News from ICI
- ICI launches its 2022 Annual Report23 June 2023Message from Matthias Lange, ICI Executive Director Today, we launch our 2022 Annual Report. Reflecting back on the year, we are proud of our actions to prevent and address child labour and forced labour in West Africa. While much remains to be done, we have continued to learn, to innovate and test new approaches, to build capacity and to advocate for increased implementation, which will allow us to take our work even further in cocoa-growing communities. By the end of 2022, thanks to the collective efforts of our members across industry and civil society, 707,925 households in West AfricaRead more
- Webinar: EU Forced Labour Regulation and its implications for the cocoa sector8 June 2023This week ICI, in partnership with the European Cocoa Association (ECA), the CAOBISCO , the Voice Network and the Cocoa Coalition, with the support of the European cocoa platforms, hosted a webinar onRead more
- Child protection: New school infrastructure in Daloa, Soubré and Divo26 May 2023ICI and Cargill handed over the keys to two schools in the Lakota department of Côte d’Ivoire on May 17. At the ceremony, the schools, one of which was completely renovated and includes 9 classroomsRead more
- Child Friendly Spaces: Motivating out-of school children to rejoin the school system14 April 2023After a year of participating in activities at the Child Friendly Space (CAE) in Biakou, under the supervision of specialised facilitators, brothers, Eric and Dominique Kambou, have started attendingRead more
- Child Friendly Spaces: Establishing a parental committee to support the continued running of the centres14 April 2023On 18 March, an awareness-raising session was held in Téady (Duékoué) on hazardous tasks that children should not do and on the importance of the Child Friendly Spaces (CAE). The CAE is one of theRead more
- ECOOKIM joins ICI to strengthen support of farmers in its cooperatives5 April 2023The Union of Kimbê Cooperative Societies- ECOOKIM COOP CA, an interregional union of cooperatives, has just joined ICI as a member. The union, created in August 2004 with 4 cooperatives, has evolvedRead more
- Understanding how child labour causes harm can lead to better outcomes for children24 March 2023According to a new review of child development research by ICI, understanding how and why child labour causes harm can help improve outcomes for children. The study provides practical suggestions toRead more