The congress and the A+A trade fair are the main tasks of Basi.
Every two years, A+A takes place in Düsseldorf as the largest gathering of occupational health and safety stakeholders and the world’s leading marketplace for safety and health at work.
In the Federal Working Group for Safety and Health at Work (Basi), 86 organizations and institutions (federal and state governments, social partners, statutory accident insurance, statutory health insurance, higher education institutions, institutions and professional associations) work together with the aim of improving safety and health at work in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Treffpunkt Sicherheit + Gesundheit (TPSG) is part of the A+A international trade fair. It is supported by the members and partners of Basi and brings together non-commercial organizations from the entire field of occupational safety and health. The approximately 80 exhibitors present concepts, perspectives and strategies as well as instruments and practices of occupational health and safety with the means of trade fair communication.
In close connection with the meeting point, Basi coordinates the lecture programs of the three thematic focus areas of the A+A trade fair “A+A Live”
- “Safety & Security Innovation Park” with innovative products and services for personal protection, hazardous substances, operational fire and disaster protection
- “Corporate Health Plaza” with the topics of workplace health promotion, health management, work-life balance, fitness and drug prevention
- “WorkPlaceDesign” with a focus on production and office workplaces, ergonomics and work organization
Basi supports the dialog and cooperation of its members and the specialist scene, particularly with the focus on “Occupational safety and ergonomics”, “Occupational safety and health promotion” and “Prevention, rehabilitation, integration, inclusion”.
It is a strategic cooperation partner of the Joint German Occupational Health and Safety Strategy (GDA) of the federal and state governments and the German Social Accident Insurance and is a member of the network group of the New Quality of Work Initiative (INQA) of the Federal Ministry of Labor. It cooperates closely with the INQA networks “German Network Office” (DNB), which is based on a Basi initiative, as well as INQA Produktion and INQA Mittelstand.
International cooperation and networking takes place primarily in connection with A+A. The annual “Polish-German Occupational Health and Safety Dialogue” emerged from the partner country activities at A+A 2011, as did the dialog with Turkey at A+A 2013.
Basi membership
Members of Basi can be institutions and organizations that are primarily active in the field of occupational safety and health.
Basi committees
The statutory bodies of Basi are the General Assembly and the Executive Board. The Executive Board consists of seven natural and six eligible members. The chairmanship is held alternately every two years by the social partners, the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations, BDA and the DGB Federal Executive Board.
Work structures
To evaluate the large-scale Call for Participation and prepare the event program, there are four “A+A Congress Advisory Circles” for overarching topics, health, stress and occupational safety.
The “A+A Working Group Meeting Point Safety + Health” coordinates the joint exhibition of Basi members and partners at the A+A international trade fair.
Basi is responsible for the content and organization of the A+A Congress and continuously develops it further.
The “Safety and Health Meeting Point” will be realized as a joint presentation at the A+A trade fair by Basi and its members.
- Supporting communication and cooperation between Basi members and in occupational health and safety as a whole
- Discussion platform for new developments and topics in occupational health and safety
- Initiation of forums for the exchange of opinions between occupational health and safety institutions
- Promotion of occupational health and safety issues in the public sphere, in the political arena and in related subject areas
- Support for regional activities
- Promoting the international exchange of experience
What is the Basi?
- the public interest in health and safety at work;
- the concerns of safety and health at work in the political arena;
- Regional activities
- the exchange of experience at an international level;
- integrating occupational health and safety into related topics such as safety in schools and preschools, safety on the way to work or environmental protection
The Basi Board includes the federal and state ministries of labor, the umbrella organizations of the statutory accident insurance and the statutory health insurance funds as well as the umbrella organizations of the social partners. They are permanent and cannot be elected, and there are other members who can be elected. In total, there are 13 full members and 13 deputy members. The social partners take turns chairing the committee (alternating). The current chairperson is Saskia Osing, Attorney at Law, Confederation of German Employers’ Associations; the alternating chairperson is Dr. Sebastian Schneider ,German Trade Union Confederation.
Ordinary members:
RAin Saskia Osing
Confederation of German Employers’ Associations
Deputy members:
Dr. Elisa Clauß
Confederation of German
Employers’ Associations
Ordinary members:
Dr. Sebastian Schneider
German Trade Union Confederation
Ordinary members:
Dr. Stefan Hussy
German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)
Deputy members:
Dr. Jochen Appt
German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)
Ordinary members:
Frank Gutheil
Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (SVLFG)
Full member:
Peer-Oliver Villwock
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS))
Alternate member:
Susanne Baltes
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Full member:
Dr. Karin Dietsche
Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Protection (SMWA)
Alternate member:
Dr. Axel Gräber
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württenberg
Elected members of the Board of Directors
Ordinary members:
Dr. Bärbel Wernicke
DIN German Institute for Standardization e.V.
