The new Chair of Alliance 8.7 is Ms. Anousheh Karvar, representative of the French Government to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The Alliance 8.7 Supply Chains Action Group held its second global meeting in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on 15th May.

The OECD is actively working to achieve Target 8.7 in a number of areas.

The report Ending forced labour by 2030: A review of policies and programmes was published on 10 December 2018.

This report aims to contribute to such efforts by offering an analysis of trends and an evidence based discussion of policy solutions.

On 25 October 2018 the first Pathfinder Strategy Workshop was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

The Terms of Reference for the Alliance were adopted during the 3rd Global Coordinating Group Meeting on 28th November 2018 in Geneva.