Fair Trade Advocacy Office

Tweet this page
<
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
>
No longer registered as of 22 Sep 2020 - Registration as it was on 20 Sep 2019
How to read and use this data card.
Download this datacard
The following entries are flagged as duplicates of this organisation: 116255246201-84

Overview

Lobbying Costs

250,000€

Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

4.5 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

10

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Fair Trade Advocacy Office   (FTAO)

    EU Transparency Register

    20744335040-66 First registered on 19 Jan 2011

    Goals / Remit

    The Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) speaks out on behalf of the Fair Trade movement for Fair Trade and Trade Justice with the aim to improve the livelihoods of marginalised producers and workers in the South.

    The FTAO is a joint initiative of Fairtrade International, the World Fair Trade Organization-Global and the World Fair Trade Organization-Europe. Through these three networks the FTAO represents an estimate of 2.5 million Fair Trade producers and workers from 70 countries, 24 labelling initiatives, over 500 specialised Fair Trade importers, 4,000 World Shops and more than 100,000 volunteers.

    Main EU files targeted

    EU trade policies, EU development aid policies, EU agricultural policies, EU environmental policies, EU competion and internal market policies.

    Address

    Head Office
    Village Partenaire
    Rue Fernand Bernierstraat, 15
    Brussels 1060
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%6

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    4.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Dec 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Ciara Quinn 11 Jan 2020 11 Jul 2020
    Ms Elena Lunder 01 Nov 2019 01 May 2020
    Mr Sergi CORBALAN 13 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2020
    Jorge CONESA DE LARA 11 Jul 2019 11 Jul 2020
    Ms Margaux Roze 02 Jul 2019 21 Dec 2019
    Ms Fabienne Yver 19 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020
    Ms Julia Hebron 19 Jun 2019 01 Jan 2020
    Ms Roze des Ordons Margaux 28 Feb 2019 30 Jun 2019
    Mr Fabian Richter 16 Feb 2019 16 Aug 2019
    Blandine CAMUS 12 Dec 2018 27 Feb 2019
    Mr Jonathan Matthysen 07 Dec 2018 07 Jun 2019
    Ms Farah Altaher 15 Nov 2018 08 Dec 2018
    Mr Peter Möhringer 09 Nov 2018 09 Nov 2019
    Mr Sergi CORBALAN 21 Sep 2018 13 Sep 2019
    Ms Roberta Discetti 13 Sep 2018 13 Mar 2019
    Ffion STORER JONES 08 Jun 2018 08 Jun 2019
    Ms Farah Altaher 20 Apr 2018 01 Nov 2018
    Ms Fabienne Yver 14 Mar 2018 14 Mar 2019
    Mr Peter Möhringer 13 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018
    Mr Sergi CORBALAN 06 Oct 2017 21 Sep 2018
    Mr Angelos Athanasopoulos 02 Sep 2017 01 Apr 2018
    Ms Marta DE BONIS 01 Sep 2017 01 Mar 2018
    Ms Alice Sinigaglia 31 Aug 2017 23 Aug 2018
    Ms Allegra Santilli 31 Aug 2017 01 Mar 2018
    Mr Jacopo Prina 23 Feb 2017 31 Aug 2017
    Ms Gwenaëlle Mercier 02 Feb 2017 31 Aug 2017
    Ms Martina Bulzomi' 08 Nov 2016 05 May 2017
    Mr Giorgio CALIGARI 22 Aug 2016 01 Feb 2017
    Mr Sergi CORBALAN 13 Sep 2016 02 Sep 2017
    Mr Peter Möhringer 13 Sep 2016 09 Sep 2017
    Ms Alice Sinigaglia 22 Aug 2016 15 Jul 2017
    Ms Martina Bulzomi' 22 Aug 2016 08 Nov 2016
    Mr Caligari Giorgio 22 Aug 2016 01 Nov 2016
    Ms Maria Laura Romani 22 Aug 2016 01 Dec 2016
    Ms Arianna Americo 02 Feb 2016 29 Jul 2016
    Ms Oriane Pierres 02 Feb 2016 29 Jul 2016
    Mr Sergi CORBALAN 08 Oct 2015 14 Sep 2016
    Mr Sebastien Leclef 20 Aug 2015 21 Aug 2016
    Mr Peter Möhringer 20 Aug 2015 21 Aug 2016
    Ms Elide Vincenti 18 Jul 2015 16 Mar 2016
    Ms Alice Sinigaglia 17 Jul 2015 15 Jul 2016
    Mr Fabio Montanari 17 Jul 2015 15 Feb 2016
    Ms Beatrice Casamenti 13 Feb 2015 11 Aug 2015
    Ms Guilia Vespucci 11 Feb 2015 10 Aug 2015
    Ms Elba ESTRADA GUTIERREZ 16 Jan 2015 17 Jul 2015
    Ms Chiara Gronchi 04 Sep 2014 03 Mar 2015
    Mrs Elba ESTRADA GUTIERREZ 16 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015
    Mr Sergi CORBALAN 11 Nov 2014 08 Oct 2015
    Mrs Chiara Gronchi 04 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mr Peter Möhringer 04 Sep 2014 20 Aug 2015
    Mr Sebastien Leclef 21 Aug 2014 12 Aug 2015
    Ms Kristýna Němčanská 15 Jul 2014 03 Mar 2015
    Mr Lorenzo Pietro Spiller 25 Feb 2014 09 Aug 2014
    Ms Maria Crippa 13 Feb 2014 12 Aug 2014
    Mrs Elba ESTRADA GUTIERREZ 07 Feb 2014 16 Jan 2015
    Mr Sergi CORBALAN 16 Oct 2013 15 Oct 2014
    Ms Petra Hlavackova 15 Aug 2013 14 Aug 2014
    Ms Alessia Ciardo 15 Aug 2013 14 Aug 2014
    Mr Peter Möhringer 15 Aug 2013 14 Aug 2014
    Mr Sebastien Leclef 01 Jun 2013 31 May 2014
    Mr Vittorio Mussetto 12 Jan 2013 10 Aug 2013
    Ms Gabriela Filipovà 12 Jan 2013 10 Aug 2013
    Mrs Elba ESTRADA GUTIERREZ 19 Jan 2013 15 Jan 2014
    Mrs Hilary JEUNE 10 Oct 2012 13 Aug 2013
    Mr Sergi CORBALAN 18 Sep 2012 12 Sep 2013
    Ms Catharina Sigala 15 Sep 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Ms Paola Cairoli 08 Aug 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mr Marco Cosa 08 Aug 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mr Sergi CORBALAN 15 Sep 2011 01 Aug 2012
    Mrs Hilary JEUNE 15 Sep 2011 01 Aug 2012
    Mr Tom ROTTINGHUIS 19 Dec 2011 01 Sep 2012
    Mrs Elba ESTRADA GUTIERREZ 23 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mrs Elena TIBERTI 30 Jan 2012 16 Jul 2012
    Mrs Ellen BOHLIN 09 Feb 2012 16 Jul 2012

