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FACILITING PROJECT (administrative) Work plan project number	GPA3.2b: Capacity building through IBOSH Facilitating Project
Facilitating Project title	Internet Basic Occupational Health Services (iBOSH)
GPA Objective	GPA 3: to improve the performance of and acess to occupational health services
GPA Action	GPA Action 17: Core institutional capacities should be built at national and local levels in order to provide technical support for basic occupational health services, in terms of planning, monitoring and quality of service delivery, design of new interventions, dissemination of information, and provision of specialized expertise.
Priority Area	Priority Area 3.2: Adapt and disseminate curricula, training materials and training for international capacity building in OH.
Purpose of facilitating project	Training of various professionals e.g. in primary of public health care in delivering basic occupational health services (BOHS) where there is no, or very little, occupational health provision. iBOHS will build a community network and provide concrete support for existing and new initiatives on capacity building for BOHS. BOHS initiatives are usually in parts of the world or for working populations with no or limited prevention of accidents, occupational and work-related diseases, and work disability. In addition iBOHS will support access to reliable knowledge on OHS.
GPA Manager	Kaj Husman Leslie Nickels
CC Initiative Leader and contact information	Frank van Dijk, Coronel Institute AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands John Harrison, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
WHO responsible person and contact information
Collaborating centre partners with separate contributing PROJECTS (List CC, project title, project number, project leader, and email)	316m Cochrane Occupational Health Field 3.16o Occupational Health Service Support for small enterprises (SSE) to promote their ability to enhance health status of workers; Department of Occupational Health, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA), Republic of Korea 3.17g An online platform for capacity building for the BOHS; Center for Occupational Diseases/ Coronel Institute of Occupational Health AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3.18k OHS capacity development , Research, training, and service, University of Cape Town 3.19i Module of continuous training for occupational health physicians; Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, ISST, Tunisia 3.19m Support of peer-reviewed, Spanish-language Scientific Occupational Health Journals University of Texas, USA 3.19o Training trainers to provide better occupational health services to blue-collar working populations in the province of Riau, Indonesia; NUS, Singapore 3.19p International education and training in occupational health psychology, Univesrity of Nottingham During future meetings in Geneva we will decide on the usefulness of dividing the projects in subgroups e.g.: iBOHS 1 on materials: providing information and materials such as courses, curricula, modules, BOHS core curriculum, e-lessons, etc. iBOSH 2 on technical aspects; (inks to) technical support, innovations, etc IBOSH 3 on strategic topics: consultancy on iBOH models, services, policies, implementation, maintenance, etc iBOHS 4: on access to reliable knowledge such as : materials and training in evidence-based practice in OHS; repository of or links to evidence-based knowledge.
WHO Regional offices actively involved in this project (name and email)	WHO/RO Europe, Rokho Kim
Other partners for this Facilitating Project (employers, trade unions, other)	ICOH Board and many ICOH scientific committees especially on Education and Training; on Development; on OHS Research and Evaluation; on Communication.
Summary of the facilitating project (max 100 words)	In a growing number of countries Basic Occupational Health Services projects are being carried out to meet the huge need for capacity building and availability of expertise and materials. An international coordinating effort might have a great potential to foster existing and to support new initiatives. The iBOHS facilitating project will have the form of community network building and sharing online learning materials (lessons, iBOHS modules, iBOHS core curriculum) , organizing mutual concrete support mainly using the internet. iBOHS will also offer advices and learning materials on how to find reliable information on occupational health and safety, especially evidence-based materials in collaboration with the Cochrane Field Occupational Health.
Anticipated deliverables by 2012 from contributing projects	Platform for internet based technical assistance on capacity building for primary / public health care and for occupational health services which includes availability of educational materials (learning objects) e.g. core BOHS curriculum and modules, a network of experts for assistance, advices how to do, mutual support between iBOHS community network participants, advices and materials on evidence-based knowledge for OHS.
Critical Gaps to be filled in order to fulfil deliverables	Networking just started and has to be building up using ICOH and WHO networks and e.g. EASOM (European Association of Schools of Occupational Medicine). Collaboration/integration with WHO facilitating project Education and Training Repository has to be determined. We might choose to develop a core group of iBOHS participants who take a share in developing facilities, and a more wide stakeholders group.
Barriers to success that must addressed	Funding is needed for manpower, for development and maintenance of web based digital facilities, and for face to face meetings.

