ROWER
Building a knowledge Repository for Occupational Well-being Economics Research
| Coordinatore | TECHNOLOGIKO EKPAIDEFTIKO IDRYMA THESSALONIKIS
Organization address
address: TEI Thessaloniki Campus contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Greece [EL] |
| Totale costo | 866˙079 € |
| EC contributo | 784˙791 € |
| Programma | FP7-HEALTH
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health |
| Code Call | FP7-HEALTH-2007-A |
| Funding Scheme | CSA-SA |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-07-01 - 2011-09-30 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TECHNOLOGIKO EKPAIDEFTIKO IDRYMA THESSALONIKIS
Organization address
address: TEI Thessaloniki Campus contact info |
EL (SINDOS) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN
Organization address
address: Hanzeplein 1 contact info |
NL (GRONINGEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS
Organization address
address: CHARILAOU THERMI ROAD 6th Km contact info |
EL (THERMI THESSALONIKI) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
EGE UNIVERSITESI
Organization address
address: EGE UNIVERSITY KAMPUSU contact info |
TR (IZMIR) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
SOUTH-WEST UNIVERSITY NEOFIT RILSKI
Organization address
address: IVAN MIHAILOV STREET 66 contact info |
BG (BLAGOEVGRAD) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI
Organization address
address: MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU STREET 36-46 SECTOR V contact info |
RO (BUCURESTI) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The proposed project aims to settle the fundamental basis that will enhance research on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Economics, which will allow for the development of policies regarding this issue. This goal will be achieved through a Support Action which will bring together the leading OHS Economists in Europe. Their knowledge will be gathered, interpreted and made available to the community through a dynamic on-line repository which will contain OHS Economics issues and will allow for discussion and communication of principles, case studies and management tools. Two specialised Working Group (WinG) meetings focusing on OHS Macroeconomics and OHS Microeconomics, respectively and two conferences on OHS Economics will attract new contributions in order to assess the impact of changing conditions of economy and labour on OHS.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Occupational health and safety is about the well-being of workers, but there is also an important economic aspect . Since this economic aspect has received relatively little academic attention, an EU-backed project directed a much-needed spotlight on this field.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
As work is an economic activity, the economic aspect significantly affects the view of both workers and enterprises, not to mention governments towards occupational health and safety. However, this is by no means the only aspect they must consider.
Despite the undoubted importance of this factor, the economic aspect of occupational health and safety is a relatively under-researched subject. With funding from the Health theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the 'Building a knowledge repository for occupational well-being economics research' (ROWER) project helped coordinate and support research in this important field.
Bringing together leading European experts in occupational health and safety, the project supported and coordinated research efforts into the economic aspect by building a knowledge repository. ROWER carried out an extensive literature review and organised conferences and events to gather relevant information. This knowledge was distilled into reports and made available to the occupational health and safety research community via a dynamic web platform.
The interactive website allowed researchers to analyse and comment on all the available information. In addition, user-created online forums facilitated debate on specific themes.
ROWER's focus on the under-researched economic aspect of occupational health and safety will help policymakers take account of this vital factor when formulating policy.