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Welcome by the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion

ENWHP has been working towards its mission of lsquohealthy employees in healthyorganisationsrsquo since 1996 By carrying out joint initiatives and developing goodpractice criteria for WHP the network has become a frontrunner in EuropeanWorkplace Health Promotion The ninth ENWHP initiative lsquoPH Work ndash Promoting healthywork for people with chronic illnessrsquo was dedicated to promote healthy work for thoseemployees suffering the consequences of a chronic illness

In our newsletter we like to give you an overview of ENWHP activities the activities ofour National Contact Offices and upcoming events

Please contact us with any and all of your questions at enwhppreventbe

The ENWHP Secretariat

News from ENWHPENWHP participates in Strategy Conference onOSH The 3rd International Strategy Conference onOccupational Safety and Health in Dresden (6-8 February2013) focused on networking amongst policy areastherefore opportunities were provided for cross-policyexchange of ideas on the topics of accidents VisionZero health and well-being at work and diversity

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Contributions from a policy point of view on each of the topics alternated withtestimonies from practice The participants actively contributed to working out newways to create a dynamic joint prevention culture In the end participants agreed on ajoint strategy with action points specific implementation plans and points of contactfor the topics of prevention culture health investment and Vision Zero A ldquoNetworkingamong networksrdquo session was organized aiming at the exchange of experiences andexploring the possibilities to contribute to the joint strategy ENWHP contributed asnetwork to the category Public Health

The action points will be further developed at the International Symposium on Cultureof Prevention in Helsinki at the end of September 2013 and the XX World Congress onSafety and Health at Work ndash Global Forum for Prevention in August 2014 in Frankfurt

The StrategyConference wasorganised by theGerman SocialAccident Insurance(DGUV) in cooperationwith the World HealthOrganization (WHO)the InternationalLabour Organisation(ILO) theInternational SocialSecurity Association(ISSA) the OSHAOccupational Safety

and Health Agency the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) andthe International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI)

ENWHP presents PH Work initiative at EUROGIP conference on ldquoKeepingpeople at work in Europerdquo The EUROGIP conference on the 19th of March 2013(Paris) focused on rehabilitation prevention of prolonged disability disabilitymanagement and return to work The contributors to the EUROGIP discussionspresented policies and programs for rehabilitation and return to work implemented invarious European countries Belgium Germany Denmark Finland France Great-Britain Iceland Sweden and Switzerland The European Network for Workplace HealthPromotion was invited to talk about its initiative on ldquoPromoting healthy work foremployees with chronic illness (PH Work)rdquo by way of introducing the discussion onhelp incentives and activities towards employers Information provided to the


participants concerned the activities of the ENWHP network the PH Work project ingeneral and the Guide to Good Practice addressed to employers (and otherstakeholders) in particular EUROGIP is a French organization that investigates issuesrelating to insurance and prevention of accidents at work and occupational diseases atthe European and international level Its activities include surveys projectsinformation and communication standardisation etc Morehellip

Joint Action on Mental Health (2013-2015) Working package Promotion ofmental health at the workplace kicked off The main objective of the Joint Actionis to contribute to the promotion of mental health and well-being the prevention ofmental disorders and the improvement of care and social inclusion of people withmental disorders in Europe The JA will build on the Commissions Green Paper onImproving the Mental Health of the Population in 2005 and the launch of the EuropeanPact for Mental Health and Well-being in 2008 The JA involves 28 countries Workingtogether in eight working packages (WP) the BKK federal association (NCO Germany)as the delegated leader for Promotion of mental health at the workplace (WP 6) washosting its Kick-off meeting in Berlin on 25-26 February 2013 Taking the occasion ofthe Kick-off meeting 13 representatives from the different participating countriesamong them also members of the ENWHP like Finland France Hungary MaltaNetherlands Austria Belgium and Ireland met in Berlin to discuss on major pointsconcerning mental health in each country and develop a framework of action for theupcoming years of work More information on website of Joint Action (underconstruction)

