Events
IUCN World Conservation Congress: The Program
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is organizing its World Conservation Congress with France from 3 to 11 September 2021 in Marseille. Established in 1948, IUCN is composed of s...
From September 3, 2021 to September 11, 2021
How are African countries using data to combat Covid-19?
The #Data4COVID19 Africa Challenge—a collaboration between l'Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Expertise France, and The GovLab - seeks to accelerate responsible data innovation to tackle Covid...
From July 12, 2021 to July 14, 2021
Summer school “Innovations for Development"
From July 5 to 12, as part of the Summer School "Innovations for Development", J-PAL Europe and the French Development Agency, in collaboration with the Fund for Innovation in Development (FID), are p...
From July 5, 2021 to July 12, 2021
Banque de France-Ferdi–AFD Conference: What Financial Choices for Africa in the Face of Climate Change?
How can we meet the financial challenges of climate change in Africa? What role can the financial sector play? What are the constraints and opportunities?
From June 29, 2021 to July 1, 2021
Climate change impacts on Biodiversity and Maritime Security in the Bay of Bengal
What is the relationship between climate change, maritime security, and sustainable management of marine biodiversity? The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Directorate General for Inter...
June 25, 2021
Jump on the sustainable mobility bandwagon and join the MobiliseYourCity Global Forum 2021
On June 25, 2021, experts, practitioners, financing institutions and decision-makers will come together during the MobiliseYourCity Global Forum to provide answers to key challenges faced by cities on...
June 25, 2021
Just Transition in South-East Asia: Exploring the Links Between Social Protection and Environmental Policies
How public policy making should take into account social and environmental protection? How could social and environmental protection systems be combined? To what extent can the consideration of enviro...
June 23, 2021
Adaptive Social Protection in the Development Agenda
On June 16, as part of the European Development Days, we are hosting with SOCIEUX+ an online session to explore the role of social protection systems to help vulnerable people anticipate, absorb, and...
June 16, 2021
Youth labour market inclusion in Niger: A LASDEL-ODI-AFD study on access to employment as a catalyst for youth...
How do intersecting vulnerabilities affect the quality of youth inclusion in labour market in Niger and their ability to move out of and remain out of poverty? How do different forms of livelihoods, e...
From June 14, 2021 to June 21, 2021
An Overview of African Research and its International Funding
What is the state of African research? What are the notable evolutions of the last few years? in terms of gender, for instance? What methodologies can be used to establish diagnoses of research system...
June 11, 2021
Overcoming Institutional and Organizational Barriers to Sanitation - The 4th scientific workshop
How to build sanitation as a general interest service? How to overcome coordination issues due to multiplicity of technologies? How do researchers analyse institutional change? How do actors deal with...
From May 6, 2021 to May 7, 2021
The macroeconomic impact of typhoons on Vietnam using satellite imagery
What is the impact of typhoons on economic activity in Vietnam? What can we learn from satellite imagery? This webinar will be held on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm.
May 5, 2021
IA-Biodiv Challenge: Research in Artificial Intelligence in the field of Biodiversity - Information sessions
Are you part of a multidisciplinary research team? Are you interested in artificial intelligence for biodiversity? The IA-Biodiv challenge is yours. Participate in one of the two information sessions...
From April 29, 2021 to May 6, 2021
Digital Energy Challenge Calls for Projects - Information Webinars
Are you looking to boost your digital innovation project in the energy sector in sub-Saharan Africa? Are you involved in energy transition projects in this region? The Digital Energy Challenge is for...
April 28, 2021
EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities Final Conference
What do we know about socio-economic inequalities in emerging and developing countries? How are they changing? What are the causes and consequences ? How can they be reduced? How can they be taken int...
From March 22, 2021 to March 25, 2021
Lake Victoria: From Pollution to Water Restoration
Lake Victoria is the second largest source of fresh water in the world. It may provide for the livelihoods of locals, but the water quality has degraded. Due to intense human activity, the water has b...
From March 4, 2021 to March 5, 2021
Inequalities and Environmental changes in the Mekong region: a scoping review
On 24 February at 2 pm, participate in this webinar to discover the essential foundations of today's understanding of the link between the environment and inequalities in the Mekong region.
February 24, 2021
How to finance life on Earth: a high-level discussion with experts in biodiversity finance
On January 13 at 2:00 pm CET, John Tobin-de la Puente (Professor of Practice, Cornell University) and Andrew W. Mitchell (Founder and Senior Adviser, Global Canopy), in their role as publishers, will...
January 13, 2021
#Data4Covid19 Africa Challenge Webinar
From now to February 5, 2021, AFD, together with Expertise France and The GovLab, is soliciting innovative proposals using data in a collaborative and responsible way to provide actionable intellig...
January 12, 2021
Multidimensional Inequality in Vietnam
The webinar “Multidimensional Inequality in Vietnam” is part of the AFD’s Research Department webinar series launched to offer a platform for discussion on research and public policy issues. The Viet...
December 15, 2020
