Ulrike Bollmann

Senior Expert on Mainstreaming Safety, Health and Well-being into Education

Germany

About

Ulrike Bollmann is the founder, former coordinator and past president of the European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH), with over 20 years’ experience in the field of mainstreaming safety, health and well-being into educational settings. She has a wealth of experience in organizing trainings and events, e.g. the International Strategy Conference on Safety and Health in cooperation with ILO, WHO, ISSA and IALI; the Global Forum for Prevention at the XX World Congress; Building a bridge between occupational safety and health and education for sustainability (ORP). She is author of e.g. publications on mainstreaming OSH into education, on trust to promote a culture of prevention, on the integration of UN SDG 8 into university education and on AI and education.

Experience

  • DGUV Akademie (25 yrs 8 mos)
    • European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH)
      Oct 2005 - Jul 2025 · 19 yrs 10 mos

      Founder and former President of ENETOSH

    • International Cooperation Division at the IAG of the DGUV
      Dec 1999 - Dec 2024 · 25 yrs 1 mo

      Research, consultancy and publications on OSH and education Coordinating the European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH, 2005 - up to date) www.enetosh.net ; https://twitter.com/ENETOSH Organising the International Strategy Conference on Health and Safety at Work (2009, 2011, 2013, 2016) Training of Labour Inspectors in Germany on networking and strategies (2013-2020) Acting as a reviewer (e.g., for the XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2023)

    • Head of section Educational Science
      2001 - 2006 · 5 yrs

      Management of the Education Science Division; creation of lecturer qualification for the new form of education for safety engineers; setting up of quality management for qualification; development of instruments for evaluation of qualification; development and introduction of training methods for the optimisation of knowledge transfer in occupational safety and health

  • Project Manager; Secondment to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work at European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
    2002 - 2004 · 2 yrs

    Project management for 'Mainstreaming of occupational safety and health into education'; project management for the website of WorkingOnSafety.net (WOS); organization of international events; consultation on optimization of information transfer

  • Project Manager at The Central Agency for Continuing Vocational Education and Training in the Skilled Crafts (ZWH)
    1994 - 1999 · 5 yrs

    Design and development of teaching materials; qualification of lecturers, trainers and examiners in the skilled trades; project management for creation of a database for sector-wide training centres in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), commissioned by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of NRW; application for ESF funding; 1998 - 1999 freelance work at the ZWH

  • Advisor at Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
    1993 - 1994 · 1 yr

    Evaluation of training provision under the legislation governing the further training of employees (Arbeitnehmerweiterbildungsgesetz, AwbG) in North Rhine-Westphalia

  • Researcher at Landesinstitut für Schule und Weiterbildung (regional institute for schools and further education)
    1991 - 1993 · 2 yrs

    Management of the model project for development and trialling of a further education database for North Rhine-Westphalia ("daisy") in co-operation with 12 district authorities in NRW; co-operation with the further education databases of the Association of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (Industrie- und Handelskammertag, DIHK) and the German Labour Agency; evaluation of the model Project