| | CONGO Committee on International Decade for the World's Indigenous People (New York)News5 - A new program for building an Indigenous Fair Trade Tourism Association in the AmericasIndigenous Tourism Rights International and our partners, the International Indian Treaty Council's Central America office in Guatemala, announce a new program for building an Indigenous Fair Fair Trade has assisted Indigenous communities throughout the Americas, particularly in the certification and marketing of agricultural products such as coffee, cocoa, honey, and textiles. Tourism Rights, based in St. Paul, Minnesota (USA) and CITI (Guatemala City) are organizing community trainings in Guatemala in November, and will host a Central American fair trade tourism workshop and planning meeting in spring 2004. There is additional coordination on the international level outside of the Americas with NGO groups and Indigenous communities for a conference and interventions on fair trade tourism at the upcoming World Social Forum in Mumbai, India (January 2004). The initial program is currently in a planning stage, faciliating diverse Indigenous input into forming standards for fair trade tourism which can be certified and implmented on a regional level. To become a member of the Fair Trade Tourism network, contact Cyndy Harrison at Cyndy@tourismrights.org (English speakers) or Amavilia Simone' at Amavilia@tourismrights.org (Spanish speakers). For more information contact: Publié: 2005-11-14 |