Federation of European Ergonomics Societies Ergonomics in and for Europe

After a preparation period of more than 5 years, finally on 7th May 2003, FEES could celebrate its inauguration in Munich, Germany. By then twelve Federated Societies became a member of FEES. Early 2018 FEES counts twenty member societies (actual membership and useful information on FEES can be found at the FEES website.

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has several projects to prevent the negative effects of the work related musculoskeletal disorders (wMSDs). There’s a solid preparation for the related Healthy Workplaces 2020-2022 Campaign on wMSDs, and already some practical tools have been published.

The 54^th Council Meeting of the Centre of Registration of European Ergonomist (CREE) was held in Athens, Greece, 30 November - 1 December 2018. 12 new certified ergonomists were accepted, and 32 people successfully renewed their certification.

According to the decision of the FEES council held on the 26^th August 2018 in Florence, Aleksandar Zunjic has been unanimously elected, and took over Secretary General office from Pascal Etienne 1^st December 2018.

HEPS 2019 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 3^rd - 5^th, July 2019, at Hotel Marriot and the topic of this 6^th edition of HEPS is “Building Health and Social Care Systems for the Future: Demographic Changes, Digital Age and Human Factors”.