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2014 ANNUAL REPORT

I. Table of Contents

I. Table of Contents 2

II. Letter from the President 3

III. About WFTO 4

A global network of Fair Trade Organisations 4

Our vision and mission 4

A membership organization 5

The Goals of WFTO 5

Credibility & identity 5

Learning 5

Voice 5

Market access 5

Capability 5

I V. Our achievements and activities 6

a. Credibility and Identity 6

b. Learning 7

c. Market Access 9

d. Voice 10

e. Capability 13

V. The WFTO enlarged family: WFTO Regions 16

VI. Our supporters 18

VII. ANNEXES to 2014 Annual Report 18

Financial Overview for 2014 18

Balance Sheet 2014 18

Income and Expenditure 19

List of WFTO members, as of 31 December 2014. 20

List of WFTO individual associates, as of 31 December 2014. 27

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Last year I had the chance to encounter again in my travels around the globe countless enthusiastic promoters of Fair Trade (FT) principles and Fair Trade products. I realized once more that after sev-eral decades of existence, there continues to be an increasing number of peo-ple which are seeking for greater equity in interna-

tional trade and which are vigorously animated to prove that it is possible to build trading partnerships, based on trust, transparency and respect. There are many values which are shared by these people but it is also remark-able and fascinating to realize how national Fair Trade platforms have developed their FT activity differently in different countries. Building connections, diversity and individualism have always been specific characteristics of Fair Trade people and the essential basis for critical analyses and constructive dialectic in and between Fair Trade Organisations (FTOs) at national and international level. This characteristic was the driving force that 25 years ago brought together people in Noordvijk, in The Netherlands, in order to found the global network of Fair Trade Organisations then called IFAT (now WFTO). At that time Fair Trade was still a niche market mainly known to committed people. There was no need for FTOs to pro-mote a common identity at national or international level. This has changed. Now there are more and more organ-isations out in the market which claim to practice Fair Trade and, in the absence of any public regulation of this sector, anybody can make such claim, independently from the principles and values which are behind this claim. The need to be recognized as a Fair Trade Organisation, which has small and marginalised producers as its main target group, and which sticks still to the initial Fair Trade values, has become essential for us. The Fair Trade Standard and the Guarantee System have been developed into a valid tool which allows to

prove the ‘FTO identity’ and the compliance of WFTO members with FT principles. By the end of 2014, more than 2/3 of our member had started their GS process. This lets us hope that soon most of our members will be Guaranteed FTO. Guaranteed members are allowed to place the WFTO product label on their products and many members are asking how the label will be promot-ed to generate sales. In this context I believe that it is of vital importance for the sustainability of the Fair Trade Movement that our FTO members focus their time, money and energies on developing their own strong consumer brands. At the same time it is also necessary for WFTO to develop a strategy to position the label as a valuable additional tool to support members’ own branding initi-atives. For those members who do not have their own strong branding though, it will be possible to use the WFTO label as an initial marketing tool to develop their sales and expand their markets. The wide use of the label by all interested members will reinforce the credibility of everyone’s own branding, where it exists, and help some members to begin developing their own brand.To promote WFTO membership and the product label, resources are required. I am happy to announce that, after several years of austerity budget, which were required to bring WFTO out of negative reserves and back to financial stability, that the accounts for the end of the year 2014 are showing positive reserves. This allows WFTO to start using resources to promote our common values and identity as the global network of Fair Trade Organisations. I am sure we will have now some exciting years ahead in which we will focus on promoting the beauty of the global Fair Trade society.With warm regards and best wishes for the success of your own work,

For and on behalf of the WFTO Board,

Rudi DalvaiWFTO President

April 2015.

Dear WFTO members, provisional Member, Associates and Fair Trade friends,

I. Letter from the President

Rudi Dalvai, WFTO President

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A global network of Fair Trade Organisations

WFTO is a global network of local Fair Trade Organisa-tions, national Fair Trade networks and Fair Trade support organisations, including associate organisations and indi-viduals in around 80 countries across the globe. It has a small dynamic Office for global coordination. Five regional networks in Africa (including Middle East), Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Pacific Rim support the WFTO. These regional branches have their own respective oper-ational structures and offices and are legally independent. There is also a growing number of (independent) country networks that coordinate with the WFTO regional net-works mostly on advocacy and campaigning activities.The global, regional and country network structures aim to facilitate core services to WFTO members on mar-ket access and market development, capacity-building (Fair Trade compliance and business development) and

advocacy and campaigning for Fair Trade, and serve as a facilitator and a platform for exchanges between mem-bers, as well as being the focal point for alliances with external stakeholders.

Our vision and mission

WFTO has a vision of a world in which trade structures and practices have been transformed to work in favour of the poor and promote sustainable development and justice. WFTO’s mission is to enable producers to improve their livelihoods and communities through Fair Trade. WFTO is the global of and advocate for Fair Trade Organisations, ensuring producer voices are heard. The interests of pro-ducers, especially small farmers and artisans, are the main focus in all the policies, governance, structures and decision-making within the WFTO.

II. About WFTO

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A membership organization

By the end of 2014, the WFTO had 359 members and 46 individual associates in 79 countries. The 359 mem-ber organizations consisted of the following: 308 Fair Trade Trading Organizations (FTO), 24 Fair Trade Support Organizations (FTSO), 26 national Fair Trade Networks (FTN), as well as and 1 Associate Organization (AO).1 More than 70% of the members of WFTO were based in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

1 Three members had their status suspended.

The Goals of WFTOWFTO activities focus on achieving WFTO’s strategic goals. For the period 2013-2017, these are divided into the following:

CREDIBILITY & IDENTITYTo be the global membership body for all fully committed Fair Trade Organisations (FTOs) seeking to empower groups of vulnerable producers, farmers and workers through trade.

LEARNINGTo be a space where members connect with each other – to work together, to cooperate, create synergies, and share innovative ideas and learning.

VOICETo create a common voice that speaks out loudly for Fair Trade and trade justice – and is heard.

MARKET ACCESSTo enable members to access tools and training to im-prove market access locally, regionally and internationally.

CAPABILITYTo have the internal leadership, capacity, resources and structure/s for good network governance, which enable the WFTO to be dynamic, flexible and healthy.

During 2014, 47 members left WFTO. These departures from membership can be divided into two categories: those choosing to withdraw (11) and those terminated (36) mainly due to unpaid fees dating back to 2012 and 2013. Most of the withdrawals were based on financial considerations.

WFTO welcomed 45 new members in 2014. Overall membership, thus, kept quite stable, which was a rather positive resukt given that the progressive implementation of the Guarantee System may force some members to leave.

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There were several noteworthy activities and achieve-ments during 2014 within or involving WFTO. The most important ones are briefly listed below, per WFTO main working area.

a. Credibility and Identity

To be the global membership body for all fully committed Fair Trade Organisations (FTOs) seeking to empower groups of vulnerable producers, farmers and workers through trade.

Membership of the WFTO identifies the member or-ganisation as a committed Fair Trade Organisation. Only organisations that are fully committed to Fair Trade are eligible for membership and this is an important point of differentiation. Many commercial businesses are involved in “fair washing”, usually with unsubstantiated claims, and it has become important for those involved in genuine Fair Trade to use the WFTO’s 10 Principles of Fair Trade as the definition of what fair trade really means.2 These prin-ciples form the basis of the WFTO Fair Trade Standard, which further reflects the values WFTO stands for.

The credibility of membership of the WFTO is based on the Guarantee System (which builds on the WFTO FT Standard to assesses member’s compliance against it). A robust, credible and soon to be accredited system,

2 The Charter of Fair Trade Principles (2001), the result of an agree-ment signed by international Fair Trade Networks, recognises two different Fair Trade routes: the product certification route and the or-ganizational route.

involving self assessment, peer review and audit, the Guarantee System ensures a high standard for mem-bership (more on the GS in section III.c.).

Additionally, for those members who require it, the right to use the WFTO product label is available at no extra cost.

By the end of 2014, WFTO had 14 Guaranteed Mem-bers and the Fair Trade Accountability Watch (FTAW)3 had already began to be used, proving to be a valuable tool to ensure best practices within the membership.

By then, WFTO had also finished all preparations for the first training (pilot) for WFTO-accredited GS auditors, which would take place in early 2015.

The annual celebration of World Fair Trade Day took place on 10 May 2014 with the theme ‘Fair Trade People’ (more in section III.d. below).

