AFD’s adoption of a transparency policy aims to meet the increasing demand expressed by public opinion and civil society actors to be better informed about the strategy, objectives and results of French Official Development Assistance. As an institution with a public service mission, AFD has committed to being accountable for its activities by making institutional, strategic and operational information available on its website. It also involves raising awareness and giving an understanding of our vision, our mandates and our actions. The aim is to establish an enhanced dialogue with our partners, particularly the Government, staff members, the beneficiaries of financing, CSOs, suppliers, but also peer organizations, local communities and residents, national and international public authorities and the financial and banking world.
In order to build a relationship of trust and a high-quality dialogue with its partners, AFD Group is committed to enhancing transparency over its activities. AFD takes a proactive approach to publishing information in line with international reference standards, within the limits of professional secrecy and business confidentiality, in accordance with the framework defined by the Monetary and Financial Code, and in accordance with French legislation on data protection.
Information about AFD-funded projects is published on:
- AFD’s Open Data portal and the website of the website of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). At the end of 2021, the published project data covered 81% of sovereign and non-sovereign AFD financing exceeding €100,000 and falling in the transparency scope. In 2022, thanks to its effort to publish and comply with the IATI standard, AFD moved from the “fair” to “good” category in the index established by the NGO Publish What You Fund (PWYF);
- The open platform of French public data.