Structure, Membership and Financing
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.
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 fifteen board members in total, including representatives from the major chocolate brands, processors and two key cocoa related associations and are balanced by six 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 the Ivory Coast)
• European Cocoa Association
• Free the Slaves
• Global March
• Hershey Foods
• International Confectionary Association
• International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Association
• International Trade Union Confederation
• Kraft Foods
• Mars Incorporated
• National Consumers League (US)
• Nestlé
• P. Gillioz (Swiss Lawyer)
Non-voting Member
• International Labour Office (ILO)
The Secretariat
The Secretariat provides the day to day implementation of ICI’s work and is staffed by an executive director, a program manager, an information/communications coordinator and an office manager. This small 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. By the end of 2007, a similar facility will be established in Accra, Ghana. Both offices will work 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 including the split between programme effort and administration is as follows:
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 fifteen board members in total, including representatives from the major chocolate brands, processors and two key cocoa related associations and are balanced by six 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 the Ivory Coast)
• European Cocoa Association
• Free the Slaves
• Global March
• Hershey Foods
• International Confectionary Association
• International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Association
• International Trade Union Confederation
• Kraft Foods
• Mars Incorporated
• National Consumers League (US)
• Nestlé
• P. Gillioz (Swiss Lawyer)
Non-voting Member
• International Labour Office (ILO)
The Secretariat
The Secretariat provides the day to day implementation of ICI’s work and is staffed by an executive director, a program manager, an information/communications coordinator and an office manager. This small 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. By the end of 2007, a similar facility will be established in Accra, Ghana. Both offices will work 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 including the split between programme effort and administration is as follows:
| Year |
Total Expenditure |
Programme Related |
Administration |
| 2007 |
2,492,060 (Budget) |
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| 2006 |
2,166,172 |
1,545,725 |
620,447 |
| 2005 |
1,440,091 |
860,815 |
579,276 |
| 2004/3 |
1,244,370 |
568,621 |
675,749 |
Charts of Programme Expenses can be consulted for the years 2003/04, 2005 and 2006.
Budget
*The roles of these bodies are fully described in the ICI charter.
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