WFTO-Europe acknowledges the steps taken through the EU's 2014/24 Directive to encourage socially and environmentally responsible public procurement. However, as a network representing more than 80 SMEs fully practicing Fair Trade in 17 EU member states, we find its implementation remains inconsistent, which severely limits its potential to drive positive change.
WFT
World Fair Trade Organization - Europe asbl
NGO · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 452862736936-07
4
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 326 tracked
4
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #186 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.8
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
< €10K
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2020
in the register since
Declares membership of
- World Fair Trade Organization (Global)
- Fair Trade Advocacy Office →
- FAIB (Federation of European and International Associations established in Belgium)
- ALDA - European Association for Local Democracy →
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Registered as
- World Fair Trade Organization - Europe (WFTO-Europe)
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
World Fair Trade Organization - Europe asbl filed 4 positions between 30 Sept 2023 and 26 Jan 2026, across 4 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.
2023 · 1 filed2025 · 2 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
The revision of the EU public procurement framework is an opportunity to modernise the rules - a necessary step for EU public procurement to support Europes green, social and innovation objectives, while delivering better value for money, stronger transparency, and greater economic resilience.
The World Fair Trade Organization-Europe (WFTO-Europe) acknowledges and supports the efforts of the European Commission to improve the position of farmers in agri-food supply chains. The proposal for setting conditions under which the terms fair, equitable and equivalents may be used could help combat misleading claims by companies, increasing the number of cases where farmers get a fair remuneration for their…
On behalf of WFTO-Europe, the European branch of the World Fair Trade Organization which gathers social enterprises fully practicing Fair Trade, we submit the feedback in the document in attachment. In sum, we urge the European Commission to ensure the highest extent of transparency through this textile labelling regulation, covering a range of information.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- Fair Trade Advocacy Office · 4 files in common
- Danish Chamber of Commerce · 3 files in common
- FEAD - European Waste Management Association · 3 files in common
- EurEau · 3 files in common
- Confartigianato Imprese · 3 files in common
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