On Saturday 8 May 2010 Region Stavanger BA will celebrate the World Fair Trade Day 2010 in the Stavanger Tourist Information Office. Welcome!
In January 2009 it was decided that Region Stavanger BA will support and promote fair trade. Fairtrade is an independent brand organization that controls that the products are sustainable produced, that the worker’s rights are respected and that the paid price stands in relation to the production’s and living’s expenses. The objective is that the good and stable incomes that the producers get through Fairtrade will enable the producers to support themselves without any aid.
There are Fairtrade organizations in more than 20 countries. Most of these organizations are found in Europe, but there are also Fairtrade organizations in other parts of the world. In Norway the organization of Fairtrade is administrated by Max Havelaar Norge. Fairtrade Max Havelaar Norge works for an international trade that will have a foundation that enables people to live and not only to survive. - It is very rejoicing that Region Stavanger BA supports and promotes Fairtrade, says Project Leader Andreas Feen Sørensen in Fairtrade Max Havelaar Norge.
Saturday 8 May 2010 is the World Fair Trade Day 2010. This is an international event that takes place in the beginning of May each year. Region Stavanger BA wishes to celebrate this day at the tourist information office in Stavanger. All the members in Region Stavanger BA that offer Fairtrade-marked products will be invited to share information or to serve small samples at the tourist information office.
Region Stavanger BA will serve Fairtrade coffee and tea from Stavanger kaffebrenneri AS to the visitors. - This is a very nice opportunity to make the involvement that the region of Stavanger has in Fairtrade visible. I am sure that the visitors will have a positive experience, says the Teamleader in Region Stavanger BA Lene Lunde.