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Financing CSO projects

Is your CSO seeking financing for an international solidarity project or does it want to implement an AFD project? Find out about the mechanisms tailored to your needs.

Our priorities

AFD Group has a mission to help construct a world in common, a world that preserves and protects five important “public goods”: people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership. As an accelerator an...

Our History

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was founded in 1941 and is the world’s oldest development bank. Created by General de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War,...

Governance

As a public institution, AFD is subject to the principle of accountability. Its governance is based on a set of structures that ensure the transparency of its operation and its sound management. AF...

Transparency and dialogue

Information, dialogue and responding to requests are the prerequisites for a relationship of trust with all our partners. This a commitment of all AFD Group. For us, supporting sustainable projects...

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Climate

The world's leading donor

The European Union is a key player in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indeed, the EU and its Member States are collectively the world’s largest donor. In 2022, they...

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Feeding Jinan’s heating network with heat from wastewater

In Jinan, heat from wastewater will be recovered to supply collective heating for two of the city’s districts. This innovative energy generation technology is in keeping with national objectives of pr...

Energy recovery from restaurant food waste in Shaoyang

Managing increasing volumes of restaurant food waste has become a major challenge in China. In Shaoyang, AFD is supporting a project that will improve public collection and treatment services for this...

Reconciling protection efforts with heritage promotion in Xianju National Park

Drawing on the French model for nature park management, Xianju National Park intends to establish a new management model for protected areas combining the preservation of natural and cultural heritage...

Benin

AFD has been operating in Benin since 1956 and mainly works to improve access to essential services. We are the leading donor for secondary and vocational education and joint leader in the energy sect...

A mobile phone network for the territory of Wallis-&-Futuna

The Territory is installing an independent mobile phone network – Manuia – to meet the need to improve local telecommunications infrastructure and contribute to opening up the territory.

Conserving island ecosystems and reducing their vulnerability to climate change

The RESCCUE project, implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC), aims to fight against the impacts of climate change. How? By increasing the resilience of the terrestrial and marine ecosystems of the...

Support for the public policies of the territory of New Caledonia between 2010 and 2016

Since 2010, the “New Caledonia” sui generis territory has been developing from a normative activity to an increasingly massive intervention in the economy. With the various transfers of competences fr...

Improving maternal and child health under the Muskoka initiative

AFD is supporting this project in the context of the commitments made by France in Muskoka in 2010. Its overall objective is to contribute to improving maternal and child health by increasing access t...

Promoting sustainable low-carbon mobility in Nagpur

AFD is supporting the sustainable urban mobility policy of Nagpur. It involves the construction of a light metro, which will meet the new needs generated by the city’s economic growth. This will resul...

Municipal Development Program Phase III & Multi Site Regeneration Project of Jericho City

This new support from AFD deals with two components that are part of a common operational purpose: the resilience of the Palestinian Territories. It is a matter of continuing the efforts of territoria...

Frequently Asked Questions

All the answers to your questions about AFD Group What is the role of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group? How is it funded? Who benefits from its actions? Find all the answers to the mos...