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Convergences 2015 Awards

Convergences 2015 and the City of Paris, in partnership with Le Monde and the European Commission, awarded the Convergences 2015 Awards for the best private, public and solidarity-based partnerships in France and abroad. On this occasion, the France and International Convergences 2015 Prize winners were awarded a trophy, along with a €10,000 reward.

The France and International Convergences 2015 Prizes were awarded in the presence of:

• Anne Houtman, Head of the Repre¬sentation in France of the European Commission
• Michaël Knaute, CEO, OXUS Development Network
• Pierre Schapira, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of International Relations, Euro-pean Affairs and the Francophone World
• Antoine Reverchon, Editor, Le Monde Economie
• Seybah Dagoma, Councilor for Paris and Paris 1st district, Deputy to the Mayor of Paris

See the pictures of the Convergences 2015 Awards Ceremony

See the presentation of the Convergences 2015 Awards by Professor Muhammad Yunus

International Award

Laureate partnership: Pesinet and the Malian Minister for Health
Website: http://www.pesinet.org
Contact:  Anne ROOS-WEIL
Mail:anne.roosweil@pesinet.org
Phone: France +33650967512 / Mali +22378454975

So as to improve prevention, detection and the provision of adapted basic treatments, Pesinet acts in developing early stage treatments and attendance to community-based health centers in Mali. By preventing complication of benign diseases, the organization aims at reducing child mortality on a lasting basis.

France Award

Laureate partnership: CRESUS and its partners
Website: http://www.cresusalsace.org/
Contact:
Jean-Louis KIEHL, Président
jlkc@cresusalsace.org
Phone: +33 390221134/+33 674873284
Matthieu ARIAS, Development Officer
Phone: +33 811 06 1111

Through ethics, education and responsibility, the CRESUS platform for over-indebtedness prevention enables economic and social actors in following households in fragile situations, in order to free them from over-indebtedness.

The Convergences 2015 team associates itself with the juries of the Awards in congratulating the two winners. Congratulations also go to all the different organizations that presented high social impact projects. Your projects and the partnerships you have created are strong vectors in the fight against poverty and exclusion. We do believe in your mission as ambassadors of a new social economy. We deeply hope that you will inspire new initiatives and the creation of further partnerships. Let us meet again at the 5th Edition of the Convergences 2015 Forum in the spring of 2012! Congratulations to all of you!

With the participation of:

International Award:   GERES/ENEA Consulting (nominated) ;  PlaNet Finance/SAP (nominated) ;  Atlas Tapis/Cabinet RELIANCE/ Délégation régionale de l’office Nationale de Tourisme (Région Khénifra);  Inter Aide/MACIF;  X-Microfinance/Concodig/CCPC;  Ateliers sans Frontière/RATP;  Aide et Action/Fondation L’OCCITANE;  Village Pilote/Société Générale de Banques au Sénégal;  Fondazione Un Raggio Di Luce Onlus-Venerabile Arciconfraternita Della Misericordia Di Pistoia-Diocesi Di Pescia-Caritas Diocesana-Caritas Diocesana Di Pistoia/Banca Di Pistoia Credito Cooperativo-Banca Di Credito Cooperativo Di Masiano-Banca Di Pescia Credito Cooperativo-Banca Di Credito Cooperativo Di Vignole-Fondazione Cassa Di Risparmio Di Pistoia E Pescia-Banca Di Credito Cooperativo Della Montagna Pistoiese–Maresca Sc-Credito Valdinievole – Banca Di Credito Cooperativo Di Montecatini Terme E Bientina-Cassa Di Risparmio Di Pistoia E Pescia Spa/ Administrazione Provinciale Di Pistoia;  Ferme de l’Espoir (Coopérative laitière ANIAT) / Areva NC Niger;  Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans Frontières/ Vétérimed – Réseau Let Agogo / Ministère de l’Agriculture des ressources Naturelles et du Développement Rural ( MARNDR) - Secrétariat d'Etat aux productions animales ; Solidarités Entreprises Nord Sud/ GES Collines/Région Picardie;  SIAD/ COFIDES Nord-Sud; Fondation GoodPlanet/ AFD;  L’Association des Ressortissants de Bakel en France (L’ARBF) / Aftam / Programme d’Appui aux Initiatives de Solidarité pour le Développement

Prix France:   Emmaüs Défi/ SFR(nominé);  Jardin de la Voie Romaine, Réseau Cocagne / Groupe VINCI (Fondation d'entreprise VINCI pour la Cité et son pôle VINCI Autoroutes) (nominé)/ Syndicat de Pays Beauce Gâtinais en Pithiverais - Union Européenne – Etat - Conseil Général du Loiret;  Travailler et Apprendre Ensemble/ EDF/ Mairie de Nanterre;  Assistance services/ EVEILLECO;  Adie/ Fondation KPMG-Fondation Total-La Banque Postale-J.P Morgan-UBS-La Fondation Elle/Direction de la Jeunesse, de l’Education Populaire et de la Vie-Caisse des Dépôts et des Consignations-Pôle Emploi;  microDON/ Conseil Général des Yvelines;  Mozaïk RH/ GDF SUEZ;  Réseau MÔM’ARTRE/ Fondation d’Entreprise SFR;  Agence pour la Diversité Entrepreneuriale/ KPMG;  A.N.D.E.S./ Ferrero France;  Artisans du Monde Bourg-en-Bresse/ Au Plateau Gourmand/ Conseil Général de L’Ain;  microDON/ ADP.

Interested in participating to the next Convergences 2015 Awards in the spring of 2012?
Feel free to find information here or to contact us: awards@convergences2015.org