Conferences and round tables

Registration to the conferences are closed. You can however ask for a 30€ two-days pass at the entry the day of the opening, in case of cancelations.

Beginning at	Event title	Type
2 October 2009
09h30	[214] Basic registration	visiting only
10h00	[179] Textile Industry and Group Purchases	round table
10h00	[180] Transportation and logistics	round table
10h00	[182] Strategies of International Fair Trade Organisations: FLO and WFTO	conference
13h00	[200] Professional meetings with educational stakeholders	round table
13h30	[181] The impact of Fair Trade	workshop
13h30	[198] The financing of Fair Trade	round table
13h30	[199] Decentralised cooperation & development aid	round table
16h00	[183] What are the guarantees for Fair Trade?	round table
16h00	[201] Developing an activity abroad	workshop
3 October 2009
10h00	[184] European Union and Fair Trade	round table
10h00	[202] Fair Trade and environmental issues	round table
10h00	[203] Fair tourism	round table
13h00	[204] Meeting of European Fair Trade plat-forms	on invitation

The program in a couple of words

The high point : The actors of fair trade present their strategic reviews

The two major neworks of fair trade in Europe, FLO (Fairtrade Labelling Organizations) and WFTO (World Fair Trade Organization), will present thier new strategic reviews for the following years during the Second European Fair Trade Fair.

The recent booming of fair trade shows it’s energy. In times of crisis, it seems fundemental to analyse it’s outlook.

This conference will undeniably be the highpoint of the European Fair Trade Fair and will enable the professionals of the sector to be better prepared for the future by discovering the orientations of these two major networks.

Themes: a professional and sharp program will talk about current events, concerning the daily practices of the actors.

The major themes this year are: . The European Union ; . Guarantees, regulations; . impact ; . environnement ; . Public aid for developpment, decentralized cooperation ; . Financial stakes . Textile and collective purchase ;

An innovative project: «The School of Fair Trades»
It will favor the understanding of fair trade in the economical and social current context, and will encourage, with participative workshops, the public’s reflexion (initiated or not) on the stakes of international trade.

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commerce équitable, commerce equitable, salon international, salon européen, salon europeen, environnement durable, Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, tourisme solidaire, finances solidaires, developpement durable