Belfast City Hall had its first ever international Fairtrade conference

Date: 21 January 2010 | Read Comments (0)

Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND: Belfast City Hall had its first ever international Fairtrade conference, hosted by Fairtrade Belfast and sponsored by the European Commission and Belfast City Council.

The purpose of the conference is to raise the profile and awareness of Fairtrade as a mechanism for delivering improved prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, market access, and fair terms of trade for farmers in the developing world, particularly Africa and the Caribbean.

Invited guests included politicians, local authorities, government departments and other relevant stakeholders, with the objective of establishing local Fairtrade Groups, working towards Fairtrade accreditation and to identify best practice models for Fairtrade procurement.