Assessment report: task 5.1.5: assess efforts of governments, industry, and workers’ organizations to address child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sectors in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire

This report covers the analysis of stakeholders’ implementation of efforts to address child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sectors of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, with emphasis on the period since 2019. The main research questions focused on (a) the identification of the initiatives and good practices of governments, industry, and workers’ and farmer-based organizations to address child labor and forced labor; (b) identification of the challenges of and the extent to which industry and workers’ organizations and FBOs are actively and meaningfully involved in efforts to address child labor and forced labor; and (c) a review of the efforts under and outside the Child Labor Cocoa Coordinating Group to address child labor and forced labor.