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AFD is supporting “Rise” – a program to help young entrepreneurs in the Western Balkans set up social enterprises. They are a key component of the region’s continuing development, and part of efforts to facilitate reconciliation and generate economic inclusion.

The aim of the program is to reduce the environmental and sanitary impact of solid waste in several cities of the country, while improving the living environment of the inhabitants. Its specific objective is to extend the accessibility of a quality service to all the inhabitants of the cities...

The LIID project, co-financed with the World Bank, promotes sustainable urban development investments in Serbia and aims to strengthen the investment capacity of local governments.

AFD is implementing a budgetary funding and technical supports to accompany and accelerate the implementation of the Serbian government's climate roadmap over the coming years, in coordination with the World Bank.

In a region stretching from the borders of the European Union to the heart of Asia, AFD Group contributes to the fight against climate change and works towards fairer and more inclusive...

AFD has made sport one of its new lines of action and promotes “Sport for All” by encouraging equal access to sport. A focus on five projects to develop sport in Africa and the Western Balkans in the run up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

As the war between Russia and Ukraine enters its second year, our specialist examines the impact of the conflict in Eurasia and explains how AFD is responding.

This program aims to support and promote more inclusive and equitable growth in Albania by acting on the factors that deprive women of economic opportunities equal to those of men. In co-financing with the World Bank, this public policy budget loan will support the Republic of Albania in...

AFD is working hand-in-hand with the World Bank to support Serbia’s climate roadmap. Working on the design of a financial and technical support program to help Serbia implement its climate commitments, an AFD delegation was in Belgrade at the end of January. This was the first technical mission...

This project aims to support and promote climate investments in favor of Montenegrin SMEs and municipalities, and to strengthen the Investment and Development Fund of Montenegro (IDF) in the structuring of a dedicated financing offer, in line with the National Strategy for Sustainable...

The path of economic growth and development of Serbia, a country with a modern, diversified and outward-looking economy, depends at the same time on the fundamental reforms of its energy model, developments in the global economic environment, and a hypothetical rapid integration into the...

This project was born from the request by the Albanian government towards AFD and KfW in 2018 to support the ongoing electricity sector reform process through a sectoral budget loan and the implementation of a technical assistance program.

With EU membership on the horizon, Western Balkan countries are taking action to ensure that their standards of governance are in line with those of the European Union. AFD Group is supporting this ambitious process, notably through its subsidiary Expertise France, and its European partners in...

RISE (Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs) is a unique project for young entrepreneurs from Western Balkans. After a successful first phase, AFD is financing the second part, which seeks to strengthen the program and accelerate the development of social entrepreneurship in the area.

The Serbian hydraulic network will shortly undergo the modernization and extension of its existing infrastructure - supported by AFD. In June 2022, Srbijavode was granted 250 000 euros from AFD to conduct a feasibility study with Suez Consulting. The study will chart a project to update and...

“RISE” – the Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs (Rise) program in the Western Balkans is a veritable support system for young entrepreneurs. AFD is supporting the third phase of this innovative program, which promotes the creation of businesses with an emphasis on solidarity in the...

The modernization program of Serbia’s railway sector supported by AFD and the World Bank will strengthen Serbia’s integration within European railway ecosystem and improve the service quality for passengers. An ambitious project serving ecological transition.

Placed under the aegis of the Union for the Mediterranean in 2011,the Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) is the result of a partnership between the European Union, the French Development Agency and the European Investment Bank. It aims to support the development of ambitious urban projects...

Starting a new chapter in Eastern Europe, AFD recently opened its Western Balkans office in Belgrade, Serbia. Its Director, Dominique Hautbergue handles activities in six countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. Above all, he plans to take...

During the “Together Towards Sustainable Development” conference organized by the Investment and Development Fund of Montenegro (IDF), Adama Mariko, Deputy Executive Director of Strategy, Partnerships and Communication at AFD, and also Secretary-General of the Finance in Common coalition, spoke...