TDC aims to strengthen the capacities of MSME and producer organisations in terms of sustainability and decent work, management and marketing. The aim is to increase sales and revenues through sustainable organisational strengthening, better management and improved access to markets. Interested? Apply before July 22th!!
The 2024 annual report of the Trade for Development Centre (TDC), an Enabel program, illustrates its actions to support African producers, promote sustainable trade, and responsible consumption. It highlights concrete initiatives that combine social justice, environmental sustainability, and economic capacity building.
Despite enjoying a high level of recognition and positive perception, fair trade is struggling in terms of sales. Consumer profiles and barriers to purchase provide some initial explanations.
Enabel’s Trade for Development Center proposes a number of courses of action to increase consumer awareness of fair trade.
The Commission on April 15 proposed further simplifications and administrative burden reductions to facilitate the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in view of its entry into application at the end of this year.
On 5 and 19 February, the Walloon Fair Trade Awards were awarded to two schools, Actions Intégrées de Développement Hainaut-Centre and Collège Saint-Stanislas in Mons. The competition rewards organisations (public services, companies, schools, non-profit organisations, etc.) in the Walloon Region for their awareness of Fair Trade and their purchases of Fair Trade and sustainable products. […]
In a context where the European Commission wants to specify when “fair trade” terms may be used from now on, Commerce Equitable France has published an interesting discussion paper on the public regulation of fair trade and the development of local fair trade channels. “France has a unique experience, with the adoption 20 years ago […]
The Trade for Development Centre supports campaigns to promote more sustainable agriculture in various African countries. This is the case of the National Week of Ecological Agriculture in Benin, which aims to disseminate knowledge, good practices and innovations in agroecology.
The European Commission has proposed a new regulation amending the one establishing a common market organisation of agricultural products (CMO), with the aim to strengthen farmers’ position in the agri-food supply chain.
At the end of November, the fourth annual National Fair Trade Days (JNCE) took place, an initiative of the Burkina Faso fair trade platform.
This initiative, which was funded by Enabel’s TDC, was desperately needed to tackle the many challenges in the sector and to find ways out of the ongoing crisis.
With a history stretching back more than 250 years, Beyers Koffie, Belgium’s largest coffee roaster, is determined to move with the times. At the end of 2025, the company will be one of the first in the world to inaugurate a 100% electric industrial roasting line.
