Anne Fransen Fund 2026: Supporting Consumer Action Across Seven Countries
Consumers International is delighted to announce that seven of our Members have been chosen to receive funding through the Anne Fransen Fund (AFF). This year’s winners are from Argentina, Armenia, Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, Indonesia, Nepal and North Macedonia.
About the Anne Fransen Fund
The Anne Fransen Fund is an annual grant prize which promotes the growth of the consumer movement in low- and middle-income countries. Grants are awarded to consumer organisations to carry out projects linked to one of the eight consumer rights.
The fund was founded in 1988 in memory of Anne Fransen, the first director of our Dutch Member, Consumentenbond. Since then, Consumentenbond has provided funding to 35+ consumer groups in low- and middle-income countries (of the OECD-DAC list of ODA recipients) to enable these groups to have a greater impact and to enhance their institutional capacity.
THIS YEAR’S WINNERS INCLUDE:
ADELCO (Argentina) who will run a campaign on product safety, assessing risks across digital and formal and informal markets. They will use their strong track record of product testing to generate evidence on the safety of selected products.
National Association Consumers (Armenia) will run the campaign ‘Clean Air Consumers: Education, Data and Action’. This will increase awareness on air pollution in schoolchildren and the community and strengthen local capacity. They will extend the reach of their campaign by equipping teachers and community leaders with the knowledge and tools to understand and communicate about air quality.
Association Ivoirienne de Consommateurs (Côte d’Ivoire) will run a campaign for sugar-free infant cereals, including to advocate to the government on its commitment to revise the current standard, NI 4683 which allows up to 7.5g of sugar in infant cereals. They will target interventions towards women in particular about the dangers of sugar in infant nutrition.
CONSENT (Uganda) will use mass media to scale up consumer justice and protection. They will focus on raising awareness on consumer justice and protection, empowering consumers to report on the issues they are facing and hosting media-consumer dialogues.
Vulnerable Consumer Advocacy Institute (Indonesia) will run an advocacy and education programme on the dangers of packaged sweetened beverages for junior high school students in Yogyakarta City. They will raise awareness in schools on the dangers of packaged sweetened drinks and encourage staff to restrict the supply of such products. They will also advocate for regulation to restrict sweetened beverages in schools.
SEWA Nepal will run a campaign entitled, ‘Break the Silence: Transitioning from let it go’ to help consumers seek redress. They will use awareness and literacy to help consumers use the law to seek compensation, particularly supporting consumers in vulnerability. They will also disseminate a guide on how to seek redress and the process for filing cases.
Consumers’ Organisation of Macedonia (North Macedonia) will showcase safe and sustainable food for consumers. The organisation will strengthen consumer knowledge on the right to safe, healthy and sustainable food – focussing on the right to safety and better information through labelling, as well as promoting an end to food waste as well as advocating for compliance.