Interesting reports a master program and articles published by ENWHP Economic analysis of workplace mental health promotion and mental health disorderprevention programmes and of their potential contribution to EU health social andeconomic policy objectives (November 2012) Report commissioned by the EuropeanAgency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) under the EU Health Programme (2008-2013) to assess the potential contribution of mental health promotion and mentaldisorder prevention programmes to the EU-policy objectives of promoting thesustainability of health and social welfare systems increasing the employment rate ofthe population and increasing the productivity of the economy The study reviewed theexisting scientific literature case studies with Member States and workplaces and aneconomic model in order to answer the following questions past and expected futuretrends economic impact of mental disorders economic return on investment role ofhealth and social welfare systems contribution of mainstreamed workplace mentalhealth promotion Making the Right Investment Employee Health and the Power of Metrics (January2013) Report by the Workplace Wellness Alliance a consortium of over 150 companiesacross nine industries working together towards improving health and well-being


through the workplace In collaboration with FTI Consulting the Alliance has gatheredmetrics covering two million employees in 125 countries The report was discussed atthe World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters Switzerland on 23-27January 2013 CEPH Public Health Training and Capacity Building Program The centre forEnvironment and Population Health (CEPH) at Griffith University (Brisbane Australia)hosts a public health education and training program including a Master of Sciences inPublic Health (International) The program provides students with the knowledge andskills to operate as public health professionals who are able to strategically address andmanage current and emerging public health challenges Morehellip Good workplace health practice in Europe Article by Prof Dr Karl Kuhn ENWHP chairin Barents Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety issue 12013 on Healthpromotion at work Move Europe ndash Promoting physical activity in the workplace Article published byENWHP in Sports amp Citizenship issue March 2013 on Sport in the workplace

News from the NationalContact OfficesBest WHP Good Practices in Czech Republicin 2012 The Ministry of Health in collaboration with theNational Institute of Public Health (NCO CzechRepublic) annually announces the competitionHealth Promoting Enterprise Award forcompanies and organizations that are Czech legalentities The level of quality of health promotion atthe workplace is assessed the compulsory part as stated in the Czech law on safetyand health at workplace and the voluntary part on promoting health In the year2012 the competition was attended by 10 companies ndash 7 large plus 3 small andmedium-sized enterprises

The best Good Practices among the companies meeting the required criteria on morethan 95 were Alpiq Generation (CZ) Ltd ndash energy producer Johnson ControlsAutomobile Parts Ltd ndash car seating systems Nestleacute Czech Ltd ndash food producer PrametTools Ltd ndash tools for machining metals T-Mobile Czech Republic ndash telecommunicationsFerring Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Primary school Vsetin Luh Typical for healthpromoting efforts in all those companies were a) prevention of health impairment fromwork by a thorough training and education in healthy work and life-style and b) strong


involvement and cooperation also in public health and social activities regional ornational All of them cultivate a friendly atmosphere at workplace More

Promotion of mental health as a managementtask - E-learning tool for managers Managers arefaced with pressure from all sides they have to meettargets and justify the results achieved to their ownsuperiors At the same time they are required to leadtheir staff in a healthy way and protect them from

excessive stress On top of that they need to stay healthy and efficient themselvesWith limited staff resources and increasing workloads keeping calm in stressfulsituations and keeping an eye on the well-being of employees is a lot to ask of anexecutive

The psyGA project (under the project leadership of BKK federal association NCOGermany) offers practical support in the form of different materials and tools forcompanies of any size in all industries The eLearning tool for the promotion of mentalhealth provides easy to understand suggestions explaining how managers can protecttheir employees from excessive stress and stay healthy themselves It sensitisessuperiors for perceiving stress signals and provides support for appropriate dealingwith over-stressed employees In addition managers receive suggestions for dealingdifferently with own stress factors The eLearning programme is aimed at thepromotion of mental health by means of a health appropriate management style It is afact that stress can have a ldquocontagiousrdquo effect This applies particularly to stressexperienced by managers employers or superiors often pass stress on to theiremployees Accordingly stress prevention always starts with the manager himself TheeLearning tool requires between 45 and 75 minutes - without or with three self-testshttppsygainfoelearningtool You can also download the tool

