier Events scheduled as part of the AGROSH + project activities will take place in Dublin, Ireland on April 30, 2018 and the Work Research Centre Ireland Ltd from Ireland, Dublin, will host it.

Each project partner (except for the second Romanian partner UMFVBT) will organize an Multiplier Event in order to disseminate at national level the intellectual outputs produced during the project within the interested relevant professional communities.

5th Transnational Project Meeting of the AGROSH+

Daniel Dodoc — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:27:00 GMT

The fifth and last transnational meeting of the AGROSH + project will take place in Dublin between the 28^th and 29^th of April 2018 and will be hosted by the Work Research Centre Ireland Ltd from Ireland, Dublin.

During this meeting, the partners will analyze the progress of the Safety and Health at Work component for agriculture and the progress of the implementation of Course 1 designed for Safety Experts that will take place between 2^nd and 6^th July of 2018 in Bucharest, Romania. They will also discuss about the multiplier events that will organized in each country in the last part of the project.

3rd Transnational Project Meeting of the AGROSH+ project

Daniel Dodoc — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 08:02:00 GMT

The third transnational meeting of the AGROSH+ project has taken place in Timisoara between 4-5 December 2017 and was hosted by the Timisoara University of Medicine and Pharmacy - Department of Labor Medicine.

During this meeting, the results of the evaluation of the C4-Training course for occupational medicine physicians were analyzed and all partners draw conclusions for organizing the C3-Training course for safety experts.

Another key objective of this meeting was taking the decisions on the structure of the O2 – Course 1 Training Curriculum & Accreditation Dossier – Safety Experts. Also related to this the partners discussed about O4 – Course 1 Training Materials - Safety Experts and the allocation of tasks for Project Partners’ trainees, which will focus more on case studies produced by Project Partners. For this, each of them presented they proposal for the case study.

The partners also decided the date, agenda, participants and responsibilities for the C1-"1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1" which will take place between 23^rd of February and 28^th of February 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria linked to the Transnational Project Meeting 4 (1^st of March 2018), both of them organized with the support of FCBZR from Bulgaria. The dates for TPM 5 (Dublin 28^th-29^th of April 2018) and C3 (2^nd – 6^th of July 2018) were also established.

For more information about these events please visit www.agrosh.ro in the following period.

Project Partners

Daniel Dodoc — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:19:00 GMT

The “OSH+ for the European Agriculture sector - Stimulating growth in rural areas through capacity building for providers (and beneficiaries) of occupational medicine and OSH services” – AGROSH+ project is a joint effort of 5 partners coming from 4 countries. Each partner brings a unique set of skills to this partnership, which ensures that the results to be be obtained by the end of the project will be reflecting multiple national perspectives, but also multiple professional perspectives (each partner has a specific agenda derived directly from its currently nationally operating roles); the overall and joint scope of all partners being to enhance the available knowledge for the OSH experts and of the occupational medicine physicians.

Each partner has experience relevant to the project, and each one of us comes with a different experience in one of the 2 (two) areas addressed by the project. For this reason partners, although being involved in all project activities, contribute to a greater extent either to the OSH area or to the Occupational Medicine area, based on their organizational competences. This differences are also visible in the way partners will be involved within Learning / Teaching / Training activities. Below there is a short presentation for each partner and the extent and peculiarities of their involvement in the project.

ROMTENS Foundation is a private NGO, set up in 1998 and declared a Public Utility in 2008 (according to the Order of the Government No 509/May 2008). Its main areas of action are Public Health, Workplace Health Promotion, Occupational Health, Occupational Safety & Health, and Project Management (with a particular and in depth focus on Project / Program Evaluation). Over the past 17 years, Romtens Foundation has been keen to achieve "state-of-the-art" expertise in Workplace Health Promotion, and hence it has devoted most of its efforts in acquiring knowledge and in developing and implementing workplace health promotion projects. It has become a member of several European Public Health Networks, such as the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP), the European Network for Training and Education in OSH (ENETOSH), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA).

ROMTENS Foundation participated to over 50 European projects since its beginnings either as Applicant or as Partner. It has an extensive experience in OSH and training. Over the past 5 years Romtens has been granted by the National Accreditation Agency the accreditation to organize OSH training courses, and hence it has trained around 200 employees and managers in getting a degree in OSH, either as OSH Specialists (226302 Code from Classification of Occupations in Romania for 80 hours course) or OSH Inspectors (325723 Code from Classification of Occupations in Romania for 40 hours course ). As well, Romtens Foundation has performed training courses for Workplace Health Promotion in order to increase the professional knowledge of the Slovenian and Romanian Occupational Medicine physicians. Romtens Foundation has also experience in testing and promoting training resources for construction companies, enabling them to organize successful toolbox meetings, effective instruments to influence workers' behavior.

ROMTENS Foundation will coordinate all project partners, will provide project management and evaluation activities, and will be involved in all project activities.

ROMTENS Foundation is the host of the 1^st Transnational Meeting in Bucharest and it will also host a multiplier event.

More info:

ROMTENS Foundation website: www.romtens.ro
Contact: Theodor Haratau - Project Manager,
Email; theodor.haratau@romtens.ro , Tel: +40 21 637 3002

Institute of Preventive Medicine Environmental and Occupational Health - PROLEPSIS is a civil non for profit organization which was established in 1991 in Athens, Greece and currently employs 35 people. With a strong belief in health being a fundamental right, PROLEPSIS has undertaken a leading role in the field of public health since 1991, by designing and implementing initiatives on various health issues and in different sectors targeting a wide range of audiences, such as women, migrants, adolescents, and different types of occupational groups, such as health professionals, as well as policy makers, other NGOs and decision makers.

As a coordinator and a partner in approximately 30 EU co-funded and numerous national projects, PROLEPSIS implements research, applied and educational initiatives in cooperation with other institutions, in the fields of health promotion, health education, medical research, policy change and health inequalities.

Prolepsis Institute has very long experience in areas of occupational safety & health and workplace health promotion proven by the numerous projects implemented and in progress for this sector.

When it comes to education and training, Prolepsis has a comprehensive and extensive experience which includes: organizing and implementing educational seminars and programs for physicians working in rural areas; organizing seminars on medical writing and on ethics in clinical research for physicians and researchers; researching disparities in health professionals training in EU and designing innovative educational tools; designing and delivering an educational program for training journalists on health reporting; developing an educational tool for workplace health promotion focusing on women; collecting, analyzing and comparing information on the content of Public Health initial and continuing vocational education and training for health professions in 19 European countries; developing and piloting curriculum and educational tools for data managers and analysis of screening programs; studying vocational qualifications, titles and transparency in Health Services in EU member states. Several of PROLEPSIS current projects add on its significant experience in working with training for various health related professionals.

PROLEPSIS will be involved in all activities but it will contribute decisively to several Intellectual Outputs. PROLEPSIS experts will propose content for both curricula and will elaborate the documents for pursuing the UEMS-EACCM accreditation for the "2nd Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 2" (for which will act as the main organizer in Athens, Greece). Also based on the approved curricula PROLEPSIS experts will elaborate training materials for OSH experts and Occ. Medical physicians. They will participate in both testing courses: "1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1" and the "2nd Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 2". The extensive experience from this partner will also be used in elaborating the Guideline for OSH practice within the Agriculture sector. This experience is the reason why PROLEPSIS is involved also in the "Implementation of Course 2-Occupational Medicine for Agriculture" along with UMFVBT and ROMTENS Foundation.

PROLEPSIS will host a transnational meeting in Athens and a multiplier event in order to disseminate the results of the project.

More info:

PROLEPSIS website: www.prolepsis.gr
Contact: Pania Karnaki Member of the Project Management Group
Email: p.karnaki@prolepsis.gr , Tel: +302106255700

Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“ - FCBZR is a non-profit non-governmental organization, established in 2011 and operating in Bulgaria. Over the years FCBZR has established twelve OSH Clubs in the country for OSH professionals.

The Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“ it is working on improving the level of qualification and awareness of OSH professionals in Bulgaria, it is attempting to raise the prestige of the profession, and it is supporting the professional development and realization of OSH Clubs members.

The Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“ is a coordinating organization of the European Network for Education and Training in OSH and a member of the Balkan OSH Network. Also, FCBZR has signed a memorandum of understanding with different organizations in Bulgaria and abroad that deal with OSH. It regularly organizes meetings of the twelve OSH club members, where different OSH topics, best practices and examples in the field are discussed.

The Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“ will be involved in all activities, but it will contribute decisively to several Intellectual Outputs. FCBZR experts will propose content for both curricula and based on the approved curricula FCBZR experts will elaborate training materials for OSH experts and Occ. Medical physicians. Because FCBZR has a greater experience in OSH sector, the contribution to training materials will be more consistent in this area, but it will also contribute to the training materials for the Occ. Medical physicians. They will participate in both testing courses: "1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1" and the "2nd Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 2". Its OSH experience will also be used in elaborating the Guideline for OSH practice within the Agriculture sector. This experience is the reason why FCBZR is involved also in the "Implementation of Course 1-OSH for Agriculture" along with WRC and ROMTENS Foundation.

Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“will host a transnational meeting in Bulgaria and a multiplier event in order to disseminate the results of the project.

More info:

FCBZR website: www.fcbzr.org
Contact: Ljupcho Kochovski - Member of the Project Management Group
Email: kochovski@fcbzr.org , Tel: + 3592 904 66 39

The Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara - UMFVBT is a public university, providing higher education (undergraduate and postgraduate: master, doctoral studies, continuous medical education and specialization in various medical domains). UMFVBT coordinates residents in all medical specializations. The "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara has three faculties, which in turn have several sub¬specializations: the Faculty of Medicine (Medicine, Registered nurses, Balneo-physio-kinetotherapy and recuperation, Radiology and imaging, Nutrition and Dietetics), the Faculty of Dental Medicine (Dental Medicine, Dental Technique, Registered nurses in dentistry), the Faculty of Pharmacy (Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical assistants).

Within the AGROSH+ project the major involvement will come from the Discipline of Occupational Medicine, a discipline which is dealing with specific training of medical students: undergraduate medical students, per year: 461 Romanian-speaking students and 182 foreign students (English and French speakers) and postgraduate medical students, residents in OH, physicians in CME: 50-200 per year. The Discipline of Occupational Medicine from UMFVBT is a member of the EASOM (European Association of Schools of Occupational Medicine) since 2006.

The Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara / Discipline of Occupational Medicine will be involved in all activities, but it will contribute decisively to several Intellectual Outputs. UMFVBT experts will propose content for both curricula and based on the approved curricula UMFVBT experts will elaborate training materials for OSH experts and Occupational Medical physicians. Because UMFVBT has a greater experience in Occupational Medicine sector, the contribution to training materials will be more consistent in this area, but it will also contribute to the training materials for the OSH experts. They will participate in both testing courses: "1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1" and the "2nd Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 2". Its experience in Occupational Medicine will also be used in elaborating the Guideline for OSH practice within the Agriculture sector. This experience is the reason why UMFVBT is involved also in the "Implementation of Course 2-Occupational Medicine for Agriculture" along with PROLEPSIS and ROMTENS Foundation,.

More info:

UMFVBT website: www.umft.ro
Contact: Professor Pauncu Elena-Ana - Member of the Project Management Group
Email: eapauncu@gmail.com , Tel: + 40 724 319 442

Work Research Centre Ireland Ltd - WRC is a private sector research and training organisation, engaged in a large number of projects in the area of workplace health since their inception, and focusing on areas such as workplace health promotion, health and safety, mental health at work, workplace bullying and violence and others. WRC operates at EU and national level and has been involved in areas such as methodology development, training development, policy development and the implementation of new approaches to workplace health in many settings.

WRC has specific experience of working in the area of occupational physician training in Romania, being involved with ROMTENS Foundation on a number of projects in the past 7 years. Also WRC is a founding members of the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion.

In Ireland WRC has extensive contacts with State Agencies in workplace health and safety and we have worked with the Social Partners on issues concerned with workplace health and worked in the past with the agricultural sector, specifically with farmers on workplace health issues.

WRC has managed and been involved in the development and testing of training in areas such as workplace health promotion, managing health related absenteeism, managing alcohol and drug misuse at work, mental health promotion at work, managing diversity at work and other areas.

