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News archive 2003

New manual to providing occupational advice
December17th --- from United Kingdom

EU health ministers highlight the importance of workplaces for promoting healthy lifestyles
December16th --- from ENWHP

Italian Presidency ends with a priority given to CSR
December12th --- from Italy

Guidelines on workplace violence in the health sector
December11th --- from Spain

New WHP project on work ability to be launched
December11th --- from ENWHP

Dutch campaign "Commuter Cycling to Work" has been great success in it's first year
December3rd --- from Netherlands

A new healthcampaign for people with asthma or COPD: Healthy Air Works Better!
December2nd --- from Netherlands

Swiss WHP association established
December1st --- from Switzerland

Stress enhances violence in the workplace
December1st --- from United Kingdom

Doctoral Thesis on WHP shows WHP limits in Austrian public administration
November30th --- from Austria

Promotion campaign Healthy Green at Work
November30th --- from Netherlands

Bulgarian National WHP Forum kicks off
November21st --- from Bulgaria

New practical guidance pack to enable employers and employees to develop solutions to workplace stress problems is being launched by HSE
November15th --- from United Kingdom

First report on working conditions in the acceding and candidate countries
November13th --- from European Foundation

HDA presents new compendium on health inequalities
November10th --- from United Kingdom

Health equals wealth: Commissioner Byrne makes the connection between health and economic competitiveness
November4th --- from European Commission

More accidents at work in Sweden
November3rd --- from Sweden

EU Report on equality, diversity and enlargement
November1st --- from ENWHP

Fair review: A+A reflects growing role of healthy workplaces
November1st --- from Germany

Occupational Health: Commission seeks common list of illnesses for employees
October28th --- from European Commission

New regulations to raise part-time work in Slovenia
October26th --- from

Official start of the National forum on WHP
October20th --- from Germany

Healthy Working Week kicks off
October19th --- from Canada

Social Partners to work out a European Stress Code
October15th --- from European Commission

Minutes from the WEHNET's 2nd European Symposium
October9th --- from ENWHP

EuroHealthNet's new project on tackling health inequalities and social exclusion in Europe
October8th --- from ENWHP

ILO: Experts discuss over draft Code of Practice on violence and stress at work in services
October7th --- from ENWHP

Union's study: How stress can be prevented
October1st --- from Denmark

First Reunion of the Romanian Network for Workplace Health Promotion - Training Workshop
September23rd --- from Romania

EU seeks smoking ban in cafes, bars, restaurants to protect employees
September19th --- from ENWHP

Carl Bertelsman Awards for exemplary corporate culture 2003: 3 European companies nominated
September15th --- from Germany

Federal Government launches new campaign for Health Promotion
September12th --- from Austria

New European Health Promotion database to be launched
September11th --- from ENWHP

EU court rules that on-call activities are to considered regular working time
September10th --- from ENWHP

The Andalousian Healthy Companies Programme, a pioneer experience of partnership for workplace health promotion in Spain
September5th --- from Spain

Call for tenders: assessing and analysing the impact of the enlargement process on health in the 10 acceding countries
September3rd --- from European Commission

New online courses on Workplace Health at Heriot Watt-University start 13 October 2003
September1st --- from ENWHP

INSHT I+D+I Grants
August26th --- from Spain

Social partners oppose proposed changes to dismissals law
August26th --- from Netherlands

BKK journal available in English
August19th --- from Germany

List of projects funded by the Commission
August19th --- from European Commission

Wider determinants of health: the environment - Proceedings of the conference held by HDA and IUHPE in Birmingham now available
August18th --- from ENWHP

Project on social dialogue to be launched in Romania
August17th --- from Sweden

New analysis of scientific evidence shows: Every Euro invested in WHP saves more than 2,5 Euros.
August12th --- from ENWHP

Portugal launches national plan for more equality in fields such as education, employment, balancing work and family life, preventing violence against women, and social protection.
August6th --- from Portugal

European Masters Degree Health Promotion
August1st --- from ENWHP

New platform for healthy enterprises founded for WHP in Austria with support of EU
July31st --- from Austria

"The health status of the European Union - narrowing the health gap 2003" - report available
July29th --- from European Commission

Workplace smoking guidance call
July25th --- from United Kingdom

Web-Based Courses for a better Work Life Balance
July25th --- from ENWHP

View across Europe: Safety and health to become top of priorities in Russia
July25th --- from ENWHP

Public service faces challenge of human resources modernisation
July25th --- from Ireland

Older workers still face labour market difficulties
July25th --- from Denmark

Sexual harassment guidelines drawn up for finance sector
July25th --- from Luxembourg

