Registration details can be found in the Journal Officiel.
The CREFOM was launched on the 31st of January 2014 on the occasion of its inaugural general assembly, at the Ministry of the Oversea in Paris.
The idea of CREFOM came from two men from different political parties, Victorin Lurel, then Minister of the Oversea and Patrick Karam, former ministerial delegate. The aim of CREFOM is to ensure that the Oversea speak with one voice, and that this voice is taken into consideration.
The CREFOM is a representative institution of the French oversea departments. The CREFOM is structured, organized and ready to work together with the main bodies of the Republic (Government, Parliament) and more generally with all of the Republican debate stakeholders. It aims to work towards real equality for the benefit of the French Oversea, to fight against all forms of racism, intolerance and exclusion, and to defend human rights, including dignity.
The CREFOM also aims to affirm its solidarity with the French overseas and the oversea territories. It works to preserve the memory of the slave trade, enslavement and their abolition.
Source: website of the CREFOM
- To promote, enhance and defend the interests of people from the oversea, living in the oversea departments, in the hexagon or anywhere in the world; at an economic, political, social, sporting, cultural, moral and memorial level
- The association is non-political and not affiliated with any political party or movement
- This initiative is open to any person or entity
- Its actions are local, national, international and regional
- It is authorized to act by all means, including legal proceedings, for the execution of its purpose