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	3.16m Formerly AA6:SWI3
GPA Objective	Objective 3: To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
CC or NGO Name	Finnish Institute of Occupational Health; COHF
Project title	Cochrane Occupational Health Field
Keywords	knowledge transfer, evidence, Cochrane collaboration
Project leader Email address	Jos Verbeek [e-mail]
Partners (of the CC Network)	Coronel Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (Peta Miller, Anh-Thu Stuart [e-mail]; [e-mail]) National Institute for Occupational Health, NIOH – SA (Danuta Kielkowski [e-mail])
Other partners	All WHO CCs wishing to contribute to the reviewing
Funding	Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, FIOH, Australian SCC, Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs
Objective of the project	To collect and summarize evidence on occupational health interventions
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project	For the time period 2006-2010 there will be 20 reviews of occupational health and safety interventions available through the Cochrane Library. During every year of the time period about 5 reviews will be finished. The titles of reviews to be finished can be found on the website of the Cochrane Occupational Health Field at www.cohf.fi
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Cochrane reviews are made in a global context. The target groups that can benefit from occupational health reviews are policy makers who can make more informed decisions. Next, occupational health professionals can benefit in making decisions about which interventions to apply in practice. Professional associations can use the information to provide better clinical practice guidelines.
Summary of the project	The aim of the Occupational Health Field is to gather the evidence on the effectiveness of occupational health interventions and to stimulate the completion of systematic reviews on these interventions. The scope of the Field covers all interventions related to the prevention or treatment of occupational or work-related diseases, injuries and disorders. Trials that include a comparison group will be considered as evidence. Occupational health interventions are activities aimed at reducing exposure to health hazards, worker behaviour that is unfavourable to health, occupational or work-related diseases, injuries or disorders, or occupational disability and avoidable sickness absence.
Dissemination	To this end the Field will maintain a database of controlled trials and systematic reviews on the effectiveness of occupational health interventions and make the results available to all those who are working in Occupational Health through their website www.cohf.fi
Impact (global or regional)	The project aims at improving the quality of occupational health activities at a global level
PROGRESS ON PROJECT	The Cochrane Occupational Health Field is a well established entity in the Cochrane Collaboration. Six reviews have been published in the Cochrane Library which is available in most countries free of charge, through www.thecochranelibrary.org. Protocols for another 9 reviews have been published and it is expected that these will become available during the next year. Another 8 titles have been registered and it is envisaged that these will also progress into full reviews. The topics of the reviews cover a wide range, from injury prevention to pre-employment examinations and return to work after depression. Thus, the project is on schedule according to the initial proposed planning.

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	3.16o Formerly 5.2b
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title Work plan project number	Occupational Health Service Support for small enterprises(SSE) to promote their ability to enhance health status of workers
GPA Objective and Action	Objective 2, Priority 1, Action 2.11
Priority Initiative	Develop practical tools for the assessment and management of occupational risks
Responsible CC or NGO Name	Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA)
Project leader	Jungsun Park ([e-mail]) Min Yoo ([e-mail])
Network partners	Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Catholic University (Korea), National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan (JNIOSH)
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	WHO western pacific office Dr. Hisashi Ogawa
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Ministry of Labor, Republic of Korea
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project (contact name, organization and email)
Summary of the project	Free technical support through professional occupational health organizations is provided to workplaces with less than 50 employees for the prevention of occupational diseases and improvement of workers’ health. In particular, workplaces with employees less than 10 are provided with free basic occupational health services including work environment measurements and special health examinations.
