16 April 2008: Does Fair Trade contribute to sustainable development? - Resources

Online resources

EFTA 

Fair Trade in Europe in 2005 – Facts and Figures on Fair Trade in 25 European Countries, Jean Marie Krier, 2005

European Commission

Communication from the Commission to the Council on Fair Trade, COM(1999) 619 final, 29.11.1999

Green paper on promoting a European framework for Corporate Social Responsibility, COM(2001) 366, 18.07.2001

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Trade and Development – Assisting developing countries to benefit from trade, COM(2002) 513, 18.09.2002

Cotonou Documents

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Agricultural Commodity Chains, Dependence and Poverty – A proposal for an EU Action Plan, COM(2004) 89, 12.02.2004

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee on Policy Coherence for Development – Accelerating progress towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals, COM(2005) 134, 12.04.2005

European Economic and Social Committee

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the European fair trade marking movement (OJ C 204, 15.07.1996)

European Parliament

European Parliament Resolution on promoting fairness and solidarity in North South trade, A3-0377/93 (OJ C 44, 14.02.1994)

European Parliament Resolution on Fair Trade, A4-0198/98 (OJ C 226, 20.07.1998)

European Parliament Resolution on Fair Trade and development, (P6_TA(2006)0320), 06.07.2006

ILO 

Creating Market Opportunities for Small Enterprises: experiences of the Fair Trade Movement, Andy Redfern and Paul Snedker, ILO, Geneva, 2002.