Work Research Centre Ireland Ltd will be involved in all activities, but it will contribute decisively to several Intellectual Outputs. WRC experts will propose content for both curricula and based on the approved curricula WCR experts will elaborate training materials for OSH experts and OccupationalMedicine physicians. Because WRC has a larger experience in the OSH sector, the contribution to training materials will be more consistent in this area, but it will also contribute to the training materials for the Occ. Medical physicians. WRC will participate in both testing courses: "1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1" and the "2nd Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 2". WRC’s OSH experience will be used in elaborating the Guideline for OSH practice within the Agriculture sector. This experience is the reason why WRC is involved also in the "Implementation of Course 1-OSH for Agriculture" along with FCBZR and ROMTENS Foundation.

WRC will host a transnational meeting in Dublin and a multiplier event.

More info:

WRC website: www.wrc-research.ie
Contact: Richard Wynne – Member of the Project Management Group
Email: r.wynne@wrc-research.ie , Tel: + 353-1-4927042

Project Results

Daniel Dodoc — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:12:00 GMT

All project results (regardless being considered as outputs, outcomes or impact results) represent the joint effort of all AGROSH+ project partners, and the responsibility and credit is jointly shared by them. Having said that it is also important to mention that to each partner has been designated a clear role in the implementation of the project activities and, accordingly, in the development of the project results.

From a descriptive perspective project results are divided in 2 (two) categories: tangible results - the ones that will generate a tangible outcome (document, website and other media) and intangible results - the ones that will lead to an increased level of knowledge, to a higher level of institutional capacity (for the project partners), to increased knowledge for trainees (enhanced knowledge, newly acquired skills, changed attitudes) and higher specificity and up-to-date services (OSH and occupational medicine services) provided to companies form the agriculture sector.

The tangible results category includes 13 Intellectual Outputs (IO) that will be produced during the lifetime of the project. They are as follows:

(O1) Comparative Study - OSH systems (during the evaluation of the project proposal this report has been removed from the list of the Intellectual Outputs - however this report has been produced and it is available upon request sent to office@romtens.ro);

(O2) Course 1 Training Curriculum & Accreditation Dossier - Safety Experts

Download here

(O3) Course 2 Training Curriculum & Accreditation Dossier - Occupational Med. Doctors

Download here

(O4) Course 1 Training Materials - Safety Experts

Case Study 1 – Greenhouse (RO)

Case Study 2 – Sheep slaughter house (RO)

Case Study 3 – Fish farm (RO)

Case Study 4 – Poultry farm – eggs’ production (GR)

Case Study 5 – Forestry (BG)

Case Study 6 – Farm (IE)

Case Study 7 – Poultry farm-broilers (RO)

Introduction to course osh for agriculture

Module 1 - Economic sub-sectors within agriculture

Module 2 - Professional Risks - Risk Assessment in Agriculture & Work related accidents in Agriculture

Module 3 - Occupational diseases in Agriculture – statistics in the countries of the project

Module 4 - OSH prevention and protection activities for the agriculture sector

Module 5 - Vulnerable groups working in agriculture

(O5) Course 2 Training Materials - Occupational Med. Doctors

Module 1: Agriculture and Work – Occupational Medicine perspective:

Module 2 – Economic sub-sectors within agriculture

Module 3 – Risk management within agriculture’s economic

Module 4 - Workplace accidents - consequences of exposing workers to occupational hazards

Module 5 - Occupational diseases in Agriculture – statistics in the countries of the project

Module 6 - Skin diseases for employees working in Agriculture

Module 7 - Respiratory diseases for employees working in Agriculture

Module 8 - Cardiovascular diseases for employees working in Agriculture

Module 9 - Extreme temperatures in Agriculture - health challenges

Module 10 - Infectious diseases for employees working in Agriculture

Module 11 - Musculoskeletal diseases for employees working in Agriculture

Module 12 - Mental health and wellbeing in the agriculture sector

Module 13 - Diseases of the eyes and ENT (ear-nose-throat) for employees working in Agriculture

