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   "name": "ACCEL Africa, phase II",
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   "url": "https://www.ilo.org/projects-and-partnerships/projects/accelerating-action-elimination-child-labour-supply-chains-africa-accel",
   "summary": "Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa. The ILO sets three aims: better laws and enforcement on child labour in global supply chains, solutions to its root causes taken up by institutions, and those solutions scaled up through partnerships and financing. The phase runs from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2028.",
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     "tea",
     "coffee",
     "cocoa"
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    "location": "Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya +3",
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     "Ghana",
     "Kenya",
     "Mali",
     "Nigeria",
     "Uganda"
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     "mali",
     "nigeria",
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    {
     "title": "Kenyan tea and coffee co-operatives tackle child labour, 21 April 2026",
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     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
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   "url": "https://www.fao.org/rural-employment/resources/news-and-stories/detail-news/action-group-on-agriculture--renewed-effort-to-end-child-labour/en",
   "summary": "Helps countries turn global commitments on child labour into action in agriculture, where most child labour is found. It held its first consultations with Pathfinder Countries in March 2026, with 21 countries across Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Europe.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
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     "agriculture"
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    "website": "https://www.fao.org/rural-employment/resources/news-and-stories/detail-news/action-group-on-agriculture--renewed-effort-to-end-child-labour/en",
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    "countries": [
     "21 Pathfinder Countries consulted"
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    {
     "title": "Action Group on Agriculture: renewed effort to end child labour, 17 April 2026",
     "publisher": "FAO",
     "url": "https://www.fao.org/rural-employment/resources/news-and-stories/detail-news/action-group-on-agriculture--renewed-effort-to-end-child-labour/en",
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   "region": "27 countries as of 2024, among them Albania, Chile, Fiji, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda and Viet Nam",
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   "summary": "Countries that commit to accelerate action on SDG target 8.7 under the Alliance 8.7 Pathfinder Strategy of 2018. The ILO counted 27 in 2024 and noted that 9 of Africa’s 54 countries had joined by January 2025.",
   "rating": "moderate",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
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     "title": "Kenya joins Alliance 8.7 as a Pathfinder Country, 11 September 2024",
     "publisher": "ILO",
     "url": "https://www.ilo.org/publications/kenya-joins-alliance-87-pathfinder-country",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
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    {
     "title": "Action Group on Agriculture: renewed effort to end child labour, 17 April 2026",
     "publisher": "FAO",
     "url": "https://www.fao.org/rural-employment/resources/news-and-stories/detail-news/action-group-on-agriculture--renewed-effort-to-end-child-labour/en",
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     "locator": null
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   "org": "Global March Against Child Labour",
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   "status": null,
   "year": "2022",
   "region": "Uganda, Peru, Nepal",
   "url": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20220104",
   "summary": "Catalyzing civil society to accelerate progress against child labour: a $4 million award announced by the US Department of Labor in January 2022, to strengthen civil-society action at national, regional and local level. No 2025 or 2026 source on its status was found.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
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    "org": "Global March Against Child Labour",
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    "location": "Uganda, Peru, Nepal",
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     "Peru",
     "Nepal"
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     "title": "News release, 4 January 2022, 4 January 2022",
     "publisher": "US Department of Labor",
     "url": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20220104",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
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   "org": "The Centre for Child Rights and Business",
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   "year": "2026",
   "region": "Worldwide",
   "url": "https://www.childrights-business.org/news-and-events/the-centre-launches-child-labour-risk-index-for-crib-working-group-members",
