The next Brussels Development Briefing no. 44 on “Promoting responsible and sustainable sourcing through Fair Trade” is co-organized by CTA, the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office.
Programme
Introduction
Introduction of the Briefing: Isolina Boto, Manager, CTA Brussels Office
Introductory remarks: Patrick Gomes, Secretary-General, ACP Secretariat;Director-General, Director, Europeaid, European Commission; Sergi Corbalán, Fair Trade Advocacy Office; Michael Hailu Director of CTA
Panel 1: Responsible value chains, sustainable sourcing and Fair Trade
This panel with provide an overview of sustainable sourcing from a development perspective and the positioning of Fair Trade.
Chair
Ambassador from top Fair Trade producing ACP Country
Panellists
– Sustainability of supply chains and fair schemes favorable to farmers
Aynur Mammadova, IISD Associate, SSI Team Member
– Unsustainable sourcing: facts and figures
Dr. Adrian de Groot Ruiz, Executive Director, True Price
– Fair Trade: a farmer’s led movement
Marike De Peña, Chair of Fairtrade International and Chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Small Producer Organizations (CLAC)
– The Fair Trade market and consumers’ choice contribution to sustainable sourcing
Lily Deforce, Director, Fairtrade Belgium
– Supermarket sourcing Fair Trade
Rosita Zilli, Deputy Secretary – General, Eurocoop
Panel 2: Scaling up successes in sustainable sourcing and Fair Trade
This panel will look at specific examples of successful businesses and PPPs in support of sustainable sourcing.
Chair
Bernd Lange, Chairman of the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament
Panellists
– Case study from the Fair Trade in the field
Abel Fernández CONACADO Commercial Manager, Dominican Republic
– Example of B2B sourcing in Fair Trade
Frank Okyere, Kuapa Kokoo environmental and extension manager Fairtrade programme, Ghana
Charlotte Borger, Communications Director, Divine Chocolate, (UK)
– Example of a PPP promoting sustainable sourcing through Fair Trade
Fredrick Masinde, Business Development Manager, Undugu Fair Trade, Kenya
Concluding remarks
Fair Trade Advocacy Office, CTA
Social Media and Background info
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