Presentation by mares, self employed belgrad311007

www.uegva.infoFundación Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea

Delegación de la Comunidad Valenciana en Bruselas

Seminar on the implementation of minimum health and safety

requirements on construction sites

Directive 92/57 EEC”

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Obligations of self employed persons

Belgrad, 31 October 2007

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DIRECTIVE

92/57/EEC

Article 6 b) Article 7 i)

Article 6 d)

Article 9

Artic

le 1

0

DIRECTIVE

89/391/EEC

DIRECTIVE

89/655/EEC




Obligations of other groups of persons

1. In order to preserve safety and health on the construction site, self-employed persons shall: (a) comply in particular with the following, mutatis mutandis:

(i) the requirements of Article 6 (4) and Article 13 of Directive 89/391/EEC and Article 8 and Annex IV of this Directive; (ii) Article 4 of Directive 89/655/EEC and the relevant provisions of the Annex thereto; (iii) Article 3, Article 4 (1) to (4) and (9) and Article 5 of Directive 89/656/EEC; (b) take into account directions from the coordinator(s) for safety and health matters. 2. In order to preserve safety and health on the site, where employers are personally engaged in work activity on the construction site, they shall: (a) comply in particular with the following, mutatis mutandis: (i) Article 13 of Directive 89/391/EEC; (ii) Article 4 of Directive 89/655/EEC and the relevant provisions of the Annex thereto; (iii) Articles 3, 4 (1), (2), (3), (4), (9) and 5 of Directive 89/656/EEC;

(b) take account of the comments of the coordinator(s) for safety and health.

DIRECTIVE

92/57/EEC

Artic

le 1

0




Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12

June 1989 on the introduction of

measures to encourage

improvements in the safety and

health of workers at work




DIRECTIVE

89/391/EEC

Artic

le 6

Article 6

General obligations on employers

4. Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Directive, where

several undertakings share a work place, the employers shall cooperate

in implementing the safety, health and occupational hygiene provisions

and, taking into account the nature of the activities, shall coordinate their

actions in matters of the protection and prevention of occupational risks,

and shall inform one another and their respective workers and/or workers'

representatives of these risks.




DIRECTIVE

89/391/EEC

Artic

le 1

3

1. It shall be the responsibility of each worker to take care as far as possible of his own safety and health and that of other persons affected by his acts or Commissions at work in accordance with his training and the instructions given by his employer.

2. To this end, workers must in particular, in accordance with their training and the instructions given by their employer:

(a) make correct use of machinery, apparatus, tools, dangerous substances, transport equipment and other means of production;

(b) make correct use of the personal protective equipment supplied to them and, after use, return it to its proper place;

(c) refrain from disconnecting, changing or removing arbitrarily safety devices fitted, e.g. to machinery, apparatus, tools, plant and buildings, and use such safety devices correctly;

SECTION III

WORKERS' OBLIGATIONS

Article 13




DIRECTIVE

89/391/EEC

Artic

le 1

3

Article 13 (cont)

(d) immediately inform the employer and/or the workers with specific responsibility for the safety and health of workers of any work situation they have reasonable grounds for considering represents a serious and immediate danger to safety and health and of any shortcomings in the protection arrangements;

(e) cooperate, in accordance with national practice, with the employer and/or workers with specific responsibility for the safety and health of workers, for as long as may be necessary to enable any tasks or requirements imposed by the competent authority to protect the safety and health of workers at work to be carried out;

(f) cooperate, in accordance with national practice, with the employer and/or workers with specific responsibility for the safety and health of workers, for as long as may be necessary to enable the employer to ensure that the working environment and working conditions are safe and pose no risk to safety and health within their field of activity.

SECTION III

WORKERS' OBLIGATIONS




DIRECTIVE

89/391/EEC

Artic

le 8

An

ne

x IV





November 1989 concerning the

minimum safety and health

requirements for the use of work

equipment by workers at work

(second individual Directive within

the meaning of Article 16 (1) of

Directive 89/391/EEC)




DIRECTIVE

89/655/EEC

Artic

le 4

Rules concerning work equipment

1. Without prejudice to Article 3, the employer must obtain and/or use:

(a) work equipment which, if provided to workers in the undertaking and/or

establishment for the first time after 31 December 1992, complies with:

i(i) the provisions of any relevant Community directive which is applicable;

(ii) the minimum requirements laid down in the Annex, to the extent that no other

Community directive is applicable or is so only partially;

(b) work equipment which, if already provided to workers in the undertaking and/or

establishment by 31 December 1992, complies with the minimum requirements

laid down in the Annex no later than four years after that date.

2. The employer shall take the measures necessary to ensure that, throughout its

working life, work equipment is kept, by means of adequate maintenance, at a

level such that it complies with the provisions of paragraph 1 (a) or (b) as

applicable




DIRECTIVE

89/655/EEC

Artic

le 4

Artic

le 3

General obligations

1. The employer shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the work

equipment made available to workers in the undertaking and/or establishment is

suitable for the work to be carried out or properly adapted for that purpose and

may be used by workers without impairment to their safety or health.

In selecting the work equipment which he proposes to use, the employer shall pay

attention to the specific working conditions and characteristics and to the hazards

which exist in the undertaking and/or establishment, in particular at the workplace,

for the safety and health of the workers, and/or any additional hazards posed by

the use of work equipment in question.

2. Where it is not possible fully so to ensure that work equipment can be used by

workers without risk to their safety or health, the employer shall take appropriate

measures to minimize the risks.




DIRECTIVE

89/655/EEC

Artic

le 4

An

ne

x

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 (1)

(a) (ii) and (b) 1. General comment

The obligations laid down in this Annex apply having regard to the

provisions of the Directive and where the corresponding risk exists for the

work equipment in question.

2. General minimum requirements applicable to work equipment




DIRECTIVE

89/655/EEC

Artic

le 4

An

ne

x

Minimum additional requirements applicable to specific workequipment,

as referred to in Article 9 (1) of the Directive.

SECTION III MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article 9

Amendment to the Annex

1. Addition to the Annex of the supplementary minimum requirements applicable to specific

work equipment referred to in point 3 thereof shall be adopted by the Council in accordance

with the procedure laid down in Article 118a of the Treaty.

2. Strictly technical adaptations of the Annex as a result of:

- the adoption of directives on technical harmonization and standardization of work equipment,

and/or

- technical progress, changes in international regulations or specifications or knowledge in the

field of work equipment

shall be adopted, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive

89/391/EEC.A

rticle

9





November 1989 on the minimum

health and safety requirements for

the use by workers of personal

protective equipment at the

workplace (third individual

directive within the meaning of

Article 16 (1) of Directive

89/391/EEC)




DIRECTIVE

89/656/EEC

Artic

le 3

General rule

Personal protective equipment shall be used when the

risks cannot be avoided or sufficiently limited by technical

means of collective protection or by measures, methods

or procedures of work organization.




DIRECTIVE

89/656/EEC

Artic

le 4

SECTION II

EMPLOYERS' OBLIGATIONS

General provisions

1. Personal protective equipment must comply with the relevant

Community provisions on design and manufacture with respect to safety

and health.

All personal protective equipment must:

(a) be appropriate for the risks involved, without itself leading to any

increased risk;

(b) correspond to existing conditions at the workplace;

(c) take account of ergonomic requirements and the worker's state of

health;

(d) fit the wearer correctly after any necessary adjustment.




DIRECTIVE

89/656/EEC

Artic

le 4

SECTION II


4. Personal protective equipment is, in principle, intended for personal

use.

If the circumstances require personal protective equipment to be worn by

more than one person, appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure

that such use does not create any health or hygiene problem for the

different users.




DIRECTIVE

89/656/EEC

Artic

le 4

SECTION II


9. Personal protective equipment may be used only for the purposes

specified, except in specific and exceptional circumstances.

It must be used in accordance with instructions.

Such instructions must be understandable to the workers




DIRECTIVE

89/656/EEC

Artic

le 5

Assessment of personal protective equipment1. Before choosing personal protective equipment, the employer is required to

assess whether the personal protective equipment he intends to use satisfies

the requirements of Article 4 (1) and (2).

This assessment shall involve:

(a) an analysis and assessment of risks which cannot be avoided by other means;

(b) the definition of the characteristics which personal protective equipment must

have in order to be effective against the risks referred to in (a), taking into

account any risks which this equipment itself may create;

(c) comparison of the characteristics of the personal protective equipment

available with the characteristics referred to in (b).

2. The assessment provided for in paragraph 1 shall be reviewed if any changes

are made to any of its elements.




Part3valencian region







The Region of Valencia is located on the Mediterranean coast of Spain and

is part of the so-called Mediterranean Arch,

an axis which has experienced

one of the fastest economic growth rates in the European Union

COMUNITAT VALENCIANA

Total surface area: 23.000 km2

4,800.000 inhabitants, the population of the region accounts

for 10.5 % of the total Spanish population

income per inhabitant: 93(EU25=100)

Valencia is the third largest city in Spain

population density:185 inhabitant/Km2

One of the co-official languages of Spain together with

Galician, Catalan and Basque is Valenciano

INTRODUCTION: VALENCIAN REGION
















1994 / 1999

1.040 M ecus

2000 / 2006

2.744 M €

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

ERDF ESF EAGGF Total

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

ERDF ESF EAGGF Total

ERDF: 607M,

ESF: 310M,

Agriculture funds: 123M

ERDF: 2.055M,

ESF: 476M,

Agriculture funds: 212M

20 YEARS MANAGING EUROPEAN FUNDS




ENVIRONMENT AND HYDRIC RESOURCES

TRANSPORT AND ENERGY NETWORKS

COMPETITIVENESS AND PRODUCTIVE FABRIC IMPROVEMENT

KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY (Innovation, I+D, INFSO)

LOCAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

20 YEARS MANAGING EUROPEAN FUNDS




Permanent structures for European partnerships

EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIPS:

AN INSTRUMENT FOR ADDED VALUE




The Valencian Regional Office in Brussels is part of the Regional

Ministry for Cooperation and Participation which depends on the

Presidency of the Valencian Region.

The Delegation aims to disseminate the image of the Valencian Region in

Brussels through region marketing, as well as to promote the training to the

young of the Valencian Region by means of the promotion of public programs and

private grants.

It represents, defend and promotes the Valencian Region interest before the

European Union. In order to achieve this goals the Delegation works closely with

the different European institutions, the Spanish Permanent Representation to the

EU, the Regional Offices and other permanent representations of other European

Members.

Active participation in the European parliament activities and Committee of the

Regions (Commission RELEX and DEVE) initiatives in favour of economic growth

and subsidiarity respect .

VALENCIAN REGIONAL DELEGATION IN BRUSSELS




a new instrument for the Valencian region

FCVREFoundation Comunidad Valenciana – Región Europea

(created in 2003)

The Foundation Comunidad Valenciana - Región Europea:




The Foundation Comunidad Valenciana - Región Europea:

a new instrument for the Valencian region

Public sector

Regional

and local

administrations

Public organizations

Private sector

Energy,

saving banks,

chambers of commerce,

universities,

pro associations

VALENCIAN REGION

Public Private Partnership (PPP)





http://www.camarascv.org/

http://www.cirval.es/

http://www.fvmp.es/

http://www.intercitrus.org/

http://www.iberdrola.com/



Number of approved projects

41Valencian budget of approved projects

54.0 Mo €Total budget of approved projects

109.2 Mo €Projects under evaluation

10 projects

European projects with the involvement of the FCVRE




0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Human Resources Antennas Agreements Projects

54

60 0 0

4172

3

Development of the Fundación Comunidad Valenciana –

Región Europea (2003-2007)




0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Re-

insertion

Trainees Local

Agents

TOTAL

246 6

00 24

6

54

Development of the Fundación Comunidad Valenciana –

Región Europea (2003-2007)

Valencian people trained about European issues



Delegación de la Comunidad Valenciana en Bruselas37

Subsidy People

EMORGA (year 2005) 99.968.94€ 15

EMORGA (year 2006) 79.976.49€ 13

“Youong Salary”

(year2005)

74.951.05€ 6

TOTAL 254.896.48 34

People

EURODYSEE 5

Traineeships at other entities

(IMPIVA, IVEX, FEPORTS,

Development Cooperation)

30

TOTAL 35

SERVEF Subsidy ESF

Mobility Programmes and Traineeships

Re-insertion into employment




CAPITAL HUMANO

FCVRE 2006

Re-insertion

into

employment

23%

Trainees;

15%

Fixed Staff;

62%

0

10

20

30

40

2007

Men

Women

0

10

20

30

40

50

2007

Bachelor

Graduate

Gender

Degrees

3116

11

36

Current Human Capital: 54 people










An instrument of European integrationopportunity for all young people willing to have an experienceabroad or to complete their studies within the framework of aEuropean programme of mobility of this institution.

VALENCIAN REGION TRAINEE PROGRAMS





• La FCVRE has a long experience in the exchange ofyoung people and has obtained the leadership asoffice welcoming young European people coming forinternships.

The FCVRE does not only have experience in termsof training, besides it is leader in innovation,technology and projects difusión.

