CESI Europe Academy 2016 on health and safety in the public sector – Open call to tender for a supporting study

The topic of the project of the CESI Europe Academy (CESI’s internal training and capacity building center) for 2016 has been formally set to “Health and Safety at Work in the Public Sector in Europe: New Challenges”. To inform the project, CESI has opened a call to tender for the production of an accompanying research and study paper. The deadline for participation in the tender procedure is February 5 2016.

The tender concerns the production of a research and study paper on “Responsible players in the implementation of the occupational safety and health policy in the public sector in Europe: managers, trade unions, safety reps”. The paper is to be presented at a Europe Academy seminar in Madrid on October 13-14 2016.

The following description of tasks applies:

• Research and analyse the implementation of the OSH policy in the public sector of five Member States (probably DE, FR, ES, IT, BE) and determine whether there are “safety reps”/OSH managers in the said administrations.
• Identify five best practices from public administrations in the field of OSH policies (namely in the field of prevention of psychosocial risks and new emerging risks).
• Production of a mid-term report in English or French by April 17 2016.
• Issue the final study of approximately 20 pages in English or French by the beginning of October 2016.

The successful applicant will receive 17,500€ to produce the study. The deadline for participation in the tender procedure is February 5 2016.

Further information about this tender procedure can be accessed here.