EU ambassador calls for stronger cooperation with Kuwait on labor
• H.E. Anne Koistinen, the EU Ambassador to Kuwait, highlighted the EU’s commitment to supporting efforts, sharing expertise, and promoting innovation, while ensuring economic growth aligns with environmental and social well-being.
H.E. Anne Koistinen, the European Union Ambassador to the country, emphasized the importance of collaboration with Kuwait on labor issues and comprehensive development. She also highlighted efforts to coordinate with esteemed academic institutions, including the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, to promote worker sustainability and welfare, Al Qabas newspaper reported.
This occurred during her participation in the opening of the “First World Conference on Environment and Industrial Health: Towards a Sustainable Future,”organized by the Department of Environmental Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training.
The EU ambassador stated that the union is a leader in achieving sustainability and protecting public health, noting that environmental protection and combating climate change are top priorities.
She emphasized the European Union’s readiness to support efforts, share its experiences and expertise, and promote innovation, while ensuring that economic growth aligns with environmental and social well-being. She stressed that the EU’s approach focuses on economic growth, environmental sustainability, and human health. By addressing these issues holistically, we enable the establishment of industries that are not only competitive but also ethical, flexible, and comprehensive.
For his part, Dr. Badr Al-Khalaf, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Chairman of the Supreme Committee of the Conference, stated that the health and well-being of individuals are closely linked to vital resources from the environment, economy, and development.
Given the significance of the production and consumption sectors in countries, he noted that these sectors, while essential, also contribute negatively to environmental systems in one way or another. Therefore, it is crucial to achieve a balance between them to ensure a sustainable environmental and developmental future.
He emphasized that this conference aims to address some of the concepts related to this vision by bringing together a group of experts and specialists from Kuwait’s public and private sectors, as well as academics from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in addition to representatives from prestigious universities around the world, volunteer teams, and supporting academic expertise.
