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 address: Conceptualisation of work-related psychosocial risks, Stavroula Leka, President, EAOHP, and University of Lancaster
  • UN System Workplace Mental Health and Well-being Strategy, Lucia Vinti, Programme Coordinator, UN Mental Health Strategy Team
  • Opening address, Danielle Guiho, Director of Human Resources, International Labour Organization

Chairs: Kevin Teoh, Juliet Hassard

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: Preparing the United Nations for the Future: Psychosocial Risk and the Future of Work, Martha Helena Lopez, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources, United Nations
  • Psychosocial Risk Management: A Strategic Safeguard for Workforce Resilience and UN Reform, Catty Bennet Sattler, Director, Division of People Management, UNHCR
  • Guidelines for Supporting Mental Health and Well-Being Through Organizational Change, Athanasios Chirvatidis, Co-Chair UNSSCG, and Staff Counsellor, WIPO
  • The Future of Psychosocial Risk Management in International Development, Work Bank (Regan Shercliffe, Senior Programme Officer, World Bank)

Chairs: Kevin Teoh, Juliet Hassard

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break

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

  • Leveraging data and engagement to manage psychosocial risks: UNHCR experience, Dubravka Suzic, Head, Psychosocial Wellbeing, and Linda Andersson, Snr. Project Manager, UNHCR
  • Beyond Compliance: Ensuring Organizational Accountability for Psychosocial Risk in the UN, Paola Paoletti, Staff Counsellor, and Ruan Boshoff, Chief of Staff Wellbeing, UNICEF
  • Managing Psychosocial Risk and Promoting Mental Health in times of change, Daniela Menes, Staff Welfare Officer and Mira Celin, HR Partner, International Labour Organization

Chairs: Luis Torres, Guillaume Deprez

16:30 – 17:30 Way forward

  • Ana Catalina Ramírez, International Labour Organization
  • Juliet Donald, World Food Programme
  • Aditya Jain, EAOHP and University of Nottingham
  • Karin Esposito, President and Samar Haidar, Vice-President, UNISERV

Chairs: Lucia Vinti, Aditya Jain

17:30 – 19:00 Evening Reception

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, Joaquim Pintado Nunes, Chief, Occupational Safety and Health and Working Environment Branch, International Labour Organization
  • Opening address: Psychosocial Risks and Mental Health at Work: Moving forward in policy and practice, Stavroula Leka, President, EAOHP, and University of Lancaster

Chairs: Despoina Xanthopoulou, Kevin Teoh

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

Chairs: Daniel Ripa, Caleb Leduc

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

  • Colombia: “The management and prevention of psychosocial risks at work: A fundamental factor for workers and the productive development of a country“
    Gloria Inés Ramírez Rios, Former Minister of Labour
  • Italy: “Psychosocial risk factors, prevention and management at work: a key pillar for Mental Health. The Italian experience”
    Sergio Iavicoli, Director General of Prevention, Ministry of Health
  • Finland: “Implementation of the national Mental Health Strategy and OSH Strategy in Finland – Lessons learned”
    Jaana Vastamäki, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. 
  • Chile: “Perseverance in action: Shaping psychosocial risk policy in Chile”
    Juan Manuel Pérez Franco, Technical Advisor, Office of Occupational Health and Safety, Superintendency of Social Security
  • France: “The implementation of psychosocial risks or mental health at work law in practice: is it necessary to legislate” 
    Loïc Lerouge, Research Director, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Chairs: Silvia Silva, Luis Torres

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, President, EuroCadres
  • Diana Gagliardi, Secretary General, International Commission on Occupational Health
  • Leanie Du Toit, Co-Chair, and Lachean Humphries, Manager, International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee 283 on Occupational Health and Safety Management (ISO/TC 283)
  • Manal Azzi, Team Lead on Occupational Safety and Health Policy and Systems, Occupational Safety and Health and Working Environment Branch, International Labour Organization
  • Sonia Nawrocka, Researcher on Health, Safety & Working Conditions, European Trade Union Institute

Chairs: Estelle Ceulemans, Stavroula Leka

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

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

  • Mental health in a changing world of work: EU-OSHA’s research on Psychosocial Risks at Work, Julia Flintrop, Project Manager, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
  • Protecting workers from psychosocial risks: a global priority for policy-making, Daria Cibrario, Senior Policy Officer, Public Services International
  • Open forum for participant discussion

Chairs: Juliet Hassard, Miguel Munoz

16:30 – 17:00 Geneva Partnership Commitment: Concluding remarks and close

  • Stavroula Leka, European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP)
  • Michael Ertel, International Commission on Occupational Health – Scientific Committee on Work Organisation and Psychosocial Factors (ICOH-WOPS)
  • Akinori Nakata, Asia Pacific Academy for Psychosocial Factors at Work (APA-PFAW)
  • Liu-Qin (LQ) Yang, Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP)
  • Manal Azzi, International Labour Organization

Chairs: Juliet Hassard, Miguel Munoz

 

9th and 10th October 2025

International Labour Organization

4 Route des Morillons

CH-1211 Geneva

Switzerland

 

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