Date: Thursday 7 June 2018
Venue: Union of International Associations (UIA)/ Maison des Associations Internationales, MAI)
Address: 40, Rue Washington 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Morning session (9h30-13h)
In the context of the EU-funded Trade Fair Live Fair project (TFLF), WFTO-Europe in cooperation with the Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) is organising the conference “Universalising Fair Trade principles through a European Union sustainable – and fair – production and consumption agenda”. Its main aim is to engage and seek input from European Civil Society networks and movements in a debate on how we can together “universalise” the principles of Fair Trade. Also, we will aim at collectively define a vision
for Europe in 2024 that would universalise Fair Trade principles for all, in particular how we can make the EU sustainable production and consumption agenda not only sustainable but also fair. This session will be with civil society organisations and possibly some students.
Afternoon session (14h-17h30)
There will be two workshops in the afternoon. The first one is going to be “How to build a successful EP elections campaign”, when we will exchange best practices on how to build a successful campaign for the 2019 European Parliament (EP) elections, by looking back at the past experiences and highlighting the role that different kind of organisations from network organisations to world shops, can play in this context. The second workshop session will be “Shaping together the advocacy demands through the EP manifesto and beyond”, where will be discussed framing and priorities for a possible joint manifesto for the EP elections taking place in May-June 2019 around the themes above, as well as the process in drafting and launching the manifesto. The workshops will be for invited civil society organisations.
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