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CIBJO Presentation V3
CIBJO Presentation V3
CIBJO is an international confederation of national jewellery trade organizations and commercial bodies. Its purpose is to encourage harmonisation, promote international cooperation in the jewellery industry, and to consider issues which concern the trade worldwide. Foremost among these is to protect consumer confidence in the industry, and to promote Corporate Social Responsibility.
MEMBERSHIP IN CIBJO
Membership in CIBJO is open to all national jewellery and gemstone organisations, regardless of the country in which they are located. In the event of that several associations exist, they may all be equally represented. International companies, trade shows, laboratories and other entities that are not suitably represented by national associations may become commercial members of CIBJO.
STRUCTURE OF CIBJO
ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES National Associations & Commercial Members President & Office Holders
Board of Directors
SECTOR A
Gem Materials/Trade/ Laboratories
DIAMOND COMMISSION COLORED STONE COMMISSION GEMMOLOGICAL COMMISSION
SECTOR B
Jewellery Distribution
SECTOR C
Manufacturing/Technology/ Precious Metals
MARKETING & EDUCATION COMMISSION ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES NETWORKING COMMISSION PRECIOUS METALS COMMISSION
PEARL COMMISSION
CIBJO COMMISSIONS
CIBJO Commissions are created to
The CIBJO Blue Books are definitive set of standards for grading, nomenclature and grading-methodology. Blue Books have been compiled for diamonds,
coloured gemstones, pearls and precious metals, and for the operation of
gemmological laboratories. The Blue Books were produced and are consistently updated by the respective CIBJO commissions and represent a consensus of opinion within the jewellery industry.
In the absence of ISO-approved terminology, the CIBJO Blue Books are commonly referred to in official forums. In 2006 the CIBJO Blue Book was relied upon by a panel of three judges in a district court in Munich, Germany, which issued a restraining order to the German distributor of gem-quality synthetic diamonds to cease using the term cultured diamonds when marketing its products to the public. Legal commentators suggest that the verdict has legal authority in other European Union countries.
In 2007 CIBJO held its congress on the African continent for the first time. During the event, the organisation issued the Cape Town Declaration, which
In December 2008, CIBJO established the World Jewellery Confederation Education Foundation, or WJCEF. It goal is to educate members of the jewellery, diamond and gemstone industries, from all over the world and in
In September 2010, CIBJO and WJCEF were invited by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to help organise a two-day workshop in Corporate Social Responsibility in the United Nations Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo. The workshop examined the incorporation of CSR in the work environment, and the jewellery sector was selected to serve as a primary case study of an industry that has done just that.