From Beans to Brew - A journey into the lives of coffee workers

You are cordially invited to participate in the exclusive screening of the International Labour Organization Vision Zero Fund’s #CoffeePeople campaign documentary. The event will take place on Tuesday 25 June from 9:00 to 11:00 at the UN House, 37 Boulevard du Régent, 1000 Brussels, followed by networking drinks.

This impactful campaign, co-funded by the European Union, has reached over 25 million people in more than 50 countries, with coffee stakeholders pledging to improve safety and health for workers in the coffee supply chain.

The documentary explores the complexities of the coffee industry, the challenges to achieving decent work, and how the international community can help address these issues. It features interviews with coffee growers from Brazil, Uganda, and Vietnam, along with insights from the ILO, the International Coffee Organization (ICO), and the European Commission.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with representatives from the European Commission, an employers’ organization, a workers’ organization, and the ILO.

Watch the trailer here.

Prior registration is required, please register here.

For more information, please contact us at brussels@ilo.org.

Agenda

09.00-09.30

Registration and coffee

09.30-10.00

Welcoming remarks
Lieve Verboven, Director of the ILO Office for the EU and the Benelux countries

Opening session
Dialogue with Ockert Dupper, Global Programme Manager, Vision Zero Fund, ILO

Screening of the documentary

10.00-11.00

Panel discussion and Q&A

• Jordi Curell Gotor, Director of Labour Mobility and International Affairs at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL)
• Rory O’Neill, Occupational safety and health adviser at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Wouter Cools, Project Manager Ending child labour in supply chains through an integrated and area-based approach, ILO

Moderated by: Maria Munaretto, Senior Programme and Operations Officer, Vision Zero Fund, ILO

Closing remarks
Joaquim Pintado Nunes, Chief of the Occupational Safety and Health Branch, ILO

11.00-11.30

Networking drinks