Roadmap on Carcinogens Closing Event

On 12 and 13 June, the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union organised the Roadmap on Carcinogens Closing Event. With this event, the Roadmap partners formally closed the second phase of the Roadmap and launched Roadmap on Carcinogens 3.0.  

Participants were presented a state-of-play on workers’ exposure to carcinogens and looked back on what was realised during the second edition of the Roadmap. They also discussed what still remains to be done, especially in regards to the way in which the Roadmap’s achievements can be further consolidated and implemented into practice. Additionally, the Belgian Presidency presented its own priorities regarding the prevention of carcinogens at work.

With this conference, the Belgian Presidency highlighted the importance of the fight against occupational cancer and reaffirmed its own commitment to the Roadmap on Carcinogens. The prevention of occupational cancer remains a priority that needs to be tackled by a joint effort of governments, social partners, experts, employers and workers.

Presentations

• Setting the scene (PDF, 1001.33 KB) by Elke Schneider, Senior OSH Specialist – European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
• Presentation of results of the Workers’ Exposure Survey (PDF, 869.97 KB) by Marine Cavet, Research Project Manager – European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
• The importance of mainstreaming OSH into education. The Belgian gamification tool and pedagogic files on the prevention of carcinogens (PDF, 1.45 MB) by Frank Dehasque, Advisor – FPS Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue (BE)
• OSH lessons for children in education (PDF, 1.59 MB) by Vladka Komel – Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (SI); How to teach carcinogens at pre-university level? (PDF, 970.14 KB) by Andreja Bačnik – National Education Institute Slovenia (SI)
• Challenge 2.1: Substitution strategies (PDF, 2.81 MB) by Tony Musu, Senior Researcher – European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
• Challenge 2.2: Guidance to risk management (PDF, 3.81 MB) by Susana Pimpão, Labour Inspector – Authority for Working Conditions (ACT) (PT) and Dr. Melanie Berghaus, Scientific Advisor – Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) (DE)
• The CarcCheck – a self-assessment tool (PDF, 2.25 MB) by Dr. Michaela Clever, Head of unit 4.I.1 – Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) (DE) and Pierre Lecoq, Expert Engineer – Directorate-General for Labour (FR)
• Challenge 3.3: Cooperation with inspectorates (PDF, 1.81 MB) by Elke De Vits, Labour Inspector and Dimitri De Coninck, Advisor-Coordinator Laboratory for Occupational Hygiene – Directorate-General for Supervision of Well-being at Work (BE)
• Challenge 2.3: Funds for businesses & Challenge 3.1: Engaging industry and sectors (PDF, 1.2 MB) by Isaline Ossieur, Advisor – BusinessEurope
• Challenge 3.4: Empowering workers (PDF, 1 MB) by Ignacio Doreste, Senior Advisor – European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
• Where are we today? (PDF, 657.8 KB) by Dr. Romy Marx – Roadmap on Carcinogens Management, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (DE)