National Coffee Fund

The National Coffee Fund is a "parafiscal account" whose contributions are made exclusively by Colombian coffee growers. The Federation, as the legitimate representative of Colombian coffee growers, manages the Fund's resources, which are to be used for the benefit of the coffee growers themselves.

The Colombian Government and the Federation agree through a management contract the basic parameters for the use of National Coffee Fund's resources. The follow-up to the adopted policies and programs is made by the National Coffee Committee, an entity composed of government officials and coffee grower representatives. To read about the management contract of the National Coffee Fund, please click here. (in Spanish)

Stategic Plan 2008 - 2012

The Strategic Plan reinforces the mission, the values and the vision of the Federation, setting the course for the years to come as an essential step to guarantee that its management it is properly oriented towards the improvement of income and well being of the Colombian coffee grower. To learn more about the Strategic Plan 2008 - 2012 (spanish only), please click here.

 

Corporate Culture: An orientation towards clients, results and continuous improvements.

According to our organization’s culture, our success is based on our goals and  results, which are framed on our strategic plan. Our coporate culture is oriented towards our clients, our results and the continuous improvement via innovation and new technological advancements, as well as the products that will promote the competitiveness of our organization. The three pillars of our competencies, can be defined by the necessities and the strategic direction of our organization. These are:

Orientation towards our clients: The capacity to focus on their interests and actions to recognize, understand and satisfy the necessities and expectations of our clients.

Orientation towards results: The capacity to establish, understand and share our institutional objectives, strategies and goals, in order to the activities that lead us to our success.

Orientation towards continuous improvement: The capacity to focus our actions on the continuous practice to innovate and surpass our expectations to develop more efficient processes.The management of human talent: A model for measurement and development

The measurement of our development and performance is a basic condition for our work. Each employee has a quantitative and qualitative estimation of the way he/she carries out the activities, objectives and responsibilities of his/her position in an efficient and positive manner. It is a process of continuous improvement that brings us to consolidate a culture of high realization, which males us better persons and allows the development and formation of better professionals within our organization.

For the Colombian Coffee Grower's Federation five elements are the basis of our model of development and operation:

• Satisfaction of the client (coffee growers, allies, industry clients)
• Reaching our strategic indicators
• Evaluation by the immediate supervisor
• Evaluation of skills
• Evaluation of competencies

This model gives us feedback from our clients to identify aspects to improve our service and to take decisions towards our strategy and general management. It also gives feedback to every person involved in a process, so everyone can know specific aspects to improve in order to reach his/her own goals and the Federation  goals.