Our convictions
Even when they’re great entities and internationally renowned, businesses are often clueless about the magnitude and intricacies of the complex world of NGOs.
An array of challenges must carefully be taken into account to meet today’s standards (Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the CSO sector responsibilities), challenges in influence, in reputation, in sponsorship transfer towards a logic that will increasingly resemble that of the investment world, and that of new business models integrating NGOs knowledge. The question is no longer why, but how to define a relationship strategy with the organisations of civil society. It is clearly a management issue.
A clear mission
Integrating relations with civil society at the core of the company’s strategy to create lasting value.
An original, cross-disciplinary package
Consultancy : we can help you define a genuine relationship strategy with civil society organizations at the local, national and international levels.
Decision making tools : cartography, analytical notes, monitoring, dynamic databases, team building; training and heightening the managers’ awareness.
We offer project management training methods for all stakeholders.
We also offer to support businesses, NGOs and institutions in the field.
Last but not least, we offer preliminary studies (societal diagnosis), and the monitoring and evaluation of projects.
Who are we?
Jérôme Auriac, Founder, General Manager
Having held sales and marketing positions in the Wolters Kluwer publishing group, Jerome joined Novethic (a Caisse des Depots et Consignations resource centre on CSR, Socially Responsible Investing and on sustainable development) as commercial director. In 2003, he joined Manifeste as an Associate Director.
A sustainable development and business/NGO partnerships specialist, Jerome is the founder/moderator of wwo.fr, and has been a consultant for 7 years for a number of multinational companies and institutions on their CSR communication policy and their strategy related to NGOs.
His studies have been in modern literature and Portuguese. He is a member of many clubs of engaged in the issue of sustainable development. He is also the president of a development NGO in Brazil called Abaquar (www.abaquar.org).
Jerome works on a regular basis with management schools (HEC, ESSEC), established business associations on the themes of CSR (IMS / ORSE) and NGOs (Coordination Sud). He is also involved with some overseas educational and research centres (Natural Capital Institute, Getulio Vargas Foundation), either as speaker on the issue of CSO/private sector relationship or through exchanges and academic work (CNRS/Dauphine, INSEAD).
Nadine Deswasière, Associate Director
Nadine has over 23 years of experience in the food-processing industry. She worked for major groups, such as Campbell (4 years) and Nestlé (17 years).
For the last 10 years, Nadine has been General Manager at Nestlé and was responsible for the Business Units managing 150 to 500 million euros market. She has a wide international experience (Asia, Eastern Europe, Switzerland, Western Europe) and has managed teams of 30 to 1 500 people in a complex array of cultures and structures. For example, she has managed areas covering five countries and commercial and logistics teams in countries like Russia, which cover 11 time zones.
In addition to quality management, Nadine has developed expertise in innovation development processes and has launched more than 200 products, including, launches in 15 countries simultaneously. She has extensive experience in distribution management in developed countries as well as in developing countries (with up to 10 distribution channels reaching the most remote areas).
She is also been an independent director at Alfesca Labeyrie and then at Fleury Michon, and was awarded the 2007 Grand Prix for Corporate Governance.
In 2007, she founded EthiConseil, a consultancy specializing in ethics, corporate governance and sustainable development.
Nadine is also President of the Institut Gandhi Association, which acts to heighten awareness and individual responsibility in the economic, environmental and societal spheres.
Aurélie Boukobza, Associate Director
From 2005 to 2008, Aurélie Boukobza has served as Programme Officer for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Morocco. Specializing in the themes of human development and democratic governance, Aurélie was responsible for the implementation of a portfolio of projects jointly with the Moroccan Government, to support the building of institutional reforms and to accompany them in the ongoing decentralization process in Morocco.
Along with these functions, Aurélie Boukobza is a certified project manager and was involved in the restructuring and professionalization efforts of the UNDP office in Morocco. This involved optimizing its internal processes and adapting project management procedures.
Aurélie Boukobza brings with her strong field experience of development projects, an in-depth knowledge and understanding of national government systems, the UN system and the current context of international development.
Born and raised in Morocco, Aurélie Boukobza studied in Paris, London and Boston, where she graduated in 2003 with a Master’s in International Affairs.
