Tools and Guides4 May 2021ICI's Community Development Approach explainedRead MoreThis short animation explores the community development approach and how it works.
Research and Reports28 April 2021Benchmarking study: Overview and definition of Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation SystemsRead MoreWith the scale up of Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) advancing, and calls from civil society to set clear definitions and reporting benchmarks, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) carried out a review of these systems, commissioned by the Swiss Cocoa Platform.
Research and Reports11 January 2021The impact of ICI's Community Development Programme in Ghana and Côte d'IvoireRead MoreThis report analyses the impact of the International Cocoa Initiative’s Community Development Programme on child labour and its severity in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. ICI’s Community Development Programme supported 75 cocoa-growing communities in both countries over four years, between 2015 and 2018, with the overall aim of improving these communities’ capacity to protect children.
Awareness-raising materials6 January 2021What works to tackle child labour?Read MoreThis short animation presents some of the activities that can have a real, positive impact, such as Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems, or community development approaches. Research shows that child labour prevalence can be reduced by up to one-third when these measures are put in place.- Research and Reports25 November 2020Changes in hazardous child labour in Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa communities before and after Covid-19 partial lockdownRead MoreEarlier this year the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) analysed data from 263 communities in Côte d’Ivoire to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child labour. In these communities, 1,443 cocoa-growing households were visited under ICI’s Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) between 17 March and 15 May 2020 to identify cases of child labour.