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 Ceremony

  • 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

  • Opening 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 Talks

    • 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

    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
    • ISO – International Organisation for Standardisation

    15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

    15:30 – 16:30 The Future of Policy Making on Work-Related Psychosocial Risks

    • European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
    • International Commission on Occupational Health
    • European Trade Union Institute

    Topics to be covered:

    • 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

    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

    12:30 – 13:00 Registration

    13:00 – 13:30 Opening Ceremony

      • 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

      • Opening address (UN)
      • 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 Talks

      • 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

    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
      • ISO – International Organisation for Standardisation

    15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

    15:30 – 16:30 The Future of Policy Making on Work-Related Psychosocial Risks

      • European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
      • International Commission on Occupational Health
      • European Trade Union Institute
    • Topics to be covered:
      • 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

    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

    13:30 – 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
    • Opening address (UN)
    • 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 Talks
    • 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
    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
    • ISO – International Organisation for Standardisation
    15:00 – 15:30
    Coffee Break
    15:30 – 16:30
    The Future of Policy Making on Work-Related Psychosocial Risks
    • European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
    • International Commission on Occupational Health
    • European Trade Union Institute

    Topics to be covered:

    • 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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