MSDs and autonomy at the workplace - Conference report

On 11–12 October 2007, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working conditions (Eurofound), in cooperation with the Portuguese EU Presidency, held a conference on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in Portugal’s capital city of Lisbon. In his concluding remarks at the conference, Eurofound’s Director, Jorma Karppinen, proposed that the creation of a network of exchange focusing on the need for ‘room to manoeuvre’ would be instrumental in responding effectively to the challenge of MSDs. This conference therefore represents the starting point for the creation of such a network.