Ordinary members:
Martin Leusmann
Interessenverbund Persönliche Schutzausrüstung e.V.
Ordinary members:
Dr. Timm Kappenberg
Verband Deutscher Betriebs- und Werksärzte e.V. (Association of German Company and Works Doctors)
Ordinary members:
Prof. Dr. Arno Weber
Association for Safety, Health and Environmental Protection at Work e.V.
Ordinary members:
Dr. Ing. Sascha Wischniewski
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Ordinary members:
Gabriele Held
Rationalization and Innovation Center of German Business e.V.
Deputy members of the Executive Board
Substitute member:
Sebastian Bartels
Dekra e.V.
Substitute member:
Dipl.-Phys. Ernst-Friedrich Pernack
Verein Deutscher Gewerbeaufsichtsbeamter e.V.
Substitute member:
Ivon Ames
Berufsverband Deutscher Psychologinnen und Psychologen e.V.,
Section Business Psychology in the BDP e.V.
Substitute member:
Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Preuße
Verein Deutscher Revisions-Ingenieure e.V.
Substitute member:
Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Ing. Stephan Letzel
German Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine e.V.
Substitute member:
Dr. Thomas Finsterbusch
MTM Association e.V.Wirtschaftspsychologie im BDP e.V.
List of all members
- Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS) www.bmas.de
- Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) www.baua.de
- Länder Committee for Occupational Safety and Safety Technology (LASI) https://lasi-info.com
- Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Tourism Baden-Württemberg wm.baden-wuerttemberg.de
- Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs www.stmas.bayern.de
- Senate Department for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination, Berlin www.berlin.de/sen/arbeit/
- Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg msgiv.brandenburg.de
- Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, The Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection www.gesundheit.bremen.de
- Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, Office for Occupational Safety and Health www.hamburg.de/arbeitsschutz/
- Hessian Ministry of Labor, Integration, Youth and Social Affairs soziales.hessen.de/arbeit/arbeitsschutz
- Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Sport, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania www.regierung-mv.de/Landesregierung/sm/
- Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Equality www.ms.niedersachsen.de
- Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia www.mags.nrw/arbeitsschutz
- Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitization of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate mastd.rlp.de/themen/arbeit/arbeitsschutz
- Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport www.arbeitsschutz.sachsen.de
- Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Equality of the State of Saxony-Anhalt ms.sachsen-anhalt.de
- Ministry of Social Affairs, Youth, Family, Senior Citizens, Integration and Equality, State of Schleswig-Holstein www.schleswig-holstein.de
- Thuringian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family www.tmasgff.de
- Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA) www.arbeitgeber.de
- DBB – Beamtenbund und Tarifunion www.dbb.de
- German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) www.dgb.de
- German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) www.dguv.de
- Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (SVLFG) www.svlfg.de
- AOK Federal Association www.aok.de
- IKK classic www.ikk-classic.de
- Knappschaft Bahn See www.knappschaft.de
- Verband der Ersatzkassen e.V. (vdek) www.vdek.com
- Aktion gesunder Rücken e.V. (AGR) www.agr-ev.de
- AMD TÜV Arbeitsmedizinische Dienste GmbH – TÜV Rheinland Group www.tuv.com
- Berufsforschungs- und Beratungsinstitut für interdisziplinäre Technikgestaltung e.V. (BIT) www.bit-bochum.de
- Berufsgenossenschaftlicher Arbeitsmedizinischer und Sicherheitstechnischer Dienst e.V. (BAD) www.bad-gmbh.de
- Professional Association of Preventologists e.V., www.praeventologe.de
- Professional Association of German Psychologists (BDP) www.wirtschaftspsychologie-bdp.de
- Bundesverband Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement e.V. (BBGM) https://www.bbgm.de/
- Bundesverband freiberuflicher Sicherheitsingenieure und überbetrieblicher Dienste e.V. (BFSI) www.bfsi.de
- Bundesverband selbständiger Arbeitsmediziner und freiberuflicher Betriebsärzte e.V. (BsAfB) www.bsafb.de
- Dekra e.V. www.dekra.de
- German Society for Occupational Hygiene (DGAH) www.dgah.de
- German Society for Occupational Medicine and Environmental Medicine (DGAUM) www.dgaum.de
- German Society for Quality (DGQ) www.dgq.de
- MTM ASSOCIATION e.V. www.mtm.org
- German Network Office e.V. www. dnb-netz.de
- German Road Safety Council (DVR) www.dvr.de
- DIN – German Institute for Standardization www.din.de
- Fachverband Psychologie für Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheit e.V. (FV-Pasig) www.fv-pasig.de
- Independent healthcare professions / umbrella organization for independent advisory and healthcare professions www.freie-gesundheitsberufe.de
- GAW non-profit organization for employability and well-being www.gaw-wai.de
- Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e.V. (GfA) www.gesellschaft-fuer-arbeitswissenschaft.de
- IAS Foundation www.ias-gruppe.de
- IGR Institute for Health and Ergonomics www.igr-ev.de
- IVPS – Interessenverbund Persönliche Schutzausrüstung e.V. www.ivps.de
- KAN – Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization www.kan.de
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR) www.lvr.de
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) www.lwl-inklusionsamt-arbeit.de
- Offensive Mittelstand – Good for Germany www.offensive-mittelstand.de
- PHYSIO-Germany German Association for Physiotherapy (ZVK) www.physio-deutschland.de
- Rationalization and Innovation Center of German Business (RKW) e.V. www.rkw.de
- Association of Occupational Health Professionals – VAF e.V. www.vaf-assistenzpersonal.de
- Verband Deutscher Betriebs- und Werksärzte e.V. (VDBW) www.vdbw.de
- VDSI – German Association for Safety, Health and Environmental Protection at Work vdsi.de
- Verein Deutscher Gewerbeaufsichtsbeamten e.V. (VDGAB) www.vdgab.de
- VDI e.V. – VDI Society for Energy and the Environment (VDI- GEU)
www.vdi.de - Verein Deutscher Revisionsingenieure e.V. (VDRI) www.vdri.de
- VTH Verband Technischer Handel e.V. www. vth-verband.de
- Plant Fire Brigade Association Germany e.V. www.wfvd.de
- University of Wuppertal www.uni-wuppertal.de
- Faculty of Health Sciences at Bielefeld University www.uni-bielefeld.de/gesundhw/
- Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering www.iao.fraunhofer.de
- Faculty of Health, Safety and Society at Furtwangen University hs-furtwangen.de
- Institute for Occupational Medicine and Social Medicine at Düsseldorf University Hospital www.uniklinik-duesseldorf.de/arbeits-und-sozialmedizin
- Institute for Ergonomics and Process Management at the University of Kassel www.ifa.uni-kassel.de
- Institute of Ergonomics at the Technical University of Darmstadt www.arbeitswissenschaft.de
- Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz www.unimedizin-mainz.de
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Ergonomics, University of Hanover www.wa.uni-hannover.de
- Institute for Technical Logistics and Work Systems at the Technical University of Dresden https://tu-dresden.de/mw/tla
- Institute for Technology and Work e. V., Technical University of Kaiserslautern www.ita-kl.de
- Institute for Economic Occupational, Environmental and Health Protection AUGE in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Healthcare at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences www.auge-institut.de
- Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Social Hygiene, University Hospital Cologne https://arbeitsmedizin.uk-koeln.de/
- Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the University Hospital of Munich https://arbmed.klinikum.uni-muenchen.de
- Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational and Social Medicine at the Technical University of Dresden www.tu-dresden.de
- DoCH Department of Community Health, Bochum University of Applied Sciences for Health www.hs-gesundheit.de
- sfs Social Research Center Dortmund at the Technical University of Dortmund www.sfs-dortmund.de
- University of Flensburg www.uni-flensburg.de
- Central Institute for Occupational Medicine and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM) Hamburg www.uke.de/institute/arbeitsmedizin
- Center for Health at the German Sport University Cologne www.dshs-koeln.de
Become a member:
Take advantage of Basi’s large platform and become part of a large, weighty community
Are you interested in improving your area in terms of occupational safety and health? Then pursue this goal together with us and the 86 member organizations in Basi, the Federal Working Group for Safety and Health at Work! Basi members include trade unions and employers’ associations, the federal and state labour ministries, statutory accident and health insurance, trade and professional associations and scientific organizations.
Every two years, Basi organizes the International A+A Congress as a central joint event for stakeholders in the field of occupational safety and health, parallel to the International A+A Trade Fair as the world’s leading marketplace in this field.
Become part of the professional community united in Basi – for safety and health at work. Benefit from the network of members as well as many other professions and specialist disciplines.
As a Basi member, you can use A+A as a central joint event as well as all other national and international activities and help shape them. Basi members can also present themselves with a stand at the international A+A trade fair at a special price.
Interested? Then let’s talk about everything else! Write us an e-mail or give us a call.