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Relief Work in Sri Lanka - Gospel House Handicrafts (2004)

3 January 2005

Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust (KKĠ) and Kopin have teamed up to support the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Tsunami. Money has been collected among members and supporters and a cash donation has already been transferred.




Fair Trade and Sustainable Development Brussels, 23 March, 2004

A conference on "Fair Trade - A Contribution to Sustainable Development?" was held in Brussels on March 23, 2004. The event was hosted by MEPs Richard Howitt, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Heide Rühle and received support from the King Baudouin Foundation of Belgium.




KKĠ at the European World Shops Conference

The XI European World Shops Conference will be held in March 2004 in Lille, France. It will be hosted by Magasins du Monde. Malta will be represented by James Farrugia of Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust.




The Fair Trade Organization (FTO) Mark

The new Fair Trade Organisation (FTO) Mark was successfully launched from Dharavi in central Mumbai, India, the biggest slum area in Asia with some 700,000 inhabitants – many of whom joined in the celebrations. Fair Traders, social activists, officials, celebrities and well-wishers gathered to introduce the new FTO Mark to the world. This is the first Global Mark for Fair Trade Organizations to be used in both the North and the South.




Maltese NGOs among founders of EU association


A new association called Concord was set up earlier this year by 10 international networks and 18 national associations from the European Union member states and some candidate countries for NGOs operating in the development sector.

The combination of letters in the name comes from 'CONfederation for CO-operation of Relief and Development NGOs'.

Maltese NGOs were among the founding members of the confederation, which represents about 1,200 European NGOs.

The Maltese NGDO (Non-Governmental Development Organisation) Platform was set up in June 2000 on the initiative of Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali (Kopin), after a need was felt to bring together all NGOs operating in the development sector to work on a common front.

The eight member organisations of the Maltese NGDO Platform are the Faith and Justice Centre, Third World Group, Jesuit Refugee Service; Fair Trade Co-operative, Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali - Malta (Kopin), Moviment Graffitti, Share Foundation, and Voluntiera Lajci Missjunarji.

Membership of the Maltese platform is open to all non-profit making NGDOs independently established and located in Malta that regard international development co-operation, including development education, as an important aspect of their aims and work.

For more information on the Maltese Platform and Concord, contact Vince Caruana at shanti@global.net.mt.




7th International Conference of IFAT - June 2003

James Farrugia will be representing Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust at the VII International Conference of IFAT, the International Federation for Alternative Trade, to be held in Newcastle in the last week of June, 2003. For more information about the conference on the IFAT website click here.




L-Arka Goes Global - From Trust Me to Show Me

Two Maltese fair traders from the local world shop L-Arka took part in the sixth biennial conference of the International Federation of Alternative Trade (IFAT) held in Arusha, Tanzania, in June, over 200 fair traders from some 40 countries discussed issues related to fair trade in general and to the monitoring of producers and fair trade organisations in particular.




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