{"id":12392,"date":"2016-03-15T15:37:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/new\/?page_id=12392"},"modified":"2017-12-07T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T11:55:57","slug":"cibjo-congresses-background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/cibjo-congresses-background\/","title":{"rendered":"CIBJO Congresses Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:65.3333%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CIBJO Congresses serves as the official gathering place for the World Jewellery Confederation\u2019s Assembly of Delegates, and also the venue for the annual meetings of CIBJO\u2019s sectoral commissions, where amendments can be introduced to the organisation\u2019s definitive directories of international industry standards for diamonds, coloured stones, pearls, gem labs and precious metals, known as the Blue Books. They are the events at which office holders and board members are elected.<\/p>\n<\/div><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CIBJO-Congresses.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><em>CIBJO CONGRESSES 2004-2015 \u2013 Top row, from left: Bangkok, Thailand, 2004; Hong Kong, 2005; Vancouver, Canada, 2006; Cape Town, South Africa, 2007. Centre row, from left: Dubai, UAE, 2008; Istanbul, Turkey, 2009; Munich, Germany, 2010; Porto, Portugal, 2011. Bottom row, from left: Vicenza, Italy, 2012; Tel Aviv, Israel, 2013; Moscow, Russia, 2014; Salvador, Brazil, 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:30.6666%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Congress Dedicated Websites<\/h2><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h4><a href=\"http:\/\/congress2015.cibjo.org\" target=\"_blank\">CIBJO Congress 2015 in Salvador (Brazil)<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h4><a href=\"http:\/\/congress2014.cibjo.org\" target=\"_blank\">CIBJO Congress 2014 in Moscow (Russia)<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h4><a href=\"http:\/\/congress2013.cibjo.org\" target=\"_blank\">CIBJO Congress 2013 in Tel Aviv (Israel)<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:65.3333%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>CIBJO Congresses take place on average once a year, and are hosted by a member organisation, which most often is a national gemstone and jewellery association, in the country where the member organisation is headquartered. The congress itself is held over three days, and is preceded by two days of steering committee meetings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CIBJO Congress is also where the programme of World Jewellery Confederation Education Foundation (WJCEF) and CIBJO\u2019s ongoing cooperation with the United Nations is reported upon.<\/p>\n<\/div><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CIBJO-History-2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p><em>GUESTS OF HONOR AT CIBJO CONGRESSES \u00a0(from left) \u2013 2007: South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; 2009: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan; 2014: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}