Capacity building and awareness-raising
Initiative description: Delivering sustainability capacity-building to ensure that FIFA World Cup 2022™ staff and volunteers have the necessary competencies to implement their sustainability management responsibilities. This includes development and delivery of stand-alone training as well as incorporating sustainability capacity building elements into other training areas, such as induction training for staff and volunteers. Through this initiative, we will also deliver training and develop and publish guidelines and other materials to support sustainability implementation by contractors, suppliers, licensees, delivery partners and others working in sectors related to the FIFA World Cup 2022™ such as security, transport, accommodation and food and beverage.
This initiative encompasses capacity-building elements of several other initiatives in this strategy, including:
Engagement and outreach to continuously enhance workers’ welfare – includes delivery of a training programme of soft and hard skills available to all workers on SC projects
Accessibility training for workforce and volunteers - training on how to assist disabled people and people with limited mobility for staff, volunteers, and others working in sectors related to the tournament
FIFA diversity and anti-discrimination programme - includes training on diversity and antidiscrimination for staff, volunteers, match officials, and contracted staff working in sectors related to the tournament
Human rights principles in FIFA World Cup 2022™ safety and security training - providing relevant FIFA World Cup 2022™ security personnel with specific human rights training
Implementation of the FIFA Event Policy on Tobacco – includes training and guidance for tournament staff and volunteers on the implementation of FIFA’s tobacco policy
Sustainable building training for FIFA World Cup™ site construction contractors and operators - delivering sustainable building training for professionals involved in delivering tournament stadiums, training sites and overlay infrastructure
Waste management systems at FIFA World Cup™ sites – includes training for staff, waste collectors, volunteers and concession employees to facilitate the avoidance, reduction, segregation, reuse, recycling and composting of waste
Compliance training - providing consistent and effective compliance training, identifying audiences using a targeted risk-based approach