The delegation was comprising of Deputy Director General Mr.Sten Anders Berge,Senior Advisor Mrs.Mette Masst and Advisor Mrs.Anja Thomsen. Their visit to Ethiopia was the last leg of a trip to Southern and East-African Countries.
The Golde Rose Farm, situated in Tefki some 40 kilometres outside of Addis Abeba, is a certified Fairtrade Farm, employing 600 workers, and growing roses on 20 hectars of green-houses. 10 per cent of the farms production is sold by Mester Grønn in Norway. The delegation were guided around the farm by Manager Ryaz Shamji. The farm has a well-established system benefitting their workers in terms of child-care and schooling.
The delegation also met with Dr. Tewolde Berhan Gebregzeabier, Director for the Environment Protection Agency, Ato Ali Suleiman ,Commissioner in the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and Amare Aregawi, Chair for the Ethiopia chapter of Transparency International.
In addition, the delegation had a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs where the discussion centered around the national labour laws and other regulation in the work place.