The World Jewellery Confederation CIBJO has concluded its 4 day annual conference in Vicenza

Meeting just prior to the conclusion of the four-day congress, the CIBJO Board of Directors approved the creation of a Trade Show Commission and a Security, Insurance and Logistics Working Group, which will work under the umbrella of its Association Executive Networking Commission, both of which will provide improved services and support for members of bodies associated with CIBJO.
The Board of Directors also agreed to reactivate the CIBJO Ethics Commission, chaired by Cecilia Gardner, CIBJO's Legal Counsel and President and CEO of the Jewelers Vigilance Committee in the United States; to create a Coral Working Group within CIBJO's Sector A to consider issues specific to coral jewellery manufacturers; and to establish a Strategic Task Force, headed by Israel Diamond Institute Chairman Eli Avidar and a member of CIBJO's President's Council, which will be changed among other things with growing CIBJO's industry membership and strengthening its financial base.
"The addition of these various bodies within CIBJO are of critical importance," explained CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri. "Not only do they expand the tangible benefits that our members are able to offer their members through their association with CIBJO, but they strengthen our ability to tackle both new and developing challenges facing our industry."
The CIBJO Board of Directors also approved a series of amendments to the organisation's closely followed Blue Books of industry standards and nomenclature, which had been introduced, debated and fine-tuned in the professional commissions during the course of the congress.
At the last day of congress, the Board of Directors of CIBJO has unanimously approved the establishment of a Trade Fair Commission, which will be charged with liaising with and among the various trade shows that serve the international jewellery industry. To the Chair of new body appointed Corrado Facco, Executive Director of Fiera di Vicenza, Italy’s largest jewellery trade fair organiser, with extensive experience in the organisation and operation of foreign trade, both in Italy and in other countries.
The CIBJO President reported that a number of invitations had been received to hold the CIBJO Congress in 2013, and that an announcement regarding the exact time and venue will be made in the near future.

Veronica Novoselova, Rough&Polished correspondent in Italy, from Vicenza