European Fair Trade Association
| European Fair Trade Association (EFTA) |
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| purpose | to support their members, to encourage cooperation between members and to promote the exchange of information |
| Seat | Valkenburg aan de Geul , Netherlands |
| founding | 1990
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| Members | 11 fair trade importers |
| Employee | 1 |
| Website | www.eftafairtrade.org |
The European Fair Trade Association ( EFTA , German European Association of Fair Trade ) is a non-governmental organization made up of ten fair trade importers from nine European countries.
History and activities
EFTA was founded in 1987 as a loose association of some large fair trade importers. In 1990 an association was established under Dutch law. Ten years later, it plays a key role in harmonizing and coordinating fair trade activities . EFTA co-founded FINE - a network of international fair trade organizations.
In 1995, the organization established the Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO), a lobbying office for fair trade. In 2011 it was replaced by a joint lobby office with the other international umbrella organizations Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) and World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO).
The organization has set up a joint monitoring system. Organizations with which EFTA members cooperate but which are not listed in the FLO register are subjected to an evaluation by EFTA members based on a division of labor. Members should receive an early warning in the event of non-compliance with standards.
Unlike FLO and WFTO, EFTA has not developed its own certification system for products or organizations; producers cannot become members of EFTA.
Members
The member organizations are:
- Belgium : Magazin du monde - Oxfam
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK): Traidcraft. Plc, Oxfam Market Access Team
- France : Solidar Monde
- Germany : GEPA
- Netherlands : Fair Trade Organization
- Austria : EZA fair trade
- Spain : Intermon, Advocacy Dept., Ideas
- Switzerland : claro fair trade
Members can also be members or licensees of other fair trade associations, for example Gepa is also a member of the WFTO and licensee of the FLO's fair trade seal .
Sales figures
In total, the members import fair trade products from 370 economically disadvantaged producer groups in Africa , Asia and Latin America (as of 2013).
Fiscal year net retail sales were:
- 2011: 300 million euros
- 2006: 229 million euros
- 2001: 148 million euros
- 1996: 106 million euros
By far the largest share was accounted for by groceries (including coffee), followed by handicrafts. Other product groups played a minor role.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d European Fair Trade Association (Ed.): EFTA: Joining Fair Trade Forces . May 2013 ( european-fair-trade-association.org [PDF]). http://www.european-fair-trade-association.org/efta/Doc/What.pdf ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Verena Albert: Monitoring and Certification in Fair Trade . Ed .: Forum Fairer Handel. Berlin February 2014, 6 The EFTA Monitoring System, p. 6 ( forum-fairer-handel.de [PDF]). forum-fairer-handel.de ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ European Fair Trade Association (Ed.): Comparable Figures EFTA Members 1996 - 2001 . December 2002 ( european-fair-trade-association.org [PDF]).
- ↑ European Fair Trade Association (Ed.): Comparable Figures EFTA Members 2006 - 2008 . November 24, 2009 ( european-fair-trade-association.org [PDF]).
