Today was a day of international meetings. At 11:30 Wayne and I met with a group of international delegates to discuss some of our initiatives, share areas of growth and concern along with best practices and other helpful information.
In attendance Sarah Hamilton – Director of International Affairs IOSH; Dewy Witemore – ASSE; Past President Lisa Fowlie; Wayne and myself; Ministry of Labour and Social Policy from the Republic of Bulgaria – legal expert Atanas Kolchakov; IOSH – President Ray Hurst; ASSE – President Mike Thompson, IOSH Executive Director – Rob Strange, SC2 Singapore – General Manager - Harry Ho; and missing from the picture Sasha Lemon from International Affairs IOSH. After the meeting, more information discussions occurred at a late lunch with us departing at around 3:30.
Discussions continued later that evening with additional people from around the world. Ray Hurst – the IOSH president welcomed everyone to the evening. I presented and brought fraternal greetings and well wishes from the CSSE to the conference, along with representatives from USA, Singapore, Kingdom of Bahrain, and Malta.
What a great opportunity to meet other safety professionals and organizations from around the world. At the meeting in the afternoon and in the evening, we realized that most of our initiatives and strategies are heading in the same directions – we just are at different locations on the path. Our concerns and issues are relatively similar and we all do not want to have to reinvent the wheel. Relationships were built throughout the day that will help support CSSE activities and heighten our credibility at home and abroad.
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