Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Organisations
(AGENCIA EUROPEA PARA LA SEGURIDAD Y LA SALUD EN EN TRABAJO) (AESS)
Gran Via 33, E-48009 Bilbao/Vizcaya Spain
Status: European Agency
Principal functions and activities: EU-OSHA was set up by the European Union to bring together and share knowledge and information on safety and health at work, and through its campaigning and information activities works to promote a culture of risk prevention.
Av. E. Van Nieuwenhuyse 4, bte 6, B-1160, Brussels, Belgium
Status: International scientific association
Principal functions and activities: ECETOC was established in 1978 by a number of leading manufacturers and users of chemicals to provide a scientific forum, through which the
extensive specialist expertise in the companies could be harnessed to research, review, assess and publish studies on the ecotoxicology and toxicology of chemicals.
PO Box 75169, 1070 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rijwijkstraat 2, 1059 GK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Status: Foundation
Principal functions and activities: Provides a forum to discuss and analyse consumer safety matters at national and international level. Promotes an exchange of knowledge and experience among experts and institutes with the aim of improving home, leisure and product safety. The ultimate objective is to reduce injuries and deaths due to home and leisure accidents. ECOSA collects information on accident statistics and carries out research into the epidemiology as well as the preventability of injuries.
Loughlinstown, Wyattville Road, Co. Dublin 18, Ireland.
Status: The European Foundation is an autonomous community body. It was established by a regulation of the EC Council of Ministers of 26 May 1975. This regulation was the result of joint deliberations between the social partners, national government and community institutions on the ways and means of solving the ever-growing problems associated with improving living and working conditions.
Nadine Schneider, c/o Inspection du travail et des mines, 3, rue des Primeurs, L-2361 Strassen, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg.
IALI Registered Office, IALI, c/o Office Cantonal de l'Inspection Regionale du Travail, Département de la solidarité et de l'emploi (DSE), Rue des Noirettes 35, CP 1225, 1211 Geneva 26. Switzerland.
Status: IALI is a Non-Governmental International Organisation (NGO) recognised by the ILO.
Principal functions and activities: The association was founded in 1972 in order to provide a professional forum for the exchange of information and experience about the work of labour inspection and to promote closer co-operation between the authorities and institutions concerned with such work.