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Independent Clustered Evaluation of Vision Zero Fund projects in the global coffee supply chain

eval_number:

3102

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3102

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Independent Clustered Evaluation of Vision Zero Fund projects in the global coffee supply chain

recommendations:

date:

2023-05-23 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Governance and Tripartism

category:

Occupational safety & health

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action_plan:

Mexico & Vietnam: Collaboration with others on topics beyond OSH: The VZF Vietnam project has been cooperating closely with the Social Protection team of the CO Hanoi. A key outcome of this collaboration is a joint study on "Coffee Farmers' Access to Social Protection and Occupational Health Services". The project continues to promote access to social protection through its partnership with Nestle. Under the new ILO VZF VN project (the one from 15 June 2023 until 31 January 2024) the VZF VN may receive funding from the EU to implement a project to prevent child labour in the Vietnam coffee supply chain. The implementation of this project will involve close collaboration with colleagues from FUNDAMENTALS and other UN agencies. Engagement with the private sector: VZF Vietnam has a partnership project with Nestle in Vietnam to promote OSH, compliance with Labour Code requirements, child labour prevention and social protection in the Vietnam coffee supply chain. It has developed a Private Sector Engagement Strategy which it implements since April 2021. It collaborates closely with MNEs sourcing coffee from Vietnam and multi-stakeholder initiatives that promote a sustainable coffee production. Value propositions for tripartite partners: The new ILO VZF Vietnam project will include a focus on supporting the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in revising the OSH Law, in drafting a decree on voluntary occupational accident and disease insurance and improving their system on OSH data collection. With these activities, the project will respond to recently voiced needs and priorities of MOLISA. The project also aims to engage with VCCI-HCM in piloting adaptive measures to reduce the impact of climate change on outdoor workers' safety and health. (VCCI_HCM voiced special interest in climate change and its impact on businesses, labour productivity and workers' health.) It is planned to involve MNEs and multi-stakeholder initiatives in the implementation of these pilot measures as well. Andean Office: Con base a la nueva decisión de "un entorno de trabajo seguro y saludable" como principio y derecho fundamental al trabajo: 1. se realizará el acompañamiento en diferentes iniciativas que permita promover este principio y la posible movilización de recursos. 2. se realizará un proceso de dialogo para identificar la necesidad de apoyo técnico en la ratificación de los convenios. 3. Los proyectos que sean implementados buscarán generar una estrategia unificada para promover un trabajo decente, articulando los proyectos existentes tanto para el sector cafetero, la agricultura y en general los que tangan un enfoque rural. 4. Las iniciativas de proyecto asegurarán la vinculación de los representantes de los empleadores, trabajadores, gobierno nacional o las instancias claves que se consideran pertinentes, como la Federación Nacional de Cafeteros.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

CO-Mexico

title:

Consider intersectional and complementary approaches to address more comprehensively the structural deficits and barriers faced by agricultural workers and producers in adopting safe and healthy workplace practices, and put forward value propositions for all actors in the supply chain, including MNEs, workers' organisations and labour inspection or occupational risk prevention directorates, who have had little involvement in the projects evaluated; attract new partners from the private sector and civil society to provide financial and political support. In addition, consider attract new partners from the private sector and civil society to provide financial and political support. • Intersectional approaches may involve specific components/products within projects and/or cross-cutting components. But above all they imply fostering complementarity and synergies with other projects or institutions working on issues such as formalisation of agriculture; development of labour markets in rural areas; right to unionisation of agricultural workers; social protection mechanisms; child labour, in order to integrate OSH in their work and, in this way, try to reverse the structural deficits and barriers to adopting safe and healthy practices in the workplace. • In the case of MNEs, implementing this recommendation could involve taking into account the learnings from the VZF, identified in one of the preceding sections, i.e. that MNE participation can take various forms, that local suppliers and representatives of global buyers can be involved, as well as industry associations or multi-stakeholder initiatives with broad private sector membership. • Also, in order to encourage the participation of MNEs and the private sector, it could be useful to establish a double channel of dialogue and negotiations by the ILO: one from ILO Headquarters in Geneva with MNEs and one from the Field Offices with business organisations respectively.

project_symbols:

RLA/18/08/EUR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/16889

information_source:

Country Office

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