The Fairtrade West Africa Cocoa Programme was launched in 2016 on the principle that strong cooperatives are essential to more sustainable cocoa livelihoods. The programme supports cooperatives’ development into high-functioning organisations that successfully respond to the needs of their members as well as commercial partners. More than 270 cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and now Sierra Leone participate in a tiered programme of training, coaching, advisory and technical support, and peer-to peer-learning, delivered by producer network Fairtrade Africa. Following a first evaluation in 2021 and annual monitoring reports, this evaluation was conducted by Syspons GmbH, and covers the period 2021-2025. From the report: "[The programme] has grown into a flexible, highly relevant, and widely appreciated platform that supports producer organisations in navigating a rapidly changing environment marked by new regulatory demands, market dynamics, and structural challenges (...), functioning as a bridge between the global sustainability agenda and the realities of cocoa production at grassroots level."