Research
Foundations
The Public Foundation for Research in Occupational Safety is an independent non-profit organization. The main tasks are: identification of harmful effects in the work environment (also in macro-environment); their tests, estimation; methods required; also developing the required methods for prevention; collecting, regulating, processing and distribution of working safety information.
As new activities, tasks are completed - partly in connection with the above described activities - with risk assessment at the work-place, safety analysis of machines, equipment and complete technologies.
Institutes
The Fodor József National Center for Public Health performs the following set of state (governmental) tasks within the borders of the Republic of Hungary, in the fields of food and nutrition hygiene, radiobiology and radiohygiene, environmental and communal health, chemical safety, occupational hygiene and occupational health services:
− professional-methodological tasks and professional direction,
− organisational activities,
− quality control, quality certification,
− scientific research,
− education, extension training, information,
− participation in the formulation of legislation, and legal harmonisation
with the EU,
− data collection, storage, processing and analysis,
− building and maintaining domestic and international professional and
scientific relations.
These tasks are carried out by the relevant institutions functioning within the Fodor József National Center for Public Health as integral parts thereof, in accordance with the characteristics and needs of their professional fields, co-ordinated by the Fodor József National Center for Public Health.
These Institutes are:
· National Institute of Chemical Safety,
· National Institute of Occupational Health,
· "Frédéric Joliot-Curie" National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene,
· National Institute of Environmental Health,
· National Institute of Food Hygiene and Nutrition
Information centers, libraries
The Public Foundation for Research in Occupational Safety is the National Centre of ILO/CIS in Hungary. In this capacity, Public Foundation has a permanent contact with the Geneva Center, sends and receives international information regularly on the newest results of occupational safety and research of the same.
National Institute for Strategic Health Research
Other connections
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