THE NETWORK ELEMENT OF THE EST-FIN TWINNING

2003 - 2004

Kari KurppaFIOH

NETWORK:

- A SYSTEM OF INTERCONNECTED THINGS;

- A STRUCTURE

THE MEMBERS CAN USE THE NETWORK (STRUCTURE) AS ATOOL THAT EXPANDS THEIR OWN CAPACITIES

BALTIC SEA OH&S NETWORK

NORWAY

FINLAND

NORTH-WESTERNRUSSIA

ESTONIA

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

POLAND

GERMANY

DENMARK

SWEDEN

NATIONAL NETWORK

NGO

CENTER

INSTITUTE

ORGANISATION

DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY B

SPECIALISED HOSPITAL

PROJECT X

UNIVERSITY

AGENCY

DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY A

SUBNATIONAL NETWORK

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•The National OH&S Network

•The Subnetwork on OH&S Training Institutions

•The Tartu County OH&S Network

•Establishment of a Subnetwork on OH&S in Agriculture

THE NETWORKS

Capacities in a Country

Organization

Identify Other OSH Capacities

Build Bridges, Directory

NETWORK

Joint Activity

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Dr K. Kurppa

COLLABORA-TION

SPECIFIC PROJECT(PURPOSE)

NECESSARY STEPS•Identification of member organisations•Motivation of member organisations•Agreement about the network's purpose, goals and objectives•Jointly agreed policy statement

- desentralised architecture - autonomy of member organisations (voluntary, peer-to-peer)- agreement about operational principles

•Appointment of a technical Secretariat•Establishment of an Advisory Board ('political')•Compilation of a Directory•Establishment of a Web site•Action plan •Evaluation

INDICATOR

• Indicators are pointers that simplify phenomena and help to understand and monitor complex realities.

INDICATORS

"VARIABLES HYPOTHETICALLY LINKED TO THE VARIABLE, WHICH

ITSELF CANNOT BE DIRECTLY OBSERVED"

Abernathy 2003

INDICATORS

SIMPLY A "TOOL" FOR MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS, AND NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL TO THE PHENOMENON UNDER SCRUTINY

Abernathy 2003

INDICATOR

NOT TO BE TAKEN AS A TRUE MEASURE OF THE PHENOMENON FOR

WHICH IT WAS CHOSEN

Abernathy 2003

OPERATIONALIZATION

The process of reducing phenomena into "concrete and specific definitions" or

measurable units.

Numeric indicators are created through operationalization.

Abernathy 2003

OH&S PROFILE An OH&S profile is a structured description

of a situation on OH&S in a specified context.

• structured overview

• sector of economy, county, community

• light description (not scientific)

PURPOSE OF A PROFILE

• To understand OH&S in a local context, and from the perspective of stakeholders

• To provide a written summary that documents a state of affairs

 

Model development:

•Sectoral Profile on OH&S in Agriculture

•County OH&S Profile

•Rural Community OH&S Profile

THE NETWORK COMPONENT PROFILES

SUBNATIONAL PROFILES

- province, district, subdistrict, village- benchmarking within a country- tools for local empowerment- relatively new ideas in most countries

 

COMMUNITY OH&S PROFILE

ÜLENURME COMMUNE(COUNTY OF TARTU, ESTONIA)

Name and affilities of the community:Ylenurme (Ülenurme); Tartu county; EstoniaContact Information:Ülenurme Vallavalitsus61701 Tõrvandi, Tartu Maakondfax 412595http://vald.ylenurme.eeMunicipal council chairman Aavo LangMunicipal director Aivar Aleksejev, tel. 412380, aivar@ylenurme.eeMunicipal secretary Reet Sakk, tel. 412300, reet@ylenurme.ee

Geography:Ülenurme is a community situating in Southeastern Estonia, just south of Tartu (a university town with 101.000 inhabitants). The distance from the community center to Tartu is 6 km. The total area is 8634,9 ha. 73,8% of the territory is in agricultural use. 4614 ha cultivable land and 1128 ha forests. Average temperature in summer (May-Aug) is +15º C and in winter (Dec-March) -2ºC.

Villages/other divisions:There are two centers with more than one thousand inhabitants ( Ülenurme (1034) and Tõrvandi (1578), 12 villages (Soinaste (275), Räni (473), Külitse (329), Lepiku (88), Laane (61), Reola (149), Uhti (293), Läti (12), Täsvere (15), Õssu (28), Soosilla (37) and Lemmatsi (106)). Community centers (both administrative and commercial) are Ülenurme and Tõrvandi.

Administration:There is a community development plan for years 2001-2003, prepared together with Tartu University (to be found at commune's internet site http://vald.ylenurme.ee).

Commune office employs 14 persons. There is no-one responsible for work, health or occupational health and safety matters. Health matters belong in priciple to financial and social councillor. Commune does not arrange work for unemployed.

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SECTORAL PROFILES

• Sector of economy (agriculture, ...)• Practical instruments for labour inspectors,

employers, managers, trade unions, …• Benchmarking