Module 14 - Chemical substances & Poisoning & Toxicology in Agriculture

Module 15 - Vulnerable groups working in agriculture

Module 16 – Occupational cancer – practical aspects

(O6) Course 1 Evaluation Package - Safety Experts (during the evaluation of the project proposal this report has been removed from the list of the Intellectual Outputs - this evaluation kit has been produced only for internal use);

(O7) Course 2 Evaluation Package - Occupational Physicians (during the evaluation of the project proposal this report has been removed from the list of the Intellectual Outputs - this evaluation kit has been produced only for internal use);

(O8) Technical Specifications & Blueprint & Guideline for the e-learning platform (during the evaluation of the project proposal these documents have been removed from the list of the Intellectual Outputs);

(O9) E-learning platform (go to the "E-learning" within the main bar);

(O10) Guideline for OSH practice within the Agriculture sector

Download here

(O11) Article to be published in OSH journals (during the evaluation of the project proposal this has been removed from the list of the Intellectual Outputs);

(O12) Concept & messages for the instruments of the dissemination package (during the evaluation of the project proposal these docs have been removed from the list of the Intellectual Outputs);

(O13) Concept and proposals of curriculum & content changes for graduate/post-graduate education (during the evaluation of the project proposal these docs have been removed from the list of the Intellectual Outputs);

Within the intangible results category we could list (without being limited to) the following:

Increased competences of the trainees (furthermore illustrated distinctively by their increased knowledge, changed attitudes, and new skills acquired)
Increased institutional capacity for the project partners in managing OSH and Occupational Medicine training courses, both at national and European level;
Increased specificity, enhanced quality and up-to-date OSH services provided to agricultural companies;
Increase adaptability to European requirements due to the standardization of training courses amongst partner countries;

Increased level of information related to project outcomes amongst interested and relevant communities (OSH experts, occupational medicine physicians, agriculture experts, public health experts, rural medicine experts, etc.).

The project results deemed to be public will also be posted on the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform along with the project description and relevant contact information.

Course Project Instructions

Daniel Dodoc — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:10:00 GMT

Here you download the:

- Instructions for developing end of course individual Occupational Medicine / OSH / Workplace Health Promotion Projects

- Template for individual Occupational Medicine / OSH / Workplace Health Promotion Project

E-Learning

Daniel Dodoc — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:10:00 GMT

Welcome to the e-Learning component of AGROSH+ project.

Click on any of the Modules below in order to access the Module material

News

Daniel Dodoc — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:49:16 GMT

Here you will find the latest information about and related to the AGROSH+ project.

About the Project

Daniel Dodoc — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:41:00 GMT

ERASMUS+ is the main EU program aiming to fund actions within the domains of education, training, youth and sport. With a total budget of 14.7 billion euros over a period of seven years (2014-2020), Erasmus+ aims to contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy for growth, jobs, social equity and inclusion, as well as the aims of ET2020, the EU's strategic framework for education and training. Erasmus+ also aims to promote the sustainable development of its partners in the field of higher education, and contribute to achieving the objectives of the EU Youth Strategy. More information on ERASMUS+ are available here.

The AGROSH+ project was submitted for evaluation to the National Agency for Community Programs in the Field of Education and Training (www.anpcdefp.ro) –under the ERASMUS+ / Key Action 2 (AC2) - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices / Strategic Partnership.

The project was submitted by ROMTENS Foundation along with its partners:

- PROLEPSIS - Institute of Preventive Medicine Environmental and Occupational Health from Greece, Athens http://www.prolepsis.gr ;

- FCBZR - Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“ from Bulgaria, Sofia http://fcbzr.org ;

- UMFVBT - Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara from Romania, Timisoara http://www.umft.ro ;

- WRC - Work Research Centre Ireland Ltd from Ireland, Dublin http://www.wrc-research.ie ;

The project proposal project was accepted (with significant adjustments) and financed under the contract 2016-1-RO01-KA202-024790 with a total budget of 193.512,5 €. The lifespan of this project is 24 months, namely from the 1^st of September 2016 to the 31^st of August2018.

The selection of partners / countries was not a random one, it was informed, and determined to a certain extent, by the fact that from an economic perspective in all 4 project partner countries agriculture is a key sector. Moreover before submitting this project, Romtens Foundation performed a thorough analysis at country level in 5 countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland and Spain).. According to the 2012 data of EUROSTAT/ESAW for EU-28, agriculture occupies the 4th place (out of 22 NACE categories analyzed) in terms of number of both non-fatal and fatal accidents. On the other hand, the same statistics for occupational diseases are showing a similar situation, agriculture occupies the 4^th position within the economic sectors producing sick leaves in EU-28 countries (EUROSTAT/ESAW). Having taken into account these figures one of the first conclusions drawn was that there is a stringent need of specific knowledge articulated as training packages for those OSH experts and occupational medicine physicians providing services to the agriculture sector. In order to fulfill this need, AGROSH+ aims to join multiple countries in an effort to gather, adapt and adjust the specific knowledge of each partners as to enhance the competences of the relevant experts.

The general objective of the project is to enhance the knowledge and expertise of those OSH experts (safety engineers and occupational medicine doctors) who are in charge with providing OSH services (occupational safety & occupational health) to enterprises working within the agriculture sector (multiple sub-sectors comprised).

The specific objectives of the project are:

I. To assess the Training Needs of specialists (safety experts & occupational physicians) providing OSH services & Occupational medicine services to the agriculture sector;

2. To enhance the level of expertise (increasing their knowledge, skills, and attitude) for a number of 57 specialists (27 OSH experts & 30 Occ. Medical physicians);

3. To increase the level of information for a community of 100 OSH experts & Occupational medicine physicians,but also other interested parties active in the agriculture sector;

4. To enhance partners' institutional capacity (in terms of training in the fields of OSH & Occupational Medicine) so as to further impact VET and education systems in accommodating changes of their curricula and contents related to the envisaged fields.

It is aiming to achieve this results through: a training needs assessment, transnational collaborative working on 2 occupational standards, capacity building for project partners, and by strengthening ties at local level between OSH providers, OSH training providers, companies, social partners, and local public administrations. These activities, foreseen by the project, are grouped as showed below:

Activities involving generating new materials: There will be developed two new training courses, each benefitting of the appropriate accreditation; the course dedicated to occupational medicine physicians will be accredited as a Continuous Medical Education course (thus providing CME credits) both at national and European levels, while the course for OSH experts will get accreditation from the National Authority for Qualifications. Each one of these two new training courses will have a Curriculum, as well as a Training Plan, and of course Training Materials (amongst which there will be a manual, academic presentations, a glossary, case studies, collective exercises, individual exercises, etc.).
Learning / Teaching / Training activities: The project proposes an innovative approach for these activities and hence foresees a tiered process (2 steps involved) for each of the two training courses:
- In the first step each partner will attend the two Joint Staff Training events (C1-"1st Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 1" (Bulgaria) and C2-"2nd Joint Staff Training-Testing Course 2" (Greece)). These events have been designed for joint work and collaborative testing of the training materials. The overall project partners' participation in the testing events is a reflection of one of the most important elements of the project design, joint authorship and joint responsibility for the two new products, namely Course 1 and Course 2 (Course 1 is the one designed for Safety Experts while Course 2 is for Occupational Medicine Physicians).
- In the second step of this process partners will implement both of the training courses (Course 1 and Course 2), courses for which the training materials were tested in step 1. A group of three partners will implement Course 1 (Romtens Foundation, WRC Ireland, and FCBZR Bulgaria) and a group of three partners (Romtens Foundation, UMFVBT Romania and PROLEPSIS Greece) will implement Course 2.
  Each of the two training courses is a blended training course, with both face-to-face and e-learning activities performed by the trainees.
DEOR activities: (Dissemination & Exploitation of project Results): under the generic name of DEOR activities various types of activities shall be unfolded information and promotion activities, dissemination activities, etc. Examples of such activities to be performed (without being limited to) are the following: presentations within partners’ organizations, partners’ websites and newsletters, national and international conferences, social media and other means of disseminating. In addition, the project will promote the achieved results during the multiplier events (to be organized in every country). Each project partner (except for the second Romanian partner UMFVBT) will organize an event in order to disseminate at national level the intellectual outputs produced during the project within the interested relevant professional communities (OSH, occupational medicine, agriculture, public health, etc.).
Project management and Evaluation activities: ROMTENS Foundation will perform these activities by developing and using throughout the project’s lifetime several instruments such as: procedures, templates for project implementation and reporting, but also for evaluating the project. Cooperation and communication among the partners will be facilitated by the transnational meetings, which will take place in each of the 4 countries. These meetings will also have a technical role for discussing the content for the materials developed.

