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Community Engagement for Sustainable Elimination of Child Labor (CESEC) Programme Social Return on Investment analysis

Community Engagement for Sustainable Elimination of Child Labor (CESEC) Programme Social Return on Investment analysis

Envoy Partnership conducted a Social Return on Investment (SROI) evaluation of Barry Callebaut’s Community Engagement for Sustainable Elimination of Child Labor (CESEC) Programme. The SROI was conducted in accordance with the Guide to SROI, 1 and the Social Value principles – which are managed by Social Value International.2 Envoy Partnership were supported by Solidaridad Network, who conducted all of the  fieldwork, and contributed to the design of the research materials and analysis of the results. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of the CESEC programme, the value that it creates for stakeholders, and the extent to which it represents value for money.

The Community Engagement for Sustainable Elimination of Child Labor (CESEC) Programme commenced in August 2020 and completed on 30th June 2022. It targeted 26 communities in 10 districts in Ghana, which were deemed to be at high risk of Child Labour