ABOUT US

We are a Consortium of associations and cooperatives which work for different reasons in the field of international cooperation with the aim of expanding the fair trade

Aims and objectives

- To coordinate its partners in an “integrated and horizontal” project action completing the existing projects and/or creating a synergy between them; and proposing new projects to the Consortium partners.

- To involve in a project planning all the actors of the chain starting from the ONG and up to the consumers passing through producers, technicians, import centres

- To complete the projects for development cooperation whith the fair trade, the responsible tourism, microfinance and micro credit; and vice versa.

- To defend and enhance the production and the ethical fair trade (ecological and social) also through the “chain control” and the issue of the distincive trademark.

- To push the consumption of ethical products and to make its trade and diffusion easier.

Normative references

The standards used by Conges to value as ethical its action and the whole chain’s:

For the fair trade

- Resolution of the European Parlament 2/7/’98 called “Fassa”

- Standard approved by IFAT

- European Charter of the C.E.S criteria.


For the organic

- Regulations and instructions about the organic- UE

For the social

- Norms SA 8000

- Standard approved by FLO

For the tourism

- Criteria charter for the responsible tourism of AITR

Moreover

- Parameters independently developed by CONGES

Significant CONGES marks:

- Action of synergy and consultation for an integrated project planning

- Direct presence in the Consortium of the North and the South of the World producers

- Increase in value of the ONG rol as bridge between North and South of the World.

- Possible certifications and distintive trademark issued for the product on the basis of a PROCESS certification ( to protect all the chain, not only of the final consumer).


CONGES work instruments

- Research activity of pubblic and private announcements to propose to the partners for their projects.

- Synergy proposal in the field of planning activities of its own partners and also for subjects that aren’t partners.

- Study, information, training proposals, for a better action synergy.

- Analysis and studies about security and added value of vegetable products

- C.E.S. Certification (ethical products: social quality and ecological quality)

- Possible biological certification (ability to produce in harmony with the nature)