NCO Luxembourg receives Media Award for campaign against mobbing The Labour and Mines Inspection in Luxembourg recently received an award for theircampaign on the prevention of psychosocial risks in companies The campaign is jointlyorganized with the Ministry of Work and Employment and the Ministry of Health Thecampaign is visualized in a 30 secondsrsquo video spot showing the effects of stresspressure and violence on the human mind 15 of sick leave in Luxembourg is relatedto stress mobbing and violence at the workplace With 15 of suicides and 10 ofresignation of which it is assumed that they have been caused by bullying and otherpsychosocial risks addressing these risks has become a priority for both businessesand employees On behalf of ENWHP we congratulate the NCO with the Award Link tovideo spot and clip awarding ceremony wwwitmlu


News from INSHT (NCO Spain) Since 1996 INSHT as ENWHP National Contact Office has been active in promotingworkplace health promotion at national level In 2011 they launched a WorkplaceHealth Promotion (WHP) website which is one of the most visited INSHT Portals Sincethen 21 companies have endorsed the Luxembourg Declaration and 30 have appliedfor using WHP communication material Gana en salud 12 Temas - 12 Meses (Englishleaflet) During 2013 a new initiative will be presented during the World Day for Safetyand Health at Work event to be held in INSHT headquarters in Madrid the 25th of AprilThis new initiative called ldquoEmpresas Seguras Saludables y Sosteniblesrdquo (Safe Healthyand Sustainable organizations) aims at recognizing models of good practice andexcellence on WHP among Spanish organizations fostering networking and supportingcompanies in designing and implementing WHP interventions The scheme foraccreditation will be published on the WHP website at the end of April The responsiblefor the WHP line of action also shares information via Twitter Facebook and a Blog

Stair climbing improves your health - Campaignby INAIL Healthy lifestyles may reduce the risk of chronicdegenerative diseases caused by poor nutrition physicalinactivity alcohol and tobacco abuse (IASO 10thInternational Congress on Obesity Sydney 2006) TheResearch Area of INAIL the Italian WorkersrsquoCompensation Authority (NCO Italy) has promotedmoderate physical activity in order to tackle sedentarylifestyles in their organization sited in Rome ThereforeINAIL developed the Take the stairs campaign (July2012-March 2013) with the following steps information via website wwwispeslitwhpawareness seminar for employees (July 2012) signs displaying a smiling playing cardclimbing the stairs and a questionnaire designed to assess opinions knowledge andbehavior related to the health risks of a sedentary lifestyle INAIL has observed anincreased use of stairs that is confirmed too by other research findings (AmericanJournal of Preventive Medicine Volume 22 Number 4S p 77) Particularly there issufficient evidence that the communicative value of signs and meetings aimed atincreasing the use of stairs may help individuals make healthier choices raiseawareness on their benefits and encourage them to play a more active role in lookingafter their psychophysical wellbeing at work

Upcoming events 2013


ORP 2013 Gestioacuten de la Salud en las organizaciones hacia la empresa saludable delsiglo XXI (Chile Santiago de Chile 3-5 April) First Global Healthy Workplace Awards Summit (United Kingdom London 10-12April) La Promocioacuten de la Salud en el Trabajo un instrumento de bienestar personal ydesarrollo empresarial (Spain Madrid 25 April) World Day for Safety and Health at Work (Swiss Geneva 28 April) International Congress on Safety and Labour Market (ICSLM 2013) (Portugal Covilhatilde8-9 May) 2013 Vocational Rehabilitation Association Conference (UK Manchester 17-18 June) Workplace Wellness and Mental Health 2013 (Canada Toronto 18-19 June) 2013 World Mental Health Congress (Argentina Buenos Aires 25-28 August) Work Wellbeing and Wealth Active Ageing at Work (Finland Helsinki 26-28 August) 21ordf Conferencia Mundial de la UIPES en Promocioacuten de la Salud (Thailand Pattaya25-29 August) 22nd ETC-PHHP Summer Course 2013 Building bridges ndash creating synergy for health(Spain Girona 14-26 July) AEEMT - IX Congreso Espantildeol de Medicina y Enfermeriacutea del Trabajo (Spain Madrid18-20 September) International Symposium on Culture of Prevention ndash Future Approaches (FinlandHelsinki 25-27 September) Suicide et travail 7e colloque international de psychopathologie et psychodynamiquedu travail (France Paris 11-12 October) Promoting Healthy Work for Employees with Chronic Illness Closing conference 9thENWHP initiative (Belgium Brussels 22-23 October)

