Online interactive Risk Assessment:

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1 Online interactive Risk Assessment: Report on the development of the EU OiRA Tool for the Cleaning Sector Summary based on the 15 th October presentation by Lieven Eeckelaert from Prevent at the first Joint Working Group Meeting

2 Introduction: Why OiRA? Enterprises need help in identifying risks (ESENER findings) There is sufficient evidence at EU/MS level to conclude that micro and small enterprises (MSEs) have some shortcomings/challenges to overcome when it comes to risk assessment (RA): It is not necessary, because we do not have any major problems The necessary expertise is lacking A lack of technical support or guidance

3 First part: general overview of the OiRA project

4 I- The OiRA project: aims Coordinated and supported by the European Agency for Safety & Health at Work (EU-OSHA) To contribute to the development of simple tools to facilitate Risk Assessment (Community Strategy ) To develop and promote free, practical tools to help companies (in particular micro and small companies) to put in place a Risk Assessment process To build a critical mass of social partners (EU and national), governments, public institutions interested in developing and disseminating RA tools tailored to the specificities and needs of European MSEs

5 I- Based on the Dutch Example The OiRA tool is based on the successful development of the Dutch RI&E (Risk Inventory and Evaluation) instrument: RI&E MKB 2004, was a project for MKB- Nederland, the Dutch employer s organisation for SMEs Financed by the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and executed by TNO, an independent research organisation Aimed to simplify the RA process for Dutch SMEs across various sectors Led to the development of the 172 sectorspecific digital RA tools available today at

6 I- The OiRA target audience EU- Social dialogue partners EU sectoral social partners Private Security, Leather and Tanning, Hairdressing, Cleaning,... National level 27 EU Member States + Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein + accession countries Public/National OSH Institutes Social Partners Micro & small companies million micro and small enterprises in the EU27

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9 I- The OiRA projects procedure EU-OSHA OiRA Steering Committee EU-Social dialogue partners National social partners OiRA tools generator EU OiRA sectoral tool tool national OiRA sectoral tools Already available in 14 languages 1st EU OiRA tool: leather & tanning sector

10 I - The OiRA philosophy Provision of free and open source software More than a software, a diffusion model where social partners play a key role OiRA tools available to the end-users free of charge Development of an OiRA community: Sharing tools (possibility to clone and translate/adapt tools from other countries/sectors) Sharing of experiences/good practice

11 Second part: an EU OiRA tool for the cleaning sector

12 II- OiRA for the cleaning sector Target audience: small and medium sized companies (up to 50 employees) Language: English Voluntary tool 2 subsectors to be covered: Office cleaning + Window cleaning EU tool After the formal validation (June 2014), national social partners can develop their own national tools, based on this EU tool, and this with the eventual support of EU- OSHA Based on / refer to EU OSH legislation

13 II- Preparatory work between June and September 2013 Literature review / Collection of tools and information (EXCEL) OiRA draft Office Cleaning (EU-OSHA) RI&E Schoonmaak = Dutch online tool Material from Spain, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium

14 II - Agenda of the first Joint Working Group Meeting of 15 th October Formalities Welcome of participants Presentation of each participant 2. OiRA for the cleaning sector Introduction and examples of tools from other sectors Presentation of the first structure proposal General discussion between participants on the scope and main objectives of the OiRA tool 3. Dates and venues for the next working group meetings 4. Any other business

15 Timetable: Next meetings foreseen Milestones Date Kickoff meeting 25 June st partner meeting 15 October nd partner meeting January rd partner meeting March th partner meeting (if necessary) Social dialogue meeting: presentation and validation of final tool June 2014

16 Thank you for your attention!