CIS 2014 - International Congress on Occupational Safety and Health at Work

6 - 7 March 2014, Porto, Portugal

Venue: Fundation Dr António Cupertino de Miranda, Porto

Objectives

Organised by the  Order of Engineers - Northern region, the congress will examine the changes in the workplace and in the labour force caused by the economic crisis in Europe and the various austerity measures enforced by the Member States. It will question the future of the quality of work and competitiveness in Europe, and the role of OSH in the prevention of occupational risks arising from technical and social changes that are happening in the workplace.

The following topics will be discussed during the two days:

• active aging

• quality of working life

• management indicators of health and safety at work

• dynamism and simplification of methodologies for risk assessment

• impact of legislation on the definition of new strategies for the prevention of occupational risks

• new emerging risks

• new challenges in the construction industry in terms of safety at work, etc.

Eurofound contribution

Erika Mezger, Deputy Director, will speak on 6 March, 11:30-12:00, on the topic of Quality of work and the ageing workforce: making work sustainable over the life course - Results from Eurofound research.

More information and the programme are available.