PH Work at EU levelRecommendations on chronically ill employeesUsing the slogan Work Adapted for all MoveEurope the ninth initiative by the EuropeanNetwork for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP)

focuses on the promotion of healthy suitable work for those suffering theconsequences of a chronic illness - either through enabling job retention or bysupporting their return to work (RTW) Data on existing sustainable work strategiespolicies and good practices with regard to workers with chronic conditions werecollected in 17 European countries Based on this information a European Guide toGood Practice and a set of policy recommendations were created You can read the keyrecommendations by the ENWHP on how to promote healthy work for chronically ill


employees in our leaflet For more information on the recommendations at national andEuropean policy level read our recommendation paper Recommendations fromENWHPs ninth initiative published by ENWHP March 2013

Models of good practice With regard to the ninth ENWHP initiative good practice is defined as a comprehensiveWorkplace Health Promotion strategy providing suitable jobs for people with chronicilnesses and disabilities in cooperation with health professionals service providers andother stakeholders The good practices selected by the 17 partners of the PH Workproject will become available on our website over the next couple of weeks The goodpractices will also be presented at the closing conference Promoting healthy work foremployees with chronic illness on 22-23 October in Brussels

PH Work national campaignsGreek PH Work dissemination event On Wednesday March 13th 2013 the Institute ofSocial and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) organized inAthens a conference as a dissemination event for theGreek campaign of the PHWork project The conference took place in ldquoSotiriardquo RegionalChest Diseases Hospital of Athens and was carried out with the cooperation of theGreek National Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services with thesupport of the Ministry of Labour Social Security and Welfare

The event was attended by a diverse audience of over 250 participants (healthprofessionals company representatives rehabilitation service providers stakeholdersetc) During the conference the Good Practice Guide was introduced and the twoexamples of good practice selected from Greece presented their activities while anumber of experts also analyzed relevant issues on chronic illness and workforceageing The event was an opportunity for enterprises and various stakeholders toexchange experience and knowledge on the retention of chronically ill employees andto create new networking possibilities More


National dissemination event in Belgium On the 25th of February Prevent (NCO Belgium) organised a seminar on job retentionand return to work of chronically ill employees Katrien Bruyninx (Prevent) gave anintroduction to the points of interest and pit falls people who would like to return towork are often confronted with The introduction was followed by good practices fromdifferent sectors Viviane De Boey (Securex HR specialist) talked about Volvo CarsGhent who have chosen a proactive and structural policy concerning job retention andreturn to work of their employees Sanne Bogaerts (Jessa Hospital) discussed an on-going project funded by ESF to incorporate re-integration support into the standardoffer of the revalidation centre Dirk DrsquoHollander and Rik Loenders (Christian Mutualityhealth insurer) introduced a pilot project to support employees and the unemployed intheir search for a suitable job The ldquoGet Back to Work Coachrdquo helps people by usingmethods such as solution focused coping empowerment and graded activity Theseminar was concluded with a presentation by Nettie Van der Auwera (Prevent) onENWHP the PH Work project and the Guide to Good Practice on promoting healthywork for employees with chronic illness The reception afterwards provided possibilitiesfor participants and speakers to exchange experiences and discuss opportunities tocollaborate in the future More

More information on the national campaigns can be found in the Special Edition of thenewsletter (December 2012) or on our website


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ENWHP has been working towards its mission of healthy employees in healthyorganisations since 1996 By carrying out joint initiatives and developing goodpractice criteria for WHP the network has become a frontrunner in European Workplace Health Promotion

The ninth ENWHP initiative PH Work ndash Promoting healthy work for people with chronicillness was dedicated to promote healthy work for employees suffering theconsequences of a chronic illness On 22-23 October 2013 the PH Work initiative wasconcluded by a conference on Workplace Health Practices for Employees with ChronicIllness The results of this conference are available via wwwworkadaptedforalleu