After the adoption of the WFTO Fair Trade Retailer Standard4 in the 2013 AGM, two members which had already began a piloting period in 2013 signed agree-ments with WFTO for the launch of the national imple-mentation of this Retailer Standard during 2014. WFTO has now approved the monitoring system of Fair Trade shops of both national platforms - AGICES (in Italy) and the Weltladen-Dachverband e.V. / German World Shop Association (in Germany) - and allowed them to use the WFTO logo in their national retailer logo (which in turn should provide an element of consistency to the different national logos and facilitate recognition from country to country).

3 The FTAW is a social accountability tool that allows the public and members to submit positive and negative comments regarding WFTO members, eventually to be followed upon by WFTO.4 The WFTO Retailer Standard represents the first tool that allows the development of credible monitoring systems to verify the compliance of individual shops against concrete minimum requirements for Fair Trade retailers.

III. Our achievements and activities

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Strengthening existing and investigating possible new partnerships and cooperation with others was also an important topic on the WFTO agenda of 2014. Representatives of WFTO met (at times virtually only) with representatives of FLO-CERT, ISEAL Alliance, Fair Trade Towns (FTT), Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO), International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), Misereor and Bread for the World, Body Shop Foundation, Naturland, Dutch Association of Worldshops (DAWS), Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI), Fair Plaza, Zensho Japan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan representatives, and several national Fair Trade network organisations5. Close discussions with other organisations have now also started.

5 These national Fair Trade networks included namely the French Platorm for Fair Trade (PFCE), the (North American) Fair Trade Federation (FTF) and Fair Trade Group Nepal (FTG-Nepal), the British Association of Fair Trade Shops (BAFTS), and the Chilean Fair Trade Network.

b. Learning

To be a space where members connect with each other – to work together, to cooperate, create synergies, and share innovative ideas and learning. The Fair Trade world is rapidly changing and the WFTO is committed to being a place of learning and engage-ment. WFTO members, representing the full spectrum of the global Fair Trade supply chain, have in-depth knowledge, experience and skills of the business of Fair Trade. The WFTO is one of a handful of global organisa-tions that brings together all the practitioners in a supply chain. Various physical and virtual platforms are available for members to share and learn from each other. The WFTO is the place where the philosophy and the un-derlying principles of Fair Trade are discussed, debated and determined.WFTO representatives attended all the biennial confer-ences and annual meetings of the WFTO Regions: WFTO

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Latin America organised a virtual meeting on 2 June, WFTO-Europe met in Elspeet (The Netherlands) on 12-14 June, WFTO Pacific met in San Diego (USA) on 1-2 August, WFTO-Asia met in Seoul (South Korea) on 16-19 October and WFTO-Africa met in Arusha (Tanzania) on 15-17 November. WFTO also continued to embrace online technology, mostly aiming to cut down costs related to membership meetings and increase members’ participation in the inter-nal democratic processes of WFTO. This was visible both in the use of its online community platform for members – the WFTO Network (at times also called the Ning plat-form) – for the discussions of several working groups, as well as in the organisation of its first-ever entirely virtual Annual General Meeting (see more on section III.d)6.

The implementation of the project Promoting Responsible Invest-ment and Commerce in Europe (PRICE Project) entered its second year in 2014. The PRICE project

aims at raising public awareness and promoting edu-cation to mobilize greater financial support for actions against poverty and for fairer relations between devel-oped and developing countries in the field of responsible investments for fair and sustainable trading activities. WFTO has been participating in the project by providing the project’s research and promotion access to WFTO’s network of Fair Trade organisations.

More specifically, WFTO’s involvement in 2014 includ-ed: attendance the project’s Steering Committee and Watchdog Committee meetings as well as to a train-ers’training (Portugal), organisation of a seminar on Fair Trade and Ethical Finance in Amsterdam (Netherlands) with participants from the business sector, a project pres-entation during the WFTO-Europe regional conference, publication of articles in the WFTO newsletter and social media channels as well as redistribution of the PRICE newsletter, and the collection of case studies.

6 In 2013, WFTO had organized a first virtual Extraordinary General Meeting, for the approval of some resolutions only.

WFTO Asia Conference, October 2014, South Korea

WFTO Pacific Conference, August 2014, USA.

WFTO Europe Conference, June 2014, the Netherlands.


Fair Trade & Friends Fair, Germany, Sept 2014. From left to right: Zulma Britez, Natalia Leal and Augusto Estrella.

c. Market Access

To enable members to access tools and training to im-prove market access locally, regionally and internationally. WFTO’s activities do not include the promotion of sales of any indidivudal members. Nevertheless, the WFTO has strong and growing relationships with many other international trade-related groups including the solidarity economy movement, organic movement and especially with the Fair Trade Towns (FTT) Movement and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO). Through these relation-ships the WFTO is able to promote market access and market development for Fair Trade Organisations. The WFTO facilitates attendance at international trade fairs and organises a biennial Fair Trade Week including a marketplace for the selling and promotion of members’ products.

The Guarantee System and the WFTO product Label associated with it are progressively proving to be a cred-ible yet affordable system that can provide members with an effective market access and market development tool. After hiring its Guarantee System Manager in December 2013, the WFTO gave high priority to the implementation of its new Guarantee System to its wider membership.7

7 It is foreseen that the first cycle of the GS will have been started by all members by late 2015, but each member has his own individual calendar to follow.

In 2014, as they became ‘guaranteed’, more members started using the WFTO Product Label (initially launched during the 2013 World Fair Trade Week, in Rio). Every purchase of products with the WFTO Label supports small producers and their communities, and the battle against poverty and inequality. By the end of 2014, 14 WFTO members had gained the right to use the WFTO product label, following their successful completion of a Guarantee System full cycle. In addition, close to 100 WFTO members had started taking steps towards be-coming a Guaranteed Organisation by submitting their Self Assessment Report; many more were in the final stages of preparing the Report to be submitted in early 2015.

WFTO along with some of its Guaranteed members also signed the first agreements for the use of the WFTO label by first-buyers, non-WFTO members – the ‘WFTO Buyer Contract’ – during this year, opening the door to greater market opportunities.

Finally, WFTO was represented in many events and international fairs – either through its Board, staff or members – such as Ambiente (Frankfurt) and the Fair Trade & Friends Fair (Dortmund), to name just a few.


d. Voice

To create a common voice that speaks out loudly for Fair Trade and trade justice – and is heard The WFTO principles are widely recognised, and used, as the benchmark for Fair Trade practice. We leverage this to ensure our values are the defining characteristic for Fair Trade at both governmental and practical level. Advocacy is an integral part of our activity and we are able to provide a strong and credible voice for Fair Trade Organisations.

The 2014 World Fair Trade Day celebrated the people behind Fair Trade products: the producers, marketers, and consumers who are responsible for the global suc-cess of Fair Trade. This year’s festivities focused around the movers and shakers of the movement - the Fair Trade People. The men and women who have pushed Fair Trade to become the world’s leading movement against poverty, social injustice and environmental degradation. “Thank you” to the thousands of producers, workers, consumers, volunteers, and even children who took part in the worldwide celebrations. Over 1,600 major events and more than 10,000 minor events were held in a world-scale celebration.

WFTO utilised social media, an online event calendar and a Fair Trade People app to drive the WFTDay 2014 cam-paign. Fair Trade people across the globe tweeted and posted images of their support through social media and other online channels. On Facebook alone, WFTO man-aged to reach directly the screens of over 170,000 peo-ple, while Twitter was buzzing with innumerable tweets bearing the hashtags #WFTDay and #FairTrade. There were over one hundred mentions of the celebrations in online press websites and blogs, and the press release was translated into 14 languages increasing the cam-paign’s global scope. Hundreds of people engaged by using our app to show their support to Fair Trade.

Outside of the digital world, an enormous amount of pub-lic awareness was made through local, national and inter-national activities that took place on or around the day.8

WFTO continued its engagement with the Fair Trade Towns (FTT) campaign, namely in the WFTO Newsletter. The number of Fair Trade Towns increased from just be-low 1,400 to 1,607 during 2014 (a 15% increase glob-ally), with a far greater number of active campaigns that have yet to make an official declaration.9

8 Wide variety of events like conferences, seminars, rallies, workshops, debates, and petition signing to support Fair Trade radiated awareness on Fair Trade in various demographic groups. To mention a few, the red carpet was rolled out as ethical fashion events, cinema evenings and wine tours were organised to promote responsible consumption across Europe and North America. Fair Trade People across Asia, Latin America, Africa and Oceania dabbled in plenty of art projects, from drawing competitions, craft workshops, clothing design events, in-store painting and more.

9 Fair Trade Towns now exist in 25 countries, with campaigns in another eight countries yet to see their first declaration (including South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Lebanon). Fair Trade Towns are having an indirect, positive impact on Fair Trade producers by delivering growth in the demand and consequent sale of Fair Trade products in all 25 countries involved. The impact on public procurement is proven and well reported in many countries (e.g. Oslo, Norway; Malmo, Sweden; and Hanover, Germany) where the consumption of Fair Trade products by Local Authorities remains at a level far greater than average. Fair Trade Towns in the global South serve namely to increase awareness and understanding of Fair Trade within the ‘producer communities’.


In May 2014, the WFTO Board appointed Tadeusz Makulski of the Polish Fair Trade Association as official Representative of WFTO in the Fair Trade Towns International Steering Committee, to ensure even closer links.

WFTO was present in the first annual FTT conference to be held outside Europe. Holding the 2014 conference in Kumamoto, Japan, allowed for a boost in campaigns in this part of Asia and challenged others to follow. In fact, there was progress on Fair Trade Towns in the South too, with the strengthening of the campaign in Brazil, a second active Ghanaian campaign in Bolgatanga and a possible new initiative starting up in India.

Finally, within the FTT’s process to update its International Guidelines, WFTO also supported the FTTowns ISC in the (ongoing) discussion around the potential need to revise the existing Charter of Fair Trade Principlesand the related definition of a fair trade product.

Throughout the year WFTO met also with the Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) for constructive discussions around specific topics and the engagement between WFTO-FTAO. By the end of the year, the WFTO had communicated to the FTAO its clear intent to (re)take its seat in the Board of the FTAO as of 1 January 2015, following invitation by the FTAO Board.

In 2014, the FTAO successfully run the “Vote for Fair Trade” campaign linked to the European Parliament Elections and, in coordination with WFTO-Europe and Fairtrade International members, managed to have 110 candidates committing to the Fair Trade manifesto, 50 of which are now Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). This should further promote EU measures to promote better access to the EU market by WFTO mem-bers as well as fairer trade. The FTAO also launched the “power in supply chains” campaign, with the launch of a report highlighting the imbalances of power in supply chains and how they impact small producers and workers.

Other (internal) advocacy and campaigning work in-cluded the revival of the Advocacy and Campaigning Committee and the approval of its new Work Plan 2014-2015. Now including also representatives from the FTAO and the FTTowns, this Committee was involved in the dis-cussions on the revision of the Advocacy Strategy as well as on the selection of the topic for the next WFTDays. The final decision from the WFTO Board approved a 3-year WFTDAy theme – “An agent for change” – which will then be given specific focuses each year (2015-2017).

Our online engagement to speak for Fair Trade contin-ued throughout the year. In November, WFTO launched a revamped website with new contents and a more user-friendly functionality, including dedicated sections on the Guarantee System and Events. The Fair Trade section contains a new ‘mini’ online library of Fair Trade

2014 International Fair Trade Towns Campaign Conference, Japan.

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resources, which is updated regularly with new studies on the field of Fair Trade and related topics. Overall, the website is a work in progress, given that some upgrades and a few functionalities were still to be added in the near future. For technical reasons, the Members’ Only section is still housed on the old website awaiting completion of the new WFTO GS database by CISE.

The WFTO social media engagement grew by leaps and bounds in 2014, and it is still growing. Popular social net-working sites have been tapped to deliver external mes-sages. Facebook and Twitter remained the most popular channels for WFTO in reaching out the online community. To keep up with the growing popularity of visual social media, WFTO opened Pinterest and Instagram spaces to widen its online community engagement.

WFTO also took advantage of the social media using it as the primary platform for some of its campaigns, such as the World Fair Trade Day, International Women’s Day (IWD) and Fashion for Change.

WFTO celebrated International Women’s Day through the inspiring stories of change of women fair traders. As endorsed by the WFTO Gender Policy Working Group, the celebration adopted the theme ‘Fair Trade – Inspiring Change in Women’s Lives’. The IWD cam-paign is held annually in support of the gender equality campaign, and advancement of women’s right. WFTO believes that Fair Trade paves the way for women to take

active control of their lives through economic means, and capacity building.

Another key campaigning moment in 2014 concerned the Fashion for Change Campaign. The Rana Plaza building collapse shocked the world when over a thou-sand garment factory workers died and more than 2000 workers were seriously wounded. The incident opened the public’s eyes about the dire situation of the people behind the clothes of some fashion brands. Over one year after the fateful day (24 April 2013), together with Fair Trade fashion brands People Tree and Pachacuti, in September WFTO launched the ‘Fashion for Change’ campaign to raise awareness on the plight of clothing factory workers, and to give voice to faceless people in the fashion supply chain.

The results of WFTO activities to speak out for Fair Trade were positive but there is still a long way to go to change the rules and practices of conventional trade.

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e. Capability

To have the leadership, capacity, resources and struc-ture/s for good network governance which enable the WFTO to be dynamic, flexible and healthy. The WFTO membership met in their respective regional meetings during 2014, but it was also called to a (global) general meeting. For the first time in its history, as men-tioned before, WFTO held its (main) annual general meeting of members entirely virtually. The move to go virtual was dictated by the fact that physical gathering is costly and expensive for members, and online tools already offer all the necessary functionalities. The virtual AGM was well received with a higher turnout of eligible voters compared to previous AGMs that were held in non-conference years.10 Out of 213 eligible voters, 141 cast their votes. See table of result below.

Members decided on the agenda via electronic voting. The WFTO Network provided the space for discussion. It was notable that the space was not exhaustively used by members for exchange of opinions. The challenge is to get members to become familiar with the tool, while ensuring that it is used without abuses.

Table 3. AGM RESULT SUMMARY (in %)Total completed votes = 141

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Yes 89,36 91,49 89,36 89,36 89,36 88,65

No 1,42 1,42 2,13 1,42 2,13 2,13

Abstain 9,22 7,09 8,51 9,22 8,51 9,22

Total 100 100 100 100 100 100

Among the regular documents, in the 2014 AGM the WFTO membership approved a revised Strategic Plan for 2013-2014 under the overarching theme “Together, building a more just economy”, which built closely on the Plan previously approved in 2013.

Regarding the internal governance and structures of WFTO, its Board of Directors continued to be large-ly pro-active and dynamic, and its small but committed number of staff worked hard to deliver added-value within considerable resource limitations. The need for improve-ments regarding WFTO Committees remained, however, very obvious.

10 Non-conference years are even years (2010, 2012, 2014) with no global conference taking place. WFTO holds its biennial conferences in odd years (2009, 2011, 2013).

Members of the WFTO Board remained the same in 2014: - Rudi Dalvai, President;- Ana Asti, Vice-President;- Johny Joseph, Secretary;- Roopa Mehta, Treasurer and independent Director;- Robert Chase, independent Director;- Malcolm Curtis;- Geoff White;- Fred Masinde; and- Mona El Sayed, independent Director.

The Board of Directors met in person twice during 2014, in March (Culemborg) and in September (Venice). They also organised their first virtual meeting in June, a suc-cessful but challenging gathering for members across very different time zones. Minutes were always sent to the membership soon after these meetings. Following previous common practice, a considerable part of Board discussions and decisions took place online, via email and/or the WFTO Network (Ning).

The WFTO Staff remained mostly stable, though there were some changes in the Financial sector:- Chief Executive: Natália Leal.- Communications Officer: Michael Sarcauga;- Guarantee System Manager: Tamara Cobussen;- Finance and Administration Officer: Silvia Prince,

until end August; Sylvana Lubuva, from September 2014-January 2015.

The WFTO Office also counted on the support of a sev-eral volunteers and interns11 during 2014, to whom we are deeply thankful. A few consultants have also contrib-uted to our work throughout the year.

Regular virtual meetings were held between the Chief Executive and other staff and the regional Directors, but unfortunately it was not possible to organise a physical joint meeting in 2014.

11 Tommi Hatinen was an intern August 2013-January 2014; Nina SpoorenJanuary-July.; Katie Ramsbotham February-August 2014; Natalia Baez Zamudio August 2014-Feb. 2015; Jose Tortosa September 2014-Feb. 2015; and Teba Fiuza since December 2014.


To perform the activities necessary to achieve its goals, WFTO counts on several internal bodies. During 2014, both the Fair Trade Towns Working Group (WG) and the Gender Policy WG were considered to have achieved their targets and were, thus, successfully dissolved. At the same time, following previous AGM decisions, WFTO established the ‘Fair Wages, Fair Prices’ Working Group (FWFP/WG), as well as the Standard and Guarantee System Committee (which was rather occupied provid-ing some recommendations for the Board, namely fol-lowing some complains). The Gender Policy WG was re-launched with a revised mandate for a ‘Stage 2’ and the Social & Solidarity Economy WG continued its re-search through most of the year. As already mentioned above, the Adocacy and Campaiging COM was also fairly active, though not all of its members participated equally. Unfortunatly, the Milan 2015 WG proved to be not very lively.

It is a fact, indeed, that some of the existing internal bod-ies – especially WFTO Committees – remained largely inactive during 2014. Even in those internal bodies that showed significant work, often only some of the nominat-ed members made actual contributions. WFTO worked in

2014 in revising the Terms of References of basically all its Committees, but lack of resources and an overloaded agenda meant that these could be properly implemented in only a few cases.

Financially, WFTO had another positive year in 2014. For the first time in over 5 years, WFTO was able to close the year with positive reserves, even if only a very small one (see Table 5). Core costs remained as low as possible, and were fully covered by core income. Fee collection rates were on target/as foreseen, though this meant that some members continued to pay their annual fee very late, severely affecting WFTO liquidity. WFTO also benefited from a new grant, the financial income from ongoing projects and a short-term loan to address liquidity issues.

WFTO Board of Directors: (L-R back) Johny Joseph, Bob Chase, Geoff White, Malcolm Curtis and Fred Masinde. (L-R front) Mona ElSayed, Rudi Dalvai and Roopa Mehta. Not in the photo is Ana Asti.

From left to right: Michael Sarcauga, Natália Leal, Tamara Cobussen, Sylvana Lubuva

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WFTO Regions are separate and legally independent organisations, which share the same ethos and values as WFTO: the commitment to Fair Trade and the WFTO Principles, the goal to support WFTO and its membership (namely in the implementation of the Guarantee System), as well as a joint brand and identity – to mention just a few.

Throughout 2014, all regions continued to support the members in their region to implement the GS and were processing both new applications and SARs under the

new System. Alignment between regional and global memberships was complete. As previously mentioned, all WFTO Regions held a regional (conference and) meet-ing during 2014, even if only virtually as was the case of Latin America.

Greater detail on what were the 2014 milestones in each region is available in their respective Annual Reports, which can be found in their respective websites. Below is a short summary of their most important activities.

Table 7a: Overview of regional achievements and activities during 2014 (part 1)

Credibility & Identity

- 59 members.- 1 Guaranteed Member.- Several members reached the last step

of the GS.- Social Media and regional webpages

used to promote the GS, its benefits for small producers and consumers and the WFTO’s product label.

- Membership grew by 16%, up to 102 members, plus 19 provisional members, repre-senting 17 countries.

- 10 Guaranteed Members.

- 77 members (55 FTO, 16 FTN, 6 FTSO), including 4 new members in 2014.

- 3 Guaranteed members. - Launched a survey to assess

the communication impact of the region and start elaborat-ing a communication strategy.

Learning - WFTO-LA’s members participated in the project “Promoting trading cooperation with Latin America Producers of Fair Trade – FAIR2014, a Research’s travel in Germany from 30.08.2014 to 08.09.2014”, organized by the International Cooperation Agen-cy in Germany (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit - GIZ) and the Regional Office of Rena-nia of the Nort-Westfalia. The project offered participants the opportunity to make new business contacts with Ger-man Fair Trade companies; increase their knowledge on the structures of the local market and improve their competitiveness on the commercializa-tion of their products.

- WFTO-LA 2014 Virtual Conference discussed key topics such as Fair Price, Fair Wages; Guarantee System; and AGM elected new members for Regional Board.

- 2014 Regional Conference and AGM held in Seoul in the City Hall, supported by the Mayor Pak Won Soon report-ed in media including the main Hankyore Daily Paper. Over 64 international organisations were represented, and in total 300 participants represented 20 countries.

WFTO-Asia (founding member of ISEAL) participated in the ISEAL conference ‘Entrepre-neurship with Poor People Stakeholders (SEPP)’.

- Workshops for training on the Guarantee System in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philip-pines, Vietnam and Thailand.

- WFTO-Europe’s monthly Newsletter, with a new train-ing section on the Guarantee System.

- Website with new sections, such as advocacy

- Social media (reached more than 2100 likes on Facebook; over 1000 followers on Twitter and 200 on LinkedIn).

- WFTO Biennial Conference and AGM in Elspeet (NL) in June 2014: several workshops organised on the Guarantee System, advocacy: FTAO and Southern prospective, domestic Fair Trade, FTTowns campaign, Retailers Standard, role of national platforms and Fair Prices Fair Wages.

IV. The WFTO enlarged family: WFTO Regions


Voice - Different WFTDAy activities organized by WFTO-LA’s members in various countries; the Regional Secretariat pro-vided support for coordination of activities and spreading the WFTDay’s tools.

- The Consortium of Solidarity Economy and Fair Trade of Ecuador, composed also by WFTO-LA members in that country, made very important advocacy activities, among which the work meetings with institutions of the government which led to the document “Ecuadorian Strategy of Fair Trade” being given to the insti-tution in charge of the public policy for trading of Ecuador.

- WFTDay celebrated across Asia: members held events and made ‘posters’ of the Individuals and organizations promoting Fair Trade.

- Fashion Revolution Day (24th of April): encouraged members to take part in this international campaign (event to revisit the production and consumption of clothes and fashion).

- Alongside Rudi Dalvai, pre-sented WFTO and the GS system to the Asean Solidar-ity Economy Council. WF-TO-Asia was part of a live TV interview with WFTO mem-bers ‘Southern Partners for Fair Trade’. Talks have been given to students, practition-ers and acedemics in Thailand (Payap university, INTG), UK (Ethicial Fashion Forum), and the Philippines (St Nino, Cebu).

Advocacy : - actively participated in the FTAO

team on ‘Power in Supply Chains’ and ‘European Strategy for FT’ as well as in meetings at the Eu-ropean Parliament and European Commission and with other CSO partners.

- succeeded in its constant commit-ment to encourage WFTO to be part of the FTAO.

- continued to express the voice of its members, namely by exchang-ing questions and views with WFTO Global, especially on the issue of “use of label for first buy-ers non-WFTO members”.

Project/ campaigns/events- Vote For Fair Trade Campaign:

mainly focused on advocacy activities around the EP elections held in May 2014 and on sev-eral events organized by the 4 European project associates of WFTO-Europe.

- WFTDay: a Fair Trade lunch with a puzzle competition on the theme of the Day “FT People” was organised by WFTO-E while sev-eral events took place across the different European countries.

- Belgian Fair Trade Week: a public debate amongst young people and Fair Trade national actors was organised in Brussels. 4 main topics discussed: domestic FT, FT in supermarkets, public regulation of FT and how to raise awareness on FT at local level.

- Fair Trade Towns Campaign: WFTO-E continued to contribute to the campaign .

Market Access - 10 WFTO-LA members par-ticipated in the “Latin America Special Edition” of the “Fair Trade & Friends” Fair, held from 5-7 September 2014, in Dortmund - Germany. During this activity several members achieved very important trading businesses with importers and wholesalers of the local German market.

- WFTO Asia encouraged members to join the Fair Trade Finest Program, to match pro-ducers with market needs.

- Committee on Retailers and Worldshops launched a survey to assess the differences between the existing national FT Retail-ers Standard. An analysis on FT Retailers Standard started at end of 2014.

- 2 WFTO-E members (Itay and Germany) signed the agreement with WFTO Global to use the WFTO logo for retailers.


12

12 The Pacific Rim region is a special case with no regional office or official regional Board. The group of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada and USA is a loosely associated group with no formal structure and staff. Tony Hall looks after the issues surrounding Membership & Monitoring (GS); other activities are initiated by individual members themselves.

Capability - Used virtual channels and online voting as successful communication tools with its members, namely for the 2014 AGM which had a very impor-tant participation (21 members were virtually present and 26 members sent their electronic votes on the key issues to be decided by them).

- All Regional Board meeting also held through a virtual platform (WizIQ).

- Regional Secretariat also held several meetings with different organizations interested on Fair Trade and the GS.

- Office moved location from the Philippines to Thailand. The VIPprogram has placed students from Taiwan in Nepal in the new Office.

- New Board member Mitos Urgel from WEAVE based in Thailand. New Executive Director, Chris-tine Gent.

- Still welcoming several interns from different nationalities.

- Transparency and accountability: keeps working on a double-entry accounting system with the support of an accountant. Year 2 of Vote4FT project audited and favorable opin-ion of the auditor on the financial health of the organization.

- Fundraising: several calls submit-ted. 1 new EC project approved for the next 2 years.

Table 7b: Overview of regional achievements and activities during 2013 (part 2)

Credibility & Identity

- 78 members.- Concluded 2 pending cases for alignment. Fully Aligned. - 1 Guaranteed Member; at least 5 members getting ready for the external

audit.

- 1 Guaranteed member.- 20 members, including 3 new

ones.

Learning - Held Regional Conference, in Arusha (Tanzania) attended by about 30 members.

- Partnership with Women in Informal Employment Organizing and Globaliz-ing (WIEGO), Kenya Federation for Alternative Trade (KEFAT), Uganda Federation for Alternative Trade (UGAFAT), Gumotindo Coffee Coopera-tive (Uganda) and Kuapa Kokoa Cooperative (Ghana), on the development of training modules for informal women workers in Fair Trade (targeted for wider regional dissemination and use from 2015).

- Together with WIEGO, hosted the first ever learning and sharing forum on Home Based Workers (HBWs), bringing together participants from Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangla-desh.

- Regional meeting held in San Diego, 31 July – 3 August and hosted by Dr Bronners with about 30 attendees.

Voice - Marked one of the most active World Fair Trade Day celebrations through social media and individual activities in recognition on Fair Trade People.

Market Access

- 10 members participated at the Stuttgart Fair (Germany). - 4 members participated at the Ambiente Trade Fair (Germany) under CBI

Programme. - 13 members participated at the Arusha Christmas Fair (Tanzania).

- Individual country member activities only.

Capability - New Board elected at the AGM, including the first woman chair to the Board. The meeting also passed a resolution for name change to WFTO Africa & Middle East.

- Funding sources: Misereor, WIEGO, Bread for the World and Membership Fee.

- N/a; no regional structure.- Memorandum of Agreement

signed with WFTO.- Regional membership rev-

enues remained about the same.


Financial Overview for 2014

BALANCE SHEET 2014

V. Our supporters

VI. ANNEXES to 2014 Annual Report

Many of the activities developed and results achieved throughout 2014 would not have been (fully) possible without the contribution of other organisation and individuals, which have supported our work – whether financially or in kind. WFTO would like to thank them all and extend a particular appreciation to the external donors who have contributed to the WFTO 2014 budget and activities:

- CTM Altromercato (Italy), for sup-porting the development and im-plementation of the Guarantee System, as well as the 2013 WFTO Conference;

- Mr. Ignacio Arragues, through Creative Handicrafts (India) , for supporting the implementation of the Guarantee System;

- Traide Aid (New Zealand), for sup-porting work with the World Fair Trade Day 2014 and theme for next 3 years; and

- The Fair Trade Shop from Bolzano (Italy), for providing a short-term, interest-free loan to overcome temporary liquidity issues.

31st December 2014€

31st December 2013€

FIXED ASSETSTangible fixed assetsOther fixed assetsTotal tangible assets CURRENT ASSETSShares in capital Debtors and other receivablesTrade debtorsOther receivables Liquid assetsTotal current assets CURRENT LIABILITIES,ACCRUALS AND DEFERRED INCOMECreditors Loans Taxation and social security Accruals and deferred income Current assets minus current liabilities Assets minus current liabilities LONG TERM LIABILITIESLong term liabilities RESERVESWFTO Brand ProtectionOther reserves

3,181 3,181

906

26,496 13,795 40,291

76,254 117,451

15,489 48,000

9,946 68,523

141,958

-24,507

-21,326

0

3,000 -24,326 -21,326

-21,326

3,899 3,899

-

18,574 29,919 48,493

182,155 230,648

18,572 15,000

31,862 166,971 232,405

-1,757

2,144

0

3,000 -856

2,144

2,144


INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

Actual 2014€

Budget 2014€

Actual 2013€

INCOME EXPENSES Employee expenses Depreciation fixed assets Other operating expensesGeneral expenses Housing expenses Activity expenses AdvocacyActivity expenses WFTO Total expenses Interest income and expensesInterest and similar incomeInterest and similar expenses NET (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR

465,915

196,589

789 789

68,853 15,315

5,000 154,503 243,671

441,049

24,866

358 -1,754 -1,396

23,470

405,000

189,000

2,750 2,750

46,550 15,000

5,000 144,000 210,550

402,300

2,700

- -1,750 -1,750

950

507,952

154,639

2,688 2,688

57,064 12,199

6,000 202,569 277,832

435,159

72,793

542 -6,969 -6,427

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ID Organisation Name Country Region Type Member of Member since2 Association for Craft Producers (ACP) Nepal Asia FTO 2003

15 Apikri Indonesia Asia FTO 2000

17 Aranya Crafts Ltd. Bangladesh Asia FTO 2000

19 Fédération Artisans du Monde France EUR FTN 2002

20 Artisanat Sel France EUR FTO 2003

21 Arum Dalu Mekar (P.T.) Indonesia Asia FTO 2004

22 Asociación Artesanal Señor de Mayo (ASARBOLSEM) Bolivia LA FTO 2000

24 Asha Handicrafts Association India Asia FTO 1998

31 Assisi Garments India Asia FTO 2004

34 BAFTS - British Association of Fair Trade Shops United Kingdom EUR FTN 2002

36 Bamenda Handicraft Cooperative Society Limited Cameroon AF/ME FTO 1997

38 Bangladesh Hosto Shilpo Ekota Sheba Songshta (BaSE) Bangladesh Asia FTO 1999

42 Blue Hand LLC United States Pac FTO 1998

44 Bombolulu Workshops Kenya AF/ME FTO 1998

54 Camari Ecuador LA FTO 1997

55 Candela Peru Peru LA FTO 1998

57 Community Crafts Assoc of the Philippines (CCAP) Philippines Asia FTO 1997

62 CHILDREN-Nepal Nepal Asia FTO 2002

64 CIAP-Intercrafts Peru SAC Peru LA FTO 2002

66 claro fair trade plc Switzerland EUR FTO 1998

69 Comparte Chile LA FTO 1998

71 Contigo Fair Trade Gmbh - Contigo Fairtrade GmbH Germany EUR FTO 2004

74 CORR - The Jute Works Bangladesh Asia FTO 1998

75 Craft Link Vietnam Asia FTO 2002

77 Craft Aid Mauritius Mauritius AF/ME FTO 2001

80 CTM Altromercato Italy EUR FTO 1998

84 Development Wheel (DEW) Bangladesh Asia FTO 2001

91 dwp eG Germany EUR FTO 1996

92 ECOTA National Fair Trade Network of Bangladesh Bangladesh Asia FTN 1998

94 European Fair Trade Association (EFTA) Netherlands EUR FTN 1998

96 El Puente GmbH Germany EUR FTO 1998

98 Equitable Marketing Association (EMA) India Asia FTO 1998

101 Equo Mercato Societa’ Cooperativa Italy EUR FTO 1999

102 Eswatini Swazi Kitchen Swaziland AF/ME FTO 2009

103 Estacion A - Nucleo Cultural Paraguay LA FTO 2004

107 EZA Fairer Handel GmbH Austria EUR FTO 1998

116 Fair Trade Group Nepal (FTGN) Nepal Asia FTN 1998

120 Fundación Sinchi Sacha Ecuador LA FTO 1998

123 Gebana Ag Switzerland EUR FTO 1998

124 GEPA The Fair Trade Company Germany EUR FTO 1998

125 Get Paper Industry (GPI) Nepal Asia FTO 2003

128 Fair Trade Company - People Tree Japan Japan Pac FTO 1998

129 Godavari Delta Women Lace Artisans India Asia FTO 1998 Coop Cottage Industrial Society Ltd.

132 Gospel House Handicrafts Ltd Sri Lanka Asia FTO 1998

136 Green Net Cooperative Thailand Asia FTO 2003

141 Holy Land Handicraft Cooperative Society Palestinian Authority AF/ME FTO 1998

142 Honey Care Africa Limited Kenya AF/ME FTO 2004

145 IFOAM: Int. Fed. of Organic Agriculture Movements Germany EUR AO 2002

147 Imagination India Asia FTO 1999

150 Intermón Oxfam Spain EUR FTO 2000

152 Jahanara Cottage Industries Bangladesh Asia FTO 1998

160 Kazuri 2000 Limited Kenya AF/ME FTO 2004

165 Kisumu Innovation Centre Kenya (KICK) Kenya AF/ME FTO 1998

170 Kumbeshwar Technical School (KTS) Nepal Asia FTO 2002

List of WFTO members, as of 31 December 2014.


