Geneva Social Observatory

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Workshop to Develop a Workplace Strategy on
Diabetes And Wellness 18 19 March
2008 Geneva, Switzerland

• Geneva Social Observatory
• 37-39, Rue de Vermont
• Case Postale 22
• 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.gsogeneva.ch

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Introductory Plenary

• Presentation of objectives
• Keynote speech
• The Hon. Vasant Kumar Bunwaree, Minister of
  Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment,
  Mauritius
• Illustrative presentation
• Dr. Jean Claude Canavese, Proctor Gamble Site
  Physician and Country Medical Leader for
  Switzerland.
• Materials resources
• Workshop process and organization of working
  groups
• Discussion

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Background of GSO Role

• Forum for multistakeholder dialogue
• A broadened search for solutions and policy
  coherence
• Participatory process in a neutral space
• Specific interest in advancing safety and health
  in the workplace

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Diabetes and Social Responsibility Phase One
Roundtable Series

• Establishing the scope of the problem in the
  workplace
• Identifying how the multiplicity of actors can be
  mobilized to work together on the problem
• Building an action plan
• Disseminating the action plan

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Prevalence estimates of diabetes, 2007
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Prevalence estimates of diabetes, 2025
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Why Focus on the Work force?Age Distribution of
Persons with Diabetes
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Action Plan for Phase Two

• Compile existing statistics to justify diabetes
  and chronic diseases initiatives
• Use metrics to open communication with employers
  and employees
• Develop a skeleton of workplace/corporate policy
  for individual companies

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Workplace Strategy for Diabetes and Wellness

• Incorporate wholistic prevention programmes
• Develop disease/condition-specific treatment and
  management programmes
• Adequately address workplace discrimination and
  accommodation issues
• Develop evaluation targets

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Objectives of the Workshop

• Drafting a workplace strategy for diabetes and
  wellness
• Presenting a compelling rationale for concerted
  action
• Supporting targeted action on diabetes as a
  complement to action on chronic diseases
  generally
• Identifying avenues for practical and effective
  prevention and treatment

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Materials Resources

• Backgrounder
• Working Groups I, II, and III
• What Works sections
• Appendices
• A Sample Models
• C Best Practice
• B, D, E Low- to Middle-Income Countries and
  other case examples, anti-discrimination laws

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The Workshop Process

• Moderators, Rapporteurs
• Questions to help moderators
• Flip Charts
• Rapporteurs -gt bullet points,
• Present summaries of working groups to plenaries
  on Tues and Wed
• GSO to meld together for draft strategy

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Working Group Organization

• WG I Preamble Scope
• The Plenary room D
• WG II Prevention Wellness
• The Foyer
• WG III Treatment Care
• The Office

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Whats Next Qs to think about

• Whose input and buy-in not yet secured will be
  crucial for widespread uptake and mobilization?
• Through what channels, media, and methods will
  the Draft Strategy be most effectively
  distributed?
• Which organizations can provide the most
  supportive networks and which resources can be
  committed?
• What roles are needed to carry this onward and
  who will take on which roles?

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GSO Next Steps

• Forums featuring the Draft Strategy and
  experiences with prevention and treatment
• Focus on adapting the Draft Strategy to
• Employers in developing countries
• Small and medium-sized employers
• Public employers
• Review and adoption of the Draft Strategy by the
  GSO Planning Committee
• Publication of the Workplace Strategy on Diabetes
  and Wellness by the GSO and dissemination through
  participant channels.