At the joint network meeting with the Actions Alliance for Fair Trade (Aktionsbündnis Fairer Handel) on 10th April 2025, around 50 committed individuals from civil society, administration and economy sector came together to shed light on fair trade in the context of international city partnerships. With short pitches from Berlin, exciting video contributions from Mexico City, Jakarta and Windhoek as well as intensive workshops, a variety of impulses for sustainable cooperation were generated – locally and globally.
The participants had the opportunity to get to know the work of two Berlin networks, make contacts and jointly generate new ideas.
Whether in Berlin or in the partner cities of the Global South – the issues of sustainable economic activity and fair trade structures are relevant worldwide – and therefore offered plenty of material for an exchange of experiences and the shaping of city partnership cooperation. We approached the topic through short pitches from various Berlin fair trade actors like Karma Kollektiv and the Berlin district of Mitte.
We also gained interesting insights into the understanding of organizations like Mercado Alternativo from Mexico City, Obalihara from Jakarta and Propaganda Collective from Windhoek regarding fair and sustainable economies:
