Objective Occupational health and safety (OSH) of workers is at the heart of the production process. The economic dimension is therefore an important but not clearly defined aspect. The current projects objective is to clarify the economic dimension of OSH. It will bring together researchers and stakeholders and present the results of their discussions in the following three different international workshops. 1. The impact of OSH and OSH-interventions on productivity. It has been argued that OSH can have a big impact on productivity with large potential gains. We will focus on underpinning this statement with evidence and case-studies. In addition, we will improve the calculation of costs and benefits resulting from impact on productivity. 2. Economic evaluation of OSH-interventions. Economic evaluation has been elaborated for health care interventions as cost-effectiveness-analysis. In contrast to cost-benefit analyses in companies, it relies more heavily on evidence of effectiveness. We will combine both approaches, provide better tools for calculations and better integrate evidence of effectiveness. 3. Economic incentives for enhancing the uptake of preventive OSH-interventions. For these incentives, instruments such as taxes, subsidies, penalties or insurance-premiums are used. The workshop will give an overview of instruments and their effectiveness. All workshops will elaborate the topic of interest against the background of the changes in working life in Europe. The results will be reported on a website and in an scientific journal. The current proposal builds on previous work of the EU Agency for Safety and Health at Work and combines it with the latest findings from scientific research on effectiveness and economic evaluation of OSH interventions. In addition, the proposal focuses both on the problems of the old and the newly accessed member states. This is a novel approach from which we hope to bring forward the discussion on the economic dimension of OSH. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitysocial sciencessociologygovernancetaxationmedical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthoccupational health Keywords cost-benefit-analysis cost-effectiveness-analysis economic evaluation evidence occupational health and safety Programme(s) FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health Topic(s) HEALTH-2007-4.2-3 - Research to assess the economic dimension of occupational health and safety Call for proposal FP7-HEALTH-2007-A See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator TYOTERVEYSLAITOS EU contribution € 65 270,00 Address TOPELIUKSENKATU 41 B 00250 Helsinki Finland See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jos Verbeek (Dr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all PREVENT - INSTITUT POUR LA PREVENTION LA PROTECTION ET LE BIEN-ETRE AU TRAVAIL Belgium EU contribution € 48 834,80 Address Rue Gachard 88/4 1050 BRUXELLES See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marc De Greef (Dr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ACADEMISCH MEDISCH CENTRUM BIJ DE UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution No data Address MEIBERGDREEF 15 1105AZ Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angela De Boer (Dr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTYTUT MEDYCYNY PRACY IMIENIA PROF. DRA MED. JERZEGO NOFERA W LODZI Poland EU contribution € 47 635,33 Address UL SW TERESY OD DZIECIATKA JEZUS 8 91 348 Lodz See on map Region Makroregion centralny Łódzkie Łódzki Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Izabela Rydlewska-Liszkowska (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG Netherlands EU contribution € 48 834,80 Address De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maurits Van Tulder (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data