The Slovenian Coalition for Tobacco Control presents information on its latest activities and its efforts to support smoke-free legislation in Slovenia.

As a part of the PHARE project RO 2003/005-551.04.07.01 “Improvement of the efficiency of the Romanian system for occupational health surveillance and control of occupational diseases, work-related diseases and injuries due to occupational risk - EuropeAid/119644/D/SV/RO”, a national occupational health and safety information and promotion campaign was organised.

The campaign which consisted (among other activities) of six regional conferences, took place between 13-17 November 2006, in six locations in Romania, namely Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi, Sibiu, Tirgu Mures and Timisoara. It was organized by the consortium of companies developing the project out of which Romtens Foundation was responsible for the whole campaign.

The premise of this is that the promotion activities of safety at the workplace will be co-ordinated in an integrated manner with the current public health activities at a central and local level, including the existing strategy for workplace safety promotion in small and medium-sized enterprises.

One of the expected results of this campaign is to encourage the development of the Occupational Health and Safety Information and Promotion Units established within the Public Health Authorities, Public Health Institutes and Occupational Health Clinics.

Over 700 professionals from various fields of work, central and local authorities’ representatives, small, medium and large-sized enterprise representatives, both public and private, trade union representatives, i.a. benefited from this campaign.

At the end of the campaign a declaration was adopted by all participants stating in its final sentences:

"...In order to promote the state of well being at work, the professionals in Occupational Health and Safety from Romania, formed the Partnership for the Health of the Employees as an immediate and certain solution to achieve the objective "healthy employees in healthy workplaces".

In order to develop this new culture to prevent the risk and promote the workplace health, the professionals of this partnership are calling to action the government of Romania, the employers unions, the trade unions, the insurers, as well as any other responsible and interested in Occupational Health and Safety body."