EcoFair Trade Dialogue

The EcoFair Trade Dialogue is an international project carried out by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in cooperation with MISEREOR and moderated by the Wuppertal Institute.<p> The overall aim of this project is to enrich the debate on the reform of the current regime of global agricultural trade through the development of guidelines and instruments, taking the concepts of ‘food sovereignty’ and ‘sustainable agriculture’ as reference points. A concrete and coherent reform proposal, which responds to the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges to global agriculture, should be the outcome of the EcoFair Trade Dialogue at the end of 2006.<p> Starting in the beginning of 2005 the EcoFair Trade Dialogue has brought together a group of ‘experts’ on agriculture and trade issues from around the world to exchange and work together on innovative and feasible proposals for a new and more sustainable international agricultural trade regime. (See list of ‘expert panel’ members in the ANNEX). This international group of experts is at the core of the EcoFair Trade Dialogue. We would like to discuss the ideas and proposals developed by the ‘experts’ as well as the results from other regional consultations with you and other agriculture/trade professionals and stakeholders from Europe who are able to give valuable feedback and recommendations. <br><br> Internet: <br> <a href="http://www.ecofair-trade.org"target=blank>EcoFair Trade Dialogue <p> <a href="http://reddot.boell-net.de/cms/ImageCache/087B5A45EA0A492387E720F8386992B3/841418CF9E6B4F34B01E8D35420A5F79/EC/EcoFair_Trade_Dialogue.pdf"target=blank>More Info