1.1 Standards Project Request

Please complete this form if you would like to request the revision or creation of a generic or a product-specific standard. If you would like us to add a new product (e.g. watermelon) to an existing product category (e.g. fresh fruit), please use the Price Request Form.

Please use one form per request and send the completed form to standards@fairtrade.net. You need approval of the project from the Director Strategy and Standards or the Head of the Standards Subunit before the project can kick off.

Project identification

Sent by:	Date:	Request ID: (to be completed by SSU)
Type of project:	Standard Creation	Standard Revision
Type of standard:	Generic (please specify)

Product-specific (please specify)

Priority	High	Medium	Low

Rationale

Why is the creation/revision of the standard needed? How will the new/revised standard respond to the identified needs? (Please include here an overview of other available standards or standards under development, including those developed by other organizations that meet the need entirely or partially)

What are the social, environmental and economic objectives of the new/ revised standard?

What are the potential risks related to the implementation of the new/ revised standard? What factors do you think may keep it from meeting its objectives? How can these potential risks be mitigated?

Project Scope

Geographical scope:	New regions / countries:	Existing regions / countries:
(Include here regions and countries to be covered):

Time Schedule:	Date for announcing the new/ revised standard requested: (Include date)
(Include here a justification for the proposed date, e.g. harvest period, signature of contracts, shipments, etc…)

Target group:

Small Producer Organizations	Hired Labour	Contract Production	Traders
(Include here stakeholders’ names and FLO IDs if applicable)

Project Environment:	How are the stakeholders going to be affected by the project?
Stakeholder type	Specification of stakeholder type
Producers	Contract Production

Hired Labour

SPO

Others:

Which product categories?

Traders	Exporters

Importers

Licensees

Processors

Retailers

Others:

Which product categories?

Consumers	In which countries?

Unions	Which unions?

NGOs	Which NGOs?

Producer Networks	Fairtrade Africa

NAP

CLAC
Certification Bodies	FLO-CERT

Others:

Resources

Resources to be employed in the project
Name of person	Activities	Resources necessary (budget, working hours)	Funding partner financing resource
SSU
PSU
LIs

PNs

PSR

LOs

Others

Recommendation on the Standard Request

Name of Unit/ Organization	Name of person	Recommendation (to be completed by indicated person)
Agree	Priority	Rationale	Whom to involve	Other advice
FLO	PSR

GPM	yes

no	low

medium

high

LI

yes

no	low

medium

high

PN

yes

no	low

medium

high

The rest of this request (below) will only be filled by SSU after you have submitted the request.
FLO

SSU	yes

no	low

medium

high

Approval of Head of Standards Subunit (to be completed by Head of SSU):

Approval:	Approved	Not approved
Reasons for decision:
Assigned SSU Project Manager:
Final Standards decision to be taken by:	SUD (for minor project) SC

Next steps (to be completed by Head of SSU):

Action point:	Responsible person:

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Standards Project Request

22.11.2011

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations international

Sandra Stelter

2011-11-22

FLO