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International Federation for Alternative Trade
Acronym: IFAT
Keywords: | Development | Economy | All |
Source of Information: Survey of Civil Society Networks 2001
A. Objectives
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To improve the livelihoods and well-being of disadvantaged people, mostly in developing countries, by linking and strengthening organizations that practice Fair Trade. Objectives: Networking; Market Access; Monitoring; Information provision and exchange; Advocacy |
B. Contact Information
| Coordinator | Carol Wills |
| Title | Executive Director |
| Telephone | 44 (0)1869 249 819 |
| Fax | 44 (0) 1869 246 381 |
| cwills@ifat.org.uk | |
| Website | www.ifat.org |
| Mailing Address | 30 Murdock Road, Bicester, Oxon OX26 4RF, United Kingdom |
C. General Information
| Founding year | 1989 |
| Legal Status | We are registered as an association in the Netherlands |
| Types of actions |
WeOOrganize a biennial international conference (and held our most recent one in Arusha, Tanzania, in June this year); between conferences, we co-ordinate meetings, workshops, seminars etc. at the regional and local levels; we publish a quarterly newsletter, twice monthly electronic bulletins and monthly advocacy bulletins; we are developing Standards for Fair Trading Organizations and an integrated monitoring system for the Fair Trade movement world-side |
D. Programs
| Name | Goal | Approximate budget ($US) |
E. Geographical Reach
| Countries in which network participates actively | IFAT has members in 50 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim |
F. Members
The network is composed primarily by: X Organizations _ Individuals
| Principal Organizations | Central Interest | Country of origin |
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Ten Thousand Villages |
Fair Trade | USA |
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SERRV International |
Fair Trade | USA |
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MCCH |
Fair Trade | Ecuador |
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Comparte |
Fair Trade | Chile |
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Minka |
Fair Trade | Peru |
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Undugu Society |
Fair Trade | Kenya |
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Prescraft |
Fair Trade | Cameroon |
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South India Producers Association |
Fair Trade | India |
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Fair Trade Group |
Fair Trade | Nepal |
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Thaicraft |
Fair Trade | Thailand |
| Pekerti (Indonesian People’s Handcraft Association) | Fair Trade | Indonesia |
G. Resources
| Approximate
annual budget of the network
(in $US) |
| Year 2000 | Year 1995 | Year 1990 |
| 180,000 | 110,000 | 75,000 |
| Sources of funding: | National Foundations (for special projects), Other International Sources (member subscriptions) |
H. Network Infrastructure
| Number of paid employees in Central Office(s)/ Secretariat(s) of Network | 3 |
| Number of paid employees elsewhere in the network | |
| Does the network have a physical site of its own? | YES |
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