THE CONTEXT OF PROJECT: Occupational health and safety is one of the most important and discussed titles in social politics of European Union. Even though number of occupational accidents decreased by 1994, number of accidents is still high. Increase in number of accidents still rapidly continues in some member states and certain sectors. This case indicates that in member states actors of working life could not adopt and understand exactly the protectionist approach which is included in society directives related to occupational health and safety. Occupational health and safety has become one the basic title in European Union’s social politics by free movement of employees. This case made formation of common training content in training curriculums for occupational health and safety and increasing consciousness and awareness level mandatory. Formation of common curriculum in occupational health and safety training program will maintain training and education union all across EU. THE OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT: Maintaining mutual information and experience exchange of lecturers who instruct in occupational health and safety program, reinforcing their professional competency, and formation of common teaching education curriculum within framework of EU criteria for this field are aimed in this program. Informational meetings which will be held by project partners at local level will provide to take the attention of workforce market to occupational health and safety subjects and awareness will be created. In addition, one of the sub-objectives of the project is to create consciousness and involve awareness in occupational health and safety so that asylum seekers and refugees can be prevented from being exposed to precarious working conditions. PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS: Refugee and temporary asylum seekers , professional, academic, business actors and occupational status in the field of occupational health and safety, constitute our participant profile.The target audience selection was made according to certain criteria in order to apply the curriculum to be formed within the scope of the project to wider masses. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Project Team Preparatıon Actıvıtıes are Preperation meetings, local visits, Press Meeting / Press Bulletın Preparatıon, Preparations For Kick Off Meeting, Preparation Of Promotional Materials, Web Sıte And Mobıle Application, E-Learning Infrastructure Process, Creating Socıal Medıa Accounts, Legal Procedures. METHODOLOGY TO BE USED IN CARRYING OUT THE PROJECT:Occupational health and safety professionals constitute the target mass of the project with the necessity of developing the theoretical education qualifications they receive in the current Occupational Health and Safety Curriculum in line with the sector needs and demands in our country and partner countries. A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE RESULTS : As a result of the project, the project can be carried out and total 30 people for sustainability; the academicians who take or take part in the courses of Gaziantep University Oğuzeli Vocational School Occupational Health and Safety Program and the instructors who have documentary on Occupational Safety Specialization in the framework of the regulations on the Duties, Authorities, Responsibilities and Trainings of Job Security Specialists in Gaziantep. By means of the web page, mobile applications, e-learning, social media accounts, etc., the knowledge of the refugee and temporary asylum seekers, students and trainees will be realized as 5000 beneficiaries with multiplier effect. Scientific publications will be made in line with the studies and activities carried out during the project period and these publications are thought to fill some gaps in the academic field. It is also aimed at promoting and disseminating the project by participating in conferences related to the project topic. IMPACT ENVISAGED:Maintaining mutual information and experience exchange of lecturers who instruct in occupational health and safety program, reinforcing their professional competency, and formation of common teaching education curriculum within framework of EU criteria for this field are aimed in this program. By this means professional competency of lecturers who instruct in occupational health and safety are will be reinforced, students will be equipped with more qualified skills and knowledge in the end they will transmit the skill to workforce power and decrease in occupational accidents will be maintained. POTENTIAL LONGER TERM BENEFITS:Project will make contribution to improvement works which are performed in member countries about occupational health and safety subject which had become of the basic title in social politics of European Union.
The Contect of the project: Occupational health and safety is one of the most important and discussed titles in social politics of European Union. Even though number of occupational accidents decreased by 1994, number of accidents is still high. Increase in number of accidents still rapidly continues in some member states and certain sectors. This case indicates that in member states actors of working life could not adopt and understand exactly the protectionist approach which is included in society directives related to occupational health and safety. Occupational health and safety has become one the basic title in European Union’s social politics by free movement of employees. This case made formation of common training content in training curriculums for occupational health and safety and increasing consciousness and awareness level mandatory. The objective of the project: Maintaining mutual information and experience exchange of lecturers who instruct in occupational health and safety program, reinforcing their professional competency, and formation of common teaching education curriculum within framework of EU criteria for this field are aimed in this program. Informational meetings which held by project partners at local level provided to take the attention of workforce market to occupational health and safety subjects and awareness created. In addition, one of the sub-objectives of the project was to create consciousness and involve awareness in occupational health and safety so in long term that asylum seekers and refugees can be prevented from being exposed to precarious working conditions. Target groups were the refugee and temporary asylum seekers, professional, academic, business actors, university students and occupational health and safety professionals. We had four transnational partners. UNM FHS from Slovenia is a higher education institution in the field of health care, they have primarily contributed to the project with our competencies in the field of research and occupational health knowledge. FEVEC from Spain carried out training actions in the construction sector and OHS sector, especially for active and unemployed workers. FEVEC as a construction expert, has contributed to the project providing its knowledge and expertise in this area. WSBINOZ from Poland as a higher education institution WSBiNoZ used its extensive contacts in the local labor market in order to obtain contacts with OHS specialists working on a daily basis in many different thematic areas. ARDA from German as private sector partner, they contributed to the IOs preparation like the other partners and disseminated the outputs to companies like Siemens, and also cooperated with specialists in this field from the universities. The Results and Outputs of the Project: * Curricular studies: Germany, Spain, Slovenia and Poland realization of occupational health and safety programs. * Need analysis report for OHS vocational definitions of each parners. * An applicable curriculum on Occupational Health and Safety for Occupational Health and Safety Professionals. * E-learning environment/Platform for OHS: Four OHS Videos of each partners (www.mepohs.com) * Mobile Application for OHS. (MEPOHS) * Dissemination of the project in the different social networks. * Dissemination of the mobile application for OHS. * 2 Multiplier events * By means of the web page, mobile applications, e-learning, social media accounts, etc., the knowledge of the refugee and temporary asylum seekers, students and trainees realized as 5000 beneficiaries with multiplier effect. * 5 Transnational Project Meetings * A Policy Recommendation Report for OHS policy makers * Approximately 1000 students who are trained in OHS field Earning * A protocol between Gaziantep University and The Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Services to increase cooperation under OHS. Impact and Sustainability: The aim of the faculty members in the occupational health and safety program is to exchange mutual knowledge and experience, to strengthen their professional competence and to create a common curriculum in the framework of EU criteria in this field. In this way, the professional competencies of the lecturers teaching occupational health and safety have been strengthened and the students with better quality knowledge and skills have been provided and will continue to be provided with a reduction in their workforce skills and occupational accidents. In the Member States, we have contributed to the improvement of the work carried out on occupational health and safety, which is the main title of the European Union's social policies. In addition, the protocols signed between the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services and our university strengthened the impact of the project. At the same time, it became sustainable with the trainings to be held within the scope of the protocols.