Research

Since 1996, AFD has been supporting the creation/refurbishment of 28 training centers managed via a dialogue with the private sector. This new program focuses on industry activities and supports the implementation of the Government’s new strategy, in the context of an innovative social contract...

The Open Government Support Program in Francophone Developing Countries (PAGOF) promotes the transparency and co-construction of public policies in order to make public action more responsive, inclusive and responsible. This includes involving citizens and mobilizing new technologies.

Tunisia is transforming its energy system and developing renewable energies. AFD is helping it with this transition by assisting the local operator’s smart grid project with the deployment of grid infrastructure and smart metering in the Sfax region.

Imagine making a movie on a mobile phone – and telling the entire story in just one minute. Celebrating African filmmaking talent, this year’s awards ceremony for the Mobile Film Festival was held in Tunis on March 25. AFD is a partner of the film festival for the third consecutive year.

With urban concentration constantly growing in Tunisia for ten years now, Agence Française de Développement is implementing programs to improve the quality of life of residents in poor neighborhoods. They include the Proville and Urban Fabric initiatives.

The Mediterranean Worlds Forum, to be held on February 7 and 8 in Marseille, mobilizes civil societies in the Mediterranean basin around major cultural, entrepreneurial and social themes. They're also themes that tend to unify diverse peoples. In a region where AFD is particularly active,...

The marine and coastal ecosystems of the Mediterranean are under considerable anthropic pressure. AFD is participating in the effort to remedy this situation with a €4 million grant to a trust fund dedicated to strengthening protected marine areas.

At the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the self-reported mental well-being of women in certain Middle East and North African (MENA) countries was significantly worse compared to that of men. New analysis has found that certain household and employment-related factors, such as food insecurity and...

The “Samim” project, led by the Social and Solidarity Economy Laboratory, has launched a first call for projects on sustainable cities in Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Jordan.

AFD has been developing two macroeconomic modelling tools – the GEMMES and...

Irrigated agriculture can help address challenges of food security and sovereignty, develop regions and farms, improve trade balance, and contribute to climate change adaptation. An irrigated area is a complex system in which the social, cultural, technical, economic, and environmental aspects...

New health technologies promise to enable health systems in developing countries to respond more effectively to chronic illness, personnel shortages, and a lack of health information. We take a closer look at 5 projects supported by Agence française de développement.

Many young graduates with training in new technologies from higher institutes of technology (ISET) remain unemployed. The paradox is that companies within the sector are struggling to hire employees. The ELIFE project, sponsored by the Tunisia Foundation for Development (FTD) with support from...

The urban fabric initiative brings out and supports small or temporary micro-projects, carried by the inhabitants and quickly implemented, on the sites of urban projects financed in parallel by the Agency. ©AFD2020

Organized by the urban cultural hub "La Friche la Belle de Mai" and AFD Campus, the international symposium on “Cultural Third Spaces, Towards New Means of Cooperation between Africa and France” will be held in Marseille on 17 May 2022. The objective is to pool ideas and analyze the...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent an important socioeconomic pillar that contributes to overall economic activity in many developing countries. The Covid-19 pandemic that emerged in the early months of 2020 is both a health and an economic crisis with dire consequences for...

In the context of a political landscape marked by the July 25 constitutional referendum, Tunisia's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could provide a way out of the economic impasse in which the country has been immersed since the 2011 revolution.