The All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA), established in 2004, is a membership based non-profit organisation for the handloom and handicrafts sector in India. It seeks to ensure the growth and continued vibrancy of this sector and a better standard of living for artisans and crafts workers.

AIACA mobilises multi stakeholder collaboration for promoting handicrafts in India and empowers marginalised women communities through hand skills.

Over the past decade, AIACA has conducted policy research and advocacy on a range of issues including access to credit for crafts producers and environmental and health and safety standards for the sector; developed a crafts-certification system called the Craftmark; assisted sales and outreach of member producer groups and enterprises through commercial trade catalogues, trade fairs and order fulfilment; and assisted in developing and strengthening back-end production systems through a range of product design and business development services. The organisation has till date worked with more than 150,000 artisans across 23 states in India.

Image and text source-AIACA (Craftmark)