Fair Trade Fair in Hong Kong, SAR of China,
December 13 - 15, 2005

Abstract:

On the occasion of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong 13 – 18 December 2005, a coalition of NGOs convened the Fair Trade Fair, including a market, a symposium and a number of events like a Fair Trade Fashion Show. The Fair Trade Fair attracted a lot of attention and showed that alternatives to conventional trade do already exist.

The approach was based on the experiences which were made in 2003 in Cancún, Mexico, where a similar undertaking was a great success. The Fair Trade Fair in Hong Kong had been organised by an international steering committee, which consisted of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), USA; Equiterre, Canada, Asia Fair Trade Forum (AFTF), the Philippines, Oxfam Hong Kong and Gerster Consulting, Switzerland.

Main sponsors were the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco), the Canadian Government (CIDA), the World Bank, as well as other bilateral or multilateral agencies and private foundations.

You would like to know more? Please download the report here. Details are also available at www.fairtradeexpo.org.

An extensive photo gallery can be accessed here.

     Fair Trade Fair Berne (Switzerland), 1 September 2003

Berne, the Swiss capital, became a "Fair Trade City" on September 1, 2003. A unique coalition of Claro Fair Trade Ltd., COOP, Max Havelaar Switzerland, Migros and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco) convened the Fair Trade Fair, which consisted of a large fair trade market in the city, an international fair trade symposium and a number of side events, such as the Fair Trade Tram, a soccer (un)fair play, fair trade menus in restaurants, etc.. More details are available in French and German at the Fair Trade Fair Homepage. The main sponsor, seco, had asked Gerster Consulting to coordinate the event.

Photo - Gallerie Fair Trade Fair Bern

Fair Trade Fair Cancún (Mexico), 10-12 September 2003

On the occasion of the Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), September 10-14, 2003, in Cancún/Mexico, a coalition of NGOs lead by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) hosted a sustainable trade policy symposium with more than 20 plenaries, panels and workshops, and a fair trade marketplace, in order to expand the sustainable economy. Prominent personalities, as well as hundreds of other people, crowded the symposium and the fair. The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco) was one of the main sponsors of this event. Further information can be obtained at the Fair Trade Expo Homepage.

Photo - Gallerie Fair Trade Fair Cançun

Events with involvement of Gerster Consulting 2000-2003