The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) welcomed its network partners and high-level European and national representatives to a celebration of 25 years of working together for a safe and healthy Europe.

Two panel sessions offered participants the opportunity to reflect on and share their experiences of occupational safety and health (OSH) over the past 25 years, and discuss future challenges.

The event was a celebration of the achievements of the European network of OSH players that the Agency has built over the years. It highlighted the contributions that the Agency, its national focal point network and other partners have made — and will continue to make — to creating safe and healthy workplaces across Europe.

The success of the framework depends on its implementation at EU, national, sectoral and enterprise levels, with effective enforcement, social dialogue, funding, awareness-raising and data collection being key. Through its extensive network of partners, EU-OSHA is well placed to facilitate action, cooperation and exchange, and deliver on the ambitions of the framework.

EU-OSHA’s foresight studies and overview projects aim to anticipate risks and identify priorities, to inform the development of OSH practice and policy in areas such as digitalisation and green jobs, and stress and psychosocial risks. EU-OSHA also provides easy-to-use resources to help workplaces put prevention into practice, with a wealth of guidance being produced to help keep workers safe during the pandemic, whether exposed on the frontline or adapting to working from home. Its involvement in the Roadmap on Carcinogens and its Healthy Workplaces campaigns demonstrate the Agency’s commitment to promoting a culture of prevention across Europe and beyond, a cornerstone of EU OSH policy.