All resources: Côte d'Ivoire

SDG target 8.7

The United Nations system supports Côte d'Ivoire in its strategic planning of priority actions to combat child labour.

The challenge for the Government is to achieve a real synergy of action between all actors, both public and private, technical and financial partners and civil society organisations, at both central and decentralised levels

Combating child labour in cocoa farming

Focus on WIND: an ILO integrated approach to eliminate child labour in cocoa farming

Abidjan (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) through the ACCEL Africa project (Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in African Supply Chains), and its partners from the National Agency for Rural Development...

ILO promotes the extension of Universal Health Coverage to rural households in cocoa-producing areas

In Côte d'Ivoire, the project focuses on the "cocoa supply chain" in the sub-prefecture of Soubré and M'batto and includes a social protection component. This component aims to find ways to strengthen the social protection of families on cocoa farms...

Communication Strategies on Child Labour: From awareness raising to action

A desk review with preliminary design ideas for campaigns in Africa and Europe

ILO and Finland sign cooperation agreement on Trade for Decent Work

On Monday 19 July, the International Labour Organization has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland to further support the application of the ILO Fundamental Conventions in EU trading partner countries through...

Knowledge sharing workshop: Facilitating formalization through simplified registration statutes for the self-employed

AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based...

#EndChildLabour2021

World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...

#EndChildLabour2021

Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa

Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.

Informal economy

Formalization of the informal sector in Côte d'Ivoire, ILO speeds up the process with a new training module

"Formalize your business" is the new training module the International Labour Organization has designed as part of the process of formalizing the informal sector in Côte d'Ivoire. Twenty-five entrepreneurs from the informal economy have benefited...

Journalists have a key role to play in the collective effort to eliminate child labour

Through the Accel Africa Reporting on child labour in Africa course, learners are introduced to a number of different issues, including international labour standards, ethical reporting of child-related information, or collecting testimonies from...

ILO builds the capacity of agricultural and labour administration experts on the participatory action-oriented approach in Soubré

The ILO's Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour (Accel Africa) project conducted a training workshop to build the capacity of agricultural experts and labour administrators on the participatory action-oriented approach to better...

ILO’s Cooperatives Unit and Social Finance Programme co-organize an elective session at the Rural development academy 2021

ILO’s Cooperatives Unit and Social Finance Programme co-organized an elective on “Sustainable Finance and Cooperatives in Rural Areas” to highlight the role of cooperatives in the rural economy and access to financial services through a range of...

Ten Year Action Plan on the Eradication of Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery In Africa (2020-2030): Agenda...

The Action Plan seeks to contribute to and support the acceleration of progress towards the achievement of the Agenda 2063 – SDG 8.7 target. This involves ending child labour by 2025 and forced labour, human trafficking and modern slavery by 2030....

Voices from national focal points for the promotion of the MNE Declaration

Photo-Music competition launched to raise awareness of child labour

The competition aims to harness the power of music to help combat child labour, which affects 152 million children worldwide.

International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour — beyond commitments to action

An interview with Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, on the occasion of the launch of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, which took place on January 21, 2021.

Cote d’Ivoire: the ILO supports the Ministry of Employment and Social Protection in the fight against child labour in Cocoa and Gold supply...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains in Africa (ACCEL AFRICA) project supports the Government of Cote d’Ivoire in strengthening the implementation of its Child Labour...

The Alliance 8.7 Supply Chains Action Group held its second Strategic Workshop from 14 to 15 May 2019 in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire.

The second strategic workshop of the Alliance 8.7 Supply Chains Action Group was organized in Abidjan on 14 and 15 May 2019 under the patronage of the First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire with funding from the governments of the Netherlands (through the...

When my parents lost their land, I had to leave school and go to work

The International Labour Organization has one of the largest programmes in the world that combats child labour. Read the story of a young boy who was forced into work when his family fell on hard times.