• 16th March 2003 action day on CCC in a church in Vienna.
• March: CCC participated in FairTrade Weeks in Carinthia, with two seminars on the CCC.
• 23rd to 26th of March 2003: Visit from Maria Luisa Regalado Moran and Soyapa Melgar from CODEMUH (Honduras). They held talks in Vienna, Linz and Pinkafeld (as part of the FairTrade weeks Burgenland) and gave interviews to radio and print media. They were also part of the program of a seminar about the CCC for teachers on the 24th of March.
• 27th March 03: project presentation of the fashion school HBLA 9 in Vienna on CCC.
• 8th May 03: presentation of FairTradeForum Austria (CCC is member of that forum, other members: fair-trade, worldshops,…) in the Austrian parliament. CCC reached some politicians there. Talks in schools.
• 23rd May 03: Did a presentation of CCC work and the model of the Fair Wear Foundation at the board of the Austrian textile industry at the chamber of commerce, quite interested also in FWF model.
• 23rd May 03: charity flee market at the University for the CCC in Vienna, organized by students.
• 29th May to 1st June 03: Took part in ASF (Austrian Social Forum), great platform to get in contact with trade unions and other organizations.
• 3rd June 03: CCC took part in the demonstrations around the strike about the pension reform.
• 4th June 03: talks with organizing committee of the arts/theater festival "steirischer herbst - styrian autumn" on involvement of CCC in festival.
• 7th-8th June 03: Info tent at World music festival.
• 10th June 03: One day meeting of CCC-platform (some organizations from outside Vienna took part, who normally do not take part in the short monthly meetings).
• 11th June 03: Organised a talk of Sadaf Zahar from the Pakistani Trade Union Defence Campaign (PTUDC) together with trade union groups.
• 14th June 03: Info tent at World music festival.
• 18th June 03: New issue of CCC-Austria-Newsletter goes to the printer (print run 9.000).
• 25th June 03: film evening The Big One (Michael Moore).
• 26th June 03: meeting with Greenpeace staff on ethical consumer guide, which they want to produce in cooperation with us.

• Participants: FOS (NGO) & ABVV (TU) & partner organisations of FOS in Honduras (FITH & FESITRADEH), Nicaragua (CST-JBE), El Salvador (FEASIES), Namibia (LaRRI), South Africa (ILRIG)
• Training of Belgian trade unionists from different sectors & 'maquila'exhibition
• 3 trade unionists from Central America visit 3 Belgian regions + 2 days seminar with the delegation and 30 Belgian trade unionists (October 2003)

• Raise awareness among workers of different sectors
• Especially trade unions from the public sector are interested
• Address employers from public and private sector that buy & employers that produce or sell garment wear
• Ask for a feasibility-study from the ILO regarding the role of ILO in verification systems; via the Belgian ILO office

• Bed&Bath
  • Belgian Social Forum
  • Mailing
  • Website

• to collaborate with Réseau Solidarité in France
• to create a game based on the life of a woman worker in a toy factory, having to face her daily life and discovering the interest to struggle with others for their workers' rights. This game will have a light version (printed in a leaflet) and a hard version for schools, etc.

• " T-shirt action " T-shirts were sent to the French speaking Belgian MEP and to key journalists.
• The amendments proposed are taken by green and socialist MEPs.
• A press conference is to take place before the debate in plenary session (beginning of July) (one of the main issues of Magasins du monde-OXFAM for the past federal elections).

• to take into account the potential value of this kind of initiative promoting the respect by companies of conventions foreseen to engage States.
• how to reinforce the public labour inspection, which articulation between this private system and the public system
• what added value can the FWF bring compared to a bipartite system trade unions / management
• connection with the Belgian public social label

• urgent appeal distributed during the Belgian Social Forum.
• study the possibility to support the workers-cooperative.

• Consumers are asked to send letters to local branch of national retailers
• Local CCC's are asked to meet directors of local branch of national retailers

• Important media coverage. The best since our 1st campaign, in 1995.
• 200 local actions (demonstration of Santa Claus…) in the different parts of France, 40 meetings with local managers of hypermarkets.
• Companies are not very happy with the mark they have got in our November rating leaflet (letter from the president of FCD, French federation of retailers, answer from the French CCC…).

• Political agreement on the framework of multistakeholder verification proposed by the FWF. Agreement to participate in the process of creation of the European Verification Initiative (EVI)
• One year ago, we have decided to join the CCC Olympic Game campaign. The general assembly has decided to propose to other CCC's to use a European or international lobby tool showing a massive European/international mobilisation: a petition to the WFSGI with a goal of 1000000 signatures (In France we could probably get more than 200 000 signatures).

