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Philippe ORLIANGE

photo Philippe Orliange
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Executive Director of Geographies

Expertise : SDGs, development finance, foreign policy and development policy

Country and region : Africa, Latin America, Eurasia and Beyond, Three Oceans

Philippe Orliange graduated from Sciences Po Paris in International Relations and is a career diplomat. At the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, he served in the Congo, Kenya, New York (Permanent Mission to the United Nations), Colombia, Vietnam and South Africa. He also held various positions at the Ministry’s central administration (Africa, United Nations, International Cooperation and Development) and at the Office of the Minister for Cooperation.

At AFD, he served as Country Director (Lebanon, Egypt) from 2006 to 2008 and subsequently Deputy Director of the Mediterranean and Middle East department. From 2011 to 2014, he was Deputy Director then Director of AFD’s Latin America and Caribbean Department. From 2014 to 2017, he was Director of the Strategy, Partnerships and Communication Division and a member of the Executive Committee. He served as Regional Director for Brazil-Southern Cone from 2017 to 2021, and was subsequently Director of the Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia department from 2021 to 2022. Philippe Orliange has been Executive Director of Geographies since 2022.

  • Bondaz, A. and P. Orliange (2022), L’Indo-Pacifique est incontournable pour faire face aux défis climatiques et environnementaux (“The Indo-Pacific is key to meeting climate and environmental challenges”), Le Monde

  • Orliange, P. and T. Zaratiegui (2022), International Development Cooperation as a Global Governance Policy, RBPI, 65(2)

  • Orliange, P. and A.F.G. Barros-Platiau (2020), From Monterrey to Addis Ababa and Beyond, Carta Internacional

  • Orliange, P.A. (2020), From Poverty Reduction to Global Challenges, a New Horizon for International Development Cooperation?, RBPI, 63(2), e002, Epub June 05

  • Giraud, G. and P. Orliange (2017), Laudato si’ et les Objectifs de développement durable : une convergence ? (“Laudato si' and the Sustainable Development Goals: a convergence?”), Études, January (1), 19-30

  • Orliange, P. (2013), L’Amérique latine face aux défis de la croissance économique et de la cohésion sociale (“Latin America faces the challenges of economic growth and social cohesion”), Géoéconomie, 66(3), 101-114
  • Orliange, P. (1981), La société internationale dans les albums de Tintin (“International society in the Tintin albums”), graduation dissertation at Sciences Po