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France : New partnership with Euro GIKI
In 2006, the International Foundation adopted the policy of food donations initiated by the Carrefour group and has now decided to upgrade this program to include non-food donations via a new partnership with the Euro GIKI association.
The Gifts in Kind (GIKI) network is working to develop product philanthropy. The goal of product philanthropy is to enable businesses that are keen to "recover rather than destroy, give rather than waste" to dispose intelligently of stocks of unsold products (non-food).
The task facing the GIKI association is thus to promote product philanthropy in order to combine social action with sustainable development. The GIKI network gives donor companies an interface with the community world.
Euro GIKI's brief is to deploy the GIKI concept in France and ensure its success, thereby facilitating its subsequent adoption within the euro-zone.
In France, its 3-year goals are:
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to enable the redistribution of products worth over €10 million
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to create a network of 100-plus partner associations
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to help more than one million individuals
In the short-term, its priorities concern the administrative, legal and logistics aspects of establishing the organization.
The Carrefour International Foundation is a "founder" sponsor of this project, helping it to combat exclusion by contributing to the viability, ongoing sustainability and spread of the concept of Gifts in Kind International in France.
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Donations of produce |
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France |
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2008-2010 |
- 13 million
of beneficiaries per year
- $850 million
of non-food products distributed in the USA in 2006
- Budget
€60 000 / year for 3 years
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