Clccg Annual Report

2015 CLCCG ANNUAL REPORT U.S. Representative Eliot Engel U.S. Department of Labor Government of Côte d’Ivoire Government of Ghana International Chocolate and Cocoa Industry ACRONYMS ii STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ELIOT ENGEL iv INTRODUCTION 1 APPENDIX 1: REPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE 8 APPENDIX 2: REPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA 20 APPENDIX 3: REPORT ON THE USDOL-FUNDED COCOA COMMUNITIES PROJECT 26 APPENDIX 4: REPORT ON THE USDOL-FUNDED CHILD LABOR SURVEY IN THE COCOA SECTOR 30 APPENDIX 5: REPORT ON INDUSTRY-FUNDED PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 33 APPENDIX 6: REPORT FROM MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL 53 APPENDIX 7: REPORT FROM NESTLÉ S.A. 60 APPENDIX 8: REPORT FROM BARRY CALLEBAUT 71 APPENDIX 9: REPORT FROM FERRERO TRADING LUX S.A. 81 APPENDIX 10: REPORT FROM THE HERSHEY COMPANY 101 APPENDIX 11: REPORT FROM MARS INCORPORATED 106 APPENDIX 12: REPORT FROM WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION ON COCOA ACTION 111 APPENDIX 13: DECLARATION 120 APPENDIX 14: FRAMEWORK 121 APPENDIX 15: BY-LAWS 128 i ACRONYMS AGEPE Agency of Studies and Employment Promotion/Agence d’Etudes et de Promotion de l’Emploi ANADER National Extension Service for Rural Development/L’Agence Nationale d’Appui au Développement Rurale CAP Community Action Plan CCP Towards Child Labor Free Cocoa Growing Communities in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana through an Integrated Area Based Approach, also called the Cocoa Communities Project CCPC Community Child Protection Committee CIM Interministerial Committee to Combat Trafficking, Exploitation and Child Labor/le Comité Interministériel de lutte contre la traite, l’exploitation et le travail des enfants CLCCG Child Labor Cocoa Coordinating Group CLMS Child Labor Monitoring System CMES Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation System CNS National Committee to Combat Trafficking, Exploitation and Child Labor/ le Comité National de lutte contre la traite, l’exploitation et le travail des enfants COCOBOD Ghana Cocoa Board DBMR Direct Beneficiary Monitoring and Reporting system Declaration Declaration of Joint Action to Support Implementation of the Harkin- Engel Protocol ECLIC Eliminating Child Labor in Cocoa ECOWAS I Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labor in West Africa and Strengthening Sub-Regional Cooperation through ECOWAS, Phase I ECOWAS II Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labor in West Africa and Strengthening Sub-Regional Cooperation through ECOWAS, Phase II ENSEA National Higher School of Applied Statistics and Economics/Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d’Economie Appliquée Framework Framework of Action to Support the Implementation of the Harkin- Engel Protocol GAP Good Agricultural Practices GCLMS Ghana Child Labor Monitoring System GIG Global Issues Group Harkin-Engel Protocol Protocol for the Growing and Processing of Cocoa Beans and their Derivative Products ICI International Cocoa Initiative ICT Information Communication Technology ILO-IPEC International Labor Organization, International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor Industry International Chocolate and Cocoa Industry M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MOCA Mobilizing Community Action and Promoting Opportunities for Youth in Ghana’s Cocoa Growing Communities MOU Memorandum of Understanding ii ACRONYMS NGO Non-Governmental Organization NORC National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago NPA National Plan of Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor NPECLC Ghana’s National Programme for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Cocoa NSC National Steering Committee PPP Combatting Child Labour in Cocoa Growing Communities in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, a public-private partnership between ILO-IPEC and Industry SMC School Management Committee SOSTECI Côte d’Ivoire’s Child Labor Monitoring System/ le Système d’Observation et de Suivi du Travail des enfants en Côte d’Ivoire Tulane Tulane University’s Payson Center for International Development UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund USDOL U.S. Department of Labor WACAP West Africa Cocoa and Commercial Agriculture Project to Combat Hazardous and Exploitive Child Labour WCF World Cocoa Foundation WFCL Worst Forms of Child Labor iii STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ELIOT ENGEL For nearly 15 years, the U.S. government, the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, and the international cocoa industry have worked together to take concrete steps to eliminate child labor in the cocoa sector. As this report demonstrates, much has been accomplished in the five years since the Declaration (Declaration of Joint Action to Support the Implementation of the Harkin-Engel Protocol). The Department of Labor and private industry have committed $11.9 million and $10.1 million, respectively, towards activities ranging from the construction of schools to surveys that provide data on the number of children subjected to the worst forms of child labor in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Because we have been able to monitor and evaluate our progress, we also know what else needs to be accomplished in order to reduce child labor in the cocoa sector by 70% by the year 2020. I echo the report’s call to action for the five remaining years of the Declaration. We must do even more to promote greater certification and verification efforts across a wide range of industries to ensure that the products we consume at home are not tainted by child labor. We need to redouble our efforts to ensure that children in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have the opportunity to go to school, and are not forced to do hazardous work. – U.S. Representative Eliot Engel iv INTRODUCTION Background In September 2010, the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, the Government of Ghana, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, U.S. Representative Eliot Engel, and the International Chocolate and Cocoa Industry (Industry) agreed to work together under the Declaration of Joint Action to Support the Implementation of the Harkin-Engel Protocol (Declaration) and the accompanying Framework of Action to Support the Implementation of the Harkin-Engel Protocol (Framework) to address the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) in cocoa growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. All committed to the goal of reducing the WFCL in the cocoa sectors of the two countries by 70 percent in aggregate by the year 2020. As stated in the Framework, this objective is to be achieved through joint efforts in the following areas: • Provision of education and vocational training services to children as a means to remove children from, or prevent them from entering into the WFCL; • Application of protective measures to remove workplace hazards from cocoa farming to allow children of legal working age to work under safe conditions; • Promotion of livelihood services for the households of children working in the cocoa sector; • Establishment and implementation of community-based child labor monitoring systems (CLMS) in cocoa growing areas; and • Conducting of national representative child labor surveys at least every five years. The partners have joined together to release this report to inform interested stakeholders and the broader public of the actions taken as part of this endeavor and the progress made during the past year towards the stated goal. In particular, this report highlights notable efforts being undertaken by the partners in one or more of the five bulleted areas above, including the implementation of nationally-representative child labor surveys in the cocoa growing areas of both countries. Additionally, this report highlights a number of key efforts by the partners, which go beyond the original commitments of the Declaration and accompanying Framework, but which are intended to contribute to a reduction in the WFCL in cocoa growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Finally, this report includes a call to action for the remaining five years of the Declaration, in pursuit of the goal of improving the lives of vulnerable children and families in cocoa growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Key Highlights of 2015 Between October 2014 and December 2015, the partners carried out a number of activities related to their commitments under the Declaration and accompanying Framework. The U.S. Department of Labor and certain Industry partners also conducted activities that went beyond their original commitment under the Declaration and Framework but which aim to help reduce the WFCL in West African cocoa growing communities. The Government of Côte d’Ivoire continued its work with its CLMS program (SOSTECI) and also began implementation of a new law for free and compulsory education up to the age of 16. The commitment of the government of Côte d’Ivoire to the Declaration was clearly demonstrated in 2015 by the personal participation of the First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Madame Dominique Ouattara, along with a delegation of Ivorian officials, at the CLCCG Annual Principals’ Meeting in Washington, D.C. in May 2015. The Government of Ghana also continued its efforts. For 1 INTRODUCTION example, during 2015, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) implemented a child education support program. The Industry-funded projects aligned with the Framework also had notable accomplishments during the year. Mondelēz International’s Cocoa Life Ambassador program helped educate over 1,000 children on child labor issues through a youth mentorship program, school reading clubs, and summer camps. Ferrero Trading Lux S.A. established three new Village Resource Centers through its F3C project. Nestlé S.A. completed the construction of four more schools, thereby meeting its commitment of building 40 primary schools in Côte d’Ivoire. In May 2014, ten Industry partners committed to support the World Cocoa Foundation’s (WCF) CocoaAction program: Barry Callebaut AG; Blommer; Cargill; ECOM Agrotrade Limited; Ferrero Trading Lux S.A.; The Hershey Company; Mars, Incorporated; Mondelēz International; Nestlé S.A.; and Olam International. By 2020, this umbrella program intends to train and deliver improved planting material and fertilizer to 300,000 cocoa farmers and empower communities through education, child labor monitoring, and women’s empowerment.

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