ID Organisation Name Country Region Type Member of Member since172 Kwanza Collection Company Ltd Tanzania AF/ME FTO 2003

174 La Maison Afrique FAIR TRADE AB Sweden EUR FTO 2002

176 Libero Mondo Scs. Arl. Italy EUR FTO 2003

178 Machakos Co-operative Union Ltd (MCU) Kenya AF/ME FTO 1998

179 Madhya Kalikata Shilpangan (MKS) India Asia FTO 1997

180 OXFAM Magasins du Monde Belgium EUR FTO 2000

181 Mahaguthi Craft with a Conscience Nepal Asia FTO 2002

183 Manos Amigas S.A. Peru LA FTO 2002

184 Manushi Nepal Asia FTO 2003

187 Maquita Cushunchic (MCCH) Ecuador LA FTO 1998

189 Marvelous Flotea Co Ltd Tanzania AF/ME FTO 2001

191 Handicraft Marketing Company Tanzania Ltd (MIKONO) Tanzania AF/ME FTO 1998

194 Mitra Bali Fair Trade Indonesia Asia FTO 2000

195 MarketPlace: Handwork of India United States Pac FTO 1998

197 Mereville Trust India Asia FTO 2004

198 Omba Arts Trust Namibia AF/ME FTO 2000

201 National Association of Women’s Organisations (NAWOU) Uganda AF/ME FTO 1998

207 Centrum Mondiaal Netherlands EUR FTN 2002

208 Noah’s Ark International Exports India Asia FTO 2002

209 Noakhali Rural Development Society (NRDS) Bangladesh Asia FTO 1998

211 Nyabigena Soapstone Carvers Organization Kenya AF/ME FTO 2005

215 OIKOCREDIT, Ecumenical Development Co-op. Society UA. Netherlands EUR FTSO 1999

218 Oxfam Australia Trading Pty Ltd Australia Pac FTO 1989

222 Panay Fair Trade Center Philippines Asia FTO 1999

224 Indonesian People’s handicraft foundation (Pekerti) Indonesia Asia FTO 1998

226 Phontong Handicrafts Cooperative and Cama Crafts Laos Asia FTO 1998

228 Plate-forme pour le Commerce Equitable (PFCE) France EUR FTN 2002

229 People’s Org. For Dev. Import and Export (PODIE) Sri Lanka Asia FTO 1998

230 Polle Unnoyn Prokolpo (PUP) Bangladesh Asia FTO 1999

232 PROFAIRTRADE Development Agency Philippines Asia FTO 1999 (formerly Preda Fair Trade Organization)

233 Presbyterian Handicraft Centre (PRESCRAFT) Cameroon AF/ME FTO 1998

241 Artesanias Pueblos del Sur - Chile Chile LA FTO 2011

243 The House of Fair Trade Sweden EUR FTO 2002

249 Sackeus AB Sweden EUR FTO 1998

250 SAFFY, Inc. Philippines Asia FTO 1998

252 Salay Handmade Products Industries Inc. Philippines Asia FTO 2002

253 Corporación Gruppo Salinas Ecuador LA FTO 2004

255 Sana Hastakala Nepal Asia FTO 2003

258 Sasha Exports Unit of Sasha Association for Craft Producers India Asia FTO 1998

259 Stichting SawaHasa (SawaHasa Foundation) Netherlands EUR FTO 2004

261 SERRV International United States Pac FTO 1989

266 SHARE - Self Help Association Regn No 5/92 India Asia FTO 1998 for Rural Education and Employment

268 Shilpa Trust India Asia FTO 1998

269 Shared Interest Society Ltd United Kingdom EUR FTSO 1995

273 Silence India Asia FTO 1998

274 Sindyanna of Galilee Israel AF/ME FTO 2003

275 Federation of South India Producer Associations / SIPA India Asia FTO 1991

279 Smolart Self-Help Group Kenya AF/ME FTO 2004

281 Solidar’Monde France EUR FTO 2004

282 Southern Partners and Fair Trade Corporation (SPFTC/Trufood) Philippines Asia FTO 2003

284 Sunderban Khadi and Village Ind Society (SKVIS) India Asia FTO 1997

286 Sunbula Palestinian Authority AF/ME FTO 1998


ID Organisation Name Country Region Type Member of Member since287 Coop. Regional de Producción Honduras LA FTO 2004 Agropecuaria La Sureñita (COREPROSUL)

288 Thanapara Swallows Development Society Bangladesh Asia FTO 1999

291 Tampereen Kehitysmaakauppa Finland EUR FTO 1998

293 Tara Projects India Asia FTO 1998

295 Teddy Exports India Asia FTO 1997

296 Ten Thousand Villages USA United States Pac FTO 1989

297 ThaiCraft Fair Trade Company Limited Thailand Asia FTO 1995

299 Thai Tribal Crafts Fair Trade Co. Ltd. Thailand Asia FTO 2002

300 Top QualiTea -Tea Import and Consultancy Germany EUR FTO 1998

301 Trade Aid Importers Ltd New Zealand / Pac FTO 1998 Aotearoa

303 Traidcraft Exchange United Kingdom EUR FTSO 1998

305 Trinity Jewellery Crafts Kenya AF/ME FTO 1998

308 Ten Thousand Villages Canada Canada Pac FTO 1998

315 Undugu Fair Trade Limited (formerly Undugu Society of Kenya) Kenya AF/ME FTO 1998

318 Usha Handicrafts Bangladesh Asia FTO 1998

326 Women’s Skills Development Organization (WSDO) Nepal Asia FTO 2002

332 Threads of Yunnan/Yunnan Danyun Fair Trade Development Co Ltd. China Asia FTO 2002

339 Fundación Chol-Chol Chile LA FTO 2005

342 Lombok Putri Cenderamata - Lombok Pottery Centre (LPC) Indonesia Asia FTO 2004

347 Barbosa Fair Trade Netherlands EUR FTO 2005

348 IDEAS (Iniciativas de Economia Alternativa y Solidaria) Spain EUR FTO 2004

349 ALTRAQUALITA - Piccola Soc. Coop. a Resons. Ltd. Italy EUR FTO 2007

351 CD CRAFT - Bethesda Indonesia Asia FTO 2005

356 Trade Aid Integrated Ghana AF/ME FTO 2005

359 Coronilla S.A. Bolivia LA FTO 2005

361 African Home Creative Homeware South Africa AF/ME FTO 2005

363 Mpanga Growers Tea Factory Co. Ltd. Uganda AF/ME FTO 2005

369 Sungi Development Foundation Pakistan Asia FTSO 2005

373 Creative Handicrafts India Asia FTO 2005

382 WEAN Multipurpose Cooperative Ltd. Nepal Asia FTO 2006

385 Artisans Association of Cambodia (AAC) Cambodia Asia FTN 2005

386 Boutic Ethic France EUR FTO 2005

389 CRC Exports Private Limited India Asia FTO 2005

391 Importadora Exportador DELTA s.a.c. Peru Peru LA FTO 2005

393 Fundación Pro Pueblo Ecuador LA FTO 2006

398 Maya Organic India Asia FTO 2008

400 Associazione Generale Italia Commercio Equo e Solidale (AGICES) Italy EUR FTN 2006

403 New Internationalist Publications Pty Ltd (Australia) Australia Pac FTSO 2005

404 Red Uniendo Manos Perú “Bridge of Hope” Peru LA FTO 2005

413 Egypt Crafts / Fair Trade Egypt Ltd Egypt AF/ME FTO 2008

415 Habitat Integrated Pakistan (HIP) Pakistan Asia FTO 2010

419 Ankur Kala India Asia FTO 2007

420 Aptec Peru Peru LA FTO 2007

432 Rehab Craft Cambodia Cambodia Asia FTO 2006

435 Global Fair Trade Crafts Inc. United States Pac FTO 2006

436 San Arts and Crafts Botswana AF/ME FTO 2006

438 Gone Rural Pty Ltd Swaziland AF/ME FTO 2006

439 Streetwires Artist Collective South Africa AF/ME FTO 2006

442 Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ) Australia Pac FTN 2006

443 Artesanato Solidário Brazil LA FTSO 2006

445 Frutos de los Andes Fruandes Ltda Colombia LA FTO 2006

448 Pachacuti United Kingdom EUR FTO 2006

452 Lao Sericulture Co. Ltd. Laos Asia FTO 2006


ID Organisation Name Country Region Type Member of Member since453 Finnish Association of Worldshops Finland EUR FTN 2006

461 Lanka Lamai Netherlands EUR FTO 2006

462 Ecoffins (former Weiming furniture) United Kingdom EUR FTO 2006

464 Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo - CECJ Spain EUR FTN 2007

466 Tahoua Import Netherlands EUR FTO 2007

468 Dhaka Handicrafts Ltd. Bangladesh Asia FTO 2013

469 Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC) Palestinian Authority AF/ME FTSO 2006 Fair Trade Department

