STOP PANDEMIC
Project promotion officially started on April 14 in the CATUS Presidency. The project was realized thanks to the PanEuropean Regional Council (PERC) office in Sarajevo and Swedish trade union support program ‘Union to Union’. The fist activity was related to the International and National OHS Day on April 28, i.e. campaign organized around the cities in Serbia and aimed at raising the awareness of the importance of occupational health and safety. Such a work influenced positively the citizens because among the interviewees there were non-unionised people who set aside their time to learn more about trade union work and this topic.
The second activity was organized in June and its focus was on COVID-19 as a professional disease. Unfortunately, the Government of the Republic of Serbia did not accept this activity, but it certainly challenged social partners’ positions opposing this proposal. Having in mind that COVID is still present around the world, we will continue with the initiative to make COVID-19 a professional disease.
The third acitivity dealt with the health and safety committees and their work during the pandemic. This activity was organised on September 6-8 in Vrnjačka Banja. Due to the pandemic, we reduced the number of participants and increased the number of days at the seminar. On the occasion, participants had the opportunity to hear what legal experts in OHS had to say on the subject. Also, participants coming from different professions learned about new principles of managing OHS system through the examples of good practice from the companies: NIS refinery Pančevo, Fiat automobiles Kragujevac, Knjaz Miloš Aranđelovac and Marbo. Statistical data on the number of fatalities and injuries at work in Serbia in 2020 and other important information for the functioning of OHS system were presented, as well.
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