to identify the best artisans of Geneva and unite them within an association that values their work and the excellence of their achievements; to make known to the people of Geneva and visitors these trades and artisans; to promote manual trades; to support endangered crafts; to organize workshop visits and public presentations of these trades and specific events; to encourage young people to engage in training in these trades; to support the maintenance or development of training programs; to preserve Geneva's heritage constituted by these trades (promotion of crafts, training of future artisans, support for the training of skills through an extension of the master craftsmen scheme, etc.).