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International Cocoa Organsation Calls for Project Proposals

The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) is calling for the submission of project proposals for cocoa development projects in CFC member countries. MORE

German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa at the PPPP Meeting in Côte d’Ivoire

Sonia Lehmann and Elvis Coré from the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa participated in the meeting of the Public-Private Partnership Platform (PPPP) in Côte d'Ivoire, which took place from 19 to 22 June 2018 in Yamoussoukro. Also present was Judith Steffens, project manager of the project... MORE

PRO-PLANTEURS - Example initiative for sustainable cocoa cultivation

Country Director Côte d'Ivoire, Dr. Michael Dreyer, Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, has named the PRO-PLANTEURS project an example initiative in relation to sustainable cocoa cultivation.  At the Conference "Challenges in sustainable cocoa cultivation" experts reported... MORE

German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa at the BMZ Open Day

On 24 June 2018, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) will hold an open day in Bonn. The German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa will have a stand there. A varied and colourful programme is offered. Among others, Gunther Beger, head of department at BMZ, and our board... MORE

Annual General Meeting 2018

On May 15th 2018 the 6th General Meeting of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa took place. The host ministry was the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) in Berlin. MORE

Business as usual is no longer an option

Will the breakthrough for a sustainable cocoa sector be manifested with Berlin? In the Berlin Declaration, the final declaration of the 4th World Cocoa Conference, the delegates formulated a clear message: MORE

Share your impressions of the WCC via Twitter

Follow #GISCO in Twitter to check out the news from the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa on the Wolrd Cocoa Conference in Berlin. MORE

4th World Cocoa Conference opens in Berlin

Federal Minister Julia Klöckner mentions the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa several times in her welcoming address at the 4th World Cocoa Conference in Berlin. MORE

Cocoa Barometer 2018 published

The Cocoa Barometer 2018 casts some light on the current situation of cocoa farmers. MORE

GISCO at 4. World Cococa Conference in Berlin

As of Monday representatives of the producing and of the consuming countries of cocoa discuss "A New Vision for the Cocoa Sector" in Berlin. GISCO members contribute largely with several presentations and speeches. MORE