PAHO Webinar Tomorrow: Communities of Practice: Successful Experiences with Participatory Methods and Strategic Alliances to Include the Socially Excluded

PAHO BULLETIN
	Date:   4/6/2015 Entity:  SDE Subject:  Webinar: Communities of Practice: Successful Experiences with Participatory Methods and Strategic Alliances to Include the Socially Excluded
As part of the activities of the celebration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the Special Program on Sustainable Development and Health Equity (SDE)  invites you to the: First Webinar:  “Communities of Practice: Successful Experiences with Participatory  Methods and Strategic Alliances to Include the Socially Excluded”  DATE:  Tuesday, 7 April 2015  TIME:  1:00 - 3:15 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time, find out here the corresponding time in your area)   PLACE: Room B, PAHO Headquarters, 525 23rd St. NW, Washington, DC 20037, United States of America  Virtual Links:              English: www.paho.org/virtual/workershealth             Spanish: www.paho.org/virtual/saluddelostrabajadores              Moderator:  Dr. Julietta Rodríguez-Guzmán, Regional Advisor on Workers’ and                                  Consumers’ Health, SDE          AGENDA  ·   1:00 p.m.    Opening Remarks        §  Dr. Luiz A. Galvão, Chief, Special Program on Sustainable                                Development and Health Equity, PAHO ·    1:15 p.m.   The Eco-System Approach and Communities of Practice: Successful                           Experiences in the Americas        § Prof. Emeritus, Dr. Donna Mergler, UQAM, Canada   ·    1:35 p.m.   Experiences of Participatory Research (CPBR) in Hispanic populations in                           North America   §   Dr. María Julia Brunette, Director PAHO/WHO Collaborating           Center at UMASS Lowell  ·    1:55 p.m.   COPSA: Communities of Practice in Health, Work, and Environment in                           Central America        §  Msc. Mariela Rojas, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center, IRET,                              Costa ica   ·    2:15 p.m.    Peruvian Experiences: Waging Healthy Work in the Ministry of Housing   §  Soc. Walter Varillas, Advisor in Occupational Safety and Health,          Ministry of Housing, Peru  ·    2:35 p.m.    Experiences of Base Communities in New York: Make the Road New York                               §  Mr. Arturo Archilla, Make the Road NY            ·    2:55 p.m.    Questions and Answers          ·   3:15 p.m.     Closing Remarks    RSVP: Please confirm your participation at occdis@paho.org and feel free to share this information among your contacts that may be interested in this topic.