Focusing on awareness of seafarer welfare issues
The newly formed Australian Welfare Seafarers Council, and member of ISWAN, has being holding a series of forums around the country.
Recently Western Australian seafarer welfare and industry forums were held with approximately 140 representatives from the shipping industry, unions, seafarer welfare providers and seafarers in Port Hedland (24 June 2014) and Fremantle (26-27 June 2014).
The forums included discussion and updates on: |
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AMSA has received excellent feedback on the forums to date, with responses identifying all topics presented of interest and considered valuable.
Based on feedback forms received, the following were highlights for attendees: |
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Copies of the presentations from the forums can be found on the ASWC website here.
Source: ISWAN