During the project’s lifetime there will be produced a series of results which could be divided (solely from a descriptive perspective) into 2 (two) categories. The first category includes the tangible results such as training curricula, accreditation dossiers, training materials and evaluation packages for Course 1 and Course 2, e-learning platform and a guideline for OSH practice within the Agriculture sector. The second category includes intangible results such as (without being limited to): increased competences of the trainees (furthermore illustrated distinctively by their increased knowledge, changed attitudes, and new skills acquired), increased capacity in terms of quality and appropriateness of OSH services provided to agricultural companies, and increased capacity of the project partners in implementing training courses in these domains (OSH and occupational medicine).

More information about how and where you can access the project tangible results and more detailed descriptions of all results is available within the Project Results section of this website.

This projects aims to have more than 10000 participants who will be getting in contact with the project activities or results. These participants are encompassing the following categories:

Project partners’ staff and experts in OSH and Occupational Medicine;
OSH Experts who are going to be trainees attending the "Implementation of Course 1-OSH for Agriculture" event
Occupational Medicine doctors who are going to be trainees attending the "Implementation of Course 2-Occupational Medicine for Agriculture" event
Members of the OSH and Occupational Medicine Communities attending the Multiplier Events;
OSH experts who are members of ENETOSH;
Occ. Med. Doctors members of EASOM;
Members of the ENWHP;
Participants at national and international conferences;
Recipients of partners’ Newsletters;
Project Website and Project Partners’ websites visitors;

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The project “OSH+ for the European Agriculture sector - Stimulating growth in rural areas through capacity building for providers (and beneficiaries) of occupational medicine and OSH services” – AGROSH+ (further on referred as the AGROSH+ project) aims to enhance the knowledge and expertise of those OSH experts (occupational medicine doctors and safety engineers ) who are providing their services to enterprises unfolding their activities within the agriculture sector (multiple sub-sectors comprised)

The idea of this project is stemming in an analysis developed at national level (though in 5 countries – Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland, Spain, and Romania), and performed by ROMTENS Foundation with the support of its partners; the analysis revealed that there is a stringent need for specifically adapted and crafted knowledge, articulated as training packages, for Occupational Safety and Health experts and Occupational Medicine Physicians providing services to the agriculture sector.

Once this conclusion was drawn, ROMTENS Foundation and its partners (Institute of Preventive Medicine Environmental and Occupational Health - PROLEPSIS from Greece, Foundation "Center for Safety and Health at Work“ - FCBZR from Bulgaria, The Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara - UMFVBT from Romania and Work Research Centre Ireland Ltd - WRC from Ireland) decided to bring together their expertise in the Occupational Safety and Health and Occupational Medicine domains and design a project that will aim to gather, adapt and adjust knowledge from each partner so as to address the identified and assessed need. As a result the AGROSH+ project proposal was assembled and submitted successfully for funding in March 2016, in Romania, to the ERASMUS+ program / Strategic Partnerships / Training.

The project started on the 1^st of September 2016 and it will end on the 31^st of August 2018. AGROSH+ wants to cast a different perspective on the Occupational Safety & Health services provided to companies in agriculture by enhancing the competences of the services’ providers (occupational medicine doctors and OSH experts); the two training courses, one for each of the professional categories mentioned, will be developed by taking into account the peculiarities of the agriculture-based workplaces (from occupational risks to occupational diseases) and tested with experts who are currently involved in providing such services to rural companies. These two training courses, together with a Guideline dedicated to end-users, do represent the most important outcomes of our project.

By browsing this website, you will find more information about this project, about its project partners and about its results. If you are an expert or provider of services (either an occupational medicine specialist or an OSH expert), and if you are interested in enhancing your knowledge in Occupational Safety and Health and/or Occupational Medicine, please register free on the e-learning platform. If you are simply interested in the domains the project it is tackling, and should you need more information, please contact us at the email office@romtens.ro .

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