Address child labor in the hazelnut supply chain in Turkey through the following objectives:

• Establish and pilot a sustainable program to prevent child labor in the hazelnut supply chain in Turkey through implementation of the USDA’s Guidelines
• Undertake research, evaluation, and collection of reliable data on child labor, in order to measure the impact of the program on child labor in the Turkish hazelnut supply chain
• Document lessons learned and make recommendations for future application of the USDA guidelines. 

The project is designed to reach these objectives through the following activities:

• Map the hazelnut supply chains of OlamProgida and Balsu; assess risks present in the supply chain; and develop a list of project intervention areas, in consultation with the implementing partners.  
• Conduct a child labor assessment in the selected intervention areas, in order to establish a baseline for the project.
• Convene stakeholder consultations to discuss the results of the standards benchmarking, supply chain mapping, risk assessment, and child labor assessment; review the USDA Guidelines and set standards for the project; and define a remediation strategy for identified child labor cases.
• Establish a community-level Child Labor Monitoring System (CLMS) based on the USDA Guidelines, and provide training to local stakeholders on how to participate in the CLMS.
• Identify best practices currently in existence to combat child labor in the hazelnut sector in Turkey and identify linkages with this project.
• Create community action plans in cooperation with community stakeholders based on the findings of project activities.
• Select and train independent third party monitors to verify working conditions in selected hazelnut gardens.
• Advocate for the adoption of a 5-year National Action Plan against child labor in hazelnut farming.