Programme information

Programme Duration: 2025 - 2027
Programme Amount: €177,512 (Euro) 

Programme summary 

Through ongoing funding to support the Living Income Community of Practice (LICoP), we will continue to grow LICoP and bring greater resources and awareness of living income to a broad group of stakeholders (including companies, INGOs, NGOs, civil society, etc). This current phase will reinforce LICoP's critical role as an enabler of national, industry, and sector-wide collaboration, with a focus on sectors where LICoP partners already have significant influence (cocoa, coffee, cotton, palm, fisheries, banana). 

This programme will seek to: 

• Increase annual subscription of LICoP by 20%, whilst ensuring progressive and even growth in the top five most engaged sectors and key geographic regions (Latin America, Africa, Asia).
• Develop a well-structured and regularly updated knowledge hub, serving as the go-to resource for stakeholders working to close living income gaps.
• Increase sharing of best practices and lessons learned, contributing to a more informed and collaborative community.
• Position LICoP as a leading authority on living income by providing clear guidance, harmonising methodologies, and supporting policymakers and organisations in integrating living income into due diligence processes.
• Provide clarity of the use of the Living Income concept to support embedding of the concept with key institutions and partners.

Programme priority countries 

The LICoP has a global focus, currently reaching over 110 countries. As part of this funding, we have carried out specific activities in Côte d’Ivoire and Colombia, and are now expanding our work to Asia with activity in Indonesia in November 2025.

Target audiences 

Global audience seeking diverse participation and perspectives including producers, governments, businesses, financial sector, and broader sustainability systems.  

Programme outcomes 

With our current funding, we have achieved the below outcomes and impacts: 

• Advanced collective action on closing the income gap across different sectors in Asia, through an in-person workshop to empower smallholders and promote understanding and application of the Living Income framework . Living Income in-person Workshop 2025 - LivingIncome
• Progressed discussions on key topics such as empowering producers, due diligence, and responsible procurement to contribute to improvements in living income. Webinars - LivingIncome
• Worked to empower producers as agents of change by bringing together key stakeholders to apply the living income lens to challenges and opportunities in improving incomes in Asian supply chains. Pathways to Income Improvement in Asia - LivingIncome

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