CERTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES The certification and verification activities are crucial elements in fulfilling the Harkin-Engel protocol, and also informing policy decisions concerning the eliminations of WFCL in cocoa. Certification and Verification Process. The certification and verification process involves four main steps that are important to improving labour practices: Data collection at the community and farm level that provides a statistically representative view of child and adult labour practices; Transparent, publicly available reporting on the findings from data collection activities, and on what needs to be done to address the issues raised in the report; Remediation – programmes and interventions…