Fairtrade Foundation
International Development
Jim Cunningham (Coventry South, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to promote the work of the Fairtrade Foundation (a) in the UK and (b) internationally.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
DFID helps the work of the Fairtrade Foundation
through support we provide to the global Fairtrade system. DFID has a
£12 million Programme Partnership Arrangement (2010-11 to 2013-14) with
Fairtrade International, the umbrella organisation that unites labelling
initiatives and networks of producer organisations. DFID's support is
focused on strengthening, broadening and deepening the activities of
Fairtrade International.
DFID also promotes the
work of the Fairtrade Foundation through our support to Fairtrade
Fortnight each year. This year, DFID Ministers visited companies and
groups that promote Fairtrade, ahead of Fairtrade Fortnight.
