Kurppa Kari, Tammaru Eva, Kempinen Marina, Rünkla Ester, Sõrra Jaan, Lehtinen Suvi
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Ind Health. 2006 Jan;44(1):3-5. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.44.3.
A sectoral network on occupational health and safety in agriculture has been established in Estonia as part of a project that provided support for Estonian accession into European Union. Participating organizations represent farmers' unions at county level, agricultural enterprises, workers' representatives, universities and agricultural expert institutions, and government agencies. The purpose is to provide a shared infrastructure that combines information and other capacities of several organizations and provides a platform for dialogue and co-operation in order to make a greater impact with available resources. The network has a decentralized architecture and is technically managed by an institutionalized secretariat. The network's task forces have compiled a network directory, summarised the capacities and interests of member organizations, made an inventory of existing information and training materials, developed an overall strategy for information management, established an information repository on the Internet, prepared promotional materials, and devised a protocol for agricultural walk-though assessment. A profile on occupational health and safety in Estonian agriculture has been compiled with a rapid assessment approach that collected both quantitative and qualitative information from secondary sources (statistics, documents) and from focus group discussions. The profile is used as an instrument for taking occupational health and safety needs in agriculture into discussion on political arena.
作为一个支持爱沙尼亚加入欧盟的项目的一部分，爱沙尼亚已建立了一个农业职业健康与安全领域的部门网络。参与组织包括县级农民工会、农业企业、工人代表、大学和农业专家机构以及政府机构。其目的是提供一个共享的基础设施，整合多个组织的信息和其他能力，并提供一个对话与合作的平台，以便利用现有资源产生更大影响。该网络采用分散式架构，由一个制度化的秘书处进行技术管理。该网络的各特别工作组编制了一份网络名录，总结了成员组织的能力和兴趣，盘点了现有的信息和培训材料，制定了信息管理总体战略，在互联网上建立了一个信息库，编写了宣传材料，并设计了农业实地评估的方案。通过一种快速评估方法编写了一份爱沙尼亚农业职业健康与安全概况，该方法从二手资料（统计数据、文件）以及焦点小组讨论中收集了定量和定性信息。该概况被用作一种工具，将农业职业健康与安全需求纳入政治领域的讨论。
