INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' HEALTH SUB-GROUP PLANNING MEETING
Location: EPA, Ariel Rios Building, Room 5330
Time: 14h30 - 17h30
Participants:
Julius Jimeno, Arturo Garcia-Costas, Jim Carr (EPA);
Todd Briggs (NSC);
Claudio Ramirez (PAHO)

The objectives of the meeting were threefold:

  1. Elaborate a strategy to invite participants, who will be drawn from the DC area, from outside the beltway, and from Latin American countries.

  2. Discuss the strategy, logistics and timeline of our sub-group's meetings, AM speaker selection, working paper, and invites for the October forum.

  3. Set a provisional agenda for the July 18th meeting.

The results of the meeting were, respectively:
  1. Organization / Individual Invited Organization Inviting


    2. USAID / TBA* EPA
    IDB / R. Iunes and G. Martinez PAHO
    World Bank / TBA * PAHO
    ILO / TBA* PAHO
    OAS / TBA* PAHO
    Partners of the Americas / J. Young, PAHO & EPA
    K. Raftery, R. Lamporte
    CEC / TBA* PAHO
    NAALC / TBA* PAHO
    AFL-CIO / TBA* NSC
    OSHA-Int. / J. DeMesme-Gray NSC
    OSHA-Int / P. Church PAHO
    NIOSH / R. Socas PAHO
    GWU / D. Goldsmith PAHO
    FHSI / T. Niedda PAHO
    PAHO (El Paso) / E. Paz PAHO
    PAHO - AIDS / D. Patz PAHO
    PAHO - Women's Health / TBA* PAHO
    EPA - Pesticides / D. Valente PAHO
    3M / P. Olson PAHO
    HHS - SAMSHA / S. Sambrano PAHO
    US-Mexico CC / C. Cervantes NSC
    (more�please complete)

    * TBC = To be Announced

  2. a) Next Meetings (dates suggested, to be confirmed):

Tuesday July 18th (confirmed)
Tuesday August 1st (TBC)
Tuesday August 15th (TBC)

A phone-conferencing system will be facilitated by the EPA in order to include those who are not capable of being present to the July 18th meeting in person.

I between meetings an electronic forum will be created in order to keep the discussion going, to be more efficient and to foster team work within the sub-group.

b) AM speakers:

  • Lee Hong, CCOHS, Canada (suggested by PAHO)

  • Linda Rosenstock, NIOSH, USA (suggested by PAHO)

  • Chritser Hogstedt, NIWL, Sweden (suggested by PAHO)

  • Oscar Feo, Office of the President, Venezuela (suggested by PAHO)

  • Juan Legaspi, Ministry of Labor, Mexico (suggested by NSC)


c) Working paper:

  • Deadline: August 21st

  • Number of Pages: 15

  • Issues: 4 (suggested)

  • Format:

  1. Introduction,

  2. Research and Analysis,

  3. Case Studies (includes Best Practices)

  4. Recommended Plan of Action


d) Invites for October:

  • Up to 35 places for PAHO

  • Up to 50 stakeholders for EPA

  • Up to 100 international guests for NSC

  • NAHH ? (to be decided by M. Gaitan)

e) Agenda for the July 18th meeting:
  • Summary of previous meeting

  • Brainstorm of Issues

  • Selection of 4 Issues

  • Strategy for Working Paper (Definition of Roles and Timeline)

  • Next Meeting (set date)
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