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80 years of the UN: AFD and the 'discreet certainty' of our partnership
Founded in 1945, four years after Agence Française de Développement (AFD), then known as the "Caisse Centrale de la France Libre", the United Nations shares with AFD a rich history in support of susta...
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How AFD Group aligned its operations with the SDGs
Adopted in 2015 by the United Nations, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their 169 targets – or sub-goals – aim to address the world's most critical challenges by 2030: poverty, inequality, cli...
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United for Training in European Project Management
The KALYNA project aims to strengthen the management of European funds by the Chernihiv and Kyiv Oblasts, drawing on the expertise of the Île-de-France region.
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Supporting the deployment of wastewater treatment systems using vertical flow planted wetlands
AFD is co-financing a program led by IOWater for the regional deployment of sanitation systems using vertical flow planted wetlands. For several years, this technology has been developing in Martiniqu...
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Blue Carbon Facility: financing the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems
The Blue Carbon Facility is a program that supports the protection of "blue" carbon (the carbon captured and stored by coastal and marine ecosystems) through pilot projects focused on strengthening kn...
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Atlantic Ocean Regional Office
The Atlantic Ocean Regional Office covers 16 Caribbean territories facing major development challenges. The region is endowed with remarkable biodiversity, but is on the frontline of the effects of cl...
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Bolivia
AFD Group has been supporting Bolivia’s ecological and inclusive transition since 2015 through projects promoting the energy transition, access to safe drinking water and sanitation services, environm...
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Supporting the Resilience of the Health System in the Odessa Region
As the war of aggression waged by Russia against Ukraine since 2022 continues, the REHAB project aims to strengthen the resilience of Ukraine's health sector by improving access to mental health care...
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Dominican Republic
Operating in the Dominican Republic since 1997, and having significantly ramped up its activity there since 2011, AFD is now the country's leading bilateral partner. Its work primarily involves suppor...
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Public Employment Programmes and Social Protection in South Africa
What is the role of Public Employment Programmes (PEPs) in South Africa’s social protection system, and how do they contribute to employment, inclusion, and inequality reduction? The Extension of the...
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Funds and facilities: a source of complementary financing
Whether for project preparation or to finance specific themes (such as conflict prevention or climate adaptation), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) manages or leverages funds and facilities tha...
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Senegal
As a long-standing partner of Senegal, AFD Group places its full range of financial instruments at the service of local economic and social development actors (including the State, public companies, t...
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The Republic of the Congo
AFD’s action in the Republic of the Congo follows a multisectoral approach focused on modernizing the country’s infrastructure, preserving biodiversity and enhancing its natural heritage, and strength...
Regions and countries
AFD joins the Alliance for Security, Justice and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) announces its official adhesion in the Alliance for Security, Justice and Development, a regional initiative led by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB...
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Budgetary financing for macroeconomic stabilization
In the context of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine in February 2022, France, through AFD, mobilized two emergency budgetary financing operations to enable the Ukrainian state to cover essent...
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Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is located in Central Asia and is experiencing the strongest economic growth in the region. However it faces great challenges to ensure sustainable growth, which benefits all of its populat...
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AFD and the Green Climate Fund: feedback
In 2015, the French Development Agency (AFD) was accredited to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a central institution of multilateral climate finance. This memorandum presents the GCF, explains AFD's int...
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Summary on the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC)
Immediately after COP21 in 2015, the Parties requested the IPCC to issue a special report on the ocean and the cryosphere. Entitled "IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and the Cryosphere in a changing c...
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Water reuse, a strategic response to water stress?
The effects of climate change, which are particularly noticeable in countries around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, are exacerbating water stress in these regions. Faced with increasing wat...
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[Feature Report] Forests: As Vital as they are Vulnerable
Whether as vast sources of biodiversity, carbon sinks, or as food sources, forests are vital for life on Earth. But they’re under constant threat by human activities and climate change. In this featur...
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