The project aims to bring together transnational scientific knowledge under a common theme of OHS practices assessment and management. The relevance of the project is in the integration of previous research initiatives in Slovenia and Serbia, in the field of occupational safety and analysis of work-related injuries and workers’ well-being. Research developed in both countries has different backgrounds and orientations, which is driven by the socioeconomic conditions of both countries. The main objective of the proposed project is to assess and manage the OHS practices in Slovenia and Serbia.
Lead partner
UP Faculty of Management (UP FM)
Project Manager
prof. dr. Mirko Markič (UP FM)
Other participants UP FM
prof. dr. Štefan Bojnec (UP FM)
prof. dr. Maja Meško (UM FOV)
asist. Jan Frančeškin (UP FM)
Project partners
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University of Niš - Faculty of Occupational Safety, prof. dr. Snežana Živković
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Other participants: doc. dr. Tamara Rađenović in prof. dr. Slobodan Milutinović
Project number
BI-RS/23-23-052
Duration
1. 7. 2023 - 30. 6. 2025
The project's objectives
Occupational health and safety (OHS) represents a key aspect of decent work, as recognized in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG 8 – decent work and economic growth), and especially set in the 8.8 target: “Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment” (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/economic-growth/ ).
As Slovenia is an EU member country and Serbia is devoted to the EU accession process, the EU legal documents also play important role in the OHS. The Council Directive (89/391/EEC) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex%3A31989L0391 ) introduces measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work. Also, in order to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for workers in the EU, a Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020 has been proposed by the European Commission in 2014, and updated in 2021 for the period 2021-2027, to address the OHS in a changing world of work.
Bearing all this in mind, the main aim of the project is the assessment and management of OHS practices in Slovenia and Serbia. The comparison of the existing OHS practices will enable strengthening the OHS in organizations and enhancing the well-being of workers.
Keywords
Occupational Health and Safety, Practices, Well-being, Comparative analysis.
Project phases
Phase 1. The state-of-the-art analysis
Phase 2. Scanning the OHS culture in organizations
Phase 3. Designing a framework for improving OHS management in organizations and enhancing the well-being of employees
Bibliographical references
- Ferfoglia, P., & Markič, M. (2020). Primerjava zadovoljstva zaposlenih s kakovostjo delovnega in življenjskega okolja. RUO. Revija za Univerzalno Odlicnost, 9(4), 309-324.
- Markič, M., Vedenik, L., Pavlič, M., & Mevlja, B. (2019). Integracija sigurnosti i zdravlja na radu u projektni manadžment. Sigurnost: časopis za sigurnost u radnoj i životnoj okolini, 61(3), 227-236.
- Peršič, A., Markič, M., & Peršič, M. (2018). The impact of socially responsible management standards on the business success of an organization. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 29(1-2), 225-237.
- Pavlič, M., Likar, B., Pavlič, A., & Markič, M. (2011). Managing occupational injuries records in Slovenia from 1948 to 2008. Safety Science, 49(6), 834-842.
- Markič, M., Kolenc, I., Miklavčič-Šumanski, M., Živković, S. (2010). Izvršni menadžerji in preventivna varnost, Delo in varnost, 4/2010, str. 44-53. ISSN 0011-7943
- Pavlič, M., Živković, S., & Pavlič, A. (2022). Occupational Safety Management, Working Conditions, and Economic Performance. In Handbook of Research on Key Dimensions of Occupational Safety and Health Protection Management (pp. 27-46). IGI Global.
- Ilić Krstić I, Avramović D, Živković S. (2021). Occupational injuries in underground coal mining in Serbia: A case study. Work, 69(3):815-825. doi: 10.3233/WOR-213514. PMID: 34180454.
- Rakić, T., Živković, S. (2019). The influence of employee satisfaction on safety and productivity, Facta Universitatis, Series: Working and living environmental protection, 16(2), pp. 117-126, UDC 159.923:331.45, ISSN 0354-804X DOI: 10.22190/FUWLEP1902117R
- Todorović, M., Živković, S. (2017). Analysis of occupational injuries in the Republic of Serbia, Enhancing micro and macro competitiveness – possibilities and limitations, Thematic collection of papers of international significance, University of Niš, Faculty of Economics in Niš, pp. 136-153. ISBN 978-86-6139-138-5 UDC 613.6(497.11).
- Živković, S. (2015). The role of occupational safety and health specialist in safety promotion and implementation – case study, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 22(2), pp. 177-180. ISSN 1745-7300
- Živković, S., Petrović, D. (2014). The comparative analysis of the number of occupational injuries in Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia in 2012, Facta Universitatis - series: Working and Living Environmental Protection, 11(1), pp. 53-64. ISSN 0354-804X UDC 517:614.8.027
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Funding
The project is funded by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) in the amount of 2.000,00 EUR.