Symposium "Ex post evaluation of European OSH guidelines", 14 December 2005 in Berlin

Meanwhile there is a great number of practical experiences from the implementation process and the exercise of the OSH directives. Many users, but also the social partners, the authorities and the national legislators stipulate to pick up and transfer these experiences at the national level as well as at the European level. According to the main requirements of the OSH directives, and in order to collect and to assess these requirements as well as to initialise improvements, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (BMWA) proposes to develop and test a methodology for the ex-post evaluation of OSH Directives and national OSH regulations. These proposals, present activities and first results will be presented and discussed at a seminar on December 14th in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour in Berlin. The seminar is addressed to national and European experts and stakeholders in the field of OSH regulations.

Presentations:

• "Evaluation von Arbeitsschutzvorschriften" – Ein systematischer Ansatz für bessere und effizientere Vorschriften
  
  Reimund Overhage, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Bonn
• "Evaluation: Grundlagen, Voraussetzungen und Potentiale"
  Dr. Hans-Peter Lorenzen, German Society for Evaluation
  
• "Vorstellung eines Leitfadens für Arbeitsschutzvorschriften"
  
  Angela Schieder, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (FIOSH, German acronym BAuA), Dortmund
• "Entwicklung von Indikatoren zur Wirksamkeitsbeurteilung
  von Arbeitsschutzrichtlinien"
  
  Werner Hamacher, Systemkonzept, Cologne
  
• "Ergebnisse des Forschungsvorhabens zur Evaluation der Baustellenverordnung"
  Prof. Dr. Rainer Schach, Technical University Dresden,
  
  Hans Mahlstedt, RKW Eschborn
  
• "Importance of a Systematic Approach for Smarter and
  Better OSH legislation" - Experiences from the transposition of the European OSH Directives in Estonia
  
  Siiri Otsmann, Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs, Tallinn
  
• "Streamlining Dutch OSH Regulation" - Simplification of the OSH legislation without lowering the standard
  
  Per Kerklaan, Netherlands Ministry of Economics and Labour , Den Haag
• "The Standard Cost Model - The Danish experience" - Estimating the bureaucratic costs of OSH regulations in Denmark
  Anne Therese Schultz-Petersen, Arbejdstilsynet, Kopenhagen
  
• "The Systematic Assessment of OSH Regulations in the United Kingdom"
  Dr. Ulrike Hotopp, Health and Safety Executive, London
  
• Bericht über die europäische Arbeitsgruppe "Evaluation der Bildschirmarbeitsrichtlinie 90/270/EWG"
  
  Achim Sieker, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Bonn