Fair Trade Forum - India

The Fair Trade Organisations in the Eastern Zone got together with SASHA to mark the World Fair Trade Day 2013 on 10th May, in which they organized a focus group discussion at the Saturday Club at 4 PM. CEOs and one producer from each organisation attended the program. Mrs. Roopa Mehta, Executive Director, Sasha and Independent Director, WFTO chaired the session. Noted film maker & National award winner Rituparno Ghosh attended the event.

Read more: World Fair Trade 2013 Celebrations of eastern region in Kolkata

Fair Trade Forum-India organised a Fair Trade campaign, info-sharing and cultural program to celebrate World Fair Trade Day at Instituto Cervantes, 48 Hanuman Road, New Delhi-110001. The program was attended by various government representatives and delegates, representatives from various Fair Trade organisations, NGOs, civil society and general public. Delhi BJP Chief, Mr. Vijender Gupta was the Chief Guest and Mr. Ajay Sahai, DG, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) was the Guest of Honor. Among the other distinguished guests were- Mr. A. K. Angurana, Managing Director, TRIFED India, Ms. Naina Bakshi, Regional Labour Commissioner, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Mr. A K Handoo, Former Director-North, DC (H) and representatives from the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

Read more: World Fair Trade Day 2013 Celebrations

World Fair Trade Day 2013 celebrations at eastern region will be organised on 10 May 2013 at Saturday Club, Kolkata. Fair Trade organisations from West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Assam are invited to the celebrations.There will also be a focus group discussion  at 4.00pm. In Mumbai, IRFT (International Resources for Fairer Trade) will lead the celebrations scheduled for 11th May 2013. The World Fair Trade Day celebrations in the northern region will be organised at New Delhi on 10th May 2013. Fair Trade information sharing, campaign and cultural programs are the attractions  Instituo Cervantes de (Spanish Cultural Centre), Hanuman Road, New Delhi is the venue.

Calcutta Rescue, Kolkata organised an awareness programme on Fair Trade and Sustainable Consumption, and to promote the ideas of ‘re-use’ and ‘re-cycle’ at the reputed Calcutta International School, with the school’s Earth Club members. 

Read more: Propagating sustainable consumption among the youth

A Policy Consultation on ‘Sustainable Livelihood:  the Scope of Fair Trade Interventions’ was organized by Fair Trade Forum-India on 29th April 2013 at New Delhi.  The program was attended by representatives of livelihood generation organisations, research scholars and representatives of government departments. Mr. SS Gupta, IAS, Development Commissioner of Handicrafts, Government of India was the Chief Guest and Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Executive Director, EPCH (Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts) was the Guest of Honor. It was held in partnership with the EU (European Union Commission) and HIVOS, Netherlands, as part of the ProSutain project.

Read more: Fair Trade Policy Consultation

FTF-I is organising a National level consultation on Sustainable Livelihood: the Scope of Fair Trade Interventions to solicit suggestions for Fair Trade interventions on two important areas viz ‘government schemes/ programs related to livelihood & market access’ and ‘capacity building related to non-tariff barriers in Trade.’ 

Read more: Consultation to Explore Fair Trade Policy Interventions