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⚠️This is not the official Fair Trade USA partner portal. This is just a temporary website used as we pilot these tools. ⚠️
Premium Plan Cycle
Premium Plan Cycle
Here is the general process for planning and implementing a Needs Assessment and how it relates to Premium Plans and projects:
Step 1
Step 1
Design a Needs Assessment process that is most appropriate to your community.
Step 2
Step 2
Implement the Needs Assessment by running a survey and/or conducting FGDs.
Step 3
Step 3
Analyze the information collected in the Needs Assessment to determine the greatest needs of the community and identify the changes you want to see or the long-term outcomes.
Step 4
Step 4
Create a Premium Plan to address the greatest needs of the community through Premium spending.
Step 5
Step 5
Present the plan to the General Assembly who will vote on it.
Step 6
Step 6
Implement the Premium Plan by carrying out the projects.
Step 7
Step 7
Every six months, evaluate whether the success of the projects, and the overall plan is meeting the needs of the community and making progress toward the changes you want to see, or the long term outcomes. Adapt the approach as needed.
Step 8
Step 8
Periodically, in accordance with the standards, go back to step 1 to design and carry out a new Needs Assessment process for the specific community.
Tools
Tools
This website contains four tools that Fair Trade USA is piloting to support Fair Trade Committees in the Premium plan cycle:
What is this tool?
This is a guide to help Fair Trade Committees conduct a Needs Assessment, with best practices for implementing a survey and for considering when to conduct Focus Group Discussions (FGDs).
When to use this tool?
When designing and conducting a Needs Assessment process (Step 1 and Step 2).
What is this tool?
This is a tool to help Fair Trade Committees conduct a Needs Assessment survey, by deciding what questions will provide the most information about needs in the community.
When to use this tool?
When designing and conducting a Needs Assessment process (Step 1 and Step 2).
What is this tool?
This is a tool to help Fair Trade Committees plan for and record information gathered in Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) conducted as part of the Needs Assessment process.
When to use this tool?
When designing and conducting a Needs Assessment process (Step 1 and Step 2).
What is this tool?
This is a tool to help Fair Trade Committees evaluate implemented Premium projects and assess whether they are achieving the changes or long-term outcomes they want to see.
When to use this tool?
After voting on Premium plan projects (Step 5) and every 6 months after that (Step 7).
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