Partnership and collaboration

Local partnership

Association of Accredited and Authorized Organizations

Association of Accredited and Authorized Organizations is a voluntary national association of independent legal persons – organizations (testing facilities) that provide testing, certification, inspection, conformity assessment and other services with respect to products, management systems, persons, processes, activities etc. Its members are mostly active in the regulated sphere associated with the CE marking (as authorized organizations and notified bodies with EU ), as well as in the unregulated sphere of quality of products, services etc. (as accredited organizations).

Czech Ergonomic Society

Czech Ergonomic Society is a voluntary professional association and independent individuals. Its mission is to promote the development of ergonomics and its application in practice. It brings together professionals engaged in developing and implementing ergonomics in various areas of life and work. The organization is to contribute to the humanization of human activities and optimize the relationship between human abilities and the conditions for his activities and cooperates with other organizations having similar interests (goals).

Czech Technology Platform on Industrial Safety

The platform is a voluntary, independent association bringing together members on the basis of common interest. Its mission is to support organizations in the development of industrial safety in the Czech Republic, identifying common national interest in industrial safety and uniform enforcement of those interests at the European level.

CZECHPROTECT

CZECHPROTECT association brings together the Czech producers and distributors of personal protective equipment, technologies and products that ensure the protection of persons and property.

Council of public research Institutes of applied research

Council of public research Institutes of applied research bringing together public research institution established by the ministries and regions. Council mission is to strive to improve the efficiency of applied research for public and private sector and increase its contribution to the development of society as a whole.

Local collaboration

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs was established in 1990. It is responsible for social policy (e.g. people with disabilities, social services, social benefits, family policy), social security (e.g. pensions, sickness insurance), employment (e.g. labour market, employment support, employment of foreigners), labour legislation, occupational safety and health, equal opportunities of women and men, migration and integration of foreigners, European Social Fund and other social or labour related issues.

Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions

Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions is a voluntary, open, independent, democratic confederation of trade unions protecting wage, working and living conditions and rights of employees. Is an important social partner in tripartite negotiations in the framework of the Council of Economic and Social Agreement of the Czech Republic.

The National Institute of Public Health

The National Institute of Public Health is a health care establishment for basic preventive disciplines - hygiene, epidemiology, microbiology and occupational medicine. Its main tasks are health promotion and protection, disease prevention and follow-up of environmental impact on the health status of the population.

International partnership

ENETOSH (European Network of Educationand Training in Occupational safety and Health)

The network was set up with the financial support of the European Commission as part of the LEONARDO DA VINCI programme (for a project phase from 10/2005 until 09/2007). The project started out with 13 partners from 10 countries. Today, more than 40 partners from 16 European countries plus South Korea are involved in ENETOSH. The network is coordinated by the Institute Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV). During the project phase, ENETOSH was supported by an advisory board, consisting of representatives of leading European and national institutions.

Euroshnet (EURopean Occupational Safety and Health NETwork)

EUROSHNET is the network for cooperation between European OSH professionals active in standardization, testing, certification, and/or related research. EUROSHNET has the purpose of setting up a process of communication and cooperation between European OSH experts. Its fundamental objective is to anchor the level of protection required by European Single Market Directives not only in European, but also in international standards.

PEROSH (Partnership for European Research in OSH)

PEROSH coordinates and cooperates on European research and development in occupational safety and health. It is a high-level research network aiming at improving the quality and dissemination of working liferesearch via joint collaboration on priority topics, sharing of knowledge and resources and a proactive dialogue with the EU, national and international partners. The network comprises 13 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) institutes, all playing key roles in their national affiliations to governments/authorities and health and accident insurance systems.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – program APELL (Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level)

APELL is a programme developed by UNEP in conjunction with governments and industry with the purpose of minimizing the occurrence and harmful effects of technological accidents and environmental emergencies. The strategy of the APELL approach is to identify and create awareness of risks in an industrialized community, to initiate measures for risk reduction and mitigation, and to develop co-ordinated preparedness between the industry, the local authorities and the local population.

World Safety Organization (WSO)

The purpose of the WSO is to internationalize all safety fields including occupational and environmental safety & health, accident prevention movement, etc., and to disseminate throughout the world the practices, skills, arts and technologies of safety and accident prevention profession. VÚBP is a national center of WSO.