Introduction to the 5th Brussels Development Briefing

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      • Brussels Rural Development Briefings A series of meetings on ACP-EU development issues
      • Briefing session n° 5:
      • Does Fair Trade contribute to sustainable development?
      • Brussels, 16th April 2008
      • 8h30 – 12h30
      • http://brusselsbriefings.net
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      • Does Fair Trade contribute to sustainable development?
      • Programme and Objectives of the Meeting, Ms Isolina Boto, CTA
      • Introductory remarks
      • Dr Hansjörg Neun, Director of CTA
      • Ms Liselotte Isaksson, DG Development, European Commission
      • Mr Viwanou Gnassounou, Dept of Sustainable Economic Development,
      • ACP Secretariat
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      • Context
      • Current market prices are not favorable to small-scale producers who cannot compete in the international markets.
      • Alternative approaches, which offer market access under fairer conditions to ACP small producers, need to be considered.
      • Increases in Fair Trade sales show that consumers are willing to pay more for products that help people in developing countries to improve their standard of living and contribute to environmental sustainability.
      • Divergent views
      • Is Fair Trade contributing to poverty reduction and sustainable development through better market access, farmer’s empowerment and support to community development projects?
      • By setting minimum prices, i s Fair Trade creating price distortion, hampering diversification, encouraging market inefficiencies and contributing to overproduction?
      • Objectives of this Briefing
      • To raise awareness on existing and emerging key challenges on Fair Trade
      • To promote exchange of information and expertise sharing
      • To feed in the debate on Fair Trade by bringing various perspectives around the table
      • Programme
      • Panel 1: Can Fair Trade contribute to poverty
      • reduction and sustainable development?
      • This panel will bring various perspectives to key
      • issues of Fair Trade initiatives from a market
      • access perspective, including social and
      • environmental impacts.
      • Panel 2: Can Fair Trade better link ACP
      • producers to northern consumers?
      • This panel will discuss public sector support for
      • farmers engaging in Fair Trade production and
      • public and private partnerships in support of
      • sustainable Trade and consumer’s awareness.
      • Target group
      • ACP-EU policy makers, representatives of EU and
      • ACP Member States, European Parliament, civil
      • society groups, researchers and development
      • practitioners, international organisations based in
      • Brussels.
      • Participants
      • Inputs/Outputs
      • A Reader/Resources on Climate Change
      • Summary of key issues on Fair Trade
      • Documents available online
      • Websites
      • Acronyms
      • Glossary
      • … To be complemented and further developed
      • Online resources
      • Read presentations, consult documents,
      • listen to interviews, view videos, make
      • comments before, during and after
      • the meetings at:
      • http://brusselsbriefings.net/ (English)
      • http://bruxellesbriefings.net (French)
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