On 16 April 2008, CTA and other partners organised the fifth ‘Brussels Development Briefing’ – part of a series of discussion meetings on ACP-EU development issues. This briefing focused on the issues: ‘Does Fair Trade contribute to sustainable development?’.
New! on the subject of ‘Fair Trade’.
Key documents and organisations
Biodata of panelists and discussants
Welcome
Hansjörg Neun, CTA
Objectives and Programme of the Briefing
Isolina Boto, CTA [presentation]
Introductory remarks
Liselotte Isaksson, DG Development, European Commission; Viwanou Gnassounou, ACP Secretariat
Panel 1: Can Fair Trade contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development?
This session will review the key issues of Fair Trade initiatives from a market access perspective, including social and environmental impacts. Discussions will also clarify the main issues involved in standards compliance and labeling schemes.
Chair: Linda McAvan, Member of European Parliament and member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Panelists:
– Anja Osterhaus, Fair Trade Advocacy Office, Brussels [executive summary|presentation]
– Dr Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester [executive summary|presentation]
– Natalie Berg, Grocery Research Manager, United Kingdom [executive summary|presentation]
– Gelkha Buitrago, Fairtrade Labelling Organizations (FLO), Germany [executive summary|presentation]
– Moctar Fall, Fair Trade producer, Director of Interface Trading, Senegal [executive summary]
Panel 2: Can Fair Trade better link ACP producers to northern consumers?
This panel will discuss public sector support for farmers engaging in FAIR TRADE production and public and private partnerships in support of sustainable Trade and consumer’s awareness.
Chair: H.E. Ambassador Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic in Brussels
Panelists:
– Samuel Poos, Fair Trade Centre, Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) [executive summary|presentation]
– Christopher Wunderlich, Sustainable Commodity Initiative, UNCTAD, IISD [executive summary|presentation]
– Mamadou Ouattara, Association of African cotton producers (AProCA), Mali [executive summary|presentation]
Debate
Audience reactions
For more information please contact Romano Purro (rp@euforic.org)