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Employers, employees in small and medium sized enterprises, Occupational health practitioners
Events-opportunities for furthering the project
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)	Enhanced health status of workers in small and medium sized enterprises
Indicators of achievement (impact)	Improvement of working condition Decrease rate of smoking workers Increase rate of workers with normal BMI, normal cholesterol level and normal blood pressure level
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)	Establishment of project plan : March Providing technical support : April to December Evaluation of achievement : February (next year) * This project will be repeated every year
Public health impact
Funding source(s)	Public
Dissemination	Include the service in the training program for developing Asian countries Provide the model and the outcomes of this service to WHO CC networks
List of major outcomes already achieved by this project	Activities in 2009> 1. Technical assistance of the workplaces with less than 50 employees o Number of workplaces : 14,000 - manufacturing workplaces : 8,500 - non-manufacturing workplaces(service, transportation, etc) : 5,500 o Assistance by occupational nurse/hygienist in local occupational health service centers through visiting 4 times(average) annually - support the work environment management in workplaces by managing chemicals and inspecting local ventilation system - help workers quit smoking, reduce drinking, and manage stress - counseling on health management, exercise prescription - measure worker’s blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol level 2. Providing work environment measurement and special medical examination for manufacturing workplaces with less than 10 employees o work environment measurement : 4,495 workplaces o special medical examination : 1,349 workplaces(3,418 workers) * Through this assistance, workplaces’ general performance of observing the Occupational Safety and Health Act was improved 3. Introduce worker’s health indices as achievements of activity by providing simple check-ups(blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol level, etc)level, etc) * Outcome of project after assistance(decrease rate of risk group) Division (Risk group) Before assistance After assistance Decrease rate Smoking workers 38.7% 30.3% -8.4%P BMI(>25kg/m2) 29.8% 24.1% -4.8%P Blood pressure level (systolic>140, diastolic>100mmHg) 34.9% 25.5% -9.4%P Total cholesterol level(>200mg/dL) 21.4% 14.9% -6.5%P Total blood sugar level(>126mg/dL) 25.3% 20.6% -4.7%P 1. Technical assistance of the workplaces with less than 50 employees o Number of workplaces : 25,000 - manufacturing workplaces : 15,000 - non-manufacturing workplaces(service, transportation, etc) : 10,000 2. Providing work environment measurement and special medical examination Supporting work environment measurement : over 5,473 workplaces Supporting special medical examination : over 52,934 workers
List of additional major outcomes expected from this project by 2012	Technical and financial assistance for worker of small enterprises will be continued.

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	3.17g New Project
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title Work plan project number	iBOHS, online platform for capacity building for the Basic Occupational Health Services
GPA Objective and Action	GPA Objective 3 : to improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
Priority Initiative	Priority 3.2: Adapt and disseminate curricula, training materials and training for international capacity building in OH
Responsible CC or NGO Name	Professor Monique Frings- Dresen, Director Coronel Institute Contact: Prof. Frank van Dijk Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, AMC Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Second contact: Dr. D Spreeuwers [e-mail]
Project leader	Prof. Frank van Dijk Shared leadership with Prof. John Harrison Clinical Director Organisational Health and Wellbeing Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Hammersmith Hospital Du Cane Road London W12 0HS, UK Tel: [phone]
Network partners	FIOH, Helsinki, Finland FIOH Kuopio, Cochrane Field Occupational Health Great Lakes Centres for Occupational & Environmental Safety and Health, University of Illinois School of Public Health, USA Networm, Munich, Germany
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Most contacts in Europe and North America Contacts with e.g. UOEH in Kitakyushu Japan
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Not yet
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project	ICOH Board initiative to stimulate BOHS and education
Summary of the project	In a growing number of countries such as in China, Russia, Vietnam, several African and South East European countries so-called BOHS projects are being carried out. Given the huge need for capacity building and the availability of expertise and materials that are already developed, an international coordinating effort might have a great potential to foster existing initiatives for capacity building and to enrich and support existing ones. Such a coordinating initiative, we call this a platform, can operate largely online using the internet. The main aim of the project is to contribute to capacity building for the BOHS initiative. BOHS addresses the need for occupational health provision, usually in parts of the world where there is no, or very little, occupational health provision – either accident prevention or the prevention and management of occupational / work-related diseases and of work disability. Delivery of BOHS will require suitable training of practitioners and good access to knowledge and sources of information to underpin practice. The creation of a global curriculum will define the required competencies for delivering BOHS. It is envisaged that the curriculum will include high priority core modules whose relevance will be independent of geography and modules that will be specific for identified occupational hazards and the socio-political conditions that pertain to different parts of the world. Access to knowledge sources is important and will be fostered (Cochrane library, development of evidence-based practice).
Target group and/or beneficiaries	OHS and BOHS service providers in countries which have decided to implement the BOHS model
Events-opportunities for furthering the project	Start January 1^st 2010, when possible. The duration of the pilot phase is 24 months, the duration of the total project is 48 months. We propose to start with the pilot phase of 24 months and to create a go/no go decision for the second phase of the project at the moment 20 months after the start. An appropriate procedure and evaluation criteria for success for the pilot phase and for the whole project are formulated in advance.