   "summary": "A country risk tool for companies, open only to members of the Centre’s CRIB Working Group of brands and retailers. The Centre says each country profile gives the drivers of child labour risk, guidance on where due diligence is most needed, and practical actions, resources and initiatives. It describes the index as built on 34 indicators across education, poverty, governance, labour markets and youth vulnerability. At launch it held profiles for 10 sourcing countries, with more to be added monthly.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
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    "org": "The Centre for Child Rights and Business",
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    "line": "A country risk tool for companies, open only to members of the Centre’s CRIB Working Group of brands and retailers.",
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    "years": "2026 onward",
    "region": "Worldwide",
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     "research"
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    "website": "https://www.childrights-business.org/news-and-events/the-centre-launches-child-labour-risk-index-for-crib-working-group-members",
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     "title": "The Centre Launches Child Labour Risk Index for CRIB Working Group Members, 26 March 2026",
     "publisher": "The Centre for Child Rights and Business",
     "url": "https://www.childrights-business.org/news-and-events/the-centre-launches-child-labour-risk-index-for-crib-working-group-members",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-16",
     "locator": null
    },
    {
     "title": "Request for expressions of interest: technical partner for Child Labour Risk Index development, 10 January 2025",
     "publisher": "The Centre for Child Rights and Business",
     "url": "https://www.childrights-business.org/news-and-events/request-for-expressions-of-interest-technical-partner-for-child-labour-risk-index-development",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-16",
     "locator": null
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   "name": "Child Labour Platform",
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   "status": null,
   "year": null,
   "region": "Worldwide",
   "url": "https://www.ilo.org/ipec/projects/global/WCMS_390400/lang--en/index.htm",
   "summary": "A membership workstream of companies under the UN Global Compact Labour Working Group, run with the ILO, on child labour in supply chains. No 2025 or 2026 status source was found.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "UN Global Compact Labour Working Group, ILO",
    "line": "A membership workstream of companies under the UN Global Compact Labour Working Group, run with the ILO, on child labour in supply chains.",
    "name": "Child Labour Platform",
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     "UN Global Compact Labour Working Group",
     "ILO"
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    "region": "Worldwide",
    "sectors": [
     "supply chains"
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    "website": "https://www.ilo.org/ipec/projects/global/WCMS_390400/lang--en/index.htm",
    "location": "global",
    "countries": [
     "global"
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   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Child Labour Platform",
     "publisher": "ILO",
     "url": "https://www.ilo.org/ipec/projects/global/WCMS_390400/lang--en/index.htm",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
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   "name": "Child Rights Action Hub DRC",
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   "status": "active",
   "year": null,
   "region": "DR Congo",
   "url": "https://childrights-business.org/ChildRightsActionHubDRC",
   "summary": "A programme on child labour linked to artisanal and small-scale mining of cobalt and copper, around Kolwezi. The Centre runs it as an association with six local civil-society organisations. Its workstreams, as the Centre lists them, are research and risk assessment, due diligence support for companies, training for local actors, remediation and case management, work and training for out-of-school youth, and strengthening the local child-protection system.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "The Centre for Child Rights and Business",
    "line": "A programme on child labour linked to artisanal and small-scale mining of cobalt and copper, around Kolwezi.",
    "name": "Child Rights Action Hub DRC",
    "leads": [
     "The Centre for Child Rights and Business"
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    "stage": "active",
    "region": "DR Congo",
    "funders": [
     "More than a dozen international companies",
     "Fair Cobalt Alliance",
     "UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Modern Slavery Fund (until March 2026)"
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    "sectors": [
     "mining",
     "supply chains"
    ],
    "website": "https://childrights-business.org/ChildRightsActionHubDRC",
    "location": "DR Congo",
    "reported": "In June 2026 the Centre reported that 15 new child labour case managers had been accredited, and that the Action Hub had signed a collaboration agreement with SLR Better Mining.",
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     "DR Congo"
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    "statusAsOf": "2026-07-13",
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    {
     "title": "Child Rights Action Hub DRC",
     "publisher": "The Centre for Child Rights and Business",
     "url": "https://childrights-business.org/ChildRightsActionHubDRC",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-16",