• European directive on public procurements: we used the documents made by the Belgian CCC and sent letters to the 7 French members of the commission of the European Parliament working on the project of directive (legal and internal market commission).
• Next week, a guide on ethical public procurements will be published by the working group of local authorities we have set up in October 2001. Another guide on local authorities and consumers education, will be published next year.
• The 2nd of July, we will have a debate on the statutes of an association of local authorities whose aim will be to promote socially responsible public procurements.

• CCC-action-meeting with various regional CCC-groups from all over Germany incl. workshop 'street theatre' (April).
• CCC-Germany-representative held a speech at the shareholder-meeting of adidas 8th of May. Violation of right to organize in El Salvadorian supplier factory Hermosa was described.
• We had one very good/ critical article in Frankfurter Rundschau, one of the biggest German newspapers.
  
  
• CCC was present at the German Ecumenical Church Day in Berlin end of May with 200.000 visitors: Info desk, participation in some events with some hundred participants. Presence was used to inform people about the "sports summer 2004" and to collect e-mail-addresses of supporters who want to participate in the action-day 12th of June 2004. Present: Ivan/ Bulgaria, Josefa/ Nicaragua + speakers tour with Josefa before and after the church day.
• Attac Summer Academy in Münster 1-6 August. CCC will offer one or two workshops.
• Sports summer 2004 : Working group in German CCC will organise a de-central action day June 12th 2004. In the long run this shall be the start of the football world championship-campaign (2006/ Germany).

• We moved our office. Postal address, telephone number and e-mail address remain the same.

• In the period of March till June, at 16 schools 35 workshops were given (400 students). The Dutch students who have been to Sri Lanka in October of last year are the workshop leaders. This works out very well. The students committed themselves to give at least 10 workshops after their return of Sri Lanka. Except one, all exceeded that number of workshops and they all want to be involved in the project after the summer.
  
• The Fashion Files group gave workshops on Festival Mundial in June, which is a large cultural festival where a huge group of development and environmental organisations are presented.
• A report of the visit to Sri Lanka is sent to the participating organizations in Sri Lanka (see http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/fashion-files.htm).

• A protest letter on the North Sails case has been distributed (1000). People can also subscribe the e-mail protest letter, the number of people participating is rapidly growing. We sent a message to an international team of team riders, surfers who promote North Sails.
• The Gucci card is spread through the Fashion Files workshops at schools. One of the students organized a Gucci action at her University in Amsterdam.
• Nike leaflet on the Doson case (Indonesia) is translated into Dutch. A small action is planned in June, (Kalverstraat, centre of Amsterdam) in front of sportswear shops handing over the leaflet and asking staff to forward letters to the brands.

• Ineke gave a presentation on systems of monitoring and independent verification at meeting for interested municipalities in Belgium (Flanders).\
• Amsterdam is working on a guide for civil servants responsible for public procurement
• Utrecht finishes its research on their own buying practices.
• Coalition on public procurement: we sent letters to the three Dutch members of the Parliamentary commission to vote for the coalition' amendments.

• Training to one of the partner organisations on FAQ's
• Africa leaflet (Call to action)

The second semester of 2003 has been characterised by a great diversity of activities, events and presentations. Our priority has been to raise awareness about the objectives of the CCC, through activities on the street and amongst the consumers. In various Autonomous Regions we held presentations for audiences who were still unfamiliar with the work that the CCC does. Other presentations focused mainly on the evolution of the CCC and their current activities.

Activities and Events
Several press releases were issued on important dates such as the International Women's Day and the International Fair Trade Day in order to raise awareness about the labour conditions of textile workers around the world.

With the aim to commemorate May Day, on the first of May a new, more dynamic and interactive web page (www.ropalimpia.org) was launched, together with a new report on the working conditions in the Moroccan factories of some Spanish companies. The report -"La moda, un tejido de injusticias (Fashion, a fabric of injustice)" - was released in several cities. Also on the first of May, the cyber campaign ¨Just Stop It¨ started with the purpose of raising awareness about the working conditions in Nike factories. Seven human rights groups from around the world participated, involving more than 12,000 activists. In Catalonia only, 9000 protest letters.

The CCC has taken advantage of popular events such as San Fermin Festival, the International Fair Trade Day or music festivals to raise awareness among younger consumers. We managed to expand our activities and to increase our membership numbers. Without a doubt, the urgent appeals for workers rights that are sent via the internet have gained importance lately. The participants also use the information to spread the word about garment working conditions in street activities, or places of work and study. Some of these campaigns have already had promising results.

Different festivals, expos and campaigns held in Barcelona during May and June have given the CCC the opportunity to get out on the street and speak directly to consumers. During the following events the CCC Campaign has appeared in Setem stands: Fiesta de la Diversidad, Biocultura, la Fiesta del Comercio Justo y en el Festival musical "Doctor Music". There we distributed information and recruited activists.

