GRET is a non-profit association founded in 1976. Its structure is as follows:

General Assembly
Board of Directors
Chairman : Yves Le Bars
The Management Team
Managing Director:
Serge Allou
Financial and Administrative Manager:
Christophe Le Picard Ducroux
Scientific Director:
Philippe Lavigne Delville
Human Resources Director:
Luce Ruault
Programme Coordinator
Yvonne Belaunde
Six Major Fields of Intervention
 
                               
ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES
Collective Utility Networks (Drinking Water, Electrification, Sanitation)
Household Energy and Environmental Control
Social Housing
Nutrition and Nutrition Education 		INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
ICTs and Information-Management Capacity-Building
Information Services and Experience Sharing
Publication and Communication
SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Family Farming Support
Consumer Demand and Food Processing Commodity Chains
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (Land, Water, Forests) 		MICROFINANCE AND SMALL ENTERPRISE
 Microfinance Institution Creation and Support
Development of Micro Health Insurance Services
Financial and Non-Financial Business Development
Services for Micro and Small Enterprises
Vocational Training and Apprenticeships
INSTITUTION-BUILDING, ACTORS, TERRITORIES
 Actor and Organisation Strenghtening
Local Development and Rural and Urban Decentralisation
Media Professionalism-Building, Regulation and Ethics		 PUBLIC POLICIES AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS
 Poverty and Inequality Reduction Strategies
Bi-and Multilateral Trade Negociations
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Agicultural Policies and Food Security


GRET's Board of Directors

Administrateurs

M. Yves Le Bars (Président)
Ancien directeur général du Cemagrefet du BRGM
Ancien Président de l’ANDRA
Membre du Conseil général du GREF

M. Jacques Lejeune (Trésorier)
Retraité, ancien dirigeant de sociétés de tourisme et d’hôtellerie

M. François Enguehard
Retraité de la coopération technique française

M. François Doligez
Ingénieur agronome à l’IRAM
Professeur associé à l’Université de Rennes

M. Philippe Bertin
Consultant en organisation

M. Xavier Benoist
Directeur général adjoint de la Fédération nationale des centres Pact Arim

M. Pierre Castella
Chercheur à l’IRD
Ancien président de Solagral

M. Benoît de Juvigny
Inspecteur des finances
Chef de service de l’Autorité des marchés financiers

M. Gérard Winter
Directeur de recherche émérite de l’IRD

Administrateurs représentants du personnel

Mme Arlène Alpha Gret
 M. Jean-Philippe Fontenelle Gret
M. Daniel Neu Gret