The International Emergency Management, Occupational Safety and Health Fair – 112 EXPO will be held at Belgrade Fair, on May 28 – 31. The General Patron of the event is the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia, Sector for Emergency Management Generalni and the Patron is the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Occupational Safety and Health Directorate.

This year’s 38th event is held at the Hall 1, under the slogan ’Safely’. More than 70 participants will feature 170 brands from about twenty countries - Serbia, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, Ukraine, Taiwan, UK, Belgium, Hungary, Spain and USA.

At the 112 EXPO, the exhibitors will feature a great selection of equipment and accessories within prevention and protection of people and property from natural disasters and storms, human negligence, occupational safety and health and urgent medical care. The visitors will be able to see and find out the operation method of special firefighting/rescue vehicles and the exhibits will be also the starting firefighting devices and equipment, hazardous matter operation equipment, ambulance vehicles, fire detection and extinguiishing stable installations and systems. The exhibitors will feature various emergency situation management devices and equipment, as well as measurement and detection devices in case of technical/technological accidents. A special place at the 112 EXPO is taken by the personal and collective protection at work remedies and equipment.

Mr. Predrag Marić, Assitant Minister and the Head of Sector for Emergency Management of the Ministry of Interior:

- Emergency situations  are something that happens to us, something we  face. Thus, it is very important to hold such an event. The Fair is an opportunity for Serbia to show what it has got at its disposal and the Governmental authorities feature the way to go and the method of this branch development. By our participation we wanted to send a powerful message that the Government wants to invest into this section.

Ms. Vera Božić Trefalt, Director of  Occupational Safety and Health Directorate of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy:

- We who know very well what is going on in the field also know how important and precious holding of this Fair is. Also in this way, we turn attention of both the employers and employees to the importance of investment  into this branch and we would remind the investment is not an expense – it is an investment and care of the healthy liiving style. This Fair is an opportunity to show the problems also in the protection remedy manufacturing and using, to underline the importance of the corporate safety, insurance, to speak more about professional diseases and many other things. 

Mr. Dragan Marijanović, Serbian Employers Union:

- We believe the employers shpuld attend the International Emergency Management, Occupational Safety and Health Fair – 112 EXPO. The awareness of the health protection and occupational safety should be risen continuously.

Ms. Nada Vasiljević, Biomedicine Directorate:

- At the 112 EXPO, we shall offer the information on the transplantation  oppotunities and importance, since the information breaks mistakes and solves doubts. A mistake is, for instance, that the transplantation as the most expensive curing method is not proper for our living standard – just to the contrary, thew truth is that this is the cheapest curing method. We prepared useful promotional documents for the Fair, but also the Donor Cards.

Ms. Nada Novaković, Blood Transfusion Institute:

- During the whole event, the Institute mobile teams will be at the Fair from 10.00 a. m. to 3.00 p. m. In addition to the solidarity importance confirmation taken with itself the voluntary blood donation, we shall also feature the register of the marrow donors. The Biomedicine Directorate of the Ministry of Health will be at our stand,as well, since all these things are connected – there is no transplantation without blood and no blood without the voluntary donors, which means there is no transplntation without them, either. Our skilled associates and volunteers will speak about all these and similar themes at the 112 EXPO.

Mr. Zoran Gligorić, 112 EXPO Project Manager:

- The 112 EXPO fair event is an opportunity to show the importance of prevention and attention, the need for safety culture rising. In addition to the exhibiting section, we ahve also prepared a very good professional side event program, having two thematic components. The first one is 112 - WORKSHOP with practical/educational features and demonstration practices and the second one – Safe and Healthy Place of Work. The Fair has got also the humanitarian character, since various actions will be organized there, from the blood donation, through the importance presentation of the marrow transplantation, up to the organ testament donor card signing.

SERVICE INFORMATION

The event festive opening is on Monday, May 28, at 11.00 a. m. The Fair will be opened by Mr. Ivica Dačić, Minister of Interior.

The Fair opening hours are from 10.00 a. m. to 5.00 p. m. The entry ticket price is RSD.300.00.  Business visitors entry is free of charge, subject to registration and form completion on the Website www.112-expo.rs or at the Hall 1 entrance. For both visitor categories, the car parking price is RSD.100.00 per one hour.