| 6.5.1.1.1 | Social development |
- Fairtrade adds Development Potential: Fairtrade should make a difference in development for certified products.The producer organisation can demonstrate that Fairtrade revenues will promote social and economical development of small farmers.
- Members are Small Producers: By small producers are understood those that are not structually dependent on permanent hired labour, managing their farm mainly with their own and their family s labour-force.The mayority of members are small producers.Of every Fair Trade - certified product sold by the organisation, more than 50% of the volume must be produced by small producers.
- Democracy, Participation and Transparency: The organisation must be an instrument for the social and economic development of the members, and in particular the benefits of fairtrade must come to the members. [...].An organisational structure is in place which enables control by the members. There is a Gerneral Assembly with voting rights for all members as the supreme decision taking body and an elected Board. The staff answers through the Board to the Gerneral Assembly.The organisation holds a General Assembly at least once a year.The annual report and accounts are represented to and approved by the General Assembly.Administration is in place.
- Non - discrimination: FLO follows ILO Convention 111 on ending discrimination of workers.If the organisation restricts new mebership, the restriction may not contribute to the discrimination of particular social groups.
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