Terms of Reference: Implementing an EUDR Pilot Project focusing on census
The cocoa imported into the European Union market will have to be fully traceable, deforestation-free, legal in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production and covered by a due diligence declaration . The entry into force of this European regulation is part of the sector's move towards sustainable, traceable, deforestation-free cocoa. For IDH, while the regulation represents an important step in reducing deforestation, its implementation must not put smallholder farmers at risk of exclusion.
IDH intends to support the efforts of the Conseil Café-Cacao and companies in the cocoa sector by contributing to the operationalization of the national traceability system and facilitating the verification of data relating to deforestation alerts by all stakeholders around a protected area. The aim is to ensure that EUDR does not encourage the private sector to withdraw from areas at high risk of deforestation and exclude the most marginalized smallholders from the cocoa supply chain, and to facilitate the adoption of the national monitoring and traceability tools by the private sector.
IDH, in collaboration with The Conseil Café-Cacao and 3 private sector companies that source cocoa, is looking for a firm to support the census of farmers in selected areas.
The proposal must be submitted to Stéphanie Kadio via kadio@idhtrade.org and Kevin Gnagne via gnagne@idhtrade.org before 29 November 2024 5 p.m. GMT.
Terms of Reference_EUDR pilot project_Census_Final
Annex 3- Detail Request Form - Letter of Assignment
Annex 4 - Letter of Assignment