472 Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Foerderung der Weltlaeden (ARGE) Austria EUR FTN 2007

476 Au-delá des Frontiéres (ADDF) France EUR FTO 2006

477 Forest Management and Product Certification Service (FORCERT) Papua New Guinea Pac FTSO 2006

482 Fair Trade Forum India (FTF) India Asia FTN 2006

484 Fundación Silataj Argentina LA FTO 2007

486 Fundación Haciendas del Mundo Maya A.C. Mexico LA FTSO 2007

491 Textielwerkplaats Sari V.O.F. Netherlands EUR FTO 2007

496 Coordinadora Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Pequeños El Salvador LA FTN 2007 Productores de Comercio Justo (CLAC)

499 Oxfam Hong Kong Hong Kong Asia FTSO 2007

500 Brac-Aarong Bangladesh Asia FTO 2007

501 The Organisation of Swedish Fair Trade Retailers Sweden EUR FTN 2007 (formerly known as Swedish World Shops Association)

502 Township Patterns cc South Africa AF/ME FTO 2007

508 Uganda Crafts 2000 Ltd Uganda AF/ME FTO 2007

510 JW Productions Pvt Ltd India Asia FTO 2008

512 Mai Savanh Lao Laos Asia FTO 2008

518 C C Shroff Self Help Centre India Asia FTO 2007

522 Global Mamas Ghana AF/ME FTO 2007

523 Cottage Industries India Asia FTO 2007

526 Kagera Cooperative Union Ltd Tanzania AF/ME FTO 2007

528 Allpa S.A.C. Peru LA FTO 2008

529 Casa Romero Mexico LA FTO 2007

530 CTM Agrofair Italy Italy EUR FTO 2007

535 Cards from Africa Rwanda AF/ME FTO 2007

540 Selyn Exporters Ltd Sri Lanka Asia FTO 2007

542 Fundacion Adsis - Equi Mercado Spain EUR FTO 2007

543 Nepal Leprosy Trust Canada Asia FTO 2007

544 Fair Trade Federation United States Pac FTN 2007

551 Kenya Federation for Alternative Trade - KEFAT Kenya AF/ME FTN 2008

553 Khoisan Trading Co Ltd South Africa AF/ME FTO 2008

557 Ambala Hammocks India Asia FTO 2007

558 Swazi Indigenous Products Swaziland AF/ME FTO 2008

560 Naturveda Biotech Pvt Ltd India Asia FTO 2007

561 Muya Ethiopia PLC Ethiopia AF/ME FTO 2007

564 Fair Trade Denmark Denmark EUR FTN 2007

569 Onda Solidária Brazil LA FTO 2008

571 Asociacion solidaria de artesanias pachamama Bolivia LA FTO 2007

573 El Tucan GmbH Switzerland EUR FTO 2007

576 Bostex plc (soleRebels) Ethiopia AF/ME FTO 2008

577 CFM Market Linkages P Ltd (formerly Community friendly Movement) India Asia FTO 2008

579 People Tree Ltd United Kingdom EUR FTO 2007

590 BODHI India Asia FTO 2008

591 Confection sur mesure (CSM) Senegal AF/ME FTO 2008

592 IM Individuell Människohjälp/IM Fair Trade Sweden EUR FTO 2008

594 Pushpanjali Fair Trade (P) Ltd (PFT) India Asia FTO 2008


ID Organisation Name Country Region Type Member of Member since601 BHcrafts doo Bosnia and EUR FTO 2008 Herzegovina

603 Feedar & hr The federation of environmental and ecological Cameroon AF/ME FTO 2014 diversity for agricultural revampment and human rights

607 Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI) Vietnam Asia FTSO 2008

608 En Gry og Sif Denmark EUR FTO 2008

611 Little Smile Organic Pvt. Ltd. Sri Lanka Asia FTO 2009

614 MESH (Maximizing Employment to Serve the Handicapped) India Asia FTO 2009

616 FAIR Italy EUR FTO 2009

622 AHA Bolivia Bolivia LA FTO 2009

627 Mace Foods Ltd Kenya AF/ME FTO 2009

629 uSisi Designs South Africa AF/ME FTO 2010

631 Manos del Uruguay Uruguay LA FTO 2009

638 Mai Vietnamese Handicrafts MVH Vietnam Asia FTO 2009

642 Evangelical Social Action Forum (ESAF) - India Asia FTO 2009 Business Development Service

643 Training, Assistance and Rural Advancement NGO Bangladesh Asia FTO 2009 (TARANGO) - Handicraft Programme

645 alexe - International Fair Trade Company (Crearte) Guatemala LA FTO 2009

648 Raymisa S.A. Peru LA FTO 2010

650 Fair Trading Ltd Denmark EUR FTO 2009

654 Ravinala Sarl Madagascar AF/ME FTO 2009

658 Turqle Trading South Africa AF/ME FTO 2009

660 Fundación COPADE España Spain EUR FTO 2010

661 Nanay Bolivia LA FTO 2010

664 Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) and EFTA Public Affairs team Belgium EUR AO na.

665 FairMail Cards B.V. Netherlands EUR FTO 2008

666 Kiej de los Bosques S.A. Guatemala LA FTSO 2010

667 Fundación COPADE Honduras Honduras LA FTO 2010

668 From The Earth Jordan AF/ME FTO 2012

673 The Basecamp Maasai Brand Kenya AF/ME FTO 2009

675 Crossroads Foundation Ltd. Hong Kong Asia FTSO 2014

678 Polskie Stowarzyszenie Sprawiedliwego Handlu Poland EUR FTO 2010 “Trzeci Swiat i My” / The Polish Fair Trade Association “The Third World and Us”

679 Re-wrap association United Kingdom EUR FTO 2010

682 Shapla Neer Japan Pac FTSO 2010

685 Associazione Botteghe del Mondo Italia Italy EUR FTN 2010

688 Fair Trade Lebanon Lebanon AF/ME FTO 2010

690 Beas y Tapia Ltda. Chile LA FTO 2012

692 Craftbeauty Workshop Vietnam Asia FTO 2010

693 Shiana LLC Thailand Asia FTO 2010

694 Ecoandino sac Peru LA FTO 2010

695 Au Lac Designs Vietnam Asia FTO 2010

697 Third World Craft Nepal Nepal Asia FTO 2010

698 Ayni Bolivia Bolivia LA FTO 2010

700 Freeset Bags and Apparel Private Limited India Asia FTO 2010

701 WEAVE (Women’s education for advancement and empowerment) Thailand Asia FTO 2010

702 Comercio Justo Uruguay Uruguay LA FTN 2011

703 Baladarshan India Asia FTO 2010

704 E-shop Africa Company Ltd Ghana AF/ME FTO 2010

707 Association romande des Magasins du Monde (ASRO) Switzerland EUR FTN 2010

708 Swazi Art / Doerfler Bauer GbR Germany EUR FTO 2010

709 Opportunity International-Nicaragua Nicaragua LA FTSO 2011

711 Sabahar Private Limited Company (PLC) Ethiopia AF/ME FTO 2010

712 Cojolya Association of Mayan Women Weavers Guatemala LA FTO 2010

713 Mary and Martha Mongolia Ltd. Mongolia Asia FTO 2010


ID Organisation Name Country Region Type Member of Member since714 Kuen S.A. Ecuador LA FTO 2010

