![]() ![]() This allowed for a structured and exploitable debate on OHS economics issues that was then transferred to paper. This handbook, called Repository, was developed in a wiki-like interactive form and it is available in project's website, found at Its html form, allows visitors to read every paragraph of the report and add a comment that would be visible for all other visitors. ![]() ![]() These contributions, along with research published elsewhere, were gathered and included in the final handbook. A number of meetings and conferences followed, attracting contributions of participating OHS economics experts. In the beginning of the project, a state-of-the-art report was developed based on literature review of the existing research. Project results: The core of the project was a handbook on OHS economics that was developed throughout its course. continuation of research, by attracting new researchers to enter to this research topic. speeding up and facilitation of research activity in OHS economics, by providing an ?incubation cell that will boost research development. dissemination and openness to the research society and the social context in general, by providing openness of its activities to the relevant research community. multidisciplinary approach, by the participation of institutions that combine all scientific disciplines involved in OHS. Project context and objectives: To meet this aim, certain requirements (objectives) were set to ensure the proper conditions for effective work: - international level of research, by attracting experts individual participation so as to contribute to ROWER working group (WinG) meetings and conferences. The existing knowledge was gathered through literature reviews, meetings and conferences and was made available to the community through a dynamic on-line repository that addresses all relevant OHS economics issues and allows for discussion and communication of principles, case studies and research. The aim of ROWER project was to help enhancing research in this topic through a Coordination and Support Action that brought together the leading OHS economists and encouraged contributions. However, despite its large historical tradition that goes centuries ago, it is not sufficiently developed as a research topic. Therefore, the economic aspect of OHS, although it is not the only important aspect, cannot be less than significant. Enterprises as economic entities can only perceive economic motives and, therefore, their behaviour in all issues (OHS included) can only be economically driven. Workers find themselves in labour for economic motives and to a large extent these motives define their behaviour (and OHS-related behaviour too) in it. As work is an economic activity, all issues related to such an activity, like occupational accidents and diseases, cannot be effectively dealt with unless this perspective is adequately examined. ROWER was an European Commission (EC) funded (FP7 HEALTH 2007-A) Coordination and Support Action aiming to enhance research on the economic aspect of occupational health and safety (OHS). ![]()
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