The 2024-2029 Framework of Action was developed by the Child Labor in Cocoa Coordinating Group (CLCCG) whose members include the cocoa and chocolate industry as represented by the World Cocoa Foundation, the governments of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, and the United States Department of Labor.
The Framework has been developed to help define roles and responsibilities, ensure greater coordination and collective action, and to mobilize further support, in addition to ensuring actions are in line with the priorities of the cocoa-producing countries.
Signatories have reaffirmed their commitment to work together to contribute to the prevention and progressive elimination of child labor in cocoa growing communities of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, by working to:
- Improve the well-being and development of children and their families in cocoa-growing communities;
- Improve the coverage of effective private Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS), and their alignment and interoperability with the Système d’Observation et de Suivi du Travail des Enfants in Côte d’Ivoire (SOSTECI) and the Ghana Child Labor Monitoring Systems (GCLMS), as well as national cocoa traceability systems and child protection case management systems;
- Improve access to quality education as well as technical and vocational training;
- Strengthen social services and social protection;
- Increase household income and women’s and youth empowerment in cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana; and
- Promote social dialogue to address child labor and its root causes, including through efforts to engage farmers and workers at the community level in cocoa-growing areas and others active in cocoa production.