This 33 months project aims to increase the impact of fair trade on poverty in India. The project has trained 9 trainers from fair trade intermediary organisations. The training consist of two courses: ‘Trading Fairly‘ and Training of Trainers’’. These courses, along with a fair trade tool-kit, had enabled the participant trainers to train fair trade MSEs to understand the rights and responsibilities of different actors in the fair trade supply chain. The participant trainers had received mentoring to ensure learning is embedded and implemented. The participant trainers visited Europe to meet fair trade intermediary organisations to learn from their experience of supporting MSEs and understand the fair trade market; and meet fair trade buyers to learn about their expectations and to explain producer constraints in implementing standards. The project has directly benefited more than 100 MSEs and 2000 producers. The project has been implemented by Fair Trade Forum India (FTFI) in partnership with Traidcraft Exchange (TX) and FAKT.

 

The project falls under European Union under Asia Invest Programme. The project is funded by the European Commission, Belgium Technical Cooperation (BTC), grant-making trusts, and donations from generous individuals

 

        

Overall Objective: To increase the impact of fair trade on poverty in India

 

Specific Objective: To increase producers access to fair trade markets in Europe through an increased understanding of their roles and responsibilities in the supply chain.

 

 

The project had a strong commitment to learning to maximise both effectiveness and efficiency. Through a creative approach the project will be responsive to the needs of the target group and the reality on the ground. A sound monitoring system, documentation of lessons learnt, and dissemination of results have ensured that the project will have impact beyond the project area.