Sharing knowledge and expertise is the aim of this Media centre. You will find hereafter:

• The ICI’s press kit, that provides background information on child labour and on cocoa, and dedicated information regarding ICI history, activities and results;
• Press releases and Press statements released by the ICI;
• Videos and Photos;
• The ICI events’ archive (for upcoming events, please click here);
• The news’ archive

Media contacts

Should you have any specific questions, please contact the Communication Coordinator, Muriel Guigue, by email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ), telephone (+41 22 341 47 29) or fax (+41 22 341 47 26)
 
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ICI’s press kit

• Cover Letter [PDF]
• Background information: child labour in cocoa growing [PDF]
• Presentation of leaflet [PDF]
• Programmes and results [PDF]
• Background information: Basic facts on cocoa [PDF]
• Q&A on the ICI [PDF]

Press releases

• 14/12/07: Progress on reporting of child labour in Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]
• 24/09/07: Senior cocoa industry representatives and labour rights activists to jointly visit child labour projects in communities in West Africa [PDF]
• 13/04/07: The ICI to support training for the special police department created to tackle child trafficking and for Cocoa Producers in Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]  
• 07/06/05: ICI applauds the protocol process, urges continued progress [PDF]

Videos

ICI launched in June 2007 a DVD presenting its community-based activities in Ghana and Ivory Coast. All videos are available on YouTube. If you are interested by receiving a DVD or using these videos, please contact us, with a description of your intended usage.

Photos

ICI Photo Gallery: Images are available for use by the media (see photo gallery on the homepage). To obtain a CD with photos, please contact us, with a description of your intended usage and the kind of photos required.

Events’ archive

• January 2008: ICI has decided to assist a World Vision Australia field visit, although this was not an ICI sponsored or organized event. As they are planning a campaign on child labour in cocoa, with a specific focus on child trafficking, their aim was to come to see for themselves the situation (see issue 7 of the newsletter). 
• September 2007: For the first time, the ICI Board meeting will be held in West Africa. From 02 to 05 October, ICI Board members will be meeting in Accra, Ghana, to decide on ICI’s programme and budget for 2008. Field visits to cocoa-growing communities will also be organised. A pre-Board visit will take place in Ivory Coast. This represents an excellent opportunity for Board members to see first hand ICI’s programmes and achievements in the region.
• June 2007: The World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) focuses on the plight of the estimated 132 million of children working in agriculture around the world. The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) welcomes this attention which supports our mandate to eliminate the worst forms of child labour and forced labour in the growing of cocoa. In today's statement, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) agrees “it’s time to focus on agriculture” on the World Day against Child Labour.
  
  

News’ archive

• February 2008: We believe there has been misrepresentation of both the cocoa sector and the work of ICI in a series of articles released recently in the international press, including a Fortune's article. Please see the ICI's response. 
• January 2008: For the first time, U.S. Representative Eliot Engel and Senator Tom Harkin, together with a U.S. Congress delegation (CODEL), visited Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Representative Engel and Senator Harkin used this opportunity to evaluate the progress in establishing a certification system against child and forced labour in cocoa farming (see issue 7 of the newsletter) 
• January 2008: Peter McAllister, Executive Director of the ICI, met in January with Steve Chalke, Phil Lane and Ruth Dearnley, from Stop The Traffic United Kingdom, in order to share opinions and concerns regarding child and forced labour in the cocoa growing sector.

Archive 2007: Please contact us