Webinar: Responding to COVID-19 (11 May 2020, Asia-Pacific)

Webinar: Responding to COVID-19

 

Information on the Webinar presentation

Organizers: This webinar is organized by The Future of Work, Labour after Laudato Si (FOWLS) global initiative and the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). Caritas Asia is supporting the event.

Target Audience: Religious leaders, faith-based organizations, NGOs and general public  which have developed a community/membership base to engage their constituents for worship, charitable activities, development activities, support for members activities, especially in relation to labour and development in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Objectives

Share scientifically based and reliable information on the impact of COVID-19 on migrant, refugee and IDP workers in the Asia-Pacific region, and on the prevention of the virus transmission with a particular focus on religious activities and worship services, prevention in the workplace, especially in relation to informal settings.

Encourage knowledge and experience exchange benefitting from expert input community-based experiences related to such topics as:

Responding to the needs of affected individual workers, their families and local communities, with special attention to vulnerable populations (migrants, youth, homeless, among others).

Protecting/supporting co-workers and their families during the phases of prevention, treatment, recovery, and reintegration into community activities.

Supporting and sustaining organisations themselves in these difficult times.

 

Modality of the session

The webinar will be held in English and will last two hours:

  1. Expert input will be delivered by an expert from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and an expert from the World Health Organization (WHO)
  2. Examples of faith-based responses also will be provided.
  3. Interaction among the participants and testimonies on the strategies and action plans implemented with regard to the impact and prevention of COVID-19.
  4. Question and answer session.

 

How to participate

The webinar platform is called BlueJeans (https://www.bluejeans.com/), please make sure you have installed this app on your device (computer, smartphones etc.)

Can’t make the webinar? No problem! We’ll share the recording after the event.

For any further information, please email us at fowls@icmc.net or alonso@icmc.net

 

Webinar Official digital platforms

FOWLS Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoW_LS

FOWLS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefutureofworklabourafterlaudatosi/

ICMC Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICMC_news

ICMC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/icmc.migration/

 

Please register at:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-responding-to-covid-19-tickets-104961396362

Or you can access to our webinar by clicking on the following link on Thursday, May 14th at 10 AM (CEST):

https://bluejeans.com/916798794

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