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With globalization and further opening of markets, the Palestinian businesses and small producers and farmers, are facing more challenges in surviving and growing their businesses. ICP is initiating a Fair Trade Development center that will assist Palestinians receive their 'fair' share of revenues.

Mission and Objectives

The Fair Trade Development Center (FTDC) has been established in 2006 as a new unit of the Institute or Community Partnership – Bethlehem University. The mission of the center is to assist Palestinian producers gain their fair share of revenues. The center’s main objectives are:

• To be a source of information for the Palestinian producers and their cooperatives who wish to become fair-trade producers, in accordance with the International Fair Trade Association (IFAT).
• To act as a liaison between existing Fair Trade Organizations in Palestine in order to work in congruency, network and share information amongst each other.
• To form a regional network with other Fair Trade Organizations in the area.
• To provide capacity building, training and consulting services for Palestinian producers and their cooperatives and spread the fair trade concept in Palestine.

Contacts:

• Hussam Jubran, Project Manager, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Jamil Hijazin, Project Coordinator, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Fida Ghareeb, Project Coordinator, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Ibrahim Bandak, Marketing Coordinator, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it