Stichting Fair Trade Advocacy Office

CSO network for sustainable public procurement
EU CSO Food Policy Coalition
EU Cocoa coalition
Tropical Forest Alliance
Green Trade Network
TSD Platform
European Trade Justice Coalition

The FTAO is a foundation that was set up by

European Fair Trade Association
Network of European Worldshops
World Fair Trade Organization
Fairtrade International

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

400,000€ - 499,999€

400,000€ - 499,999€

None declared

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Unofficial groupings

An overview of our statements and communication activities related to EU policies can be found here: https://fairtrade-advocacy.org/our-work/eu-policies/

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18 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	16 Dec 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	VTC Meeting: Sustainable Food Systems/Procurement
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Annukka Ojala (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Slow Food

• Date	17 Nov 2022	Location	video conference
  Subject	forced labour
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	International La Strada Association

• Date	24 Oct 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Forestry and deforestation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member) Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Stichting Solidaridad Nederland

• Date	28 Apr 2022	Location	videoconference
  Subject	sustainable textiles strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	The Traidcraft Exchange

• Date	23 Mar 2022	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Views of group of civil society organisations regarding the EU strategy for sustainable textiles
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	The Traidcraft Exchange

• Date	22 Mar 2022	Location	video conference
  Subject	Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders
  Portfolio	Justice
  Attending	Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Reuse and Recycling European Union Social Enterprises

• Date	22 Mar 2022	Location	video-call
  Subject	Circular Economy and EU Strategy on Textiles
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Environmental Coalition on Standards

• Date	10 Mar 2022	Location	video call
  Subject	Sustainable Textile Strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member) Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Environmental Coalition on Standards

• Date	09 Dec 2021	Location	video call
  Subject	Trade and sustainable development, domestic advisory groups
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)

• Date	29 Nov 2021	Location	Online
  Subject	Sustainable Corporate Governance initiative - inclusion of smallholder farmers
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member) Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Rainforest Alliance

• Date	14 Oct 2021	Location	video call
  Subject	Promoting Fair and Ethical Trade practices
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)

• Date	17 Sep 2021	Location	videoconference
  Subject	the forthcoming proposal on deforestation-free regulation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	FSC International Center GmbH (IC)

• Date	21 May 2021	Location	Virtual
  Subject	The value of certification in due diligence systems
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
  Portfolio	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
  Attending	Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS)

• Date	21 May 2021	Location	video-call
  Subject	The value of certification in due diligence systems’
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	FSC International Center GmbH (IC)

• Date	31 Mar 2021	Location	Skype call
  Subject	Purchasing practices in HREDD regulation
  DG	Justice and Consumers
  Attending	Salla Saastamoinen (Director-General)

• Date	21 Jan 2021	Location	video-conference
  Subject	Fair trade
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)

• Date	20 Jan 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	VC Meeting - Discussion on minimum sustainability criteria for public procurement.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Annukka Ojala (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Coordination Via Campesina

• Date	20 Jan 2021	Location	Brussels - video conference
  Subject	Discussion on minimum sustainability criteria for public procurement
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements EU Regional Group