Promoting sustainable value chain by linking SMEs to Fair Trade producers in the Global South

The Chair of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade, Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany), and the Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Dita Charanzova (ALDE, Czech Republic), are hosting the conference Promoting sustainable value chains by linking SMEs to Fair Trade producers in the Global South. The event will take place on 10 May 2017 from 16h30 to 18h30 at the European Parliament in Brussels (room A1E1). It will be followed by a networking Fair Trade cocktail in the Salons (number tbc) from 18h30.

Open to all, the event will bring together Southern countries’ Embassies, EU and Member States’ policy makers, Fair Trade actors, and SMEs representatives from different EU countries. Speakers will include high-level representatives of the European Commission and the European Parliament, as well the representatives from the Fair Trade movement and EU SMEs (the agenda of the event will be soon available).