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Is climate change education effective? Two AFD-supported studies provide answers
Can education about climate change truly influence behavior and help tackle environmental challenges? Two recent studies financed by AFD explore this essential question, aiming to identify the most ef...
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Indonesia and AFD Group seek stronger partnership in sustainable development
Bilateral consultations between the Government of Indonesia and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group were held on April 24, 2025, in Jakarta. Chaired by Indonesia's Ministry of National Devel...
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Leveraging French expertise to support solidarity-driven investment
AFD Group promotes and broadens the influence of French expertise by supporting 1,250 new projects a year in around 160 countries. These projects create a diverse range of business opportunities for n...
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Developing bioeconomics in the Amazon to protect the planet
Reducing environmental degradation requires not only ecosystem preservation, but also economic and social growth. The world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, and its inhabitants, have long been at the...
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How evaluations inform the debate on solidarity-driven investments
Evaluations are not only essential for determining the effectiveness of AFD Group’s actions, but also for identifying lessons that can inform future projects. The Group’s 2025 evaluation report explor...
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AFD Group: maximizing impact in 2024
In 2024, AFD Group continued to expand its activity, with €13.7 billion in financing and over 1,250 new projects, to achieve its dual mandate: promoting solidarity for the most vulnerable communities...
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Mauritania: “Quality maternal health requires blood transfusion capability”
In Nouakchott, the new National Blood Transfusion Center marks a turning point in the fight against maternal mortality. With postpartum hemorrhage the leading cause of maternal deaths in Mauritania, a...
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The IDBio Project: transforming biosourced wastes for more sustainable industries
The IDBio project, supported by the Academia Partnerships Africa-France Program (PeA), responds to a growing challenge in Africa: the development of renewable resources and sustainable waste managemen...
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French Overseas Territories: 5 key points on AFD Group's operations
AFD Group is a long-standing partner of France’s Overseas Territories, where it has been working for over eighty years. The Group’s financing helps improve the living conditions of people in Overseas...
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Khadija Bourass: boosting biodiversity in Morocco through bird conservation
Through her work leading GREPOM, an NGO for bird conservation in Morocco, Khadija Bourass resolutely defends Moroccan biodiversity. She advocates for wildlife and wetlands, with the conviction that wh...
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How AFD takes action worldwide to protect the oceans
Having invested more than €4 billion in ocean-related projects since 2020, AFD works to preserve the oceans’ ecological health and reconcile their many uses by humankind.
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Cape Town and AFD: an exemplary partnership for sustainable coastal resilience
As part of the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), the Deputy Mayor of Cape Town, Eddie Andrews, explains the concrete progress made through the long-term partnership between his city and AFD (Agence Françai...
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COP28: How the "Financial Gap" is Hindering Adaptation to Climate Change
Countries are mobilizing to adapt to climate change, but those most affected are least equipped to cope. Current climate financing falls short of urgent needs tied to adaptation, mitigation and compen...
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Response to the Covid-19 crisis: France supports the resilience of the most vulnerable households and youth in...
On December 4, Mrs Anna Getaneh, Founder and President Ethiopian Children Fund (ECF) and Mrs. Valérie Tehio, Ethiopia country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), signed a financing agreem...
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A 20 Million Euros grant to support the expansion and rehabilitation of municipal wastewater collection and tr...
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) signed two grant agreements in Amman for a total amount of 20.3 million euros.
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Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation and AFD launch Film on Egypt-France Partnership
Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation (MoiC), in collaboration with the French Development Agency, released a 60 seconds short visual film celebrating Fourteen years of AFD-Egypt partnership...
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AFD signs a 500k€ grant agreement with the National Planning Commission to support the Ministry of Public Ente...
National Planning Commission (NPC) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed today an agreement for the implementation of a project benefiting to the Namibian Ministry of Public Enterprises (...
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The UN economic commission for Africa (UNECA) and AFD join forces to support African governments implement the...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the French Agency for Development (AFD) signed today a partnership agreement aiming at supporting African governments with the implementation of the Debt S...
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European Union and French Development Agency support the construction of the Tanzania – Zambia Interconnector ...
The Country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), Mrs. Stephanie Mouen, has today signed a grant agreement of EUR 26 million (approximately TZS 73/- billion) with the Ministry of Finance an...
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