Overseas Development Programmes Geoffrey Bockett

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Overseas Development Programmes Geoffrey
Bockett

• 21-23 September 2007

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Where we work

• 3 regional programmes East Africa, South Asia
  and South East Asia
• Offices in Nairobi, Dhaka, (Hyderabad) and Phnom
  Penh
• Local presence gives us credibility and
  efficiency

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Traidcraft overseas offices
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What we do

• Tea, cotton and craft producers
• Business services, Fair Trade and policy
• Our projects benefit 350,000 people directly and
  1.4 million including their families

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What next

• Grow the scale of our work
• Increase our impact
• Share learning
• Influence others

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South East Asia Programme Noel Matthews

• 21-23 September 2007

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Projects

• Cambodia Sustainable Trade for Social
  Enterprises
• Training Local Business and Product Development
  Consultants
• Capacity Development of AAC and its member
  organisations
• Advocacy and Policy Development
• Cambodia CraftNetwork
• Facilitating the development of the network as
  well as export promotion technical assistance
  and support to producers of silk crafts in
  Cambodia
• Vietnam Market Access Programme
• Training Local Business and Product Development
  Consultants
• Capacity Development of FAHA and its member
  0rganisations

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The future

• Establish office and recruit staff
• Further develop business services in Vietnam and
  Cambodia
• Increase advocacy and policy work at both
  national and regional levels

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Bangladesh Country Programme Shahed Ferdous and
Nusrat Jahan

• 21-23 September 2007

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Programme overview

• In 3rd year of operation
• Fully set-up office
• 7 full time employees

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Key themes

• Crafts
• Business services
• Jute
• Tea

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Jute The Golden fibre

• Traidcraft started trading in Jute products from
  Bangladesh 30yrs ago
• Jute is a vital cash crop for poor farmers
• Jute growers and artisans are not benefiting from
  market opportunities
• Project will target both jute growers and
  artisans

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India Country Programme Maveen Pereira

• 21-23 September 2007

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Key Themes

• Tea
• Cotton
• Business Services
• Fair Trade

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Fair Trade

• Domestic label 2008
• Supply Chains
• Distribution network
• Consumer Campaign
• Fair Trade
• Fair Trade Trainers

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Future plans

• Office in India
• Recruitment of team
• Increase scale, ensure impact
• Build regional links

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East Africa Programme Rosemary Jaja

• 21-23 September 2007

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The East Africa office

• Nairobi office opened 2006 Fair Trade House
• Sharing with COFTA Shared Interest
• 2 programme staff
• Programme focussed primarily on Kenya

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Programmes

• Cotton/Tea
• research to identify priorities
• Honey
• linking producers to new markets
• Dairy
• developing informal traders associations

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Programmes continued

• Crafts
• linking one jewellery producer to UK high street
  retailer
• broader support to the jewellery sector
• sustainability in the woodcarving sector
• support to COFTA members

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The Future

• Continued growth
• Development of programmes in cotton/tea
• Replication of lessons in crafts and honey
• Expansion into Tanzania Uganda

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