Qatar’s commitment towards ensuring the health, safety and welfare of the workers building the 2022 FIFA World Cup stadiums and other tournament infrastructure received plaudits at the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) 2019 meet, a high-profile human rights conference held in Berlin,
As a participant in the panel, Mahmoud Qutub, Executive Director of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) Workers’ Welfare department, and Federico Addiechi, FIFA’s Head of Sustainability & Diversity, spoke about the key initiatives led by their team.
Some of the initiatives include robust auditing, inspection, compliance and enforcement of standards, the reimbursement of illegal recruitment fees, improvements in workers’ accommodation and grievance mechanisms.