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)	Pilot platform in the internet as a community of experts exchanging materials etc. Available training material for BOHS implementation in countries. Perspective for next step development of curricula with help of platform.
Indicators of achievement (impact)	Availability of validated and feasibility-tested BOHS core curricula.
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)	Start January 2010 Pilot project completed by 1 January 2012 High priority modules available by 31.12.2012
Public health impact	Good working BOHS initiatives all over the world; elevated competence of BOHS providers
Funding source(s)	Multiple national sources, International Organizations, Other international donors, National governments
Dissemination	Through platform global dissemination is easily possible
List of outcomes already achieved by this project	In WHO and ICOH the idea of iBOHS has been widely accepted. Several international contacts to spread the idea are fruitful. During a workshop during the ICOH congress in Cape Town March 2009 experts agreed upon various activities that are regarded useful to support capacity building in basic occupational health care. A report is written on the results of a small questionnaire (n=15) filled in by these experts. First efforts started to find funding. In Geneva WHO meeting October 2009, fine tuning is planned with WHO CC projects and with learning repository initiatives from Linda Grainger/Jonny Myers. Finding seed money is important.
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012	The establishment and successful functioning of iBOHS as an internet platform and concrete help for capacity building (training, education) needed to promote and build basic occupational health services. The form is connecting experts and initiatives to support the training of high quality human resources for BOHS, offering material, ideas, good practices elsewhere, educational advices, sharing of visions. Essential is the idea of forming a community of committed experts from various countries using WHO and ICOH networks and in addition other networks such as of ILO; of professional associations of occupational physicians, nurses, psychologists, hygienists, toxicologists, ergonomists; of existing strong regional educational networks for occupational health and safety.
Impact (policy change, programs sustained, reduction in injuries or illnesses)	The impact will be a global spreading of free accessible high quality learning materials, information and tools, expert consultancy. A cross-cutting task group will support the development of basic occupational health services worldwide. The platform will join existing WHO CC activities starting communities of practice and delivering concrete materials to those in need, especially useful for capacity building.
Barriers to completion	Funding and time/manpower to make a concrete start as soon as possible.
Other	Collaborating Centres in the proposal development are FIOH, Helsinki; Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit University of Cape Town, South Africa; Great Lakes Centres for OESH, University of Illinois USA; LMU university Munich, Germany; Coronel Institute AMC Amsterdam the Netherlands. Many other WHO collaborating centers and many ICOH officers are supporting the initiative. Collaboration will be sought with ICOH, ILO and others in summer 2010.

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	3.18k Formerly AA4:A2b
GPA Objective	Objective 3: To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
CC or NGO Name	Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit University of Cape Town, South Africa
Project title	OHS capacity development , Research, training, and service
Keywords	Education, training, capacity development in teaching research and service
Project leader Email address	Professor J Myers [e-mail]
Partners (of the CC Network)	University of Michigan School of Public Health
Other partners
Funding	Funding is part of the normal University system apart from scholarship and bursary funding which may be sought from time to time for a number of training slots or for specific candidates.
Objective of the project	Postgraduate training programme at Masters level (linked with a Postgraduate Diploma (DOH)) in occupational health (MPhil) and an occupational medicine specialist training programme (MMed)
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project	To train 4 – 6 MPhils in over a 2 to 3 year period To train 4 MMeds over the next 4 years
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Occupational and environmental health and other appropriately qualified professionals wishing to engage in serious study at the postgraduate level with a view to obtaining research, teaching and service provision skills. The MPhil will serve mainly as a vehicle for non-medical students while the MMed will cater exclusively to medical graduates.
Summary of the project	Two new programmes will commence from 2006 for appropriately qualified typically medical and non-medical graduates seeking to enroll in postgraduate study at the University of Cape Town. The first is a Masters of Philosophy degree in Occupational Health which is a research masters with 50% dissertation requirement interlinked with a postgraduate Diploma programme and is aimed at occupational health professionals and managers in the public and private sectors. The second is a Masters of Medicine in Occupational Medicine aimed at medical graduates and at producing a specialist cadre in the region.
