Seafarer welfare event, London, March 22. Press invitation
News Release
International Transport Federation (ITF)
March 9, 2012
The Seafarers Trust, the charity arm of the ITF, will mark its 30th birthday by staging a major event on seafarers’ welfare in Westminster, London, on Thursday 22 March 2012. Press are invited to attend.
Running from 13:30 to 17:00 at Church House, 27 Great Smith Street, London W1 (www.churchhouseconf.co.uk/about_church_house/location) the event will look at how seafarers’ welfare services must adapt to meet the changes of the 21st century, and how they can work with and enhance the Maritime Labour Convention, which is expected to come into force next year. The day will also host the launch of the Apostleship of the Sea’s report on working with cruise ship crews, which includes the aid offered to those on board the Costa Concordiaafter its sinking.
Press who wish to attend any session should please register with seminarbooking@itf.org.uk. Coffee and light refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Tom Holmer, administrative officer of the Seafarers’ Trust, explained: “For 30 years the ITF Seafarers Trust has supported and funded seafarers’ welfare work worldwide. The much hoped for ratification of the MLC will mean that we have to rethink the way those services are provided. Thisevent will draw on the lessons we have learned in the last 30 years, and inparticular on the experts with whom we have worked during that time, to examine how we can all best do that with and for seafarers.”
Roy Paul, programme manager of the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme, and Seafarers’ Trust assistant administrative officer, added: “This seminar will plan for long term strategic welfare provision, while also sharing the good practice learnt in recent events such as the Costa Concordia and the ongoing and crucial work we have been doing with the victims of piracy and their families.”
The provisional programme is as follows. Session start times will follow in a press release the day before the event:
First Session: Why MLC2006 is important and what it means in practice
Why the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 is important to seafarers’ welfare
Tim Springett, head of employment, UK Chamber of Shipping.
Why is seafarers’ welfare important to the maritime industry
Natalie Shaw, secretary, International Shipping Federation (ISF)
Why is seafarers’ welfare important to port authorities
TBC
Welfare is a human or legal right
Deidre Fitzpatrick, director, Seafarers Rights International (SRI)
Welfare is about wellbeing
Hennie La Grange, general secretary of the International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA)
Second Session: Welfare at the sharp end
What a difference funding makes
Roger Harris ICSW (International Committee for Seafarers Welfare)
Welfare services in the seafarers’ centre.
Jan Oltmanns, director of DuckdalbenSeafarers Centre, Hamburg - German Seamens Mission
Welfare services on board passenger ships.
Fr Giacomo Martino, coordinator for Apostleship of the Sea in Italy (with reference to the Costa Concordia)
Welfare and Health – the Seafarers Health Information Programme (SHIP)
Dr Suresh Indani, president, International Maritime Health Association (IMHA)
Welfare when things go wrong.
Roy Paul, ITF Seafarers’ Trust/Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme
Running from 13:30 to 17:00 at Church House, 27 Great Smith Street, London W1 (www.churchhouseconf.co.uk/about_church_house/location) the event will look at how seafarers’ welfare services must adapt to meet the changes of the 21st century, and how they can work with and enhance the Maritime Labour Convention, which is expected to come into force next year. The day will also host the launch of the Apostleship of the Sea’s report on working with cruise ship crews, which includes the aid offered to those on board the Costa Concordiaafter its sinking.
Press who wish to attend any session should please register with seminarbooking@itf.org.uk. Coffee and light refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Tom Holmer, administrative officer of the Seafarers’ Trust, explained: “For 30 years the ITF Seafarers Trust has supported and funded seafarers’ welfare work worldwide. The much hoped for ratification of the MLC will mean that we have to rethink the way those services are provided. Thisevent will draw on the lessons we have learned in the last 30 years, and inparticular on the experts with whom we have worked during that time, to examine how we can all best do that with and for seafarers.”
Roy Paul, programme manager of the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme, and Seafarers’ Trust assistant administrative officer, added: “This seminar will plan for long term strategic welfare provision, while also sharing the good practice learnt in recent events such as the Costa Concordia and the ongoing and crucial work we have been doing with the victims of piracy and their families.”
The provisional programme is as follows. Session start times will follow in a press release the day before the event:
First Session: Why MLC2006 is important and what it means in practice
Why the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 is important to seafarers’ welfare
Tim Springett, head of employment, UK Chamber of Shipping.
Why is seafarers’ welfare important to the maritime industry
Natalie Shaw, secretary, International Shipping Federation (ISF)
Why is seafarers’ welfare important to port authorities
TBC
Welfare is a human or legal right
Deidre Fitzpatrick, director, Seafarers Rights International (SRI)
Welfare is about wellbeing
Hennie La Grange, general secretary of the International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA)
Second Session: Welfare at the sharp end
What a difference funding makes
Roger Harris ICSW (International Committee for Seafarers Welfare)
Welfare services in the seafarers’ centre.
Jan Oltmanns, director of DuckdalbenSeafarers Centre, Hamburg - German Seamens Mission
Welfare services on board passenger ships.
Fr Giacomo Martino, coordinator for Apostleship of the Sea in Italy (with reference to the Costa Concordia)
Welfare and Health – the Seafarers Health Information Programme (SHIP)
Dr Suresh Indani, president, International Maritime Health Association (IMHA)
Welfare when things go wrong.
Roy Paul, ITF Seafarers’ Trust/Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme