Geneva Social Observatory

GSO Programme on 

Diabetes and Social Responsibility

Phase One -  Roundtable Series on Diabetes and Social Responsibility

With the support of  Merck & Co., Inc., Pfizer Inc., Accor Services, Becton-Dickenson and Eli Lilly, GSO convened a multi-stakeholder dialogue on “Diabetes and Social Responsibility”. The dialogue took place through a series of roundtables in 2006 and 2007, with the following objectives:

• to highlight the importance of addressing the global epidemic of diabetes (and related chronic diseases) within the workforce, 

• to identify the changing roles and responsibilities of human resources managers, occupational safety and health experts, health care professionals, labor relations specialists and other stakeholders in the workplace, and 

• to develop policy recommendations for global and national action as well as public/private partnerships. 

For more details, please see: GSO Roundtable on Diabetes -- Description

First Roundtable: Exploring the Scope of Diabetes

17 October 2006, International Labor Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Presentations

• Globesity and Diabetes: Challenging All Partners, PowerPoint presentation by Dr.Derek Yach, Rockefeller Foundation (PDF)

• Confronting A Growing Epidemic - Diabetes, Social Responsibility and the Workplace, PowerPoint presentation by Meredith Bullamore, GSO (PDF)

Reports

• Summary Report -- First Roundtable (PDF)  

Second Roundtable: Defining the Roles of Key Actors in the Diabetes Epidemic

21 November 2006, International Labor Organization, Geneva , Switzerland

News Release

• News Release, 20 November 2006 (PDF)

Presentations

• Confronting A Growing Epidemic - Defining the Roles of Key Actors, presentation by Meredith Bullamore, GSO (PDF)

• WHO's Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, presentation by Christophe Roy, World Health Organization (PDF)

• Gustino Restaurant Nutritional Balance Programme, presentation by Nathalie Renaudin, Accor Services (PDF)

• The ILO and Worker Wellness, presentation by David Gold, International Labour Organization (PDF)

Reports

• Summary report -- Second Roundtable (PDF)

Third Roundtable: Developing a Plan

15 January 2007, International Labor Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Reports

• Summary report -- Third Roundtable (PDF)

• Summary of the Roundtable Recommendations (PDF)

Videoconference

5 December 2006, Cape Town, South Africa; Geneva, Switzerland; and Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA

• Videoconference Summary Report (PDF)

Final Report

The Diabetes and Social Responsibility -- Phase One Report  is a comprehensive compilation of the roundtable documents, some of which are listed separately above.

Click HERE to go the the Phase Two description.

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