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Sergi Corbalan (Executive Director)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Sergi Corbalan (Executive Director)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    FTAO is at present not a member of any formal association/ federation or confederation.

    FTAO works closely with other NGOs and wider civil society loose networks related to the issue. This for example could be with Trade Unions, Cooperatives, ISEAL and NGOs working on trade and development issues. FTAO also closely works with local authorities committed to Fair Trade.

    Member organisations

    o Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International: www.fairtrade.net
    o World Fair Trade Organisation- Europe: www.wfto-europe.org
    o World Fair Trade Organization: www.wfto.com

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    250,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    179,785 € (Source: DG DEVCO)

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    CDG Organic Farming#E03199 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3199 #Member #C#CDG International aspects of agriculture#E03197 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3197 #Member #C#Multi-stakeholder platform on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU #E03529 #Sergi Corbalan#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3529 #Member #B#Civil society, Employees/workers, SMEs#Corporate Social Responsibility#The global dimension of SDGs, including trade and migration#High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain#E03337 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3337 #Member #C

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    Main priorities>
    - European strategy for Fair Trade
    - Power in supply chains campaign
    www.fairtrade-advocacy.org/power

    Other activities

    The FTAO follows EU policies and initiatives that have an impact on International trade, in particular on the livelihoods of marginalised producers and workers in the South. This include EU trade, development, environment, agriculture, internal market policies.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    10 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.

    • Date 24 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject introductory meeting on nutrition, social economy, human rights in partner countries - global value chains
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Oct 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Future “development cooperation instrument” and Fair Trade - Public procurement of fair textiles
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Nils Behrndt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 29 Mar 2017 Location Brussels, BERL
      Subject General agri issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Elisabetta Siracusa (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Mar 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Benefits of fairtrade for producing communities
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Nils Behrndt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Mar 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject optimal landscape for EU framework action against UTPs
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
      Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
    • Date 13 Feb 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject EU Competition Policy & Sustainability
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Competition
      Attending
      • Claes Bengtsson (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Jun 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Fair trade
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
    • Date 02 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Fair trade initiatives
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Issues pertaining to expectations of Fair Trade movement from the new Commission in the area of development cooperation; fair trade in the post-2015 framework; EU Flagship Initiative in the garment sector; private sector and development.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Denis Cajo (Cabinet member)
    • Date 04 Dec 2014 Location Bruxelles
      Subject Promoting Fair Trade
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member)
Download this datacard