News from ENWHPRecent ENWHP activities

The ENWHP Secretariat was invited to talk about an Holistic approach to OSH in theworkplace and Workplace Health Promotion during the conference on Safer andhealthier work at any age at the EU Parliament on 2 December This conference wasorganised by the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work (EU-OSHA) in thelarger context of the European Parliament pilot project on health and safety of olderworkers


The results of the ENWHP conference on Workplace Health Practices for Employeeswith Chronic Illness (22-23 October Brussels) are available on the conference websitewwwworkadaptedforalleu More info on the PH Work closing conference will follow in aSpecial Edition of the ENWHP Newsletter this month

Changes at the European Network

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotionwould like to oficially welcome on board a new NationalContact Office for Ireland the Health and Safety Authority(HSA) The Work Research Centre (WRC) will remain theOperational Unit for Ireland The Lombardy Workplace Health Promotion Network hasjoined ENWHP as a partner in its mission towards healthyemployees in healthy organisations We regret to inform you that Mrs Anja Dijkman (TNO Netherlands) who has beenactively involved in our network for nearly 10 years will move on to other opportunitiesThe ENWHP wishes Anja the best of luck in her future endeavours The ENWHP Secretariat would like to take this opportunity to wish our ENWHPmembers and partners - as well as our readers - Happy Holidays a Merry Christmas anda sparkling 2014

News related to WHPNew EU Council recommendation on promoting health-enhancing physicalactivity The Council recommendation states that physical activity is a prerequisite for a healthylifestyle and a healthy workforce in a rapidly ageing European society It also links thebenefits of physical activity with lowered risks for a number of chronic diseases(cardiovascular some types of cancer) The EU Council recommends that the MemberStates work towards effective HEPA (Health Enhancing Physical Activity) policies bydeveloping a cross-sectoral approach involving policy areas including sport healtheducation environment and transport as well as other relevant sectors More


Santiago Declaration on the state of the economy and health The results of a high level conference which took place in Santiago de Compostela in2013 have been announced The conference reviewed the evidence in relation to theimpacts of economic change on health and concluded that current responses toeconomic pressures ignore these impacts at the cost of storing up short and long termhealth outcomes The Santiago Declaration outlines the impacts and urges politicalleaders to act to prevent them and to promote a more integrated and humaneresponse to the problems of economic restructuring and unemployment

Transnational conference in Weimar Healthy working conditions andworkplaces On 26-27 September the German ThuumlringerNetzwerk Demografie organised a smallconference on European approaches to healthyworking conditions amp workplaces The aim of theconference was to get people working on similar projects together to exchange anddiscuss their tools methods and strategies Following projects were presented 1)SANUS - Implementation of holistic approaches of health promoting working conditionsfor employees in the social economy (Germany) 2) Testing of age managementpractices within private and public work organisations of the region Trento (Italy) byWWELL Research Centre 3) PROGRESS Towards healthy ageing in Europe (UK) 4) PHWork - Promoting Healthy Work for Employees with Chronic Illness (ENWHP) 5) AllGenerations at Work (France)

13th EASOM summer course on WHP On 28-31 August 2013 the 13th EASOM summer course took place in Romania jointlyorganized by the University of Medicine Victor Babes Romtens Foundation (NCORomania) and the Romanian Society of Occupational Medicine 40 attendants from 14different countries participated Maria Dolores Soleacute chair of the European Network forWorkplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) had the honour of representing the network atthe summer course EASOM is the European Association of Schools of Occupational


Medicine Programme amp More

News from the National Contact OfficesJoint Action on Mental Health 2013-2015 As outlined in the previous ENWHP Newsletter the Joint Action (JA) on Mental Healthkicked off successfully The initiative is being implemented in 27 countries and itfocuses on the development of a framework for action in key settings and fields ofaction One key setting is the workplace ldquoPromotion of mental health at theworkplacerdquo working package 6 is led by BKK Bundesverband (NCO Germany) Othermembers of the ENWHP are involved in the JA as well After the kick-off meeting theworkplace consortium decided on the project agenda for the next 3 years anddeveloped a joint methodology for involving the key stakeholders at national level Themain common goal is to develop a common action framework to support enterprises inadopting policies and practices which prevent mental ill-health and strengthenpositive mental health based on improved co-operation and co-ordination among therelevant stakeholders and between the relevant policy sectors particularly the healthpolicy and the labour policy sector On 28-29 October the members met in Ljubljana(Slovenia) to discuss the results of their national SWOT analyses (used to identify thecommonly shared priorities) The results will be the basis for the agenda of theEuropean exchange conference scheduled for 2014 in Berlin More info viawwwmentalhealthandwellbeingeu or contact dr Gregor Breuckergregorbreuckerbkk-dvde