     "locator": null
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   "org": "ILO, FAO",
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   "status": "ended",
   "year": "2019",
   "region": "Burkina Faso, Mali, Pakistan +1",
   "url": "https://clearcottonresults.ilo.org/introduction.html",
   "summary": "A project against child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and garment value chains of four producing countries. FAO records it as closed on 31 January 2023.",
   "rating": "moderate",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "ILO, FAO",
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    "line": "A project against child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and garment value chains of four producing countries.",
    "name": "CLEAR Cotton",
    "leads": [
     "ILO",
     "FAO"
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    "years": "2019–2023",
    "region": "Burkina Faso, Mali, Pakistan +1",
    "funders": [
     "European Union",
     "ILO"
    ],
    "sectors": [
     "cotton",
     "textiles",
     "garments"
    ],
    "website": "https://clearcottonresults.ilo.org/introduction.html",
    "location": "Burkina Faso, Mali, Pakistan +1",
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     "Mali",
     "Pakistan",
     "Peru"
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     "burkina-faso",
     "mali",
     "pakistan",
     "peru"
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    {
     "title": "CLEAR Cotton results",
     "publisher": "ILO",
     "url": "https://clearcottonresults.ilo.org/introduction.html",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    },
    {
     "title": "CLEAR Cotton project detail",
     "publisher": "FAO",
     "url": "https://www.fao.org/rural-employment/project-detail/clear-cotton/en",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
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   ]
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   "slug": "clef",
   "name": "Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF)",
   "org": "Government of Côte d’Ivoire, Jacobs Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation",
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   "status": null,
   "year": "2022",
   "region": "Côte d’Ivoire",
   "url": "https://jacobsfoundation.org/landmark-partnership-to-transform-education-in-cote-divoire/",
   "summary": "A partnership launched in 2022 to improve access to education for 5 million children by 2027, through teacher training and school building, addressing what it calls a root cause of child labour in cocoa-growing regions. The partners committed CHF 69 million at launch. No 2025 or 2026 status source was found.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "Government of Côte d’Ivoire, Jacobs Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation",
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    "line": "A partnership launched in 2022 to improve access to education for 5 million children by 2027, through teacher training and school building, addressing what it calls a root cause of child labour in cocoa-growing regions.",
    "name": "Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF)",
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     "Government of Côte d’Ivoire",
     "Jacobs Foundation",
     "UBS Optimus Foundation"
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    "stage": "unknown",
    "years": "2022–2027",
    "region": "Côte d’Ivoire",
    "funders": [
     "Government of Côte d’Ivoire",
     "Jacobs Foundation",
     "UBS Optimus Foundation",
     "cocoa and chocolate companies"
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    "sectors": [
     "cocoa",
     "education"
    ],
    "website": "https://jacobsfoundation.org/landmark-partnership-to-transform-education-in-cote-divoire/",
    "location": "Côte d’Ivoire",
    "countries": [
     "Côte d’Ivoire"
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    {
     "title": "Partnership to transform education in Côte d’Ivoire, 14 June 2022",
     "publisher": "Jacobs Foundation",
     "url": "https://jacobsfoundation.org/landmark-partnership-to-transform-education-in-cote-divoire/",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
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   ]
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   "slug": "eu-sustainable-cocoa",
   "name": "EU Sustainable Cocoa Initiative",
   "org": "European Commission",
   "kind": "cocoa",
   "status": null,
   "year": "2020",
   "region": "Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon",
   "url": "https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/global-food-nutrition-security/topic/sustainable-food-systems/deforestation-free-value-chains/eu-sustainable-cocoa-initiative_en",
   "summary": "A dialogue between the EU, producing governments, industry and civil society on child labour and child trafficking, deforestation and farmer incomes in cocoa. In June 2022 the parties committed to time-bound actions. The Commission’s page does not state a current status.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "European Commission",
    "line": "A dialogue between the EU, producing governments, industry and civil society on child labour and child trafficking, deforestation and farmer incomes in cocoa.",
    "name": "EU Sustainable Cocoa Initiative",
    "leads": [
     "European Commission"
    ],
    "stage": "unknown",
    "years": "2020",
    "region": "Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon",
    "funders": [
     "European Union"
