Network Fair Metropolis Ruhr

Industrial area, football region, Capital of Culture: All this defines the Ruhr area. But it is more than that: As the first metropolitan region in Germany, we have been awarded the title "Fair Metropolis" in 2013. The Network Faire Metropole Ruhr (Fair Metropolis Ruhr) defines itself as a (development) policy initiative. Since more than a decade the network coordinates activities from civil-society and church-based organisations as well as local actors. We consult and support local actors to implement and anchor Fair Trade and fair public procurement at the regional and local level in the Ruhr area. Thereby we take the sustainable development goals (SDGs) into the cities to support a sustainable municipal development - locally and globally (SDG 11). The Ruhr Area stands in the tradition of hard-won employees rights and a socially just and equitable process of industrialisation. However, currently more people around the world than ever produce goods under working conditions that infringe their human rights – also for the Ruhr Area. Therefore, the goals to achieve decent working conditions and to ensure responsible consumption and production are particularly relevant for our work (SDGs 8 and 12). Furthermore, the aspect of climate change is included in all our activites (SDG 13).