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What we do
Designed as a networking project, it has the aim to develop concepts, basic ideas and references of good practice around a sustainable cocoa economy both in the European and global context.
More specifically, the prior aim of COCOANET.EU is to develop a network for the exchange of information among employee representatives and organizations within the European cocoa and chocolate industry.
Cocoanet.EU: European employee and trade union network demands ban of child labour - Conference in Elewijt, Belgium
The Cocoanet.EU conference of employee representatives took place in the Elewijt Center close to Mechelen in Belgium on May 24th 2011.
Over 70 employee representatives from more than 10 European countries came together for the third conference of the cocoanet.EU network and demanded a ban on child labour and decent living in a sustainable environment - now and in the future - for all people working in the cocoa chain. [MORE]
Conference Agenda (EN)
Ordre Du Jour (FR)
Tagesordnung Konferenz (DE)
2nd Workshop of the Cocoanet.EU in Vienna - February 28 & March 1 2011
The Cocoanet.EU Steering Committee met for a two-day workshop in Vienna, Austria on February 28th and March 1rst 2011. Hosted by the Austrian trade union Pro-Ge, participants from Belgium, the Netherlands, Lithuania, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, the UK, the IUF and EFFAT came together to discuss different methods to sensitize employees on cocoa-related sustainability issues, the work of the IUF and further steps of the project. On the first day, the participants visited the Austrian chocolate factory of Manner in Vienna. [More]