ENWHP's grant application for Ageing project successful
July23rd --- from

Health & Safety Strategy Project Officer - 6 month vacancy
July17th --- from United Kingdom

New Study on Alcohol and the Workplace
July17th --- from Italy

German Ministry of Health attributes the decline in absenteeism in part to WHP
July16th --- from ENWHP

Good Practice of WHP: HEALTH-CONSCIOUS TRUST WINS AWARD!
July14th --- from United Kingdom

Bilbao Agency presents annual reprot for 2002
July14th --- from European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

ENWHP's 4th initiative: National Network for WHP in Germany kicks off.
July14th --- from ENWHP

Raymond-Pierre Bodin, Director, 1948-2003
July11th --- from European Foundation

Conference "Better work and life - towards an inclusive and competitive enlarged Union"
July11th --- from European Foundation

Job vacancy: IOM searches for Medical Officer - Occupational Health Unit
July4th --- from Switzerland

Runaway Costs for Ill-health
July1st --- from Sweden

National Stress Code
July1st --- from United Kingdom

ENWHP Model of Good Practice releases survey on WHP in SMEs
July1st --- from ENWHP

Public health website now available in 11 EU languages
July1st --- from European Commission

Stakeholders meet in Luxembourg over new EU Public Health Portal
July1st --- from ENWHP

New European masters degree in Health Science
June23rd --- from ENWHP

Dutch Centre Workplace Health Promotion part of NIGZ, the Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and Diseaseprevention
June19th --- from Netherlands

Book on WHP in the Netherlands
June18th --- from Netherlands

Aging workforce in Poland: Study of the National Center for WHP finds older employees less exposed to health self assessment and more reluctant to take part in WHP activities
May27th --- from Poland

EUROHIS Health survey report available
May27th --- from World Health Organisation

1st exchange meeting on national WHP-forums in German speaking countries
May15th --- from ENWHP

number of work-related accidents remained largely unchanged in 2001
May15th --- from Sweden

More diversity at workplaces
May15th --- from Sweden

First pan-European campaign to combat risks of dangerous substances at work
May14th --- from European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Accession countries adopting Europe's OSH legislation: a project in Bulgaria
May14th --- from Bulgaria

New interactive tools for employees' wellness available
May14th --- from Germany

Call for nominations for 4th European good practice awards 2003
May9th --- from European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

New public health programme supersedes Old Health Monitoring Programme as Project leaders gather in Luxembourg
May8th --- from ENWHP

Foundation's new report shows that successful CSR needs open dialogue
May5th --- from European Foundation

Work-Life Balance:Union and employer co-operate on flexibility
April24th --- from United Kingdom

New law protects employees in all public establishments against smoking
April24th --- from Norway

EU survey results: Europe goes on-line for health information, but still prefers more traditional sources
April24th --- from ENWHP

Better balancing of private and working lives
April24th --- from European Foundation

Agency launches online guide to safer work in Europe's health care sector
April24th --- from European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

European Commission calls for improvement of working conditions, more diversity of contractual and working arrangements and innovative work organization until 2010.
April16th --- from ENWHP

Northern Ireland: Work- Related Ill Health Costs Pounds 330 Million Annually
April10th --- from United Kingdom

SME Funding Schemes
March31st --- from European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

3rd Round table of AEPSAL
March28th --- from Spain

WHP award "BGF-Oskar" conferred for the 2nd time
March28th --- from Austria

Work-Life-Balance: Child care voucher system introduced in Spain
March28th --- from Spain

Fit people - fit for work!
March28th --- from United Kingdom

Developing National WHP Forums - Roundtable Meeting at the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
March25th --- from ENWHP

New Survey shows: Polish OSH Doctors are shunning concrete WHP-action
March21st --- from Poland

New RKI-Study on health and unemployment suggests that unemployment promotes the emergence of ill-health
March14th --- from Germany

A tenth of EU's working population experiences physical or psychological harassment at the workplace
March11th --- from European Foundation

Seminars in workplace health and safety advice for small businesses
March6th --- from United Kingdom

Romtens Foundation aims to create WHP infrastructures in Romania
March6th --- from Romania

Smoking and the workplace
March6th --- from Romania

Start of the New EU Public Health Programme (2003-2008)
March6th --- from ENWHP

ENHPA is now EuroHealthNet
March6th --- from ENWHP

WHO's January 2003 version of the European health for all database (HFA-DB) now available
March6th --- from ENWHP

Effect of technology and electronic performance monitoring on psychosocial work environment
February25th --- from Iceland

Ageing in Employment - New Proposal for A European Code of Good Practice
November20th --- from Spain