Brief Hostory of Korea Fair Trade Association [English]

2010

Jul: Translated and Published "Fair Trade, Maeket-driven Ethical Consumption"
Mar: Imported Fair Trade organic raw cane sugar from ASOCACE co-operative in Paraguay
Feb: Translated and Published "The Power of Fair Trade(Original title: Business Unusual)"
Feb: Campainged as named "Chocalate Angel"

2009

Dec: Published "Fairtrade, a beautiful trade for changing the world"
Dec: Visited Fairtrade Labelling Organization International(FLO) and had a conference in Bonn, Germany
May: Attended a annual general meeting of World Fair Trade Organization(WFTO) in Nepal
May: Had a Fair Trade Football campaign with children in Multi-national family
Feb: Had a Fair Trade Chocolate campaign with 한겨레21 and Yes24

2008

Dec: organized a workshop titled “Understanding Fair Trade and Overview of International Fair Trade”
Oct: attended IFAT conference in Sri Lanka
Sep: Opened the KFTA website
May: Imported fair trade products from <Tradescraft>
England Campagined and sold fair trade products at the ‘Diverse Culture Festival with Immigrants’
visited "Vision Technology" and "Talon", FLO-certified soccer ball producers based in Sialkot, Pakistan
April: Celebrated ‘Earth Day’ by selling and campaigning fair trade products Imported fair trade, environment friendly coffee from <Lobodis>, Frandce Ethiopia, Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala
Feb: Attended the in Lyon, France
Imported fair trade chocolate from Switzerland and campaigned for fair trade chocolates on Valentines’ Day
Jan: Conducted research at the ‘Square Mile’ in London, England as a part of International City Tour program, by the Hope Institution.
Visited the <Fair Trade Foundation> in England, <Traidcraft>, <Cafedirect> and the City Hall of London, for data collecting, reporting and business meetings.

2007

Oct: Registered for a non profit, non governmental organization
Sep: Imported Fair Trade Footballs from <Vision Technology> in Pakistan
Jul: Launched plans to create a non profit organization
Korean Fair Trade Association Workshop
Jun: Open Meeting of the ‘Invitation for Hope of Fair Trade’
Visited to Fair Trade Cacao producers’ organization <Kuapa Kokoo> in Gana, Africa for the data collecting, reporting and business meeting
May: Participated <IFAT World Conference> in Belgium, and visited the Fairtrade Chocolate Company, <Divine>, Charity organization the <Comic Relief> in UK for data collecting, reporting and business meeting
Apr: Opened The Korea Fair Trade Association Naver Web Cafe
Feb: MBC broadcasted the documentary <Beautiful Trade, Trade with Hope>

2006

Dec: KBC broadcasted the fair trade documentary <Beautiful Trade 1&2>
Oct: Visited <Fairtrade Foundation> in UK, <Twin Trading Company>, <Co-op>, <Gossypium>, <Cambridge University>, <Canterbury Fairtrade Network>, <Canterbury Cathedral>, <Kent University>, <St. Stephan Elementary School>, <Simon Langton Middle School>, <Marks and Spencer>, <Whole Food>, <Canterbury City Hall> for the data collecting, reporting and business meeting
Visited <IFAT> in Netherlands, the wholesale market for Fair Trade products <Centrum Mondiale>, the Fair trade Association <Max Havelaar>, the fair trade fruit company <Agro Fair> for data collecting, reporting and business meeting.
Visited Sugar Producers’ organization at Negros Island in the Philippines for the data collecting, and reporting
Sep: Visited fair trade organizations in India; <Agrocel Industries LTD>, <Asha Handicraft>, <Creative Handicraft> for data collecting, reporting and business meetings
Visited at Nepal’s Fair Trade Organizations and Producer’s Organizations, <Kanchanjangha Tea Estate>, <Young Wow Craft>, <Manushi Art & Craft>, and <Mahaguthi> for data collecting, reporting and business meeting
Jul: Made a visit to the local fair trade organizations and companies, <Beautiful Store>, <Korean Women's Environmental Network> and <Doore Cooperation> for further research and workshops
Jun: Visited <Alternative Trade Japan>, <Pal System Co-op>, and the <Nepali Bazaro>, a fair trade association, for collecting data and meetings.
May: Attended the ‘World Fair Trade Day’, hosted by the <People Tree> of the NGO <Global Village> in Japan
Jan-Mar: Planning of a documentary on fair trade

2005