• From our institution, young people are offered anadequate methodology and taking into account anumber of thematic areas developing themes ofinterest for the Valencian Community.

• Under the supervision of a tutor, carry out tasks ofsupport, thus gaining training and professionalinternship which will help them finding a job.


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http://www.gva.es/

http://www.gva.es/

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• Our objective is to keep progressing in the interregional collaboration within the scope of the EU, in which the Valencian Community raises the possibility for young people with certain experience, knowledge of languages and motivated to work of joining the liaison officesof the European regions.

• The fundamental objective is to narrow the ties of cooperation between regions including the young people within their own funding programmes, or within the European programmes of employment and training.

• Common Project

• Defined by the participating regions in the exchange. The young people would be under the supervision of two tutors according to the following criteria:

• -Internships during three days in the hosting office and another one in the office of origin in order to coordinate and supervise the tasks by the tutor of origin.

• -On Fridays, the trainee could keep on working at the FCVRE in order to continue his training on themes of management, languages, European institutions, etc. for instance.

• www.uegva.info [email protected]


interregional collaboration


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Public Private Partnership, the tool of the Foundation Comunidad Valenciana -

Región Europea promotes and provide European service to social and

economic bodies in our region.

In 1999, the first policy on PPP was approved to develop innovation projects on

the framework of the urban management by means of the research of new

technologies solutions:. www.valenciainnova.info

The Valencian Government has identified PPP as a priority and collaborates

with the Foundation on the expenses: location, infrastructure…

12% of operational expenses are financed by the Valencian Government

48% other entities support: Intercitrus, IMPIVA, FEPORTS, Saving Banks

Association, Feria Valencia, Feria de Alicante…

40% Self – financing: European projects, allowance, services to third

parties…

Public Private Partnership


http://www.valenciainnova.info/







Project Valencia Towers

Port of Valencia

Best Practices




• Objetive: promote the participation of municipalities among the

transnational cooperation, participation in European projects,

agreements in technological and innovation transfer between

municipalities, as well as signature of agreements in technical

assistance or regional networks.

• Local and regional governments can participate in the new strategic

objectives of the EU

• The local and regional governments can be an example of change

innovating directly in municipal structures and improving the services

for citizens.

The engagement of the FCVRE at local and regional level is

to promote the relations between municipalities and

provinces with other European regions

Best Practices

Local development




• Agreement of cooperation between FCVRE and the Federation of

Municipalities and Provinces

• Stage of Local Development Agents in Brussels

• Training programes

• Duration around 6 months

• Objective of the stage: direct participation in projects among european

funds and municipalities networks

Cooperation with Local Development Agencies of

Municipalities




FIRST AGREEMENT with municipality of San Antonio de Benagéber

. Incorporation date in Brussels: April 2005

Participation in Open days

International meetings

Taiex / Employment projects

. Objective: Leader in environment and cultural projects

. Contact: Miguel Mares Garcés ([email protected]),


Municipalities





• City Council of Vila-real: after municipal elections they have created anew European integration department to coordinate and develop European projects

• City Council of Vila-real: after municipal elections they have created anew European integration department to coordinate and develop European projects

• AGREEMENT with municipality of Vila-Real (Castellón)

• . Incorporation date in Brussels: September 2006

• . Objective: participation in three European projects 1. PROYECTO EASY ( IEE CALL FOR PROPOSAL 2006 )

• 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL ENERGY AGENCY ( IEE CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2006 )

• 3. TAXI DRIVER ( LEONARDO PROGRAMME )

•– Contact: Amelia Delcampo Carda ( [email protected])


Municipalities








Municipalities III

AGREEMENT with County Council of La Ribera Alta

Incorporation date: February 2007

Objective: participation in European projects

Contact: Laura Bas ([email protected] )

County Council of La Mancomunitat de la Ribera. Among a

consortium with other County Council they have created two autonomous

entities for economic and social development in the cities: PATER

(Territorial Pact for Employment) involved in projects. and Energy

Agency (AER) to establish a culture of energy saving and develop

projects.

WE ARE OPEN TO RECEIVE YOUR EXPERTS AND SHARE

EXPERIENCES, TO PARTICIPATE IN EU FUNDING !





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We want to cooperate with you and are open to discuss new

ideas for future initiatives

You may find further information on our website:





Valencian Regional Office Rue

de la Loi, 227 – 4th Floor

B-1040 Brussels




Thank you for your kind attention!

Miguel Mares Garcés

Head of Human resources

[email protected]



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