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
ORGANISATIONORGANISATION
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ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
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ORGANISATION
•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, [email protected] secretary Reet Sakk, tel. 412300, [email protected]
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