Internship at EFTA - The European Fair Trade Association (Brussels Office)
Start: End-March 2010 Duration: 6 months Deadline for application: 14th February 2010
EFTA is currently looking to recruit an intern to support its ”Public Affairs: Mobilising action for Fair Trade Public Procurement” project for the period of at least 6 months, starting end of March 2010. The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with the ”Public Affairs” Project and Policy Officer.
For full job description and additional information, please consult attached file.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 16:43
Call for....
Do you speak Dutch, Swedish or German?Could you spare some time to translate from these languages into English? The Public Affairs Project is urgently seeking volunteer translators, and we would love to hear from you! Please send a quick email to
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with your CV for more details.
The European Observatory on Fair Trade Public Procurement is a Europe-wide platform for those interested in Fair Public Procurement that has been set up within thePublic Affairsproject and will continuously monitor and analyse laws on Public Procurement, disseminate research and studies on this subject and make available best practices, case studies and tenders.
This website has been expanded throughout 2008 and 2009 in order to provide an interactive online platform where those interested can gather and share information through the Observatory’s network. Additional features that you will find in the future include:
Access to model tenders for registered Observatory Network members
A discussion forum
Document sharing, with the possibility to upload and download documents to and from the website
By 2010, a European Model on FTPP will be published, that will guide public authorities on how to include Fair Trade criteria in their tenders and will indicate targets towards purchasing in a Fair manner and will also be available online.
For more information on the Public Affairs project please click here.
Commission adopts communication on Fair Trade
5 May 2009 (Brussels) - The Fair Trade movement welcomes the adoption today of a Communicationon Fair Trade by the European Commission, ‘Contributing to Sustainable Development: The role of Fair Trade and non-governmental trade-relayed sustainability assurance schemes’. The Fair Trade movement is pleased that the EC recognizes Fair Trade’s values and has referenced the principles defined by the Fair Trade movement and offers to continue working together with the European Union, EU Member States and regional and local authorities to the benefit of marginalised producers and poor workers in the South.
For more information, upload the entire Fair Trade Advocacy Office press release here.
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