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Indonesia: Marine Meteorology on the Front Lines
A capacity building project has just been launched in the marine meteorology sector in Indonesia. The objective: address increasingly frequent extreme climate events and strengthen the resilience of c...
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Ocean Hackathon 2019: An Algorithm for Advanced Sargassum Detection
Supported by AFD, the 2019 Ocean Hackathon took place over 48 hours, featured eight competing teams and awarded one winning challenge: The Mexican designers of an algorithm detecting sargassum, the se...
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These 12 Indian cities are the future of sustainable urban development
In 2018, the Government of India, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union (EU) launched the City Investments To Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) program, which invited I...
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Madagascar: combating sex tourism
In Madagascar, thousands of young people are driven to engage in prostitution as a means of survival. The country remains vulnerable to child sex tourism, an issue that the Government of Madagascar an...
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A ray of hope for street children in the Philippines
In Manila, between 250,000 and 1 million children live in the streets, left to fend for themselves. To offer them hope for a better future and improve their living conditions, four NGOs are mobilizing...
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