Child labour in supply chains and producing countries: working together for a sustainable solution
13:00-13:30 Welcome and registration
13:30-14:40 Plenary session I: Collaborative pathways to end child labour
Event opening: Fighting child labour globally: what have we achieved and where do we go from here?
- Sofie Ovaa, Work: No Child’s Business Programme Manager, Hivos
- Saskia Jongma, Deputy Director Sustainable Economic Development Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Scalable best practices working with business, national and local governments and civil society leaders to get children out of work and back to school:
- Equipping garment factories with the skills and tools they need to end child labour – Nguyen Ba Lam, Vietnam Senior Country Manager, The Centre for Child Rights & Business
- Multistakeholder partnerships to get children in the cocoa supply chain back to school – Soumahoro Gbato, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire
- Working with local business to tackle child labour in natural stone and the informal sector – Manish Singh Gour, Managing Director, Manjari Sansthan
14:40-15:40 Plenary session II: Making international standards work in global supply chains and local operations
- Accelerating progress towards SDG 8.7 with the area-based approach: Calls to action from Africa and Asia
- Marco Dubbelt, Senior director, Global March Against Child Labour
- Strengthening supply chains: Multi-sector approaches to addressing child labour under EU Due Diligence.
Panel discussion, moderated by Ama van Dantzig, with:- Jeroen Verburg, Sr. Policy Officer, Responsible Business Conduct, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Annemarieke Jansen, Commercial Manager, IKEA Nederland
- Vasilka Lalevska, Child Rights and Corporate Sustainability Advisor, Save the Children’s Child Rights and Business Global Hub
- Manon Wolfkamp – Public Affairs & Sustainability Expert
- Cleo Gaulier-Wright, Policy & Fundraising Officer, International Cocoa Initiative-ICI
15:40-15:50 Tea & coffee break
15:50-16:40 Break out sessions.
Breakout session 1: Meaningful youth participation: Return on investment in preventing and eliminating child labour
- Sara Benjamin, Deputy CEO, ADMC
- Silvia Mera, Senior Director Strategic Partnerships and Advocacy, Goodweave International
- Odilia van Manen / Hanneke Kramps, Stichting Kinderpostzegels
- Facilitator: Maggie de Jongh, Advisor Social Sustainability, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Breakout session 2: Engaging stakeholders for impact: From dialogue to action to end child labour
- Varun Sharma, Programmes Director, ARAVALI (Rajasthan)
- Manish Singh Gour, Managing Director, Manjari Sansthan
- Niels van den Beucken, General Director, Arte
- Facilitator: Sandra Claassen, Director, Arisa
Breakout session 3: Questions you always wanted to ask about the area-based approach to end child labour in cocoa, textile and mica chains
- Nguyen Ba Lam, Vietnam Senior Country Manager, The Centre for Child Rights & Business
- Soumahoro Gbato, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire
- Kristina Ullrich, Private Sector Engagement Officer, Terre des Hommes
- Facilitator: Sofie Ovaa, Work: No Child’s Business Programme Manager, Hivos
16:40-17:00 Plenary session III: Wrap-up and takeaways
Breakout sessions’ key Call to Actions
- Breakout session facilitators
Conclusion and Next steps
- Arthur Molenaar, Work: No Child’s Business/Head of International Programmes, Save the Children Nederland
Closing words
- Isabelle van Tol, Head Trade for Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
17:00-18:00 Drinks, bites and networking
Day host: Ama van Dantzig, facilitator and moderator, expert on social change, sustainability, gender, Africa, the arts.