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Revision as of 17:10, 28 November 2023
🤔 Why become an ambassador?
Our mission: Working together to make food transparency the norm. ✊
Becoming an Open Food Facts Ambassador provides you with the opportunity to lead the charge for food transparency in your country.
As an ambassador, you'll have the chance to actively contribute to a global movement, build valuable connections, and make a lasting impact on the community and food industry. 🥗
📋 What does it involve?
The role of an ambassador
An Ambassador of Open Food Facts is an individual volunteering to promote and advance the mission of Open Food Facts within his/her respective country. Ambassadors act as key advocates, fostering awareness, engagement, and collaboration with local communities, policymakers, food manufacturers, and other local stakeholders.
They play a crucial role in expanding Open Food Facts' presence internationally, driving the initiative to collect and share food data globally to empower consumers worldwide.
Possible Goals
The following actions are suggestions only. You are free to take initiatives as long as they align with Open Food Facts' mission
- 🌎 Community Building:
- Meet and connect with Open Food Facts volunteers in your country.
- Organize face-to-face events to strengthen community bonds.
- Ensure all members have the necessary information and resources.
- 💸 Fundraising:
- Organize fundraising campaigns.
- Respond to calls for projects.
- Seek potential partners for collaborative efforts.
- 🤝 Reaching Out to Partners:
- Engage producers to contribute to the database in your country.
- Connect with app reusers, support them, and encourage data sharing.
- Collect feedback and testimonies from partners.
- 📣 Raising Awareness:
- Represent Open Food Facts at trade fairs.
- Present the project at schools, networking events, etc.
- Share event photos on social media for wider reach.
⚠️ Before you commit to anything, please thoroughly check our Code of Conduct and make sure your goals align with Open Food Facts core values
🛠️ How to succeed in my mission?
Guidelines and process
Recognition processː
- TO DEFINE
Access to grantsː
- Interested in becoming an ambassador but you could do with a financial boost? Let's hope these 2 program will suit your needsː
- 🚀 Rapid Grants - A grant to reimburse you for small expenses incurred in promoting the project
- 🌎 Community Project Grants - A more substantial grant to give you the means to develop a real local structure, with a precise action plan!
Trademark policy:
- Please consult our Trademark Policy. The goal of this document is to set guidelines regarding the use of the brand Open Food Facts.
Communication:
- If you wish so, you can use an official email address to gain credibility with your audience firstname.name@ambassador.openfoodfacts.org or firstname.name@volunteer.openfoodfacts.org
- Before speaking on behalf of Open Food Facts, please make sure you've read and understood the Communication Guidelines.
- Please, follow the Brand Guidelines for consistent representation.
Community support:
- Please consult our Community Management Guidelines to find best practices on how to animate a local community.
- Every month, a group call is organised with all the Open Food Facts ambassadors to share updates and learning, to growth together.
- At any time, feel free to seek guidance from the permanent team at contact@openfoodfacts.org, or directly via Slack.
- Add yourself to our Community Map and feel free to reach out to other volunteers around you.
End of recognition process:
- TO DEFINE
Resources
- You're welcome to use the Presentation Kit and 1-pager for effective communication.
- Access email templates, logos, illustrations, and social media assets.
Incentives
- Receive a free Open Food Facts T-shirt.
- Expenses reimbursed for attendance at Open Food Facts days.
By following these guidelines, you will contribute significantly to the Open Food Facts mission and foster a thriving community of volunteers in your country. Thank you for your dedication to food transparency!