The ICI is governed by a foundation board and its work is implemented and supervised by a secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland. The ICI is primarily funded by contributions from cocoa industry board members; however the decisions on programme direction and emphasis are made by the board as a whole.
Download ICI Charter [PDF] and ICI Bye-Laws [PDF]The Board
The Board is ICI’s governing body. It provides oversight of the ICI, its strategy and funding and is empowered to take the decisions necessary to promote and achieve ICI objectives.
There are currently eighteen board members in total, including representatives from the major chocolate brands, processors and key cocoa related associations and are balanced by members from civil society, including trade unions and NGOs. The Board is chaired by a co-presidency that is shared between industry and civil society representatives.
ICI’s membership is listed below:
Barry Callebaut, Cadbury Schweppes, Dignité (a trade union based in Cote d'Ivoire), Education International, European Cocoa Association, Ferrero, Free the Slaves, Global March Against Child Labour, Hershey Foods, International Confectionery Association, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers Associations (IUF), Kraft Foods, Mars Incorporated, Nestlé, US National Consumers League, WAO Afrique and Toms.
The International Labour Office (ILO) and Mr. R. Zehnder (ICI Treasurer) are non voting members.
The Secretariat
The Secretariat provides the day to day implementation of ICI’s work and is staffed by an executive director, a program manager, a monitoring & evaluation/ communications coordinator, a financial and contract administrator and an office manager. This group executes decisions taken by the Board and implements the detailed action plans to ensure ICI achieve its objectives.
In 2007, ICI established a local office in Abidjan, Ivory Coast staffed by a national programme coordinator. A similar facility has been established in Accra, Ghana, in February 2009. Both offices are working closely with the relevant government departments, international agencies, local civil society representatives and industry members.
Financing
ICI’s annual budget is provided primarily by its cocoa industry members. Budget allocations and the programme decisions that guide these decisions are developed by the secretariat and submitted for approval to the board as a whole.
Total expenditures in Swiss Francs including the split between programme effort and administration is as follows:
|
Year |
Programme expenditures |
Operating expenditures |
| 2008 |
1,652,771 |
1,165,031 |
| 2007 |
1,716,084 |
1,179,326 |
|
2006 |
1,106,161 |
1,060,011 |
|
2005 |
468,845 |
971,246 |
|
2004 |
200,480 |
843,410 |
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