MHP-Hands finishes its work The MHP-Hands project - funded by DG-Sancorsquos PublicHealth Programme and coordinated by the WorkResearch Centre (ENWHP Operational Unit for Ireland)- has finished The project has produced 3 handbooksfor mental health promotion ndash one each for the school workplace and older peoplersquoshome settings The handbooks are available in multiple languages ndash English GermanFinnish Estonian and Polish They are aimed at the non-specialist user ndash it is expectedthat teachers health and safety officers and care staff in older peoplersquos homes will beable to use them with minimal support There is a set of training packages available forthe handbooks and the content is also supported by an online training package ndash MindHealth The books aim to be practical including for example a set of exercises in eachchapter In addition they contain links to the ProMenPol database of MHP tools whichcontains more than 400 instruments that can be used to implement mental healthpromotion programmes and activities More info via wwwmentalhealthpromotionnet


or contact Richard Wynne rwynnewrc-researchie

A cartoon on work and improvement of workingconditions Click here The idea behind this cartoon is to show twodegraded work situations who have an impact on workingconditions (a production line and a call center) and toshow how these situations can be improved throughactions on working conditions (equipment workingenvironment management organisation) The cartoon is a production of AractLanguedoc Rousillon part of the network of ANACT (NCO France)

WHP and community development in Romanian rural areas On 25 June 2013 in Bucharest Romtens Foundation (NCO Romania) together with itspartners organised the final conference of the ldquoHuman Resources Development in RuralCommunitiesrdquo strategic project The 3-year project has been co-financed by theEuropean Social Fund and has been applying a combination of approaches - on the onehand implementing workplace health promotion (WHP) activities and on the otheractivities based on the concept of community development The workplace healthpromotion activities were implemented in around 100 enterprises from rural areas for191 managers and 299 employees The conference reunited more than 140representatives of Romanian local and central public authorities experts from the fieldof healthcare managers of enterprises from the rural areas employees from the ruralareas as well as employerrsquos associations and employees More

Publications of interest to our readers Workplace related mental health problems - risk and prevention by Prof Dr KarlKuhn co-chair of the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENHWP) Thisarticle was published in Die Psychiatrie 2013 10 2 61-70


Promoting health preventing disease is there an economic case a policy summaryby Sherry Merkur Franco Sassi and David McDaid It provides an overview of what isknown about the economic case for investing in a number of different areas of healthpromotion and non-communicable disease prevention Construction and implementation of business agreements and action plans related tothe employment of older workers French research study by ANACT (NCO France) andIRES The study looks at the implementation at company level of the French regulationthat imposes companies to draft an action plan related to the employment of olderworkers Working longer - an EU perspective by the International Longevity Centre UK Thereport considers the case for extending working lives and the role of the EU institutionsin this Working Well Survey (5th edition) a global survey of health promotion andworkplace wellness strategies - investigated emerging trends in employer-sponsoredhealth promotion and wellness programmes More than 1300 organsations from 45countries participated Calculating the international return on prevention for companies project by DGUVISSA and others The report states that investment in safety and health in enterpriseshas a direct and measurable cost-benefit potential Data from over 300 companies in19 countries was analysed

Upcoming eventsGlobal Healthy Workplace Awards 2014 The 2nd Global Healthy Workplace Awards amp Summit willbe held in Shanghai (China) on 9-10 April 2014 TheGHWAwards are hosted by Global Knowledge ExchangeNetwork in Health (GKEN) Wolf Kirsten International HealthConsulting and i-genius Until 24 January applicationentries are open to employer organisations (profit and not-for-profit) in the following categories 1) Small and medium-sized enterprises 2) Large scale enterprises 3)Multinational enterprises A recording of the webinar on how to get globalrecognition during which the evaluation criteria and the process are explained areavailable here Another webinar will be organized in January We are pleased toannounce that profdr Karl Kuhn co-chair of the ENWHP has joined the GHWAwardsAdvisory Board On 10-12 April 2013 the 1st Global Healthy Workplace Awards ampSummit took place in London (UK) Awards were given to businesses which havedeveloped exemplary workplace health programmes


