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Public Affairs Project attends the
7th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities against Poverty,
UNDP, 24-25th February 2010,
Rotterdam:
'Confronting the Crisis Collectively: Working Together to end Poverty'.
The Public Affairs Project was pleased to attend the 7th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities against Poverty, to take part in the Working Session on 'Contribution of trade for local development'.
Joining the national coordinators of the Fair Trade Towns Campaign from the Netherlands and Germany, the UNDP Forum was an excellent opportunity for the Public Affairs Project to meet with Public Officials from around the globe, to exchange ideas on the roles of Fair Trade and Public Procurement.
Fair Trade Public Procurement has a positive role to play, as reflected in The Rotterdam Declaration of the 26th February 2010, which highlights the need of Local and Regional Authorites 'to integrate economic development with social and sustainable development' and calls on the Private Sector to 'Conduct business in a socially responsible way and to set higher standards in addition to the minuimally acceptable norms and principles'. For full detals of the Rotterdam Declaration click here.
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New! Interactive Map on Fair Trade Public Procurement
By simply registering in our Network section, ( see 'Access' at the top of the second menu box) you will find our new Interactive Map providing links to Fair Trade Public Procurement Best practices from across Europe; from Coffee, to Textiles, and from Flowers to Catering in school canteens.
There are also links to the Public Affairs Project's Partners, and to the International Fair Trade Town Campaign webpages, where you will also find details of all the towns and cities across the world that have made the commitment to Fair Trade.
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What is the Observatory? |
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The European Observatory on Fair Trade Public Procurement is a Europe-wide platform for those interested in Fair Public Procurement that has been set up within the Public Affairs project and will continuously monitor and analyse laws on Public Procurement, disseminate research and studies on this subject and make available best practices, case studies and tenders.
This website has been expanded throughout 2008 and 2009 in order to provide an interactive online platform where those interested can gather and share information through the Observatory’s network. Additional features that you will find in the future include:
- Access to model tenders for registered Observatory Network members
- A discussion forum
- Document sharing, with the possibility to upload and download documents to and from the website
By 2010, a European Model on FTPP will be published, that will guide public authorities on how to include Fair Trade criteria in their tenders and will indicate targets towards purchasing in a Fair manner and will also be available online.
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Committee of the Regions speaks out for Fair Trade |
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11 February 2010 (Brussels) – The Fair Trade movement applauds the European
Union’s Committee of the Regions (CoR) in its unanimous adopting yesterday
evening of an opinion in support of Fair Trade and calling for the need to adopt a
European Strategy and action plan for Fair Trade for Local and Regional Authorities.
Sergi Corbalán, on behalf of the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO), Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO) and the European Fair Trade Association (EFTA) stated
“We welcome the Committee of the Regions´ support for Fair Trade and a European Strategy and action plan for Fair Trade for Local and Regional Authorities.”
The Committee of the Regions´opinion adopted yesterday calls on the local and regional authorities, EU Member States, European Commission, and the Committee of the Regions, to join forces to further support Fair Trade. Specifically, it calls on the need to adopt a European Strategy and action plan for Fair Trade for Local and Regional Authorities.
Read the entire Fair Trade Advocacy Press Release, (eng) by clicking here.
Read the Spanish version, by clicking here.
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