INTERNATIONAL FAIR TRADE TOWNS, A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE

October 4th, 2018 | Comments Off on INTERNATIONAL FAIR TRADE TOWNS, A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE »

INTERNATIONAL FAIR TRADE TOWNS, A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE Shay Cullen. Poznan, 9 November 2012   Dear Friends and Fair Traders, I am very thankful to be present here today to share with you the work of Preda developmental Fair Trade in working with crafts people and small mango farmers. But also I welcome this […]

Preda Fair Trade overcoming poverty

July 14th, 2018 | Comments Off on Preda Fair Trade overcoming poverty »

Preda Fair Trade overcoming poverty Fr. Shay Cullen Juan and Maria dela Costa are a poor farmer couple living with three children in the mountains of Zambales 140 kilometers north of Manila.They have lived in poverty making a living from planting  vegetables, honey and gathering  mango  fruits to sell in the market many kilometers. Like […]

What is Naturland ?

June 29th, 2018 | Comments Off on What is Naturland ? »

“Naturland is one of the leading international associations for organic agriculture in the world and promotes organic farming worldwide. Currently over 54,000 farmers, bee-keepers, fish farmers and fishers in 52 countries manage an area of more than 400,000 hectares according to the Naturland standards. Naturland applies excellence standards to the organic agriculture and food sectors, […]

Profairtrade Development Enterprise

March 6th, 2018 | Comments Off on Profairtrade Development Enterprise »

Profairtrade Development Enterprise March 2018   Profairtrade Development Enterprise is a Fair Trade Trading Organization and The Preda Foundation, a Social Development Organization. (www.predafairtrade.net) Based in the Philippines it is an Fair Trade independent trading organization based on Fair Trade criteria and principles of social and moral responsibility with the main goal of helping small […]

Second report on the effects of GSP and the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (GSP+) covering 2016-2017

January 24th, 2018 | Comments Off on Second report on the effects of GSP and the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (GSP+) covering 2016-2017 »

Questions and answers   Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), consisting of the three arrangements Standard GSP, GSP+ and Everything But Arms (EBA), is the EU’s trade preference programme for vulnerable developing countries. It allows them to pay fewer or no duties on exports to the EU in return for improving the implementation of core human […]