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Programme objectives The overall objective of the National Cocoa Child Labour Elimination Programme is to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in the cocoa sector by 2011 and contribute to the elimination, by 2015, of WFCL in other sectors of the economy. This objective will be pursued through the following Seven (7) broad strategic elements: 1 Enhancement of the knowledge base on child labour in the cocoa sub-sector to inform planning, programme design and implementation, awareness raising and advocacy activities, monitoring and evaluation of interventions, as well as certification and monitoring under the Protocol for the Growing and Processing of Cocoa Beans and their Derivative Products. The improved knowledge base will also support efforts to sensitize international markets and partners about efforts being made to ensure that the cocoa production chain in Ghana respects the provisions of national and international conventions such as the ILO Convention 182, and about the impact of these efforts; 2 Strengthening of the legal framework for dealing with WFCL in cocoa growing areas, with the main emphasis on the enforcement of existing laws and regulations; 3 Mobilization of cocoa growing communities, district assemblies, the local cocoa industry and other key stakeholders to work together to eliminate child labour, with a particular focus on the WFCL, through awareness raising campaigns, networking and community participation; 4 Development and implementation of interventions for eliminating WFCL in cocoa growing areas, with priority emphasis on the different stages of the cocoa production process; 5 Promotion of universal basic education and human resource development among cocoa growing communities; 6 Development and implementation of interventions that reduce the need for child labour in the cocoa sub-sector; and 7 Development of institutional, technical and organizational capacities at central, regional, district and community levels to effectively address child labour in the country, with particular emphasis on WFCL in the cocoa sub-sector. |
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