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Mr. Andrew Gavrielatos

Executive Director, Community Engagement, SafeWork NSW
Chair, XXIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Australia

Andrew Gavrielatos is the Executive Director, Community Engagement within the New South Wales Department of Customer Service. He has more than 25 years’ experience in senior roles in fair trading and work health and safety. Andrew is the Chairperson of the New South Wales Centre for Work Health and Safety Research Foundation and CEO of the SafeWork Registered Training Organisation responsible for the training and qualification of inspectors. He has led the delivery of national and specialist technical groups in areas of engineering, hazardous chemical facilities, and workplace health including mental health and return to work approaches. As a member of the Australian Heads of Workplace Safety Authority, Andrew also drove the implementation of the national workplace safety agenda and harmonising activity across jurisdictions.   In previous Executive appointments, Andrew has had responsibility for the strategic management of Fair Trading's contact centre, complaints services, licensing, real estate and residential bonds, community grants programs, education, community engagement and regional services. He is also on the board of the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals (SOCAP) Australia, having previously held the positions of President and Vice President. Andrew has a strong commitment to the promotion of a culture of safety at work.

Sessions


11:05 - 11:55 am EDT / 15:05 – 15:55 pm UTC / 17:05 – 17:55 pm CEST
Breakout Session B – Organized by ILO: Resilient and sustainable workplaces in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic through good governance and social dialogue

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. 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:
- What type of action is required from all to better address the still on-going pandemic, how can we build better into the future we want, and what have we learned from this experience that we should not repeat?
- How will this influence the future of prevention?
- Where should we focus as a priority for being able to forecast and prepare for health and safety emergencies that can affect us all globally or in a given a region? What are the major challenges and obstacles that we need to consider?
- What advice would you give to our audience on how to build and make the best use of synergies between tripartite actors in diverse national environments? What are the most difficult obstacles for this to happen?

Speakers:
Mr. Andrew Gavrielatos, Executive Director, Community Engagement, SafeWork NSW and Chair, XXIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Australia
Mr. Roberto Suárez Santos, Secretary-General, International Organisation of Employers, Switzerland
Mr. Owen Tudor, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation, Belgium

Panelists:
Ms. Salima Admi, Director of Labour, Ministry of Labour and Professional Integration, Morocco
Mr. Derrick Hynes, President and CEO of FETCO (Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications)
Ms. Tara Peel, National Representative, Health, Safety & Environment, Canadian Labour Congress, Canada
Dr. Elke Schneider, Senior Project Manager, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Spain
Dr. Youcef Ghellab, Head, Social Dialogue Unit, International Labour Organization

Moderator:
Mr. Joaquim Pintado Nunes, Chief, Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch, International Labour Organization

Languages:
English, French, German, Spanish