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National Workshop on Eco-labelling
June 23-24, 2008, Jaipur

Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) and the Confederation of Indian Textiles Industries (CITI), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is organising this workshop. The event is the first occasion to introduce to national stakeholders the ‘Enabling developing countries to seize eco-label opportunities’ project. This 4-year project, funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, is aiming at promoting eco-labelling in Brazil, China, India, Kenya, Mexico and South Africa. Through technical assistance and capacity building to a wide range of national stakeholders, the project would like to increase the number of key export products eco-labelled, in view of increasing international market access and at the same time contributing to more sustainable consumption and production patterns. In India it will particularly aim at supporting Indian industries in eco-labelling textiles products with the EU Eco-label.

Objectives:

• Create awareness among relevant stakeholders on the opportunities related to eco-labelling and to the increase of sustainability of the textile sector;

• Present the ‘Enabling developing countries to seize eco-label opportunities’ project and engage relevant stakeholders;

• Increase textile industry stakeholders’ knowledge of the EU Eco-label, its procedure, criteria and related market opportunities.

The national eco-labelling workshop will bring together relevant Government decision makers, textiles industry’s and industrial designers' representatives, as well as representatives from textile associations, national laboratories associated with the manufacturing of textiles, national representatives of the Ecomark scheme and standardization bodies, NGO’s and consumer organizations, representatives of the EU eco-label scheme, international eco-label and sustainable consumption experts, industry representatives that got their textiles successfully eco-labelled, as well as UNEP and the European Commission representatives.

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