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Civil society organizations (CSOs)
AFD and civil society organizations (CSOs) work together to strengthen civil society’s contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Direct funding support between AFD and CSOs covers an array of instruments to meet the specific needs of CSOs and enhance their added value: innovation support (Sectoral Innovation Facility for NGOs – FISONG; Fund for Innovation in Development – FID), funding for activities in fragile, crisis, and post-crisis contexts (crisis and post-crisis calls for projects – APCC), as well as support for their initiatives through the CSO Initiatives Facility.
AFD Group’s subsidiary Expertise France offers grants to CSOs in the form of specific mechanisms such as L’Initiative (for healthcare) and calls for tenders.
Does your CSO need funding for an international solidarity project or wish to take part in a call for regional or theme-specific projects or a call for tenders issued as part of a project financed by AFD?
Find out about our offer for CSOs
Reference documents
(AMI, LCB-FT and purchasing, commitment monitoring)
Below are the updated documents related to the 2025 Call for Expressions of Interest (AMI 2025), useful for your funding application.
Note: The 2023 and 2024 methodological guides remain valid for projects pre-selected under AMI 2023 and 2024. The previous version of the guide and associated documents also remain valid for projects under AMI 2022.
January 2025: A new reference document has been added—a practical factsheet on flat-rate amounts for intermediated financing.
Methodological guide – CSO Initiatives and reference documents for French CSOs
Methodological guide – CSO Initiatives (March 2024)
Reference documents for French CSOs (full package – October 2024)
OSCAR user guide
CSO guide and project documents – AMI 2023
CSO guide and project documents – AMI 2022
CSO guide and project documents – AMI 2019-2021 (of which projects allocated in 2022)
CSO guide and project documents – AMIs prior to 2019
Find the documents you need for your funding application:
The 2025 CSO Initiatives methodological guides and reference documents for local CSOs (FR - EN - ESP) are currently being finalized. They will be published shortly.
Reference documents for local CSOs – Call for interest 2024
Referal documents for local CSOs - Call for interest 2023
Download the documents below:
Reference documents in English
Track our commitments to CSOs by downloading the documents below:
CSO Initiatives – 2024 commitments monitoring
CSO Initiatives – 2023 commitments monitoring
CSO Initiatives – 2022 commitments monitoring
CSO Initiatives – 2021 commitments monitoring
CSO Initiatives – 2020 commitments monitoring
Comprehensive expertise to support your projects
With its dual sectoral and geographic expertise, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) designs customized solutions tailored to your needs and local contexts. AFD operates in 167 countries and 12 French Overseas Territories. Our work also draws on the strength of the Group – with Proparco and Expertise France – and on close collaboration with our partners. This synergy embodies our approach: always “by your side.”