Dissemination	A combination of formal face to face and distance learning in formal postgraduate programmes at the University of Cape Town
Impact (global or regional)	Regional
Progress on Project	The second round of the web-based postgraduate diploma in occupational health is in progress with 20 candidates, MPhil in Occupational Health 1 candidate, and 4 M Med registrars specializing in Occupational Medicine. A new web platform is being used for distance teaching. This is based on the global inter-institutional SAKAI open-source collaboration and is named VULA at the University of Cape Town. This has been most successfully used for distance teaching for students as far a field as Ghana, Zambia, Botswana and Angola.

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	3.19i Formerly AA4:TM4
GPA Objective	Objective 3: To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
CC or NGO Name	Institute of Occupational Health and Safety - Tunisia -ISST
Project title	Module of continuous training for occupational Health physicians
Keywords	Modulate formation - harmful noise -physiology at work- professional asthmas
Project leader Email address	Dr. Nouaigui - Dr. Ben Laiba [e-mail]
Partners (of the CC Network)	Occupational Health Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egyt
Other partners	National experts in health and safety at work
Funding	Budget of the ISST
Objective of the project	- To adopt a step diagnosis with respect to certain professional pathologies. - To develop the technical skills of occupational Health physicians , relating to the new techniques of prevention of occupational hazards.
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project	- A better performance of occupational Health physicians and in particular within the framework of their practical activities . - Better control of workers presenting high levels of exposure to occupational hazards, by the occupational Health physicians - limiting Date: October 2008
Target group and/or beneficiaries	- services of occupational Health physicians – trainee Doctors
Summary of the project (max 100 words)	This module is a training scheme intended for occupational Health physicians. It concerns specialized continuous training during which several topics will be examined about the daily activity of the occupational Health physicians. This continuous training aims at a development of knowledge of the occupational Health physicians in the field of prevention of professional pathologies, paraclinic exploration and the legal medical aspects....
Dissemination	occupational Health departments, companies and universities of medicine
Impact (global or regional)	National
Progress on Project	the start of the continuous training is envisaged on March 11-2008

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	GPA3.19m Formerly AA6:KTBP 7
GPA Objective	Objective 3: To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
CC or NGO Name	Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health The University of Texas School of Public Health, USA
Project title	Support of peer-reviewed, Spanish-language Scientific Occupational Health Journals
Keywords	peer review ; scientific journal ; Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales ; Salud de los Trabajadores
Project leader Email address	Sarah A. Felknor, DrPH, MS ([e-mail]) George L. Delclos, MD, MPH, PhD ([e-mail])
Partners (of the CC Network)	See note below re: Barcelona Center (pending designation).
Other partners	Centro de Estudios en Salud de los Trabajadores, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Venezuela Occupational Health Research Unit, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain – pending designation as a WHO CC Catalan Society for Occupational Medicine and Safety, Spain
Funding	Fogarty International Center ITREOH Training Grant ; The University of Texas School of Public Health Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (discretionary funds) ; Catalan Society for Occupational Medicine and Safety
Objective of the project	Dissemination of rigorously reviewed, up-to-date, scientific information in occupational and environmental health
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project	This activity has been ongoing (and remains very active) since 1999. A major objective for the 2006-2010 period is to successfully obtain indexing in MEDLINE for at least one of our two supported journals.
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Spanish-speaking occupational health professionals and students in Latin America and Spain.
Summary of the project	Two journals are supported: Salud de los Trabajadores (Venezuela) and Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales (Spain, with dissemination to Latin America). Support is in the form of: Financial (subscriptions to key institutions in Latin America) Editorial board membership Translation and quality control of all English abstracts Preparation of application for MEDLINE indexing Peer review of manuscripts
Dissemination	Spanish-speaking universities and academic institutions Spanish-speaking professionals and students in occupational health
Impact (global or regional)	Global (Latin America and Spain)
Progress on Project	All of the activities described under Summary of project are in effect and ongoing. An application for MEDLINE indexing (for Archivos de Prevención de los Riesgos Laborales) has been submitted and is pending review

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	3.19o New Project
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title Work plan project number	Training of trainers to provide better occupational health services to blue-collar working population in the province of Riau, Indonesia
GPA Objective and Action	GPA Objective 3,
Priority Initiative	Priority 3, Project B, C
Responsible CC or NGO Name	NUS
Project leader	David Koh [e-mail]
Network partners	Ministry of Manpower, Singapore, Sweet Far HO [e-mail]
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Directorate of Occupational Health, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project	Singapore International Foundation (SIF), Wen Yong Xing [e-mail]
Summary of the project	This is project aimed at enhancing the knowledge and skills of occupational health practitioners in the province of Riau Archipelago, Indonesia in providing better health services for the blue-collar working population in the province from education and prevention to diagnosis and treatment of occupational diseases.
