AGENDA Fairtrade Tea Workshop Topic: Climate change mitigation & adaptation in the Fairtrade tea sector Organised by: Fairtrade Africa Date: 19 July 2011, from 8.30 – 16.30 Place: Mombasa, Kenya Venue: Plaza Beach Hotel, Ukumbi Room Time Topic Speaker 8.30 – 9.00 Welcome and introduction Amos Thiong’o, Fairtrade Africa / Introduction of all attendees and overview agenda All 9.00 – 9.30 Fairtrade Africa developments Amos Thiong’o & Veronique Updates from Fairtrade Africa incl. TAF, Verlinden, Fairtrade Africa partnership information and communications 9.30 – 10.00 The New Standards Framework Zacharie Kiarie, Fairtrade A summary update on the New Standards International, Producer Services Framework and the Generic Environmental and Relations (PSR) Standards 10.00 – 10.45 Fairtrade tea – Current market developments Lee Byers, Fairtrade The Fairtrade tea sector – A global overview & International, Global Product strategic outlook Management (GPM) 10.45 – 11.00 Tea/coffee break 11.00 – 12.30 Climate change – Risk and opportunities for Germán García Ibáñez, KPMG - African producers Climate Change and Sustainability A presentation on the effects of climate change and how farmers can achieve access to funding Case studies & Q&A 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break 13.30 – 14.45 Climate change mitigation - Introduction to the Chris Schmeling, FLO-CERT Eastern carbon footprint project Africa A presentation on the results of a new study conducted with tea producers in Kenya on the carbon footprint of tea from farm to retail shelf.
AGENDA Fairtrade Tea Workshop Topic: Climate change mitigation & adaptation in the Fairtrade tea sector Organised by: Fairtrade Africa Date: 19 July 2011, from 8.30 – 16.30 Place: Mombasa, Kenya Venue: Plaza Beach Hotel, Ukumbi Room Time Topic Speaker 8.30 – 9.00 Welcome and introduction Introduction of all attendees and overview agenda Amos Thiong’o, Fairtrade Africa / All 9.00 – 9.30 Fairtrade Africa developments Updates from Fairtrade Africa incl. TAF, partnership information and communications Amos Thiong’o & Veronique Verlinden, Fairtrade Africa 9.30 – 10.00 The New Standards Framework A summary update on the New Standards Framework and the Generic Environmental Standards Zacharie Kiarie, Fairtrade International, Producer Services and Relations (PSR) 10.00 – 10.45 Fairtrade tea – Current market developments The Fairtrade tea sector – A global overview & strategic outlook Lee Byers, Fairtrade International, Global Product Management (GPM) 10.45 – 11.00 Tea/coffee break 11.00 – 12.30 Climate change – Risk and opportunities for African producers A presentation on the effects of climate change and how farmers can achieve access to funding Case studies & Q&A Germán García Ibáñez, KPMG - Climate Change and Sustainability 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break 13.30 – 14.45 Climate change mitigation - Introduction to the carbon footprint project A presentation on the results of a new study conducted with tea producers in Kenya on the carbon footprint of tea from farm to retail shelf. Chris Schmeling, FLO-CERT Eastern Africa