Within the framework of the " Programas de Dinamizaciòn Cultural" of the Education Institute of the Barcelona City Council, CCC information points were set up in the over 70 high schools of Barcelona. The students could gain knowledge about the objectives and activities of the CCC.

New member
El Casal de las hormigas (The house of the ants), a pedagogic association, joined the CCC during the preparation for the campaign "Camiseta de papel (Paper T-shirt)" which raises awareness among primary and secondary school students about the working conditions in which our clothes are produced. 3572 t-shirts were made and customized by the children with direct messages to textile enterprises, denouncing the lack of respect for workers rights and asked for specific measures. Every week one of these T-shirts was published in the local press.

New workshop
We have created a new interactive workshop about the CCC, wherein the participants carry out a role-activity and play the role of entrepreneurs, Moroccan female workers or mothers of terribly consumerist children. The workshop is conceived as a playful space that encourages reflection about the conditions in which our clothes are produced.

Regions
In Vitoria-Gasteiz the action "Otro Globo es Posible (Another Globe is Possible)" was carried out in the weekend of June 13th to 15th. It was organised by 23 organisations. The CCC took part in the stand about human rights, informing about the living situation of workers as a result of this free, globalised market. Visitors got information on globalisation and were invited to join the activities of the campaign, such as sending letters to enterprises or participating in actions. All this was carried out in the framework of several playful activities such as street theatre, puppets, concerts and graffiti.
The NGO network of Navarra, Xarit , placed an article about the CCC in their magazine, which has helped to spread information on our local activities. If you are interested in the article, please visit www.congdnavarra.org. Xarit also got out on the street during the San Fermín Festival as a part of the Nike Action.
In Extremadura , work focused on one of the brands brought into the spotlight in the report "La moda: un tejido de injusticias" - the child clothes brand Mayoral. A notice board was placed in a shopping centre with correspondence between Mayoral, the CCC and consumers. In addition, the we were introduced in the "Universidad de Los Mayores (Older People University)" by means of a subject on "Fair Trade and Responsible Consumption".
In Aragon we held a workshop on Fair Trade and CCC. The documentaries "Trapos Sucios (Dirty Clothes)" and "Consumo Responsible (Responsible Consumption)" were screened and a debate on the role of consumers took place. In addition, schools have been invited to visit an exhibition about the CCC, and documentaries on consumption and the textile industry were screened there. Several associations have created the "Red Universitaria de Comercio Justo (University Network of Fair Trade)", which aim is to spread knowledge of the CCC amongst universities. The exhibition "Tejido con Dignidad (Fabric with Dignity)" will tour around different universities. In April we had a party with Fair Trade stands and information on the CCC and their activities.
In Galicia , during the first week of April, the third edition of the "Semana de Comercio Xusto (Week of Fair Trade)" was held by the NGO Amarante, one of the most active associations inside the CCC network. At this occasion, apart from concerts and exhibitions by the students of the Fine Arts Faculty, topics such as the aims of the CCC were discussed.

Other Autonomous Regions:
In the framework of the Solidarity Week of Toledo, and during the month of February, the CCC was presented in several education institutions as an example of a civil initiative that should be promoted in schools. The University of Leon used one of their radio shows to discuss the objectives of the CCC. Meanwhile in Granada, taking advantage of the "Jornadas de Medio Ambiente (Conference on the Environment)", our activities were given publicity.

• The idea is to build up a system similar to the one in Austria. We have the technical possibilities for a good system on the webpage from Berne Declaration (www.evb.ch).

• After the visit of a Doson worker in January 2003, the case was taken up again in the Spring. An information sheet with 20'000 copies was produced for the members of Berne Declaration and for some other events. At an open air concert in St. Gall there was an information desk on the case and signatures were collected.

• There have been several information events, where the public has been informed of the results of the pilot project: for woman trade unionists, for people from World shops and for a teachers training seminary.
• The Swiss CCC-Newsletter has been distributed to about 40'000 people with an overview and the results from the Swiss pilot project.

• 'Not good enough' letters written to Barratts and Peacocks (who are 'happy with the way compensation and reparation have been dealt with'), calling for meeting to discuss more effective ways of monitoring, etc. Just received response from Barratts ("refining its social responsibility statement and practice" and "will give ETI serious consideration").
• LBL and CCC exploring ways of finding out what developments have taken place.
• Action held outside ISA (importing shoe agency which had not replied to letters from supporters, LBL or CCC) on the 23rd of May, which included No Sweat, South Asia Solidarity, GMB and partners Rohini Hensman and Chanda Korgaokor. Meeting granted as a result for the 4th of June. ISA concludes that "they are aware of the need to do better but will need advice as they do not know where to start".