Summary report of the report analysing on systems tackling child labour in Côte d’Ivoire in the context of EU regulations and discussions held at the report presentation workshop
This document summarises the recommendations from the report on a study conducted by Catalytica Consulting to assess how national policies aimed at tackling child labour can support the Ivorian cocoa sector’s compliance with new European standards, including the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation and the proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence.
As it is a summary, this document does not reflect all the information available in the study report, such as the analysis of the international normative framework or of the existing mechanisms addressing child labour in Côte d’Ivoire. The summary below presents the key recommendations of the study and describes some of the recommendations that were shared during the study presentation workshop. The purpose of this report is to provide a basis for discussion. The topics identified shall be reviewed and developed further as part of the recommended multi-stakeholder dialogue.
Area of focus: Cocoa
Organisation/institution: SOSTECI