This report, commissioned by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and conducted by Christophe Lecureuil of CLC Consultant and Glenn O’Neil of Owl RE, evaluates ICI’s influencing work between 2015 and 2020. Based on desk research, an online survey of ICI members and partners, and interviews with other stakeholders from the cocoa sector, it analyses the effectiveness and efficiency of the organisation’s influencing and technical advocacy. It includes recommendations of how to strengthen work in this area.