Development by training: international training programs for occupational health and safety professionals.

Six international courses, Occupational Safety and Health in Practice, were arranged for trainees from developing countries and Eastern Europe. Each included seven week of scheduled activities and the planning, realization, and reporting of an individual action project. In total there were 158 trainees, of whom 86% fulfilled the requirements fo successful completion. In this article the program assump tions are stated. The trainees, course objectives, course format, and financing of the courses are described. Th courses are evaluated considering the fulfillment of the course requirements, the realization and quality of the proj ects, and the meeting of course objectives.