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-pricing@fairtrade.net. You need approval of the project from the Director of Standards & Pricing or the Head of Standards before the project can kick off.

Project identification

Sent by:	Date:	Request ID: (to be completed by S&P)
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 NAPP CLAC
Certification Bodies	FLOCERT Others:

Resources

Resources to be employed in the project
Name of person	Activities	Resources necessary (budget, working hours)	Funding partner financing resource
Standards
Pricing
NFOs
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
FI	PSR GPM	yes no	low medium high
NFO	yes no	low medium high
PN	yes no	low medium high
The rest of this request (below) will only be filled by the Standards team after you have submitted the request.
FI	Standards team	yes no	low medium high

Approval of Head of Standards (to be completed by the Head of Standards):

Approval:	Approved Not approved
Reasons for decision:
Assigned Standards Project Manager:
Final Standards decision to be taken by:	Director of S&P (for minor project) SC

Next steps (to be completed by the Head of Standards):

Action point:	Responsible person: