Projects
Gender Equity Awareness Training in Fair Trade Artisan Groups
| Supported By | People Tree Foundation & Christian Aid -UK |
| Objective | Overall Objective: The overall objective is to empower women artisans by raising their awareness of their rights and building their capacity to take leadership roles. To ensure gender equity in the workplace through protecting the rights and legal entitlements of female artisans and engaging and encouraging factory management towards promoting systematic change across the sector. Objective 1: Increase the capacity of ECOTA and member organizations middle management to reduce gender-based discrimination in the workplace through trainings on system and practices, VAW, gender sensitivity and legal rights so that they can replicate training within their HR planning. Objective 2: Promote the rights and agency of artisans by reducing gender-based violence and discrimination in the workplace. |
Duration |
10 (ten) months, covering the period March 1st to December 31, 2022 |
Nepal Bangladesh Exchange Program
| Supported By | Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (Norec) |
| Objective | Nepal Bangladesh Exchange Program will promote cross boundary learning between two countries strengthening the knowledge base and skill sets of the producers and Fair Trade secretariat bodies ultimately contributing to promoting Fair Trade. |
Duration |
2019-2022 |
Establishing and Enhancing a Sustainable South-South Fair Trade Partnership
| Supported By | Fredskorpset- Norway |
| Objective | The ultimate goal of the exchange program is to strengthen Fair Trade products of the partners in both fair trade and main stream market |
Duration |
2008-2013 |
Introducing Partnership Brokering of ECOTA Fair Trade Limited to Promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Handicrafts Sector of Bangladesh
| Supported By | CARE-Catalyst |
| Objective | To find out the scopes of introducing Partnership brokering with CSR among the handicraft sector in Bangladesh. |
Duration |
Human Rights Promotion through the strengthening of Fair Trade
| Supported By | EC & Terre des homes Italia |
| Objective | Contribution to the promotion of human rights among traditional handicraft and textile producers and traders. |
Duration |
2007-2008 |
Support to Develop Fair Trade Handicraft Entrepreneurship
| Supported By | European Union & SPF |
| Objective | Fair Trade Entrepreneurship development to foster compatible employment in the handicraft sector of Bangladesh. |
Duration |
2006-2007 |
Creating Awareness Of Design And Product Development As A Tool Of Obtaining Competitiveness
| Supported By | European Union & SPF |
| Objective | Member NGOs and SMEs of ECOTA Fair Trade Ltd. have increased realization on production |
Duration |
2006-2007 |
Promotion of Private Sectors in the Post- Era Enterprise Information Services
| Supported By | German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) |
| Objective | Increased Use and Improved Supply of Demand-Let Enterprise Information. |
Duration |
June 2005- December 2007 |
Network Project
| Supported By | Trade Craft Exchange |
| Objective | Providing technical support services to the member organizations |
Duration |
2004-2005 |
Linking Artisans to Global Markets via Internet Project
| Supported By | PEOPLink/ Catgen |
| Objective | To exploit Internet to link the artisans to Global market. |
Duration |
2000-2002 |
CAPI (Crafts and Producer Improvement)
| Supported By | Oxfam GB |
| Objective | To increase the income opportunities of the indigent artisans of handcrafted sector. Moreover immediate objective were to improve the condition of the grass-root level artisans, lobby and advocacy with various GOs, NGOs, media persons both printing and electronic and other organizations |
Duration |
2000-01 |
Bangladesh Export Market Assistance Programme
| Supported By | DFID |
| Objective | To enable a significant number of SMEs in Bangladesh to participate in both local and international trade in a sustainable way which benefits their employees |
Duration |
1998-2004 |
