Research and development services and related consultancy services

Description

There is only a limited evidence basis for effects of health and safety initiatives (e.g. various types of inspection,communication, collaboration between parties), including the part for which the Danish WEA is responsible. A series of cause-and-effect factors are relevant. There is a need for more extensive knowledge about the organisation of health and safety initiatives in comparable countries to inform planning of future allocation by the Danish WEA of its resources between different instruments. Therefore, there is a need for a comparative mapping of resource allocations, in addition to an analysis of the role of national WEA's in countries where working conditions are similar to those in Denmark. 2 / 5 This knowledge is to be used as inspiration and to benchmark health and safety initiatives in Denmark with comparable countries, including whether working environment legislation and regulations set significantly different requirements in these countries than in Denmark. The Danish WEA wants to give priority to interventions for which there is evidence and, to the extent possible,to interventions with the largest positive effect on the working environment. Despite many years of efforts from authorities, social partners and enterprises to improve the working environment, we are still lacking solid evidence for which interventions are (the most) effective. OHS prevention is regulated, funded and organized quite differently in countries comparable with Denmark. The tools and solutions used in the OHS prevention also differ significantly. The WEA wishes to gain insight into these differences and their background and to learn from best practice. The comparative analysis shall provide a comparative assessment of the OHS regulations, funding and organization of OHS prevention in Denmark and comparable countries. The analysis will be used for benchmarking and development of Danish solutions.