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Informing European parliamentarians

AFD has a number of long-established relations with French national parliamentarians and six of their representatives hold a seat on its Board of Directors. Today, it closely follows the activities of the European Parliament and is giving increasing importance to building a partnership with European Members of Parliament.

The European Parliament has a role, particularly in the framework of the work of its Development Commission, that leads it to address issues relating to AFD’s activity where AFD enjoys an expertise which may be useful to parliamentarians. The Parliament consequently has a key role to play in orienting European development cooperation policy.

Moreover, in France, Euro MPs are in contact with key partners for AFD, particularly the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, and with civil society working in the sphere of development assistance. Their constituent local authorities are often involved in decentralized cooperation actions, sometimes in partnership with AFD. Finally, their missions often lead them to visit AFD’s partner countries.

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The Development Commission (DEVE)

  • High proportion of French MPs

    As Mrs. Joly, Chair of the Development Commission, explains in her welcome words, the latter is responsible for issues relating to:

    1. The promotion, implementation and monitoring of the development and cooperation policy of the Union, notably:
      • political dialogue with developing countries, bilaterally and in the relevant international organizations and interparliamentary fora,
      • aid to, and cooperation agreements with, developing countries,
      • promotion of democratic values, good governance and human rights in developing countries;2.   
    2. matters relating to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement and relations with the relevant bodies;
    3. Parliament's involvement in election observation missions, when appropriate in cooperation with other relevant committees and delegations.

    The committee coordinates the work of the interparliamentary delegations and ad hoc delegations falling within its remit.

    French MP members of DEVE:

    Members of the DEVE committee