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BOTTOM UP! PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE COTTON & GARMENT VALUE CHAIN FROM ETHIOPIAN COTTON TO EUROPEAN CONSUMERS APRIL 2019 2022 TOTAL CO AL COSTS: : 1,924,916 EU CO CONTRI RIBUTION: 1,498,000 COUNTRI CO RIES OF I F IMPLE
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PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE COTTON & GARMENT VALUE CHAIN FROM ETHIOPIAN COTTON TO EUROPEAN CONSUMERS
TOTAL CO AL COSTS: : € 1,924,916 EU CO CONTRI RIBUTION: € 1,498,000 CO COUNTRI RIES OF I F IMPLE LEMENTATION ETHIOPIA, DENMARK, GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS PAR ARTNERS RS
DUE TO THE GROWING INTEREST OF INTERNATIONAL BRANDS TO SOURCE GARMENTS FROM ETHIOPIA, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE SECTOR IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY, CONTRIBUTE TO DECENT JOBS, EXPORTS, AND PRE REVE VENT A R A RACE CE TO T THE BO BOTTOM. LINKING ETHIOPIAN SUSTAINABLE COTTON AND GARMENT PRODUCERS TO EUROPEAN BUYERS AND CONSUMERS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY. NOT ONLY IS ETHIOPIA AN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS STORY, IT IS ALSO A COUNTRY WHERE GARMENT PRODUCERS CAN FINALLY DO DO IT RI RIGHT FR FROM THE S STAR ART.
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TO CONTRIBUTE TO A SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE AND TRANSPARENT VALUE CHAIN THAT GENERATES BUSINESS GROWTH, IMPROVES WORKING CONDITIONS, AND PROMOTES LABOUR AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING PRACTICES IN THE CO COTTON AN AND D GARM ARMENTS I INDU DUSTRY Y IN ETHIOPIA AND EUROPE BY 2021.
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SECURED TRACEABILITY, QUALITY AND INCREASED VOLUMES OF VERIFIED SUSTAINABLE COTTON BY 1 P 1 PRODU DUCE CER R UNION, , 3 CO 3 COMMERCI CIAL AL FARM ARMS AN AND D 2 2 GINNERI RIES BENEFITTING 2,000 FARMERS AND 2,200 WORKERS IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL PERFORMANCE, ADOPTION OF STANDARDS, LOCAL UPTAKE OF COTTON AND TRANSPARENCY OF 8 8 MILLS LLS/FACT CTORI RIES BENEFITTING 17,000 WORKERS ENSURED WIDER UPTAKE, KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS AND IMPROVED POLICIES SUPPORTIVE OF RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION AMONG 3 3 GOVE VERN RNMENT INSTITUTIONS, 2 , 2 PRI RIVATE SECT CTOR R AS ASSOCI CIATIONS & & 8 F 8 FACT CTORI RIES/MILLS LLS
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ENSURED PURCHASING OF SUSTAINABLE (VERIFIED) GARMENTS FOR THE EU MARKET BY 2 I 2 INTERN RNATIONAL AL BUYE YERS RS FROM 8 MILLS/FACTORIES IMPROVED AWARENESS, TRANSPARENCY AND/OR WIDER MARKET UPTAKE OF SUSTAINABLE GARMENTS FROM ETHIOPIA BY AT LEAST 175 B 175 BUSINESSES FOR THE EU MARKET IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS AMONG 1.2 1.2 MILLI LLION CO CONSUMERS RS IN GERMANY, DENMARK & THE NETHERLANDS ON SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IN THE COTTON AND GARMENT VALUE CHAIN
Funded by the Development Cooperation Instrument of the European Union