Just Trade project

Officially entitled “Making European trade work for the Millennium Development Goals”, the international triennial project has begun in February 2010. There are five organisations from five European countries involved in its implementation.

Brief summary of the problem

The project assesses the Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) in relation to EU trade policy and trade agreements in particular with regards to the role of Czech Republic. Its main goal is to analyze impact of trade and investment policies on development of poor countries and emerging markets. Following on that, the project elaborates on steps that both the EU and Czech Republic should undertake to employ policies contributing to reaching Millennium Development Goals.

Goals of the Project

• Increase of support on the side of civil service, private sector and media
• Increase of awareness and understanding of the public, private sector and to smaller extent also Czech non-profit sector
• Strengthen capacities for monitoring and analysis
• Strengthen cross-country and inter-regional cooperation with both European and non-European non-state actors

Financing of the Project

• Project’s outputs and activities carried out by Glopolis are financed by
• the European Commission and
• the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic