The TDC aims to promote sustainable production and responsible consumption. It accomplishes this by strengthening production and consumption chains so that they become more sustainable (diversified, climate-smart), more inclusive and more respectful of human rights.
Through this Call for Proposals, the TDC aims to support Business Support Organisations (BSOs) so that the MSMEs they support have access to quality support services in terms of sustainability and respect for human rights.
For many years now, there has been a great deal of information about the negative impact of our consumption patterns on human rights and the environment. For example, in 2013, the collapse of Rana Plaza and the deaths of over 1,100 workers producing clothes for major clothing retailers highlighted the appalling working conditions in fast-fashion […]
In June 2022, the TDC team met Joachim Munganga, President of Sopacdi (Solidarité Paysanne pour la Promotion des Actions Café et Développement Intégral), a cooperative of coffee growers in South Kivu. He had just returned from the World of Coffee event organised in Milan by the Specialty Coffee Association. Sopacdi won third place in the competition organised by the SPP label, whose aim is to promote quality coffees from small producers.
Since 2016, Incub’Ivoir has positioned itself as a provider of support to entrepreneurs in Côte d’Ivoire. However, they needed to position themselves better in this sector and find a better business model. The TDC coaches were able to lend their support in these crucial stages.
This report collects the main activities and impact of the Trade for Development Centre programme between 2018 and 2022. Some remarkable results TDC supported 49 MSMEs and 8 Business Support Organisations with coaching in business management and/or marketing. Another 39 MSMEs also received a week of training in ‘data capturing’. The turnover of the African […]
Respondents’ perceptions of society: Compared to 2022 and 2020, all the issues assessed seem to be of slightly less concern, with rising energy and raw material prices clearly taking precedence over other issues such as pollution, health and personal well-being. Rising energy and raw material prices, purchasing power and health are the top three concerns […]
On the night of 6 December, after more than nine hours of negotiations, the European Union’s trilogue (Parliament, Commission and Council) reached a provisional agreement to ban imports of several commodities if they are produced from land deforested after December 2020. An initial list of six products was initially proposed by the Commission in […]
GEL Sud Benin, or Local Economy Office (LEO) South Benin, represented by its General Manager Geoffroy Mele, received support from two TDC coaches until the end of 2022. Isabelle Van Pachterbeke is one of these coaches. She is in charge of financial and organisational aspects. Let’s take a look back at a highly educational experience. […]
The two initiatives, Make Belgium a Fair Trade Country and Fair Trade Municipalities, aim to promote fair trade in Belgium, at both national and local levels. They have joined forces to work with the different regions of the country, and so Make Brussels-Capital a Fair Trade Region.
Enabel’s Trade for Development Centre (TDC) wants to strengthen advocacy for sustainable, inclusive production and consumption that respects decent work in various African countries. This is why it plans to support the organisation national ethical, sustainable, fair trade or organic farming days or weeks.