Target group and/or beneficiaries	40 occupational health practitioners, including 10 members of the core trainee team. These professionals are from the Directorate of Occupational Health, Batam Municipal Health Office, Health Department of the Riau Archipelago Province, diverse public health centres/polyclinics, hospitals, companies and private clinics in Batam, Bintan, Karimun and other islands in the province.
Events-opportunities for furthering the project	This project could also be extended to other province in Indonesia where occupational health would apply an important role in the community
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)	As the participants will be required to transfer the skills they learn at the training sessions to other colleagues, it is projected that at least 605 occupational health practitioners from the 605 health centres and facilities (mostly public) providing services to workers throughout Batam (statistic obtained from Batam Municipal Health Office) will benefit from the cascading effect of the skills transfer. A further estimated 700 occupational health practitioners from the other islands, chiefly Bintan and Karimun, will also benefit indirectly. 
Indicators of achievement (impact)	Participants (they) are able to demonstrate their understanding of general and specific ideas and concepts on occupational health to the trainers through the assignments given to them by the latter. They are able to deliver public talks, presentations and education seminars, among others, on topics and issues directly relating to occupational health in the province after the training They are able to demonstrate skills in diagnosis and management of occupational health problems and diseases. They are able to demonstrate skills in assessment of the workplace and implementation of preventive measures in the workplace.
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)	End May 09 – completion of first training Course End Dec 09 – completion of 2^nd training Course End May 10 – Trainers completed training in Singapore End Dec 10 – completion of 3^rd training Course End May 11 – completion of 4^th training Course
Public health impact	 Approx 250,000 mostly blue-collar workers from 3102 companies (including factories and plants) in Batam - based on statistic from Batam Municipal Health Office - and a further estimated 200,000 workers on the other islands in the province, chiefly Bintan and Karimun will benefit from doctors who are better trained in the delivery of occupational health. 
Funding source(s)	NUS & MOM WHO CC and Singapore International Foundation
Dissemination

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	3.19p Formerly AA4: CE2b
GPA Objective	Objective 1: to devise and implement policy instruments on workers’ health
CC or NGO Name	Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, University of Nottingham
Project title	International education and training in occupational health psychology
Keywords	Occupational health psychology, psychosocial issues at work, work-related stress, education, training, awareness
Project leader Email address	Dr Stavroula Leka [e-mail]
Partners (of the CC Network)	FIOH – Finland CCOHS - Canada NIOH – South Africa
Other partners	George Mason University – USA Colorado State University – USA EPUC - Chile University of Cyprus European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology US Society of Occupational Health Psychology
Funding	Funding will be sought through the EC Erasmus Mundus programme
Objective of the project	Development of international collaboration in education and training in occupational health psychology
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project	To develop a model core curriculum of occupational health psychology that will serve as the basis for the development of OHP courses on a global basis To establish a network of centres of excellence in OHP education and training that will be promoted through a website
Target group and/or beneficiaries	All occupational health and safety organizations, associations, training institutions; Higher education institutions; occupational health and safety professionals; students
Summary of the project	This project will promote occupational health psychology (OHP) across Europe and beyond it. This will be achieved through a network of institutions across the world, supported by the World Health Organization Network of Collaborating Centres in Occupational Health, the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EA-OHP) and the US Society of Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP). The project will run over a two year period and will include the following phases: Review of OHP education and training provision across the world. This will be achieved though web-based searches, contacting and collecting information from higher education institutions, educational, training and relevant professional associations as well as public or private bodies active in the field of higher education. The review will identify lack of provision of OHP education and training and will serve as the basis for a subsequent awareness raising campaign. A network of OHP education and training institutions will be formed with the aim of promoting OHP across the world. A model OHP curriculum will be developed that will be used as the basis of OHP courses in countries where the discipline is not well-developed. An awareness raising campaign will take place that will include: the development of a website that will be promoted through the WHO, the EA-OHP and the SOHP seminars and workshops in different countries an OHP conference
Dissemination	Website; seminars; workshops; conference; publications
Impact (global or regional)	Global
Progress on Project	The first application for funding was not successful but we will apply again this year.