European Campaign for Safety and Health at Work 2008-09

The European Campaign for Safety and Health at Work for 2008-09 will focus on risk assessment.

This two-year campaign is aimed at a wide range of stakeholders, including employers, workers and safety representatives, and is intended to promote the benefits of completing and implementing a risk assessment. The campaign seeks to demystify the risk assessment process to show that risk assessment is not necessarily complicated, bureaucratic or a task only for experts.

The campaign also aims to raise awareness on this issue, provide information and practical advice, encourage activities that have a positive impact in the workplace, and identify and recognise good practice.

For European Week itself, on October 20-24, there are a number of activities planned based on the campaign theme, more details of which will be announced shortly.

These web pages contain helpful information and material on risk assessment and European-wide initiatives.

For European Week, you could organise your own activities to raise awareness of the issues. To find out more information, please click on the links on the left hand side. Alternatively, please visit the website of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work where you can also find out about the European Good Practice Awards 2008.

For further extensive information on risk assessment, as well as tools, case studies and advice, please visit the dedicated risk management web pages on the HSE website.