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Territorial and Ecological Transition

Successfully completing territorial and ecological transitions means developing the potential of each local area. This emphasis on territories is one of the primary innovations in the agenda for the S...

Economic and Financial Transition

The economic and financial transition is at the heart of international debates on development models. This reflection is prompting us to make long-term projections for the construction of a more balan...

Why Choose AFD?

AFD, its 2,650 employees, its 80 nationalities represented, its 85 agencies on 5 continents... What about you? Joining AFD means giving meaning to your career. It also means choosing to work in a...

Our diversity commitments

As a French public institution, Agence Française de Développement must be exemplary in terms of diversity and inclusion, one of the essential conditions for its excellence. That’s why AFD promotes the...

Our Activities

The Group regularly recruits for its main activities: development activities, banking activities, support functions… Being a development actor at AFD means belonging to one of the five following gr...

E & S Complaints Mechanism

Any individual, group or community harmed by environmental or social incidents caused by an AFD-funded project can file a complaint with the Mechanism.

Sustainable Cities

Financing CSO projects

Is your CSO seeking financing for an international solidarity project or does it want to implement an AFD project? Find out about the mechanisms tailored to your needs.

Our priorities

AFD Group has a mission to help construct a world in common, a world that preserves and protects five important “public goods”: people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership. As an accelerator an...

Governance

As a public institution, AFD is subject to the principle of accountability. Its governance is based on a set of structures that ensure the transparency of its operation and its sound management. AF...

Transparency and dialogue

Information, dialogue and responding to requests are the prerequisites for a relationship of trust with all our partners. This a commitment of all AFD Group. For us, supporting sustainable projects...

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Feeding Jinan’s heating network with heat from wastewater

In Jinan, heat from wastewater will be recovered to supply collective heating for two of the city’s districts. This innovative energy generation technology is in keeping with national objectives of pr...

Energy recovery from restaurant food waste in Shaoyang

Managing increasing volumes of restaurant food waste has become a major challenge in China. In Shaoyang, AFD is supporting a project that will improve public collection and treatment services for this...

Reconciling protection efforts with heritage promotion in Xianju National Park

Drawing on the French model for nature park management, Xianju National Park intends to establish a new management model for protected areas combining the preservation of natural and cultural heritage...

Benin

AFD has been operating in Benin since 1956 and mainly works to improve access to essential services. We are the leading donor for secondary and vocational education and joint leader in the energy sect...

A mobile phone network for the territory of Wallis-&-Futuna

The Territory is installing an independent mobile phone network – Manuia – to meet the need to improve local telecommunications infrastructure and contribute to opening up the territory.

Conserving island ecosystems and reducing their vulnerability to climate change

The RESCCUE project, implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC), aims to fight against the impacts of climate change. How? By increasing the resilience of the terrestrial and marine ecosystems of the...

Support for the public policies of the territory of New Caledonia between 2010 and 2016

Since 2010, the “New Caledonia” sui generis territory has been developing from a normative activity to an increasingly massive intervention in the economy. With the various transfers of competences fr...