The Fair Trade Advocacy Office* and Euro Coop are pleased to invite you to the international conference “Fair Trade: a lever for change”, on Wednesday, 17th October 2007, in Brussels.

The contribution of Fair Trade to sustainable development, poverty reduction and consumer awareness raising has been repeatedly recognized by European Institutions. This conference will discuss how the EU can successfully combine its international development objectives with the growing consumer interest in Fair Trade.

Speakers include:

Andriana Sukova, member of the Cabinet of the Commissioner for Consumers,
Linda McAvan, Member of the European Parliament,
Irma Keijzer, Dutch Ministry of the Economy (invited),
Brad Hill, UK retailer The Co-operative Group,
Christian Rousseau, Test Achats, Belgium,
Geraldine Labradores, Fair Trade producer organisation SPFCT, Philippines
Liselotte Isaksson, DG Development, European Commission.

For further details please refer to the Programme.

You can register by downloading the Registration form or by sending an email to sjolund@fairtrade-advocacy.org specifying your name, your function, your organisation and your e-mail.

Deadline for registration is Thursday, 11th October 2007.

* The Fair Trade Advocacy Office is a joint initiative of FLO (Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International), IFAT (International Fair Trade Association), NEWS! (Network of European Worldshops) and EFTA (European Fair Trade Association).