EFTTA adds French backing to its work
The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) has been boosted in its work to secure the future of recreational angling across the continent by partnering with GIFAP, the French Fishing Tackle Industry Association.
GIFAP was created in 1952 as trade association dedicated to defend the economic, technical and regulatory interests of manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers of fishing tackle across the French market.
A similar cooperation already exists already between EFTTA and the UK’s industry representative body, the Angling Trades Association.
As the sole representative of the French fishing tackle industry, GIFAP has signed numerous agreements and contributed to the evolution of the legislative framework for the recreational angling industry in France. The association is also behind a number of concrete, large-scale initiatives to promote fishing in France. In this way, GIFAP has become a representative institutional body in France and with the European institutions in Brussels.
Gerard Bakkenes of EFTTA said: “A big thank you to Benoît Mayolle and Stéphane Sence for their great support in making this collaboration possible.
“The French fishing tackle industry is a unique market with its own rules and structures. To achieve a common strategy at EU level, it is essential to have a close partnership. By joining forces, both EFTTA and GIFAP will have a more significant and effective impact."
This applies not only to France, but to the whole of the European market: Gerard pointed out that lobbying and advocacy is much more effective if it is collected and coordinated at a pan-European level and communicated through existing channels.
To this extend, EFTTA is taking steps to work more closely with local trade associations to establish a unified platform that links EU advocacy and lobbying projects, local actions and impacts in each country.
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