    ],
    "sectors": [
     "cocoa"
    ],
    "website": "https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/global-food-nutrition-security/topic/sustainable-food-systems/deforestation-free-value-chains/eu-sustainable-cocoa-initiative_en",
    "location": "Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon",
    "countries": [
     "Côte d’Ivoire",
     "Ghana",
     "Cameroon"
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     "ghana",
     "cameroon"
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   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "EU Sustainable Cocoa Initiative",
     "publisher": "European Commission",
     "url": "https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/global-food-nutrition-security/topic/sustainable-food-systems/deforestation-free-value-chains/eu-sustainable-cocoa-initiative_en",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
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   "slug": "fairtrade-yicbmr",
   "name": "Youth-Inclusive Community-Based Monitoring and Remediation",
   "org": "Fairtrade International",
   "kind": "agriculture",
   "status": null,
   "year": null,
   "region": "Belize, Dominican Republic, Ghana +1",
   "url": "https://www.fairtrade.net/library/comparative-assessment-of-monitoring-and-remediation-systems-on-child-labour-as-implemented-by-fairtrade-small-scale-producer-organizations",
   "summary": "Fairtrade’s system for finding and remediating child labour through its small-producer organisations, with young people taking part. A 2021 study compared it with internal control systems in four countries.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "Fairtrade International",
    "line": "Fairtrade’s system for finding and remediating child labour through its small-producer organisations, with young people taking part.",
    "name": "Youth-Inclusive Community-Based Monitoring and Remediation",
    "leads": [
     "Fairtrade International"
    ],
    "stage": "unknown",
    "region": "Belize, Dominican Republic, Ghana +1",
    "sectors": [
     "agriculture"
    ],
    "website": "https://www.fairtrade.net/library/comparative-assessment-of-monitoring-and-remediation-systems-on-child-labour-as-implemented-by-fairtrade-small-scale-producer-organizations",
    "location": "Belize, Dominican Republic, Ghana +1",
    "countries": [
     "Belize",
     "Dominican Republic",
     "Ghana",
     "India"
    ],
    "countrySlugs": [
     "belize",
     "dominican-republic",
     "ghana",
     "india"
    ]
   },
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Comparative assessment of monitoring and remediation systems on child labour, December 2021",
     "publisher": "Fairtrade International",
     "url": "https://www.fairtrade.net/library/comparative-assessment-of-monitoring-and-remediation-systems-on-child-labour-as-implemented-by-fairtrade-small-scale-producer-organizations",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    }
   ]
  },
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   "slug": "fund-against-child-labour",
   "name": "Fund against Child Labour (FBK)",
   "org": "Government of the Netherlands",
   "kind": "supply-chains",
   "status": null,
   "year": null,
   "region": "Worldwide",
   "url": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/eu-due-diligence-navigator-partner-countries/fund-against-child-labour-fonds-bestrijding-kinderarbeid-fbk_en",
   "summary": "A Dutch government fund whose objective, as the EU’s due-diligence navigator records it, is to address child-labour risks in international supply chains.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "Government of the Netherlands",
    "line": "A Dutch government fund whose objective, as the EU’s due-diligence navigator records it, is to address child-labour risks in international supply chains.",
    "name": "Fund against Child Labour (FBK)",
    "leads": [
     "Government of the Netherlands"
    ],
    "stage": "unknown",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "funders": [
     "Government of the Netherlands"
    ],
    "sectors": [
     "supply chains"
    ],
    "website": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/eu-due-diligence-navigator-partner-countries/fund-against-child-labour-fonds-bestrijding-kinderarbeid-fbk_en",
    "location": "global",
    "countries": [
     "global"
    ]
   },
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "EU Due Diligence Navigator: Fund against Child Labour",
     "publisher": "European Commission",
     "url": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/eu-due-diligence-navigator-partner-countries/fund-against-child-labour-fonds-bestrijding-kinderarbeid-fbk_en",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "galab",
   "name": "Global Accelerator Lab (GALAB)",
   "org": "ILO",
   "kind": "cross-cutting",
   "status": null,
   "year": "2022",
   "region": "Brazil, DR Congo, Ghana +4",
   "url": "https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/The%20GALAB%20project%20in%20Latin%20America%20and%20the%20Caribbean.pdf",
   "summary": "The main component of the ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab, on child labour and forced labour, funded by the US Department of Labor. DOL announced a $10 million first award in January 2022; an ILO brochure of January 2025 gives a total budget of $15 million. No source read states whether it continued after the US grant cancellations of 2025.",
   "rating": "moderate",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "ILO",
