Joint German OSH Strategy (GDA)

Acting together – with individual responsibility. This maxim has characterized the German occupational safety and health (OSH) system since 2008, and it is against this backdrop that the German federal government, federal states and social accident insurance institutions – working in cooperation with all relevant OSH stakeholders, and in particular employers and employees – set out a coordinated concept for a "Joint German OSH Strategy" (GDA). The joint OSH objectives and fields of action drawn up of under the leadership of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) and subsequently passed by the GDA’s sponsors (the German federal government, federal states and social accident insurance institutions) aim to ensure, improve and promote the safety and health of employees at work and reduce the long-term cost burden on German companies and social security systems.