More information on the winners and ENWHP involvement

Okay in the UK - Exchange of expert information UK 2014 NL The 2014 Exchange is organised by the Dutch Centre Work Health work2health UKand iHMQ (International Institute for Health Management and Quality) and will takeplace on 8-11 April 2014 It consists of a combined visit to London Cardiff and NorthWales to view at first hand the health and well-being programmes in 3 majororganisations for which each of them has received accreditation Moreover theopportunity will be provided to meet the representatives of the Greater LondonAuthority and the Welsh Government to discuss the rationale and nature of theaccreditation process Many opportunities will be created for the participants to shareknowledge and experience among one another and to contrast their experience withthat of the organisations visited Transport for London Admiral Insurance North WalesFire and Rescue Service More

Short listing of events in 2014

Work Health and Well-Being Integrating Wellness and Occupational Health andSafety in the Workplace (United States Boston MA 27-29 January) organised by theHarvard School of Public Health this programme is designed for professionals withdirect responsibility for worker health and safety Participants gain the skills necessaryto evaluate the effectiveness of workplace health strategies translate this evidence intopractice and implement these strategies to design health promotion and occupationalhealth and safety programmes Human Economy - Sustainable Resource Management of an ageing workforce(Germany Berlin 20-21 February) The ddn - the Demographic Network organises aninternational interactive conference on Sustainable Resource Management Theconference focuses on 4 pillars to make yourself ready to change the workingenvironment plan for the future (sustainable HR planning) keep your employeeshealthy (workplace health) develop diverse career models (for older workers) andmanage risks (knowledge transfer) XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2014 - Global Forum for Prevention(Germany Frankfurt 24-27 August) is jointly organised by ILO ISSA and DGUV Thefocus is on discussion - debate - action Over 4000 experts from all over the world will


be discussing the latest OSH developments and trends IFDM 2014 Disability Management Pushing beyond the boundaries (AustraliaMelbourne 17-19 November) The International Forum on Disability Management 2014will take place in Melbourne A call for abstracts has been issued for presentations andworkshops The various themes are detailed on the IFDM 2014 website the deadlinefor submissions is February 14




Dear guest speakers participants readers of the ENWHP Newsletter

This Special Edition of the Newsletter from the European Network for Workplace HealthPromotion is devoted to the results of the conference on Workplace Health Practicesfor Employees with Chronic Illness (22-23 October 2013 Brussels)

On behalf of ENWHP and Prevent-Foundation we are delighted to present these resultsto you We were also extremely pleased with the presence of renowned scientists leadingEuropean politicians decision makers stakeholders and other participants from variouscountries who were part of what has been called a great conference Afterexchanging experiences and knowledge at the conference it is now pertinent - withthe words of John Griffiths (Work2Health) - to apply what has been learned to committo raising the topic of workplace health practices for employees with a chronic illness and to make the healthy choice the easy choice for employers


If you wish to be kept informed on the activities of the European Network forWorkplace Health Promotion please subscribe to our newsletter via enwhppreventbe


PH Work - the ENWHPs ninth initiativeThe conference on Workplace Health Practices forEmployees with Chronic Illness held in Brussels on22-23 October 2013 concluded the 9th initiative bythe European Network for Workplace HealthPromotion under the slogan Work Adapted for allMove Europe The initiative focused on promotinghealthy work for employees with chronic illness (Public Health and Work or PH Work)

During the PH Work initiative a European campaign was launched in 17 countriesencouraging enterprises to implement comprehensive health strategies with regard tothe retention or return-to-work of chronically ill employees Good practice exampleswere collected and guidelines were developed to set up workplace health practicesThe main objective of the campaigns at national regional level was to develop andmaintain a community of interested stakeholders both involving end user enterprisesand supra-enterprise level stakeholders who commit themselves to actively promotingvalues knowledge and good practices which enhance job retention and return-to-workof chronically ill employees