    "line": "The main component of the ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab, on child labour and forced labour, funded by the US Department of Labor.",
    "name": "Global Accelerator Lab (GALAB)",
    "leads": [
     "ILO"
    ],
    "stage": "unknown",
    "years": "2022",
    "region": "Brazil, DR Congo, Ghana +4",
    "funders": [
     "US Department of Labor"
    ],
    "sectors": [
     "cross-cutting"
    ],
    "website": "https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/The%20GALAB%20project%20in%20Latin%20America%20and%20the%20Caribbean.pdf",
    "location": "Brazil, DR Congo, Ghana +4",
    "countries": [
     "Brazil",
     "DR Congo",
     "Ghana",
     "Malaysia",
     "Mauritania",
     "Nigeria",
     "Somalia"
    ],
    "statusAsOf": "2025-01",
    "countrySlugs": [
     "brazil",
     "dr-congo",
     "ghana",
     "malaysia",
     "mauritania",
     "nigeria",
     "somalia"
    ]
   },
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "The GALAB project in Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2025",
     "publisher": "ILO",
     "url": "https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/The%20GALAB%20project%20in%20Latin%20America%20and%20the%20Caribbean.pdf",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    },
    {
     "title": "News release, 4 January 2022, 4 January 2022",
     "publisher": "US Department of Labor",
     "url": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20220104",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "harkin-engel",
   "name": "Harkin-Engel Protocol and its Framework of Action",
   "org": "Chocolate and cocoa industry, US Department of Labor, Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana",
   "kind": "cocoa",
   "status": null,
   "year": "2001",
   "region": "Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana",
   "url": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20100913",
   "summary": "In 2001 the chocolate and cocoa industry signed a protocol committing to grow and process cocoa in line with ILO Convention 182. In 2010 the two governments, the US Department of Labor and industry signed a Framework of Action, with a $10 million DOL grant. No current status source was found.",
   "rating": "moderate",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "Chocolate and cocoa industry, US Department of Labor, Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana",
    "line": "In 2001 the chocolate and cocoa industry signed a protocol committing to grow and process cocoa in line with ILO Convention 182.",
    "name": "Harkin-Engel Protocol and its Framework of Action",
    "leads": [
     "Chocolate and cocoa industry",
     "US Department of Labor",
     "Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana"
    ],
    "stage": "unknown",
    "years": "2001",
    "region": "Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana",
    "funders": [
     "US Department of Labor",
     "cocoa industry"
    ],
    "sectors": [
     "cocoa"
    ],
    "website": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20100913",
    "location": "Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana",
    "countries": [
     "Côte d’Ivoire",
     "Ghana"
    ],
    "countrySlugs": [
     "ivory-coast",
     "ghana"
    ]
   },
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "News release, 13 September 2010, 13 September 2010",
     "publisher": "US Department of Labor",
     "url": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20100913",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    },
    {
     "title": "NORC final report released, 19 October 2020",
     "publisher": "ConfectioneryNews",
     "url": "https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2020/10/19/NORC-final-report-released-finds-over-1m-cases-of-child-labour-in-West-Africa-s-cocoa-sector/",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "ici-clmrs",
   "name": "Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems in cocoa",
   "org": "International Cocoa Initiative and its member companies",
   "kind": "cocoa",
   "status": "active",
   "year": null,
   "region": "Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana +1",
   "url": "https://www.cocoainitiative.org/news/ici-launches-its-2025-annual-report",
   "summary": "Community systems that identify children in child labour in cocoa-growing households and arrange support for them. ICI has published core criteria setting minimum standards for how the systems are designed and run, with a manual and a self-assessment tool.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "International Cocoa Initiative and its member companies",
    "line": "Community systems that identify children in child labour in cocoa-growing households and arrange support for them.",
    "name": "Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems in cocoa",
    "leads": [
     "International Cocoa Initiative and its member companies"
    ],
    "stage": "active",
    "region": "Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana +1",
    "sectors": [
     "cocoa"
    ],
    "website": "https://www.cocoainitiative.org/news/ici-launches-its-2025-annual-report",
    "location": "Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana +1",
    "reported": "ICI reports that by September 2025 its members’ systems covered 1.33 million households, and that 11 per cent of the children covered were found in child labour. These are ICI’s own figures.",
    "countries": [
     "Cameroon",
     "Côte d’Ivoire",
     "Ghana",
     "Nigeria"
    ],
    "statusAsOf": "2026-07-20",
    "countrySlugs": [
     "cameroon",
     "ivory-coast",
