PROJECT COORDINATOR

Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkish Republic - Directorate General for Productivity
vgm.sanayi.gov.tr

With the purpose of improving competitiveness and providing sustainable development of economy, based on total factor productivity, Directorate General for Productivity aims at;

  • developing policies and strategies on productivity and cleaner production;
  • conducting studies in order to improve productivity and competitiveness;
  • measuring and evaluating the changes in productivity in sectoral and regional basis;
  • promoting productivity awareness in all sectors and supporting the studies.

PROJECT PARTNERS

ANACT - French National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions
FRANCE
www.anact.fr

Established in 1973 with 300 employees in 26 units, ANACT has a three -party board composed of employer organizations, employees unions and states representatives. Its mission is to improve working conditions and company efficiency, to promote the appropriation of methods of change and to develop innovative projects in the labour-related field. Work process of ANACT is composed of 5 steps starting with the decision of the board on the programme to be followed and then a team work with researchers or experts on the project. Third step is exploring the problem and finding solutions to the problems. Fourth step is developing a methodology and lastly testing it. This methodology is disseminated by trainings, seminars and guides. Fields of action of the Agency are occupational health, technological and organizational change, and demographic change and work organization.

Cankaya University
TURKEY
www.cankaya.edu.tr

Cankaya University has been established by the Sitki Alp Educational Trust. It was established in the 1997-1998 academic year, and at the moment the university has 4,500 students. CU has 4 faculties with 19 departments, 2 institutes of graduate study with 12 programs, a Vocational Training School and the English Preparatory Class.
The University has been conducting projects using both national and also international funds. Moreover, the activities of the University within ISIM-Work and Construction Machinery Cluster and AKIP- Anatolian Clusters Collaboration Platform have been continuing.

PREVENT - Institute for Occuptional Safety and Health
BELGIUM
www.prevent.be

Prevent is a multi-disciplinary knowledge institute focusing on the prevention of occupational risks through the promotion of the quality of working conditions and the improvement of work organisation. It's activities are directed towards gathering, developing and transferring knowledge on OSH. Examples are: research, training, web publishing, awareness raising, consultancy, etc. Research topics are new emerging risks, OSH in figures, combined exposure to MSD and psycho-social risk, violence and bullying, maintenance, psycho-social risks, economic issues related to OSH, BENOSH The Benefits of Occupational Safety and Health, economic incentive and legislation. Through its training centre PreventAcademy, the institute offers training and practical courses Furthermore the institute contributes actively to regional, national and international networks. On international level, Prevent participates in several projects with other European partners, e.g. as a partner of the Topic Centre OSH (European Agency on Safety and Health at Work). Prevent hosts the secretariat of the European Network for Workplace health Promotion, of PEROSH and of the European Association of National Productivity Centres.

SLCP - Slovak Productivity Centre
SLOVAKIA
www.slcp.sk

Slovak Productivity Center (SLCP) was established in year 1998 as an open, national organization to support research and application of the advanced knowledge in Slovakia. Main activities include competitiveness, productivity, quality and innovations. SLCP’s main mission is to support, disseminate and promote the advanced knowledge and skills in the field of productivity and competitiveness into Slovak industry and common life. Main goal is the development, initiation and coordination of the National Productivity and Competitiveness Improvement Programme of Slovakia.

TTS - Work Efficiency Institute
FINLAND
www.tts.fi

TTS is a research, development and training institute which works in co-operation with companies and organizations to find solutions to their challenges in competence, productivity and well-being. TTS annually helps about 8,000 people become even better professionals in various fields. Also it is annually involved in over 100 national and international research, development and education projects as a coordinator, partner and an expert.