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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...

Recruitment at AFD

The recruitment process at AFD allows candidates to verify that they fit in with the company and whether they see themselves working for it. This page gives you explanations on the various recruitm...

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.

Bangladesh

Since 2010, Bangladesh has been experiencing remarkable economic development. However, it is also at the forefront of climate change. AFD supports the country in fighting against climate change impact...

Civil society organizations

AFD and civil society organizations (CSOs) work together to help the latter contribute better to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The partnership between AFD and CSOs has develop...

Sustainable Cities

Grants: a stand-alone tool or as a complement to loans

AFD provides grants to fund initiatives in the health and education sectors, as well as for rural and urban development and infrastructure projects.

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...

Our History

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was founded in 1941 and is the world’s oldest development bank. Created by General de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War,...

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...

Legal notice

and general conditions of use for AFD’s website. The website www.afd.fr (hereinafter “the website” or “AFD’s website”) is published by Agence Française de Développement (hereinafter “AFD”), a publi...

Climate

The world's leading donor

The European Union is a key player in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indeed, the EU and its Member States are collectively the world’s largest donor. In 2022, they...

Information about cookies

A cookie (or connection token) is a text file saved by your browser to store information on web pages you have visited during browser sessions. These cookies allow us to store information about your b...

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...