716 Fairtrade Czech Republic and Slovakia Czech Republic EUR FTN 2010

717 Elvang Denmark A/S Denmark EUR FTO 2010

718 Villageworks Songkhem Cambodia Asia FTO 2011

720 Havilak Company Ltd Ghana AF/ME FTO 2012

722 Salom Enterprises Kenya AF/ME FTO 2010

724 Calypso - Chile Glass Fusing Chile LA FTO 2010

725 Cooperative Rurale “Maam samba” de Ndem Senegal AF/ME FTO 2011

726 Hooligans Kids Clothing South Africa AF/ME FTO 2011

730 Weltladen-Dachverband e.V. (WL-DV) Germany EUR FTN 2010

731 Tuyu BV Netherlands EUR FTO 2011

732 Gafreh Burkina Faso AF/ME FTO 2011

733 Perfection Plus Ltd Kenya AF/ME FTO 2011

738 Fair Seeds LCD Denmark EUR FTSO 2011

742 Peoples Coffee New Zealand / Pac FTO 2012 Aotearoa

745 Bawa La Tumaini Ltd Kenya AF/ME FTO 2011

748 Fundación Chankuap - Recursos Para El Futuro Ecuador LA FTO 2011

750 Glenart Trading (Pty) Ltd. South Africa AF/ME FTO 2011

751 The Fair Trade Furniture Co Ltd United Kingdom EUR FTO 2012

752 Toca Tapetes Ltda. ME Brazil LA FTO 2013

753 Cangzhou Yuji Zhenhuafa Charcoal Company Ltd. China Asia FTO 2011

754 Hold The Future Centre Vietnam Asia FTO 2011

756 Fundación Fortalecer Argentina LA FTSO 2011

757 Fair Trade Scotland Limited United Kingdom EUR FTO 2014

758 Zimele Developing Community Self-Reliance South Africa AF/ME FTSO 2012

760 ONG Santa Maria de Buena Fe Chile LA FTO 2012

772 Bethlehem Fair Trade Artisans (BFTA) Palestinian Authority AF/ME FTO 2012

775 Gourmet Gardens Ltd Uganda AF/ME FTO 2011

777 BeadforLife Europe France EUR FTO 2012

779 The Ants Craft Pvt Ltd India Asia FTO 2012

780 Easy Afric Designs Limited Uganda AF/ME FTO 2012

781 Cocoon Promotions cc T/a Rain South Africa AF/ME FTO 2011

782 Competa IT B.V. Netherlands EUR FTSO 2013

783 Agrupación de Artesanos Manos del Bío Bío Chile LA FTO 2013

786 Maroma India Asia FTO 2012

787 Auromira Exports India Asia FTO 2012

788 Indochine Natural Sdn Bhd Malaysia Asia FTO 2012

789 Wola Nani South Africa AF/ME FTO 2012

791 Kapula Candles South Africa Pty Ltd South Africa AF/ME FTO 2014

792 Royal Knit SAC Peru LA FTO 2012

793 Bean There Coffee Company (Pty) Ltd South Africa AF/ME FTO 2013

794 Prosperity Candle United States Pac FTO 2012

795 Sadhna India Asia FTO 2012

796 TWINE Taiwan Asia FTO 2013

797 Fair Monkey Economisk Förening Sweden EUR FTO 2012

798 Palestinian Agricultural cooperatives union (PACU) Palestinian Authority AF/ME FTSO 2014

800 African Baby Carrier CCA South Africa AF/ME FTO 2013

801 Nobunto (PTY) Ltd. South Africa AF/ME FTO 2014

802 WomenCraft Social Enterprise Tanzania AF/ME FTO 2012

808 Marie-Sar Agencies Ltd Uganda AF/ME FTO 2014

810 Chrisams Designs Ltd Uganda AF/ME FTO 2014

811 Cracode (Cultural Crafts Consultants & Design Co. Ltd.) Tanzania AF/ME FTO 2014

812 Crafts Caravan Kenya AF/ME FTO 2013

814 Asociación Indígena Relmu Witral Chile LA FTO 2013


ID Organisation Name Country Region Type Member of Member since815 SeeMe bv Netherlands EUR FTSO 2013

816 Last Forest Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. India Asia FTO 2012

819 Y´abal Handicrafts Guatemala LA FTO 2013

825 KAITE Initiative Pvt. Ltd. Zimbabwe AF/ME FTO 2013

826 Shared Earth UK Ltd. United Kingdom EUR FTO 2013

827 Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps United States Pac FTO 2013

829 Esencia ApS Denmark EUR FTO 2013

832 Top of the World Coffee Pvt. Ltd. Nepal Asia FTO 2014

833 Tunisian American Young Professionals (TAYP) United States Pac FTSO 2014

834 Bio Fair Trade Comercio e Exportaçao de Produtos Artesanais Ltda. Brazil LA FTO 2013

837 New Skill and Development Learning Experience (New SADLE) Nepal Asia FTO 2014

838 SABALA (Sabala Handicrafts) India Asia FTO 2014

839 Hong Kong Fair Trade Power Hong Kong Asia FTO 2014

840 PIMALPAKA Peru LA FTO 2014

842 Fundacion Tradiciones Mayas (FTM) Guatemala LA FTO 2014

843 Ateliê Especiarias (Biojoias Brazi) Brazil LA FTO 2014

844 Souvenir Museum Verdes y Colores Costa Rica LA FTO 2014

845 Art Brasilis (Brazil Concept comércio, confecção. Brazil LA FTO 2014 e exportação de produtos artesanais Ltda

846 Emprediem Chile LA FTO 2014

847 Kiboko Leisure Wear Kenya AF/ME FTO 2014

848 Jedando Modern Handicrafts Kenya AF/ME FTO 2014

849 Village Industry PLC Ethiopia AF/ME FTO 2014

850 Highland Coffee Chanchomayo SAC Peru LA FTO 2014

851 Chotanagpurgruppe - Faire Handelsgesellschaft mbH Germany EUR FTO 2014

852 Lemberona Handels gmbH Austria EUR FTO 2014

855 SHISHU POLLI PLUS (SPP) Bangladesh Asia FTO 2014

856 DFTA (Domestic Fair Trade Association) United States Pac FTN 2014

858 Mifuko Oy Finland EUR FTO 2014

859 Hathay Bunano Proshikon Society (HBPS) Bangladesh Asia FTO 2014

860 Prokritee Bangladesh Asia FTO 2014

861 One Planet Café Ltd. (OPC) (Kabushiki Gaisha Wanpuranettokafe) Japan Pac FTO 2014

862 Belgian Fair Trade federation (BFTF) Belgium EUR FTN 2014

863 Island Spirit United Kingdom EUR FTO 2014

864 Saidpur Enterprises (SE) Bangladesh Asia FTO 2014

865 SETU India Asia FTO 2014

866 Daughters Interiors Pvt Ltd India Asia FTO 2014

867 UPASANA DESIGN STUDIO India Asia FTO 2014

868 Lofty Bamboo Thailand Asia FTO 2014

869 Korea Fair Trade Association (KFTA) Korea Asia FTSO 2014

871 Integrated Development Trust (IDT) India Asia FTO 2014

873 Artisan Hut Bangladesh Asia FTO 2014

877 Total Indonesia Foundation Indonesia Asia FTSO 2014

878 Hatale Udhyog Nepal Asia FTO 2014

880 El Cacique del Cacao C.A. (Kerukupai Meru) Venezuela LA FTO 2014

893 BeautifulCoffee South Korea Asia FTO 2014


ID Name Region Country1 Allison Barrett Europe United Kingdom

7 Carol Bergin Europe Ireland

9 Beatrice Mochere Mwasi Africa & ME Kenya

14 Christine Gent Europe United Kingdom

17 Elaine Jones Europe United Kingdom

24 Judith Condor- Vidal Europe United Kingdom

27 Jean-Marie Krier Europe Austria

31 Jacqueline MacDonald Pacific Canada

33 Mark G. Hayes Europe United Kingdom

34 Michael Freudenberg Europe United Kingdom

54 Tony Hall Pacific United States

59 Mariem Yassin Europe United Kingdom

60 Carol Wills Europe United Kingdom

64 Lukardis von Studnitz Europe Germany

65 Olaf Paulsen Europe Germany

71 Mitch Teberg Asia Vietnam

79 Paul Myers Pacific United States

80 Andreas Lombardozzi Pacific Australia

83 Per Persson Europe Norway

84 Daniel Salcedo Pacific United States

86 Vip Kumar Patel Europe United Kingdom

95 Fred Koorn Europe Netherlands

96 Madlene Hochleitner Europe Austria

100 Frans Van der Hoff Latin America Mexico

101 Gerard Nickoleit Europe Germany

103 Dale Lee Nafzinger Asia Nepal

105 Sujoy Srimal Asia India

107 Anna Kim Hyun-Seung Pacific Canada

109 Hilary Thorndike Europe United Kingdom

111 Sabeena Ahmed Africa & ME United Arab Emirates

112 R. Modestus A.L Karunaratne Asia Sri Lanka

113 Eduardo Javier Jerez Santibáñez Latin America Chile

114 Jonathan Rosenthal Pacific United States

115 Mallikarjuna Iytha Asia India

116 Jutta Ulmer Europe Germany

117 Michael Wolfsteiner Europe Germany

120 Dana Geffner Pacific United States

121 Craig Schloneger Pacific United States

122 Alexandra Doughty Pacific Australia

123 Denise Cruz Europe Sweden

124 Vi Cottrell Pacific New Zealand / Aotearoa

126 Alejandra Bobadilla Alvarado Latin America Chile

127 Johanna Madelaine Boher Reifschneider Latin America Chile

128 Martin Mikhail Europe United Kingdom

129 Paul Chandler Europe United Kingdom

List of WFTO individual associates, as of 31 December 2014.


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