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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Fair Share: Addressing the need for new leaders in the fair trade field through e-learning David Drabble, The Tavistock Institute, UK Michelle Stella, MONIMBO, Italy https://fairsharetraining.eu/

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Purpose Outline the current dilemmas in fair trade Introduce the Fair Share project and how to enrol Discuss the leadership module and leadership for change in FTOs

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Over the past century increasing distance between consumers and their products, little knowledge of the conditions where their products came from Context for conventional trade

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Disconnections in conventional trade Complexity and scale of international sales trade expanded. This is presented as the modern miracle yet The consequences of our actions become indistinct and impossible to measure: in large private companies top managers dont even meet major suppliers, thats people who are supplying them with hundreds of millions of pounds of raw material. They work at the strategic level high in the clouds.

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ The growth of the social economy From the early 20 th century the social economy has formed At European level, the SE represents 10 percent of all businesses: 2 million businesses and more than 20 million workers Aimed at improving collective working conditions and individual lives: Social objectives over profit Open membership Democracy Combination of interests Solidarity and responsibility Independence from public authorities Sustainable development objectives

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Fair trade in Europe Within the third sector (SE) a number of important movements exist. Beginning in 1946, Fair Trade (or alternative trade) fair trade focuses more upon matching the market and ethics: Market access for marginalised producers Sustainable and equitable trading relationships Capacity building and empowerment Consumer awareness raising and advocacy

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ The shape of fair trade in Europe Defining Fairtrade beyond certification is difficult Key issues facing fair trade: Integrity and values: some based on principles These principles are spring boards: weve set up strong principles for relationships with the developing world, and these underpin relationships between staff too. BAFTS Fairtrade or fair trade? Other companies interpret fair trade as simply about paying a premium: Fair trade used to be about democratisation, now its about paying slightly more to farmers. Its less ideological these days. UK Academic

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Dilemmas for fair trade Integrity and valuesProfit and growth

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ The aims of Fair Share Increase professional skills, competences and knowledge within the fair trade sector Grow the fair trade sector by building on staff potential Link fair trade to the wider social economy Provide Fair Trade entrepreneurs with a tailor-made training programme

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Training needs analysis Desk research, questionnaire survey, interviews: Training is considered to be of crucial importance Half of the sample does not have a training strategy in place yet Social and sustainable entrepreneurial issues are relevant on 50% of the cases

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Training needs analysis Axis and topics

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Training success factors Combining theory and practice Gathering academic researchers and practitioners Team working Being part of a network

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Different profiles Business Fair Trader Fair Trade Ambassador Fair Trade auditor

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Modules offered Cosolving workshops on management issues FT certification and labelling Teaching Fair Trade Fair Trade among alternative economic initiatives Marketing and commercial strategy Social business plan and finance Introduction to Fair Trading Leadership for change Launch in September Ready in June

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ What it looks like https://fairsharetraining.eu

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Logistics All modules are free and open to all EU countries Targeting school pupils, teachers, students and 100 FTO staff. Most modules are open to all go to https://fairsharetraining.eu and sign up for the module. Alerts sent when modules begin. https://fairsharetraining.eu Others (for example Co-solving Workshops and Leadership for Change) are reserved for managers and we want diverse groups.

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ What is it useful for? Train your staff Train volunteers Implement campaigns and/or awareness raising activities Share material and networking with other FTOs

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ How to use it Choose one of the proposed modules Upload your own courses

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Leadership for Change in FTOs English language module for managers within FTOs Objectives are to: Understand key concepts and debates about leading change and why they matter in a FTO setting Identify the qualities needed to lead change and how to develop them in self and others To demonstrate knowing when to offer different types of leadership for change

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Key concepts and debates Styles of leadership: From the front: greater control, more processes and rules. More efficient with consistent quality From behind: less control, empower employees to set personal boundaries. Less efficient, diffused authority and responsibility How groups work together: Systems thinking: groups form over common interests and purposes which are often implicit How leaders affect systems: authority will affect the organisation in unpredictable ways

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Qualities needed to lead change Leaders need to match the companys situation/needs with the changes they want to make Vision of the future: what is the strategy behind your actions? Why are you doing what you are doing? Understand the motivations of yourself and of others in your organisation dont replicate yourself!

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Organisational lifecycles Recognise where your organisation is in its lifecycle and what it means for leadership: Start-up: requires commitment, energy, oversight Growth: changing the organisational culture, insert policies and procedures Plateau: understand how to stay in touch with what is happening across the organisation, create reporting systems

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ Hoped for outcomes Clearer directions for FTOs Maintained and strengthened FTO values within a turbulent environment Leaders more confident and able to manage staff skilfully FTOs can close the gap between consumers and producers

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https://fairsharetraining.eu/ What next? Leadership module now live and starting in June Sign up sheet at the front please put your position and organisation as well as name and contact details Go to fairsharetraining.eu to sign up to Fair Share Any questions or comments?