News from ICI
- ICI empowers Ghana's Minerals Commission to combat child labour and forced labour3 April 2024The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) organised a 3-day training workshop for selected staff of the Minerals Commission of Ghana as part of the project, “Tackling Child and Forced Labour in Ghanaian Cocoa and Gold Mining”, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) . The Minerals Commission of Ghana is a key governmental body responsible for formulating and overseeing mineral sector policies and ensuring their effective implementation. Established under the Minerals Commission Law , it plays a pivotal role in regulating and managing the u se of Ghana's mineralRead more
- Working together to tackle child labour in Ghana – new collaborative projects launched25 March 2024On Wednesday, the Government of Ghana together with International Cocoa Initiative, (ICI) International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and Japan InternationalRead more
- Lindt & Sprüngli joins ICI12 March 2024Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli will join ICI as of April 1, 2024, with a view to exchanging best practice and learning with the organisation and its members in order to further strengthen itsRead more
- Investing in women to tackle child labour4 March 2024Investing in women is key to accelerating progress in the fight against child labour in cocoa-growing communities in West Africa. Women’s empowerment helps address some of the root causes of childRead more
- ICI helps raise awareness for the Government’s “Helpline of Hope” call centre19 February 2024ICI in collaboration with the Social Protection Directorate of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) early February launched awareness-raising campaigns in four districtsRead more
- Investing in children’s education in cocoa-growing communities24 January 2024Education plays an essential role in tackling child labour, with research indicating that communities with improved access to quality education experience lower rates of child labour. This is why theRead more
- Man: CNS and Hershey build modern school infrastructure in Drissapé, Côte d’Ivoire24 January 2024A new public primary school stands at the entrance to the village of Drissapé and is now the pride and joy of this hard-to-reach cocoa-growing community of 1412 people located 68km (48 km of which isRead more