AFD & KfW activities in the context of Loss and Damage - Position paper
From setting up training centers to supporting the sector reform
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...
Promoting transparent and collaborative public action in African francophone countries
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.
Supporting smart grids to improve energy performance
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.
Mobile Film Festival 2021: Africa on Set
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.
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,...
Alix Vigato
Claire ZANUSO
Irrigated agriculture: A service-based approach to put irrigators at the center of policy formulation
Gender and Mental Health: COVID-19 shock-related factors
Evaluation Highlights: In Tunisia, the emergence of a sustainable microfinance sector
AFD and Macroeconomic Modelling Tools for the Ecological Transition
The distributional impact of development cooperation projects
From 10 to 12 July, Agence Française de Développement organized its second summer school devoted to the GEMMES economic modelling tool. It gathered 23 researchers and economists from around the world. The objective: adapt the tool in six countries – Brazil, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco,...
Some entrepreneurs sought to fight pollution; for others the goal was to promote inclusion. In their own ways, they have all taken action. The four winners of North Africa’s first call for proposals in “Shared Innovation” have put forward cutting-edge solutions to promote sustainable development...
Strong sustainability, the principle that our natural resources are critical and cannot be replaced by any other form of capital, is enjoying a resurgence in development thinking. It’s a riposte to the notion that physical capital, such as machinery or technological advances can be a substitute...