12/08/2024
Shaping a more digital, sustainable and healthier future for all
source: www.un.org
12 August marks International Youth Day 2024, celebrating worldwide the engagement and participation of young people in today’s global society.
Under this year’s theme From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development, the aim is to highlight the key connection between digitalisation and sustainable development, emphasising their crucial contribution to this transformative process. Young people are leading the change in digital adoption and innovation, with three-quarters of those aged 15 to 24 using the internet in 2022, a rate higher than other age groups.
Digitalisation also brings challenges and potential risks in all areas, including occupational safety and health (OSH), with statistics showing that 18- 24-year-olds are more likely to have a serious accident at work than older adults. In this sense, EU -OSHA has produced a wide range of materials and good practices to protect them in the workplace.
Explore our HWC website Safe and healthy work in the digital age for resources on managing digital technologies at work
Get to know our OSHVET project to mainstream OSH in vocational education and training