11th IALI |
The theme of the Congress "Safe, Healthy and Decent Work: The Role of Labour Inspection" bears high relevance for the agenda of the ILO, since economic constraints and changes in the world of work are pressuring labour inspectors to take on more and more responsibilities to obtain Decent Work worldwide.
The agenda of the Congress is available in English, French and Spanish. Here is a short overview of the key topics of the Congress with references to the respective speakers and presentations:
| Session 1: | Challenges facing the labour inspection in the 21st century
Mr. Gerd Albracht (in English) Mr. Björn Erikson (in English) Mr. Wolfgang von Richthofen (in English) Mr. Adrian Ellis (in English) |
| Session 2: | Improving inspectors' status, power and safety
Mr. Marc Boisnel (in French) Mr. Paul Weber (in English, 1.3 Mb and French, 2.0 Mb) Mr. Ammar Youmbai-Ahmed (in French) |
| Session 3: | Innovative intervention strategies in industrial relations, employment inspection and
social standards protection
Ms. Michele Patterson (in English, 1.7 Mb) Mr. Carlos Moyano Jurado (in Spanish) Mr. Michal Sukovský (in English) Mr. Patrick Taran (in English) |
| Session 4: | Panel discussion |
| Session 5: | National programmes for OSH and the role of labour inspectorates
Mr. Nils-Petter Wedege (in English) Mr. Sammy Nyambari (in English) Ms. Maria de Lourdes Moure (in English) Ms. Margaret Graf (in English) |
| Session 6: | The implementation of OSH: challenges, strategies, and experiences
Mr. Mike Cosman (in English, 1.3 Mb) Ms. Shi Yanping (in English, 1.2 Mb) Mr. Wilhelm Thiele (in English) Mr. Peter Claffey (in English) |
| Session 7: | Occupational Safety and Health programmes and strategies for specific sectors and specific risks
Mr. Kevin Myers (in English) Mr. Thale Andersen (in English) Mr. Che'man Abu Bakar (in English) Ms. Dr. Eleftheria Lehmann (in English, 3.0 Mb) |
| Session 8: | Panel discussion |
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| The new IALI Executive Committee. From left to right: Bernd Brückner (Germany), Sammy Nyambari (Zimbabwe), Michel Gisler (Switzerland), Michele Patterson (Australia), Paul Weber (Luxembourg), Bertil Remaeus (Sweden), Kevin Meyers (United Kingdom), Shi Yanping (China), Gerd Albracht (ILO), Chaker Sali (Tunisia). |
As for the new president of the Organization, the delegates elected Ms. Michele Patterson of Australia. She has been assigned a three-year mandate to lead the IALI. She said: "IALI has a strengthened capacity to influence and promote strategies to make safe, healthy and decent work a reality around the world. … Through it's world-wide membership, IALI, in collaboration with the ILO, can make a significant contribution towards the development of regional co-operation programmes to achieve this goal."