Opening Remarks | >Panel 1: Innovations in Addressing COVID-19 | Panel 2: The Changing World of Work and COVID-19 |
Monday, October 5, 2020 20 minutes |
Monday, October 5, 2020 41 minutes |
Monday, October 5, 2020 52 minutes |
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Description: COVID-19 represents a new type of occupational disease, with rapid onset of symptoms rather than the traditional long latency period.
show more The need for immediate and urgent action by governments and workplaces to safeguard workers means new ways of diagnosing, recording and notifying are required to meet this challenge and to evaluate the burden and impact on workplaces and social security systems. In this session, panelists addressed this challenge with a focus on the virtual OSH training and technology as a tool in the response to COVID-19, the development and dissemination of workplace infection prevention practices in the context to COVID-19, and the new complexities COVID-19 brings to already existing legal issues related to prevention and health data. Panelists:
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Description: The employment impacts of COVID-19 in many nations have been sharp and deep, while in others they have been less severe.
show more In all nations COVID-19 can be seen to be shaping the future world of work. In this session, panelists described scenarios for the pace of global employment recovery and looked at the future of work organization and the growth and impact of remote working arrangements, prevention measures for essential workers, the importance of social security protections, and policy reforms that may emerge in the post-pandemic period. Panelists:
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Special Announcements | Breakout Session A – Organized by Canada: Chairs' Panel on a Culture of Prevention – is it the answer to COVID-19? | Breakout Session B – Organized by ILO: Resilient and sustainable workplaces in the light of COVID-19 Pandemic through good governance and social dialogue |
Monday, October 5, 2020 11 minutes |
Monday, October 5, 2020 45 minutes |
Monday, October 5, 2020 45 minutes |
Description: The International Media Festival for Prevention presented a 5 minute-video which summarized the festival's submissions phase, the jury work and what is coming next.
show more It also addressed on how the postponement of the World Congress, due to the pandemic, has affected the development of the Festival. The video also included highlights from the International Media Festival for Prevention 2017, the official invitation to the Special Media Session at the World Congress in Toronto in September 2021, and an invitation to the virtual IMFP Short List Announcement on 6 October 2020 at 9:00 am EDT. Speakers:
A special announcement was also be made about the XXIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work scheduled to take place in 2023. show less |
Description: In this panel, the current and past Chairs of the World Congress International Organizing Committee joined together with social partners to explore the premise that a strong culture of prevention has supported the ability of workplaces to respond effectively to COVID-19.
show more Through the lens of those sectors that were deemed "essential", the panel explored what role a culture of prevention played in responding to the COVID-19 emergency, and what new lessons this experience offers about the importance of a prevention culture to occupational health and safety globally. Panelists:
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Description: The session will address the impacts of COVID-19 on workers and businesses. It will ask participants to express their knowledge and views of what has worked well and what needs to be improved for a better governance of the crisis and be prepared for other potential threats to health and economic growth. show more The roundtable discussion will bring together representatives from the International Labour Organization, government, employers, workers, and a research institution to engage on a dialogue focused around following key questions:
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Breakout Session C – Organized by ISSA: Vision Zero in Motion - Presenting the new Vision Zero Proactive Leading Indicators and the new Vision Zero Training programme | Closing Remarks | |
Monday, October 5, 2020 45 minutes |
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Description: Launched at the last World Congress three years ago, Vision Zero has found a broad acceptance in the world of industry, organisations and occupational health and safety professionals.
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What started as a campaign has gradually become part of a prevention culture and a sound strategy to improve prevention performance beyond compliance. Following the demands of the occupational safety and health community, we have been working with businesses, social security institutions, researchers and professional training providers to take Vision Zero to the next level. In this session the International Social Security Association presented:
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Description: Closing remarks for the Special Session were provided by the The Honourable Minister Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour, Government of Canada. |
ISSA Special Session: Global Forum for Work Injury Insurance View the video in Russian Посмотреть видео на русском языке |
ISSA Special Session: International Media Festival for Prevention Short List Announcement | ILO Special Session: Preparing for Decent Work through Safety and Health in the New Normal |
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 110 minutes |
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 60 minutes |
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 120 minutes |
Description: The Global Forum gathered leading experts and researchers from social security institutions to discuss prevention related questions for workers compensation boards and occupational accident insurance schemes. show more The Forum focusses on various topics dedicated to prevention, communication, innovation, sustainability and resilience. This year, the Forum will addressed responses to pandemics outbreaks and extreme events such as the COVID-19. It was be hosted by the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation with honourable support of the XXII World Congress on Safety and Health Organizers, the International Social Security Association and its ISSA Technical Commission on Insurance against Employment Accidents and Occupational Diseases. We were also pleased to welcome the regional organizations, bringing together social security institutions that are providing insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases. Speakers:
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Description: Since 1990, the International Sections of the International Social Security Association for Electricity and on Information for Prevention have been organizing the International Media Festival for Prevention in the framework of the World Congress for Safety and Health at Work, which takes place every three years. show more And despite the postponement of this year’s World Congress to 19-22 September 2021 in Toronto, the media festival remains an integral part of the main international prevention event. Join us on a media journey around the globe! Find out what is new in the field of media in prevention, and be part of the announcement of the 50 shortlisted projects of this year's festival. The best submissions will be awarded at the traditional Special Media Session on 20 September 2021 in Toronto, Canada. Moderators:
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Description: The session explored the intersected relationships between occupational safety and health, business continuity and resilience, employment and labour rights in a context of COVID-19.
show more It debated the short and medium-term role of safety and health at work in the definition of economic and social policy responses to build back better. The first panel debated how safety and health at work will continue to support effective response against COVID-19 contagion, preparations for recovery and, in addition, to being a key contributing factor for quality job creation, retention and strengthening of national social dialogue. Further, panelists informed on how the International Labour Organization has made use of the integrated policy approach and how the diverse dimensions interact for a safe and sustainable recovery, highlighting as possible practical examples. The panel further explored the future with particular focus on how countries and workplace can be better prepared in addressing any future safety and health challenges of a global nature. The second panel highlighted the importance of a consistent and coordinated global approach to address worldwide occupational safety and health challenges, including COVID-19. The session showcased the example of the Global Coalition for Safety and Health at Work and invited panelists to a dialogue on opportunities and challenges of this type of initiative, and how they envisage in the Coalitions’ work the intersect of occupational safety and health with other variables covering labour rights, employment and economic growth. Opening:
Round Table One: Integrated policy approach for safe work in a COVID-19 and recovery period: the ILO experience - Speakers:
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Round Table Two: Multidisciplinary and multilateral action for common problems: the case of the Global Coalition for Safety and Health at Work - Speakers:
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