This online side event aimed to unpack the relationship between household income and child labour and identify and map evidence for high-potential approaches for simultaneously addressing poverty and child labour. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) opened the session briefly highlighting the Subsidy Programme for Responsible Business(SPVO), one of the instruments of the Dutch government to support companies to strengthen their child labour strategies. Under SPVO’s knowledge and learning agenda, KIT conducted a research in 2025, where they identified four key mechanisms that shape the relationship between income and child labour: income level, economic resilience, household labour dynamics and social norms and cultural meanings. They discussed high-potential approaches including cash transfers, informal savings groups, professional labour services, household approaches and Child Labour Free Zones.

After this presentation, KIT moderated a panel discussion with representatives from the company, ETG, ILO ACCEL and the NGO, Rainforest Alliance, where they share their field experiences.

This was followed by a Q&A session with online participants. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs closed the session reflecting on the Dutch government support to eradicate child labour and the role these various actors can play.

Organised by Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO).