The industry will complete development of effective, credible standards of certification for cocoa farming by July 1, 2005 -- as required by the Protocol. These standards will form the basis for expanded farm labor monitoring and independent verification across the West African cocoa region during the 2005/2006 crop harvest, with the first certification report issued in early 2006...The joint foundation established by industry and non-industry stakeholders, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), is moving forward with a program of on-the-ground activities in West Africa to address child and forced labor issues.