News from ICI
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Ivory Community Development (ICD) joins the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) as an industry member14 November 2025Ivory Community Development (ICD), an Ivorian service company specialising in sustainability programmes for rural cocoa-growing communities, has joined the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) as an industry member. ICD supports actors across the cocoa sector in implementing solutions that meet social, environmental, and regulatory standards. The company works closely with cooperatives and producers to promote sustainable agricultural practices, focusing on: Strengthening traceability across the supply chain Protecting the environment through agroforestry initiatives Fostering communityRead more
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ICI Organises Experience-Sharing Workshop for Journalists and Editors on Child and Forced Labour7 November 2025Last month, ICI, in collaboration with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and the Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA), organised experience-sharing workshopsRead more
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How gender equality and financial inclusion shape the impacts of cash transfers5 November 2025An unconditional cash transfer combined with gender equality and financial inclusion interventions has strengthened livelihoods, reduced child labour, and promoted gender equality in cocoa-growingRead more
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Improving impact: New CLMRS Core Criteria and Manual3 November 2025Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems are one of the most widely used approaches to tackle child labour in the cocoa sector. To guide the effective set-up and implementation of CLMRS, and toRead more
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The Ivorian civil society organisation IDEF joins the ICI Board30 October 2025Founded in 2014, the Initiative pour le Développement communautaire et la conservation de la forêt (IDEF) is a non-profit Ivorian civil society organisation. It works to preserve biodiversityRead more
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Building Brighter Futures: New Cohort of Children Enrolled in Apprenticeship Programme.8 October 2025Last month, ICI in partnership with Cargill enrolled 163 older children in apprenticeship programmes with the goal of providing practical skill training to 15- to 17-year-olds in cocoa-growingRead more
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The communities of Baoubly and N'Grakon are delighted to celebrate their new schools8 October 2025" What a feeling of relief and pride we feel today with this new school generously donated by ICI and its partners! Our children will no longer have to sit on the floor to copy their lessons. That isRead more