Child labour

CLEAR Supply Chains: Ending child labour in supply chains

Addressing the root causes of child labour in supply chains through an area-based approach

Project details

1 May 2023 - 31 August 2026

EUR 10,000,000

European Commission, Directorate-General for International Partnerships

GLO/22/54/EUR

Wouter Cools - Project Manager (cools@ilo.org)

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The "Ending child labour in supply chains: Addressing the root causes of child labour in supply chains through an area-based approach" (CLEAR Supply Chains) project, co-funded by the European Union, brings together the International Labour Organization (ILO) as the leading UN agency, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to address jointly the root causes of child labour, with a primarily focus on the coffee supply chain, and to leverage existing efforts in the minerals supply chain, particularly in cobalt.

The project is implemented within the framework of the ILO 8.7 Accelerator Lab, an initiative established by the ILO in 2021, aimed at accelerating progress on the eradication of forced labour and child labour by optimising the effectiveness of development cooperation interventions.

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The ILO's CLEAR Suply Chains project

The ILO's CLEAR Supply Chains project

News

Reactivation of the National Commission for the Gradual and Progressive Eradication of Child Labour in Honduras (CONETI)
ILO’s CLEAR Supply Chains project team presents the scope of the project to CONETI members. Tegucigalpa, 2024.

CLEAR Supply Chains project in Honduras

Reactivation of the National Commission for the Gradual and Progressive Eradication of Child Labour in Honduras (CONETI)

Training of trainers for coffee farmers under the Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Programme (WLEP) in Kalungu district, Uganda
Mrs. Visencia Walugembe of Busoga Cooperative Society in Kyamulibwa sub-county Kalungu district tending to her coffee garden. Uganda, 2024.

CLEAR Supply Chains project in Uganda

Training of trainers for coffee farmers under the Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Programme (WLEP) in Kalungu district, Uganda

Community leaders form Child Labour Prevention Committees
Community leaders from the El Pelon community are sworn in to join the CPCTI San Juan, Honduras, 2024.

CLEAR Supply Chains project in Honduras

Community leaders form Child Labour Prevention Committees

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Mapping the coffee value chain in Uganda
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Mapping the coffee value chain in Uganda

Mapping the coffee value chain in Honduras
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Mapping the coffee value chain in Honduras

Ending child labour in supply chains: An Inter-agency action to address its root causes

Ending child labour in supply chains: An Inter-agency action to address its root causes

8.7 Accelerator Lab Initiative
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8.7 Accelerator Lab Initiative

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