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ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS AFRICA-FRANCE
To tackle planet-wide challenges and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as the African Union’s Agenda 2063, it is crucial to forge long-term academia partnerships based on mutual...
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Human Rights as a Prism for Analysing the Ecological Transition
The fight against the ecological crisis and the protection of human rights are interdependent challenges that require collective efforts from governments, international organizations, civil society, b...
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AFD Group and Georgia
AFD Group promotes a fair and inclusive transition in Georgia, and its convergence path towards its integration in the European Union. It has been operating in Georgia since 2012 in the sectors of ene...
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AFD and Cameroon
Located at the crossroads of West and Central Africa, Cameroon has historically been one of AFD Group’s main countries of intervention. Most recently, AFD has supported Cameroon through major infrastr...
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Competition rules “beyond the game”
On 6 April 2024, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) launched a communication campaign entitled Sport, Beyond the Game, which tells the story of how sport transforms the lives of young people arou...
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The human rights-based approach: A lever for transformation
92% of the SDG targets are rooted in the international corpus of human rights. In this context, the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs' human rights strategy calls for "support for human ri...
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AFD and biodiversity in Mozambique
For nearly 20 years, Agence Française de Développement, (AFD), together with the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), has been supporting the biodiversity sector, in partnership with the Moz...
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What energy for tomorrow's world?
Sustainable Energy policies are key to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agence Française de Développement group supports energy transitions worldwide to promote unive...
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How can healthcare for older people in sub-Saharan Africa be improved?
In Africa, the demographic transitions in progress are accompanied by a predicted aging of the population. This phenomenon cannot be ignored in future political decisions. Nations south of the Sahara...
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2023 Universal Registration Document
2023 saw the reinforcement of two simultaneous, contradictory and intertwined underlying trends. On the one hand, the return of violence and the calling into question of geopolitical balances. On the...
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2024 Universal registration document
Amid the geopolitical, economic, environmental and financial uncertainties of today’s world, we need to stay the course towards international solidarity, as defined in 2015 in the United Nations 2030...
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Bringing communities together through sport in Kosovo's schools
Violent conflicts that struck the Western Balkans in the 1990s altered the bonds between different communities in the region. AFD and its partners are working together to reset this bond through sp...
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HOUSING for SDGs - Synthesis : Access to housing for the achievement of sustainable development goals
Housing is obviously a lever for action to achieve SDG11 on Sustainable Cities, but it is just as important for several other SDGs. In 2023, AFD and Agence Phare carried out a literature review hig...
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AFD Group Offer in Bangladesh
Since 2010, Bangladesh has witnessed significant economic growth, yet it faces the brunt of climate change. AFD Group stands as a steadfast ally in Bangladesh's battle against climate change impacts a...
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Housing for SDG's - Full report : Access to the housing for the achievement of sustainable development goals
Housing is obviously a lever for action to achieve SDG11 on Sustainable Cities, but it is just as important for several other SDGs. In 2023, AFD and Agence Phare carried out a literature review highli...
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Reviving the Glory of Lahore Fort
In Pakistan, the renovation of the Lahore Fort, a UNESCO heritage site since 1981, promises to improve the living environment of the population, but also to offer them new work opportunities. After se...
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Overview of the World Bank Group & AFD Group partnership
The World Bank Group (WBG) and AFD Group have built together innovative and impactful partnerships that catalyze finance, analytics and technical services at global, regional, country and local levels...
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Nubian vault eco-construction in the sahelian and dry climate regions of Africa
The Programme for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (PEEB) joins the Nubian Vault Association (AVN) in presenting the Nubian Vault construction technique, a validated response to environmental, socia...
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ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS AFRICA-FRANCE
PeA is a programme for academia partnerships between Africa and France. It is financed by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs via the Agence française de développement (AFD). The programme is...
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Georgia - Put to the test by the war in Ukraine
A small Western Asian country, Georgia has an outward-looking economic model,mainly based on services such as trade and tourism. The Georgian economy is thus highly vulnerable to external shocks and w...
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Infographic - Our health and social protection commitments 2023
In 2023, AFD Group invested 474 million euro in the health sector. New funded projects will strengthen the capacity of health and social protection systems in a range of areas, including human resourc...
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