Building Accountable Community-Based Governance and Monitoring Mechanisms to Promote Deforestation-Free Cocoa Supply Chain (Deforestation Free Cocoa Project)

About this project

<p><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);">his Action, led by </span><strong style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);">Solidaridad West Africa</strong><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);"> (SWA), in partnership with </span><strong style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);">Tropenbos Ghana</strong><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);"> (TBG), </span><strong style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);">Taylor Crabbe Initiative</strong><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);"> (TCI) and </span><strong style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);">Rights and Advocacy Initiatives Network</strong><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);"> (RAIN) will implement an inclusive (women and youth) community-led and sustainable monitoring and governance of the cocoa forest landscape in compliance to the EU regulation on deforestation and national environmental laws. This will be achieved among other interventions through the development and use of deforestation risk maps and monitoring systems by community people. Additionally, the </span><strong style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 253);">GCFRP landscape governance structures will be used</strong><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48)…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 16Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Ghana

Sectors

Democratic participation and civil society

Focus

Nutrition · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Main focusClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focus

Places

GH - BF-WB

Funded by

European Commission

Implemented by

SOLIDARIDAD NETWORK WEST AFRICA

Accountable

Developing country-based NGO

Passes funds through

Directorate-General for International Partnerships

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2025-PC-26626.

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