The PH Work closing conference presented the outcomes of the initiative theDo you need professional PDFs Try PDFmyURL

guidelines and some models of good practice which were considered the best fortransfer to other countries During the opening and closing session representativesfrom the Belgian and European authorities respon- sible for the policy domains of workplace health and public health as well asrepresentatives of the major European organisations and institutes invested in thetopic from a workplace or public health perspective ndash such as the International SocialSecurity Association the OECD the European Agency for Safety and Health at WorkEurofound and WHO-Europe ndash addressed the audience

At the round table a representative of the European Menrsquos Health Forum andrepresentatives of Belgian stakeholders discussed the possibilities to create synergiesfor a sustainable working life Before the signing of the Brussels Declaration the modelsof good practice selected under the PH Work initiative received a certificate for Partner of Excellence during the awardingceremony

Results of the conferenceThe Brussels Declaration At the end of the conference on 23 October thedelegates of the European Network for WorkplaceHealth Promotion - co-chairs Maria Dolores SoleacuteGomez and prof dr Karl Kuhn as well as Marc DeGreef from the ENWHP Secretariat - signed the

Brussels Declaration on Workplace Health Practices for Employees with Chronic


Illnessrdquo The Brussels Declaration contains recommendations for politicians employerorganisations and unions at EU and national level The recommendations in theDeclaration are based on the Recommendation Paper which was created andpublished under the PH Work initiative

Conclusions of the conference John Griffiths from Work2Health was asked to participate to the PH Work closingconference follow it attentively and put together conclusions at the end of theconference His presentation of the conclusions was very well received by theaudience The presentation is available here

Presentations and pictures available now All presentations by our guest speakers and the PH Work models of good practice arenow available online via GoogleDocs (click here) A selection of pictures taken at theconference by our photogra- pher Mrs Nancy Deboutez has been made accessible to you as a three-page Flickr-album which is easy to go through (click here)

Press release amp article After the conference the ENWHP Secretariat at Prevent-Foundation prepared a pressrelease and a layman article to be disseminated to a wider public We very muchwelcome any effort on your behalf to further spread these two publications You candownload them here - Press release - Layman article

Conference proceedings We are still working on a complete textual overview of the conference Theproceedings are to be expected at the beginning of next year We will keep youposted and in the mean time we wish you lovely Christmas Holidays a bright 2014and an excellent health

Please note that these results are also available on the conference websitewwwworkadaptedforalleu




20123205_D03-01_NWL_EN_PS_ENWHP Newsletter 1-2013



Contributions from a policy point of view on each of the topics alternated withtestimonies from practice The participants actively contributed to working out newways to create a dynamic joint prevention culture In the end participants agreed on ajoint strategy with action points specific implementation plans and points of contactfor the topics of prevention culture health investment and Vision Zero A ldquoNetworkingamong networksrdquo session was organized aiming at the exchange of experiences andexploring the possibilities to contribute to the joint strategy ENWHP contributed asnetwork to the category Public Health

The action points will be further developed at the International Symposium on Cultureof Prevention in Helsinki at the end of September 2013 and the XX World Congress onSafety and Health at Work ndash Global Forum for Prevention in August 2014 in Frankfurt

The StrategyConference wasorganised by theGerman SocialAccident Insurance(DGUV) in cooperationwith the World HealthOrganization (WHO)the InternationalLabour Organisation(ILO) theInternational SocialSecurity Association(ISSA) the OSHAOccupational Safety

and Health Agency the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) andthe International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI)

ENWHP presents PH Work initiative at EUROGIP conference on ldquoKeepingpeople at work in Europerdquo The EUROGIP conference on the 19th of March 2013(Paris) focused on rehabilitation prevention of prolonged disability disabilitymanagement and return to work The contributors to the EUROGIP discussionspresented policies and programs for rehabilitation and return to work implemented invarious European countries Belgium Germany Denmark Finland France Great-Britain Iceland Sweden and Switzerland The European Network for Workplace HealthPromotion was invited to talk about its initiative on ldquoPromoting healthy work foremployees with chronic illness (PH Work)rdquo by way of introducing the discussion onhelp incentives and activities towards employers Information provided to the


































































































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