The effects of severe meteorological conditions on Agriculture - Joint statement of the European social partners in Agriculture Firstly,

EFFAT and GEOPA have developed with the support of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) an Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tool in the agriculture sector to increase the occupational safety and health (OSH) standards in the sector while simplifying the compliance requirements for employers. [...] In the light of the above, the European Social Partners in Agriculture call on the EU Institutions and national governments to: • Work on an initiative in collaboration with the social partners on safe working conditions under extreme temperatures and weather events to protect health and safety, jobs and income of the agricultural community. [...] EFFAT and GEOPA commits to place Just Transition as a permanent item of the forthcoming work programmes of the European Social Dialogue Committee for Agriculture with the aim of establishing a common approach and a joint strategy on these issues. [...] The European Social Partners in Agriculture commit to continue their work on the mitigating the effects of severe meteorological conditions on agriculture as part of the current and futures Work Program of the European Social Dialogue Committee for Agriculture2 and especially in the framework of the EU- funded Safe Habitus project. [...] For EFFAT: For Geopa: Valentina Vasilionova Joseph Lechner EFFAT Agriculture Board President GEOPA President 2 For instance Point 2 (Follow up of the implementation of the social dimension of the CAP) and Point 4 (Health and safety at workplace) bullet points one and two (Exposure to heat and priority access to water: dissemination of recommendations and best practices in the sector; Disseminating.