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This report documents results and learning from a pilot project to set up Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems in 24 communities in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. With the aim of increasing cost-effectiveness and sustainability of these systems and increasing the participation of national services in their implementation, the pilot tested two adaptations: The pilot used trained and remunerated community committees to conduct awareness-raising and follow-up visits The pilot aimed to provide support by referring child labour cases to national services Results show that paid community

ICI’s learning agenda is a set of questions to guide ICI's research and learning activities to fill identified knowledge gaps in relation to child labour and forced labour in the cocoa sector. The learning agenda is collectively defined and prioritised, based on input from ICI's members and partners. It sets out our vision for the collective learning process over the next strategic period (2021-2026) and will reviewed on an annual basis.

On February 23rd, 2022, the European Commission publishes the long-awaited proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, developed under the leadership of European Commissioners Didier Reynders (DG Justice) and Thierry Breton (DG Internal Market). This summary, prepared by ICI , provides an overview of the main expectations set out in the text. It also includes as high-level comparison with the European Parliament’s legislative initiative of March 10th, 2021, as well as a comparison with ICI’s key messages.

This study examines the impacts of an unconditional cash transfer programme on cocoa-growing households in Ghana. The pilot project, set up as a randomized control trial, aimed to test whether cash transfers can help reduce hazardous child labour. It also examines what other impacts cash transfers have on children and their families in this context.

This infographic summarises key findings from a study to examine the impacts of an unconditional cash transfer programme on cocoa-growing households in Ghana. The pilot project was set up as a randomized control trial to test whether cash transfers can help reduce hazardous child labour. Read the report: Cash transfers, resilience and child labour in Ghana Download the infographic: