Cibjo

CIBJO

The CIBJO (Confédération Internationale de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie et Orfèvrerie), also known as the World Jewellery Confederation, is an international confederation of jewellery, gemstone, horology, and silverware trade organisations. Its primary purpose is as a decision-making body, to create and maintain standards and promote cooperation within these interconnected organisations; it seeks to cement nomenclature and set best practice guidelines to better engender consumer confidence. Originally a European confederation, the CIBJO was founded in 1926 under the name BIBOA. It later expanded to become the CIBJO in 1961, and now includes representatives of 36 countries; the CIBJO was renamed CIBJO the World Jewellery Confederation in 2000. It is now based in Switzerland and its current president is Gaetano Cavalieri.