     "ghana",
     "nigeria"
    ]
   },
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "ICI launches its 2025 annual report, 20 July 2026",
     "publisher": "International Cocoa Initiative",
     "url": "https://www.cocoainitiative.org/news/ici-launches-its-2025-annual-report",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    },
    {
     "title": "ICI Annual Report 2025",
     "publisher": "International Cocoa Initiative",
     "url": "https://www.cocoainitiative.org/sites/default/files/reports/ici-annual-report-2025-en.pdf",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "nigeria-nap-2026",
   "name": "Nigeria’s National Policy on Child Labour and National Action Plan, third edition",
   "org": "Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Nigeria",
   "kind": "cross-cutting",
   "status": "active",
   "year": "2026",
   "region": "Nigeria",
   "url": "https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/nigeria-launches-national-policy-and-action-plan-accelerate-elimination",
   "summary": "Launched in Abuja on 16 September 2026 with ILO support. The ILO reports that this edition puts more weight on turning national commitments into action for children, families and communities.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Nigeria",
    "ends": "2030",
    "line": "Launched in Abuja on 16 September 2026 with ILO support.",
    "name": "Nigeria’s National Policy on Child Labour and National Action Plan, third edition",
    "leads": [
     "Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Nigeria"
    ],
    "stage": "active",
    "years": "2026–2030",
    "region": "Nigeria",
    "sectors": [
     "cross-cutting"
    ],
    "website": "https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/nigeria-launches-national-policy-and-action-plan-accelerate-elimination",
    "location": "Nigeria",
    "countries": [
     "Nigeria"
    ],
    "statusAsOf": "2026-10-14",
    "countrySlugs": [
     "nigeria"
    ]
   },
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Nigeria launches national policy and action plan, 14 October 2026",
     "publisher": "ILO",
     "url": "https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/nigeria-launches-national-policy-and-action-plan-accelerate-elimination",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "research-to-action-ii",
   "name": "Research to Action II",
   "org": "ILO",
   "kind": "research",
   "status": null,
   "year": "2024",
   "region": "Worldwide",
   "url": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20240228",
   "summary": "A $6.95 million award announced in February 2024 to improve information-sharing between researchers and decision makers on child labour and forced labour. No 2025 or 2026 source on its status was found.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "ILO",
    "line": "A $6.95 million award announced in February 2024 to improve information-sharing between researchers and decision makers on child labour and forced labour.",
    "name": "Research to Action II",
    "leads": [
     "ILO"
    ],
    "stage": "unknown",
    "years": "2024",
    "region": "Worldwide",
    "funders": [
     "US Department of Labor"
    ],
    "sectors": [
     "research"
    ],
    "website": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20240228",
    "location": "global",
    "countries": [
     "global"
    ]
   },
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "News release, 28 February 2024, 28 February 2024",
     "publisher": "US Department of Labor",
     "url": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ilab/ilab20240228",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "rilac",
   "name": "Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour",
   "org": "31 governments with employers’ and workers’ organisations",
   "kind": "cross-cutting",
   "status": "active",
   "year": null,
   "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean",
   "url": "https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/The%20GALAB%20project%20in%20Latin%20America%20and%20the%20Caribbean.pdf",
   "summary": "A platform of 31 governments and representatives of employers and workers that aims to eliminate child labour in the region by 2030. The ILO’s GALAB project supports it.",
   "rating": "single",
   "last_verified": "2026-10",
   "attributes": {
    "org": "31 governments with employers’ and workers’ organisations",
    "ends": "2030",
    "line": "A platform of 31 governments and representatives of employers and workers that aims to eliminate child labour in the region by 2030.",
    "name": "Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour",
    "leads": [
     "31 governments with employers’ and workers’ organisations"
    ],
    "stage": "active",
    "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean",
    "sectors": [
     "cross-cutting"
    ],
    "website": "https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/The%20GALAB%20project%20in%20Latin%20America%20and%20the%20Caribbean.pdf",
    "location": "Latin America and the Caribbean",
    "countries": [
     "Latin America and the Caribbean"
    ],
    "statusAsOf": "2025-01"
   },
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "The GALAB project in Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2025",
     "publisher": "ILO",
     "url": "https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/The%20GALAB%20project%20in%20Latin%20America%20and%20the%20Caribbean.pdf",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-15",
     "locator": null
    }
   ]
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