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French Guiana

French Guiana is located in South America and has a surface area equivalent to Portugal. The territory is marked by strong population growth and faces a number of social, health and economic challenge...

Sustainable Forest Livelihoods in Guyana and Suriname

The objective of the project is to maintain healthy forests and natural resources in Guyana and Suriname. In order to achieve this, the program will contribute to strengthen institutional governance c...

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ACP-EU Supports Digital Connectivity in the Caribbean in the Face of COVID-19

In consultation with the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the European Union (EU) is funding the DIRECCT (DIgital REsponse Connecting CiTizens) programme to strengthen th...

Research on the commons

The issue of commons inevitably brings up the questions of public action and exclusive ownership. It’s therefore a relevant line of research for studying the management of common resources. From resea...

Guinea

Located on the west coast of Africa, the region's "water tower" is endowed with exceptional natural capital. But Guinea has not started its demographic transition and has been hit hard by the Ebola ep...

ENGULF: Assessing exposure to relative sea-level rise along the Gulf of Guinea

The coastline of the Gulf of Guinea is lowly elevated and particularly vulnerable to sea level rise triggered by climate change. However, in some places, another important factor has to be taken into...

Comparative study of biodiversity metrics for Public Development Banks (PDBs)

As part of this research project, AFD is working with the Biotope/Arcadis consortium to identify the best methods for measuring biodiversity – or "biodiversity metrics" – for Public Development Banks...

AFD strengthens its partnership with North Macedonia for a modern and just energy transition

The French Development Agency (AFD) took a major step forward in its cooperation with North Macedonia by signing two key agreements in Skopje on 15 October 2025 to support the country’s energy transit...

Western Balkans

Present in the Western Balkans since 2019, AFD's mandate is to support the convergence of countries in the region towards European Union standards and the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement...

Suriname

Suriname is on the northeast coast of South America between Venezuela and Brazil. Despite being rich in natural resources – it’s nearly 93% covered by the Amazon rainforest – Suriname is going through...

DBSA and AFD Group strengthen strategic partnership to accelerate sustainable development in Africa

A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) extends collaboration through 2030, focusing on climate finance, infrastructure development, and nature-positive investments

AFD and Global Energy Alliance sign agreement to develop energy storage in Togo

Washington, October 17, 2025 — Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet have signed a USD 200,000 contribution agreement. This agreement will financ...

Banque de France - Ferdi - AFD International Conference

This conference follows on from a conference held in July 2021 entitled "Facing climate change: what financial choices for Africa?", whose conclusions highlighted Africa's disproportionate vulnerabili...

80 years of the UN: AFD and the 'discreet certainty' of our partnership

Founded in 1945, four years after Agence Française de Développement (AFD), then known as the "Caisse Centrale de la France Libre", the United Nations shares with AFD a rich history in support of susta...

How AFD Group aligned its operations with the SDGs

Adopted in 2015 by the United Nations, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their 169 targets – or sub-goals – aim to address the world's most critical challenges by 2030: poverty, inequality, cli...

United for Training in European Project Management

The KALYNA project aims to strengthen the management of European funds by the Chernihiv and Kyiv Oblasts, drawing on the expertise of the Île-de-France region.

Supporting the deployment of wastewater treatment systems using vertical flow planted wetlands

AFD is co-financing a program led by IOWater for the regional deployment of sanitation systems using vertical flow planted wetlands. For several years, this technology has been developing in Martiniqu...

Blue Carbon Facility: financing the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems

The Blue Carbon Facility is a program that supports the protection of "blue" carbon (the carbon captured and stored by coastal and marine ecosystems) through pilot projects focused on strengthening kn...