Application Process
Documents to be Submitted:
Completed Application form including:
- Completed Application form including organizational profile. Application form can be downloaded here or can be received by email upon request to ftgnepal@info.com.np.
- Copy of Nepali Citizenship of owner/ proprietor
- Registration certificate from concerned authority of Government of Nepal
- Audited financial report of last 3 fiscal years
- Annual progress report of last 3 years
- Organizational profile or brochure(with vision, mission and objectives)
- Organization's Constitution or Memorandum of Articles (Prabandha Patra, Niyamawali, constitution etc.)
- Staff/worker's payment sheet of the last month
- Brief description activities performed by the organization under social responsibilities
- Capacity development plan (if available)
- Applicants must make a presentation on the organizational compliance with Fair Trade Principles.
- Signed copy of FTG Nepal Code of Conduct will be submitted after the membership has been approved.
- Completed Self Assessment Report (SAR) to be submitted within provisional membership period or before getting full membership. SAR form can be downloaded here.
Membership Procedure:
- Submission of the completed application form, and all necessary documents as per the membership application procedure
- FTG Nepal shall share/seek references/information about the applicants from the existing member/s. Any negative reference/remarks about the applicant shall be submitted in writing to FTG Nepal along with the evidences by the member/s.
- Entry audit through field visit/inspection by secretariat.
- Report will be presented at Membership sub-committee.
- Membership sub-committee will evaluate the report and related documents
- Submission of sub-committee report to the board for final decision
- Granting provisional membership for a maximum of 2 years
- Submission of Self Assessment Report (SAR) within provisional membership period
- Providing full-fledged membership after satisfactory completion of provisional period of two years; based on the submission of Self-Assessment Report and Social Audit Report
- Existing members to do mutual/self review against Fair Trade practices/standards biennially.
Note:
- FTG Nepal reserves the right to accept/reject any application for membership or grant/refuse membership to any applicant if it feels that the application or applicant is found to be unfit due to other reasons other than mentioned above.
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FTG Nepal provides orientations on Fair Trade and on filling up the Self Assessment Reporting form.