2ND JOINT CONFERENCE BY THE LATVIAN STATE LABOUR INSPECTORATE (SLI) WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND (ESF) PROJECT AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LABOUR INSPECTION (IALI)

QUALITY OF WORK – QUALITY OF LIFE

The role of labour inspection in implementation

of European and national strategies

20 and 21 November 2008

Islande Hotel, 20, Kipsalas str.

Riga, LATVIA

DRAFT PROGRAMME

THURSDAY 20 November 2008

09.00 – 10.00 /

Registration

10.00 – 10.20 / Welcome and opening addresses:
Chairperson: Rita Elce, Director of the State Labour Inspectorate, Latvia
  • Iveta Purne, Minister of Welfare, Latvia
  • Rita Elce, Director of the State Labour Inspectorate, Latvia
  • Dr. Bernhard Brueckner, IALI Vice-President, Germany

10.20 – 10.50 / Challenges in contemporary working environment and the role of labour inspection – Malcolm Gifford, ILO – SAFEWORK Geneve, Switzerland
10.50 – 11.20 / Labour Protection Strategy in Latvia – Renars Lusis, Ministry of Welfare, Latvia
11.20 – 11.50 /

Coffee break

PRESS CONFERENCE

Parallel SESSION 1: Risk assessment (methods and tools, good practice)
Chairperson: Ivars Vanadzins, Agency of the Riga Stradins University “Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health”, Latvia
11.50 – 13.30 /
  • Risk assessment tools and methods - Ivars Vanadzins, Agency of the Riga Stradins University “Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health”, Latvia – 20 min
  • Safe system of work plan - the Irish experience (agriculture and construction) – Peter J. Claffey, Health and Safety Authority, Ireland – 20 min
  • Risk assessment and ageing of working population – the Slovenian experience – Mladen Markota, Labour Inspectorate, Slovenia – 20 min
  • Electronic risk assessment tools – Tom Grenz, BAD-Gmbh, Germany – 20 min
  • Risk assessment in small enterprises in The Netherlands - Jan Michiel Meeuwsen, TNO Quality of Life, The Netherlands – 10 min
  • Questions/answers – 10 min

Parallel SESSION 2: Labour relations (black work, migrant workers, posted workers, challenges for labour inspection, cross border information and enforcement)
Chairperson: State Labour Inspectorate, Latvia
11.50 – 13.30 /
  • Challenges and good practices in combating illegal employment – Vilnis Virza, State Labour Inspectorate, Latvia – 20 min
  • The Polish National Labour Inspectorate's rolein the exchange of information onemployment conditions of posted workers – Anna Tomczyk,Labour Inspectorate, Poland – 20 min
  • Norwegian policy and measures to ensure decent work for immigrants and avoid “social dumping” – Berit Bøe, Labour Inspectorate, Norway – 20 min
  • Challenges and good practices in combating illegal employment - Gediminas Noreika, State Labour Inspectorate, Lithuania – 10 min
  • Spain  – 10 min
  • Questions/answers – 20 min

13.30 – 15.00 / Lunch
Parallel SESSION 3: Accident prevention (preventive actions, information and training, accident reporting and analysis)
Chairperson: Renars Lusis, Ministry of Welfare, Latvia
15.00 –16.30 /
  • Preventive actions – collective, individual, organizational measures – Ivars Vanadzins, Agency of the Riga Stradins University “Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health”, Latvia – 30 min
  • Information and training of employees regarding OSH - Kris De Meester, Federation of Enterprises, Belgium – 20 min
  • Wait: Work accidents investigation technique – Celeste Jacinto, FCT-UNL, Portugal – 20 min
  • Questions/answers – 20 min

Parallel SESSION 4: Labour inspection policy (new strategies, European and national inspection and enforcement methods, culture of inspection, labour inspectors’ qualification and training)
Chairperson: Wiking Husberg
15.00 –16.30 /
  • OSH: prevention and reinforcement – EU perspective – Zinta Podniece, European Agency for Health and Safety at Work, Spain - 15min
  • Partnership in OSH – Rainer Hellbach, Office for Social Affairs, Family, Health and Consumer Protection, Health and Safety Department, Germany – 20 min
  • IALI’s Code of Ethics and action plan - Dr. Bernhard Brueckner, IALI Vice-President, Germany – 30 min
  • Training for integrated labour inspection in transition countries - Wolfgang Frhr. von Richthofen, International Consultant on Labour Inspection/Protection, France– 15 min
  • Questions/answers – 10 min

16.30 –16.45 / Coffee Break
Parallel SESSION 3 (CONTINUED): Accident prevention (preventive actions, information and training, accident reporting and analysis)
Chairperson: Renars Lusis, Ministry of Welfare, Latvia
16.45– 17.30 /
  • Work accidents investigation quality and inspectors qualification – Rein Reisberg,State Labour Inspectorate, Estonia – 15 min
  • Accident prevention - information activities, Latvian experience - State Labour Inspectorate, Latvia – 20 min
  • Questions/answers – 10 min

Parallel SESSION 4 (CONTINUED): Labour inspection policy (new strategies, European and national inspection and enforcement methods, labour inspectors’ qualification and training)
Chairperson:Dr. Bernhard Brueckner, IALI Vice-President
16.45– 17.30 /
  • Training of inspectors - the Latvian experience - Mara Legzdina, State Labour Inspectorate, Latvia – 15 min
  • Training of inspectors – the Armenian experience, Harutyun Harutyunyan, State Labour Inspectorate, Armenia – 10 min
  • Training of inspectors – Belarus * – 10 min
  • Questions/answers – 10 min

FRIDAY 21 November 2008

Chairperson: Renars Lusis, Ministry of Welfare, Latvia
10.00 – 11.50 /
  • Use of European Structural Funds
(LEC, LFTUC, SLI) – 10 + 10 + 10 min
  • Reforms in OSH training and service systems Dace Kalnina, Ministry of Welfare, Latvia – 30 min
  • Report of the parallel session 1 - Māra Vīksne, Ministry of Welfare, Latvia - 10 min
  • Report of the parallel session 2 (*) – 10 min
  • Report of the parallel session 3 – Inta Laganovska – Dīriņa, Ministry of Welfare, Latvia – 10 min
  • Report of the parallel session 4 (*) – 10 min
  • Questions/answers – 10 min

11.50 – 12.30 / Coffee Break
Panel discussion: creating international and regional cooperation of labour inspectorates
Chairperson: Dr. Bernhard Brueckner, IALI Vice-President
12.30 – 15.30 /
  • Regional development of labour inspection – Wiking Husberg, ILO Moscow – 20 min
  • Cooperation of the Baltic countries – Dalia Legiene, State Labour Inspectorate, Lithuania - 15 min
  • Regional cooperation of labour inspectorates - the Bulgarian experience* - 15 min
  • Presentation of memorandum / open discussion/proposals – Dr. Bernhard Brueckner, IALI Vice-President – 50 min

15.30 – 15.45 / Conclusions and closing of conference

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 to be confirmed