{"id":12933,"date":"2013-09-09T11:24:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T11:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/new\/?p=12933"},"modified":"2017-12-07T11:56:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T11:56:58","slug":"cibjo-president-celebrates-french-gemmological-associations-50th-year-praises-critical-role-of-gemmologists-in-maintaining-consumer-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/cibjo-president-celebrates-french-gemmological-associations-50th-year-praises-critical-role-of-gemmologists-in-maintaining-consumer-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"CIBJO President celebrates French Gemmological Association\u2019s 50th year, praises critical role of gemmologists in maintaining consumer confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaetano Cavalieri, joined government officials, senior industry representatives and leading gemmologists from around the world at a conference in Paris last week, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of l’Association Fran\u00e7aise de Gemmologie (AFG), the French Gemmological Association.<\/p>\n

In an address to the gathering, Dr, Cavalieri credited AFG and the gemmologial community of enhancing the confidence of consumers in jewellery and the jewellery industry, through their efforts to advance the principles of full transparency and disclosure.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cConsumer confidence is the platform on which we stand. If it becomes fragile and collapses, so will we,\u201d he stated, wishing AFG, its president, Didier Giard, and its Council of Administration, \u201c many more years of serving as one of the buttresses of the foundation on which we all stand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYour ability to keep abreast of developments in the marketplace and the minefields, to conduct proper and disciplined scientific research, to publish and disseminate what you have learned, and then to serve the industry through gem identification and grading is absolutely essential,\u201d Dr. Cavalieri stated. \u201cWe are dependent upon your professional integrity, the quality of your research and the way in which you organise and operate your laboratories. You hold the reputation of our business in the palms of your hands. It is a privilege and also a great responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The CIBJO President called on the participants at the participants and the conference to contribute to the review and maintenance of the CIBJO Blue Books, which he described as \u201cthe most universally recognised and accepted set of jewellery and gemstone standards in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

PHOTO CAPTION (ABOVE):<\/strong>\u00a0CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri addressing the 50th anniversary gemmological conference of l’Association Fran\u00e7aise de Gemmologie.<\/p>\n

PHOTO CAPTION (CENTRE):<\/strong>\u00a0CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri (left) looks on, as AFG President Didier Giard addresses the gathering.<\/p>\n

PHOTO CAPTION (BELOW):<\/strong>\u00a0Participants at the gemmological conference, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the l’Association Fran\u00e7aise de Gemmologie, in Paris.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gaetano Cavalieri, joined government officials, senior industry representatives and leading gemmologists from around the world at a conference in Paris last week, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of l’Association Fran\u00e7aise de Gemmologie (AFG), the French Gemmological Association. In an address to the gathering, Dr, Cavalieri credited AFG and the gemmologial community of […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[62],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=12933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}