October 15, 2001—The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland have teamed up with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, based in Bilbao, Spain, to launch joint occupational safety and health (OSH) Web sites.
As well as linking directly to European Union (EU)-network information, the new EFTA sites will provide access to up-to-date national OSH information on legislation and regulations, best practice solutions to workplace safety problems, research, statistics, training, and other fields. These three latest additions to the Agency’s online information network follow the structure and design familiar to users of the Agency’s other partner sites which already include the 15 EU member states, the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, the Agency’s Director, commented, “The launch of these new Web sites in Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland marks another significant step in creating a global portal to occupational safety and health information and expertise. Our aim is to offer easy accessible online information that allows business, workers, and experts alike to be better informed about regulatory demands, research, and best practices in EFTA countries and in the European Union and thus to make Europe a safe and healthy place to work.”
The sites are accessible from the European Agency by clicking on the yellow country abbreviations bar to the right. The sites for Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland can also be accessed individually.
