title: Occupational safety and health education under the lifelong learning framework in Serbia.
abstract: Serbia is aligning with European Union requirements and the occupational safety and health (OSH) administration is one of the most representative sectors of this alignment. Many efforts were made in this field, by introducing new laws and regulations, but it turned out to be insufficient. OSH professionals need to renovate and strengthen their knowledge in accordance with continuous, updated and improved OSH standards and regulation. Lifelong learning (LLL) programmes can contribute to forming professionals who are always up to date. This paper presents an implemented LLL programme, over the duration of two academic years, dedicated to OSH professionals, and investigates whether this programme will be helpful and accepted by professionals. The results from the study show that the given LLL programme had indeed a positive influence on the professional careers of the participants and that the LLL presents the future trend in OSH education.
authors.affiliation: a University of Kragujevac , Serbia.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Macuzic
authors.affiliation: a University of Kragujevac , Serbia.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giagloglou
authors.affiliation: a University of Kragujevac , Serbia.|b Politecnico di Torino , Italy.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djapan
authors.affiliation: a University of Kragujevac , Serbia.
authors.forename: Petar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Todorovic
authors.affiliation: a University of Kragujevac , Serbia.
authors.forename: Branislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jeremic
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D019359:Knowledge; D007858:Learning; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000193:education*; D055771:Serbia; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration
keywords: EU alignment; andragogy; development; lifelong learning; occupational safety and health