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World Fair Trade Organization - Europe

Acronym: WFTO-Europe

General Information

Identification Code: 452862736936-07
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Entity Form: Association sans but lucratif (ASBL)
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 1/9/2020
Last Update: 1/29/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: WFTO-Europe has a vision of a world in which trade structures and practices have been transformed to work in favour of the marginalised producers and artisans and to promote sustainable development and justice. WFTO-Europe aims at building a fairer world for everyone, where fair trade and trade justice are the keystones to challenge the problems of the current economic model. WFTO-Europe has a double mission: a) To advocate for more equity in trade and economic relationships at European level. b) To promote Fair Trade in Europe, through the implementation of a credible and sustainable Fair Trade system. The aims of the Association are: -to be the representative organisation of Fair Trade organisations on a European level. -to promote the concept of Fair Trade in Europe, as defined by WFTO Global. -to foster collaboration and exchanges between member organisations. -to provide support services to its member organisations and to the Fair Trade movement in general.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Budget
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Food safety
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Taxation
  • Trade
  • Trans-European Networks
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: International Trade, Trade Deals, Access to the Single Market Common Agricultural Policy Labour Rights, Human Rights and Human Rights Due Diligence Environmental Policy and Green Deal Sustainable Development Public Procurement Competition Law
Communication Activities: In December 2020, WFTO-Europe finalised our engagement in the 'Trade Fair, Live Fair' (TFLF) project funded by the European Commission through the DEAR fund. The aim of the project was raising awareness and mobilising the European Public to advance consumption patterns that nurture the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) This Action was built on the central insight, developed from the consortium members’ own extensive research and experience, that the continuing and endemic poverty among many producers and workers in developing countries is the direct result of imbalances of power in supply chains. However, the working and living conditions of those producers and workers are largely unknown to the EU Public, despite the strong interdependence between both. At the heart of this is the analysis that only through citizens’ better understanding of how supply chains work can they foster the change necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): change in their own behaviour, and the behaviour of both government and corporations. The project involved some activities with engaging MEPs and promoting policy recommendations towards the EC, e.g. in the form of a Civil Society Shadow EU Strategy on Textiles, Garments, Leather and Footwear. Moreover, the WFTO-Europe organised a conference in the framework of the Belgian Fair Trade Week, in collaboration with the Trade for Development Centre of the Belgian Development Agency, titled "A Fair and Sustainable Business Model is Possible". WFTO-Europe continues the efforts of raising awareness on the points above and to promote policy recommendations, as outlined above, also in various different forms, though at a lower scale since the end of the project. However, our direct involvement with EU institutions remain limited to submitting feedback to EC public consultations, and occasionally attending workshops by the EC when invited or attending joint meetings with the EC together with some of our close partners in civil society.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Rue Washington, 40
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Rue Washington, 40
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: The money paid to the Fair Trade Advocacy Office consist of membership fees only, no direct payment for services is ever made for their work in representing us and the broader Fair Trade movement towards the EU institutions and policy-makers. We are beneficiaries to an Erasmus+ and have received a grant from this in 2022 and 2023. We have applied for other, similar EU grants and are waiting to hear whether they will be granted to us or not in the current financial year.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.75
Info Members: The organisation also counts on the support of 2 (two) interns.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://wfto-europe.org/our-members/
Organisation Members: World Fair Trade Organization (Global) Fair Trade Advocacy Office FAIB