Fairtrade Town activists, coordinators and partners met in London for the first European Fairtrade Town conference. With funding from the European Union, the Fairtrade Towns in Europe project aimed to share and develop best practice and enable other countries to set up national Fairtrade Town campaigns. Read speaker’s presentations here and learn from experts around the world.
Speaker presentations:
Effective, sustainable steering groups - By Meredith Cochrane, Fairtrade Foundation UK (PDF, 1.45mb)
Making it with the media - Generating good media coverage by Eileen Maybin, Fairtrade Foundation UK (PDF, 1.47mb)
Fairtrade at Work campaign - By Emma Huntly, Fairtrade Foundation UK (PDF, 3.07mb)
Working with your local authority - By Martin Budd, Hull City Council UK (PDF, 15.9mb)
Sharing experiences from Belgium - By Kathleen Verhaert, Max Havelaar Belgium (PDF, 477kb)
Sharing experiences from France - By Pierre Salcio, Max Havelaar France (PDF, 60.2kb)
Sharing experiences from Ireland, Norway and Sweden - By Melanie Drea, Fairtrade Mark Ireland (PDF, 477kb)
Sharing experience from the UK - By Bruce Crowther, Fairtrade Foundation UK (PDF, 293kb)
The conference made me feel like part of something much bigger. I didn't realise there was so much energy out there!
Fairtrade Towns is a unique peoples' movement across 18 countries.
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