EAOHP Policy Event

Psychosocial Risks and Mental Health at Work in the Future of Work: Promoting evidence-based policy making

For policy makers, social partners, researchers and other key stakeholders to engage in discussion on the current policy landscape.

This event will serve as a cornerstone for future policy development, empowering a network of partners to promote healthy psychosocial work environments and good mental health at work.

Join us to share your insights and learn from international experiences.

World Mental Health Day – 9th and 10th October 2025
International Labour Organization, Geneva

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This event aims at sharing knowledge, experiences and good practices in regulation and policy initiatives. Participants will:

  • Present specific legislation and policies related to psychosocial risk management and mental health at work across countries and discuss learnings from their implementation.
  • Consider the key indicators used to evaluate these policies and gaps that need to be addressed going forward.
  • Evaluate how various initiatives have worked out in practice and priorities to be addressed through engaging key stakeholders.
  • Discuss how various policies can be aligned to promote a preventative approach on PSR and mental health at work, including a specific focus on good practices that have been implemented in line with the UN Strategy for Mental Health at Work in various UN agencies.

Programme

Day 1: 9th October 2025

Psychosocial Risks and Mental Health at Work in the Future of Work: Promoting Evidence-based Policy Making and Practice in the UN

13:00 – Registration

13:00 – 13:30 Opening session

  • Welcome (Stavroula Leka, President EAOHP)

  • Opening address

13:30 – 14:30 Roundtable on UN 2.0 Vision: Cultivating an organizational culture that thrives on agility, creativity, learning, and adaptability – tenets of the psychosocial risk management process

  • Keynote address (United Nations)

  • Key UN Stakeholders

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 – 16:30 Psychosocial risk management at the UN – Translating the UN 2.0 vision into action

  • UNHCR

  • UNICEF

  • ILO

16:30 – 17:30 Concluding remarks and way forward 

Day 2: 10th October 2025

Psychosocial Risks and Mental Health at Work in the Future of Work: Promoting Evidence-based Policy Making

08:30 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 – 09:30 Opening session

  • Welcome (ILO)
  • Opening address: Conceptualisation of work-related psychosocial risks: Moving forward in policy and practice (Stavroula Leka, President, EAOHP)

09:30 – 10:15 Keynote address

  • Working together to advance the management of psychosocial risks at work and promote workers’ health and wellbeing (Yolanda Diaz, Second Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Labour and Social Economy, Spain)

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:30 Lessons from developing and implementing policies on psychosocial risk management and mental health at work across countries

  • Presentations from national policy stakeholders
  • Q&A

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Policy stakeholder roundtable – Aligning policy approaches and building partnerships

  • Estelle Ceulemans, MEP and Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
  • Nayla Glaise, EuroCadres President
  • International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
  • International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 16:30 Forum – Future of policy making on work-related psychosocial risks

Open forum for participant discussion on topics including:

  • Future of Work & Psychosocial Risks
  • Digitalisation & Psychosocial Risks
  • Climate change & Psychosocial Risks
  • Demographic changes and vulnerable groups

16:30 – 17:00 Concluding remarks and close

  • Way forward: Coordination through a global network

9th and 10th October 2025

International Labour Organization

4 Route des Morillons

CH-1211 Geneva

Switzerland

 

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