GAZİANTEP UNIVERSITY

THE CONTEXT OF PROJECT: Occupational health and safety is one of the most important and discussed titles in social politics of European Union. Even though number of occupational accidents decreased by 1994, number of accidents is still high. Increase in number of accidents still rapidly continues in some member states and certain sectors. This case indicates that in member states actors of working life could not adopt and understand exactly the protectionist approach which is included in society directives related to occupational health and safety. Occupational health and safety has become one the basic title in European Union’s social politics by free movement of employees. This case made formation of common training content in training curriculums for occupational health and safety and increasing consciousness and awareness level mandatory. Formation of common curriculum in occupational health and safety training program will maintain training and education union all across EU. 
THE OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT: Maintaining mutual information and experience exchange of lecturers who instruct in occupational health and safety program, reinforcing their professional competency, and formation of common teaching education curriculum within framework of EU criteria for this field are aimed in this program. Informational meetings which will be held by project partners at local level will provide to take the attention of workforce market to occupational health and safety subjects and awareness will be created. In addition, one of the sub-objectives of the project is to create consciousness and involve awareness in occupational health and safety so that asylum seekers and refugees can be prevented from being exposed to precarious working conditions. 
PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS: Refugee and temporary asylum seekers , professional, academic, business actors and occupational status in the field of occupational health and safety, constitute our participant profile.The target audience selection was made according to certain criteria in order to apply the curriculum to be formed within the scope of the project to wider masses. 
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Project Team Preparatıon Actıvıtıes are Preperation meetings, local visits, Press Meeting / Press Bulletın Preparatıon, Preparations For Kick Off Meeting, Preparation Of Promotional Materials, Web Sıte And Mobıle Application, E-Learning Infrastructure Process, Creating Socıal Medıa Accounts, Legal Procedures. 
METHODOLOGY TO BE USED IN CARRYING OUT THE PROJECT:Occupational health and safety professionals constitute the target mass of the project with the necessity of developing the theoretical education qualifications they receive in the current Occupational Health and Safety Curriculum in line with the sector needs and demands in our country and partner countries. 
A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE RESULTS : As a result of the project, the project can be carried out and total 30 people for sustainability; the academicians who take or take part in the courses of Gaziantep University Oğuzeli Vocational School Occupational Health and Safety Program and the instructors who have documentary on Occupational Safety Specialization in the framework of the regulations on the Duties, Authorities, Responsibilities and Trainings of Job Security Specialists in Gaziantep. By means of the web page, mobile applications, e-learning, social media accounts, etc., the knowledge of the refugee and temporary asylum seekers, students and trainees will be realized as 5000 beneficiaries with multiplier effect. Scientific publications will be made in line with the studies and activities carried out during the project period and these publications are thought to fill some gaps in the academic field. It is also aimed at promoting and disseminating the project by participating in conferences related to the project topic. 
IMPACT ENVISAGED:Maintaining mutual information and experience exchange of lecturers who instruct in occupational health and safety program, reinforcing their professional competency, and formation of common teaching education curriculum within framework of EU criteria for this field are aimed in this program. By this means professional competency of lecturers who instruct in occupational health and safety are will be reinforced, students will be equipped with more qualified skills and knowledge in the end they will transmit the skill to workforce power and decrease in occupational accidents will be maintained. 
POTENTIAL LONGER TERM BENEFITS:Project will make contribution to improvement works which are performed in member countries about occupational health and safety subject which had become of the basic title in social politics of European Union.