Technical Assistance
Acts as a source of technical assistance for its Members Countries with a view of strengthening their capacities for relevant cocoa-related development projects, and facilitating support from financial partners.
The International Cocoa Council is the highest decision-making body of the ICCO and is composed of all the contracting parties to the International Cocoa Agreement, 2010. It holds two regular sessions per year, and special sessions as required. Council sessions are attended by delegations of all cocoa producing and cocoa consuming Member countries.
The main function of the Council is to determine the strategy of the Organization in addition to supervising its financial policies and reviewing and approving its proposed work programme and budget for each cocoa year.
It is the body to which the different committees and working groups of the organization report.
In its decision-making process, the Council is assisted by different committees and working groups.
HE Mr. Aly Touré
Chairman
(Ambassadeur, Représentant Permanent – Représentation Permanente de la Côte d’Ivoire auprès des Organisations de Produits de base)
Jorge Luis Montenegro Chavesta, Peru
Vice-Chairman
(Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation – Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Peru)
The Economics Committee was established, amongst others, to:
H.E. Mrs Guisell Morales-Echaverry, Nicagarua
Chairman
(Ambassador, Embassy of Nicaragua in the United Kingdom)
Embassy of Nicaragua in the United Kingdom
58-60 Kensington Church Street, Suite 2&3 Vicarage House
London, W8 4DB
gmoralese@cancilleria.gob.ni
Mr. Stéphane Brossard, European Union
Vice-Chairman
Attaché de Coopération Développement Rural, Délégation de l’Union Européenne en République de Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan
Immeuble Union Européenne
Avenue Terrasson de Fougères, Plateau
01 BP 1821 Abidjan
The Administration and Finance Committee:
The Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy was inaugurated in December 2003 in order to encourage the active participation of experts from the private sector and civil society in the work of the Organization and to promote a continuous dialogue among experts from the public and private sectors.
Its role is that of an advisory body which advises the Council on issues of general and strategic interest to the cocoa sector.
Ms. Beate Weiskopf, Germany
Chairman
(Executive Secretary – German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa)
Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao e.V.
Geschäftsstelle Berlin
c/o Repräsentanz der Deutschen
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Reichpietschufer 2010785 Berlin
Geschäftsstelle Eschborn
Postfach 5180
65726 Eschborn
Beate.Weiskopf@giz.de
TBA, Indonesia
Vice-Chairman
The Expert Working Group on Stocks was created in 1989 to support the ICCO Secretariat in considering the challenges associated with assessing the level of world cocoa bean stocks. It is composed of representatives and analysts from cocoa producing countries, industry and trade associations, cocoa processors and chocolate manufacturers.
The ICCO Secretariat is based in the organization headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
It is the executive body of the ICCO, and is responsible for implementing its 5-year Strategic Action plan, as adopted by the International Cocoa Council.
Acts as a source of technical assistance for its Members Countries with a view of strengthening their capacities for relevant cocoa-related development projects, and facilitating support from financial partners.
Acts as a platform for institutional cooperation by supporting networking among Member Countries, as well as with the private sector and the civil society.
Acts as a reference centre for knowledge and information by collecting and publishing statistical data and producing reports on the world cocoa economy.
Mr. Michel Arrion
Executive Director
ICCO Secretariat
International Cocoa Organization
06 BP 1166 Abidjan 06
Côte d’Ivoire
Tel: +225 22 51 49 50/51
Fax: +225 22 51 49 79
E-mail: info@icco.org
Dr. Michele Nardella
Director of the Economics, Statistics and Sustainable Development Division
ICCO Secretariat
International Cocoa Organization
06 BP 1166 Abidjan 06
Côte d’Ivoire
Tel: +225 22 51 49 50/51
Fax: +225 22 51 49 79
E-mail: info@icco.org