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Imagined battambang: art to build tomorrow
The city of Battambang hosted an urban art festival with the goal of engaging residents in a dialogue on the province’s sustainable development trajectory through the prism of art. The festival was a...
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AFD and Rugby Africa are joining forces for the development of women's rugby in Africa
On the final of the Rugby World Cup France 2023, the French Development Agency (AFD) and Rugby Africa, with the support of the French Rugby Federation (FFR), are operationalizing their partnership t...
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AFD Group Ready to Support Kazakhstan’s Green and Inclusive Growth
The signing of the intergovernmental agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the French Republic on the activities of AFD Group in the country lays the fou...
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France announces 100 million euros loan for India’s CITIIS 2.0 programme
French Development Agency will support Innovative Solutions for India's Solid Waste Challenge, furthering Team Europe participation in sustainable urbanisation in India.
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AFD Group Accelerates its Support for Uzbekistan During the Visit of French President Emmanuel Macron
Two operational agreements have been signed to intensify relations between the AFD Group and the Uzbek authorities in the fields of green economy and women’s entrepreneurship, as well as an agreement...
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Setting stage for heritage preservation: Seventh International Coordination Meeting for Vat Phou Champasak (7t...
On the 7th and 8th of November 2023, the Seventh International Coordination Meeting for Vat Phou Champasak (7th ICM) took place in Vientiane. This significant event was organized at the National Conve...
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TICA and Expertise France with AFD Group: Together for Innovation and Cooperation in Thailand
Following a productive meeting between Madame Ureerat CHAREONTOH, Director-General of Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), and Jérémie Pellet, Director-General of Expertise France, the di...
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Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership Powers Innovative Climate Action
The Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership, which was launched at the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, will further power innovative climate action thanks to additional contributions from the...
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The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Viet Nam (MoNRE) and AFD share their will to enhance thei...
Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (MoNRE) of Vietnam, and Mr. Rémy Rioux, General Director of the French Development Agency (AFD) had a meeting on the sideline of the...
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Blue Mediterranean Partnership steps up support for sustainable blue economy
EBRD, EIB, UfM, EC, AFD, CDP, KfW, donors and beneficiary countries sign cooperation agreement at COP28.
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Bangladesh and its Partners are Launching the Bangladesh Climate and Development Platform to Leverage Adaptati...
International financial institutions, bilateral donors, and private sectors are announcing a collaborative approach with the Government of Bangladesh to establish the Bangladesh Climate and Developmen...
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Gates Foundation and Agence Française de Développement partner to support last mile polio eradication in Pakis...
PARIS (5 December 2023) - Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Remy Rioux, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) announced today new commitments that implement...
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AFD and ERIA Forge Memorandum of Understanding to Foster Sustainable Development in the ASEAN Region
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) have taken a significant stride towards advancing regional progress and sustainable devel...
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Validation of the strategy for the operationalisation of Marwina hospital
On Friday 1 December, a delegation led by the Surinamese Minister of Health, Dr Amar Ramadhin, the French Ambassador in Suriname and Guyana, Nicolas de Lacoste, and the Director of the Suriname-Guyana...
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COP28: AFD joins forces with Rwanda to increase climate finance flows
Dubai, December 3, 2023. During COP28, taking place in Dubai from November 30 to December 12, 2023, Dr. Jeanne d’Arc MUJAWAMARIYA, Minister of Environmentof of Rwanda and Rémy Rioux, CEO of the Agence...
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Team Europe signs a strategic agreement to address climate challenges in Punjab
ISLAMABAD, December 13, 2023: As a part of the Team Europe Initiative 'Building Back Better through Green Jobs Creation,' combining support from the European Union (EU), Germany, France and Italy, the...
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Granting FASEP Funding for the Renovation of the Long Bien Bridge
On 16th November, 2023, France made the decision to grant the People's Committee of Hanoi a donation of over 700,000 EUR to fund a feasibility study for the renovation of the Long Bien Bridge. This ic...
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Liberia: New Signature Between the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and AFD
On November 22 2022, Minister of Finance and Development Planning Samuel D.Tweah, AFD Country Director Christophe Cottet, Proparco Country Representative Ange-Pascal Kouassi and Expertise France Regio...
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IDFC members commit to support an ambitious and effective Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework with a poten...
Montreal, December 14th, 2022 - During the COP15 Finance and Biodiversity Day Rémy Rioux, Chair of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) reaffirmed the Club’s commitments to support an amb...
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Cambodia: AFD and Proparco finance Sathapana Bank to empower women and support SMEs
In presence of Mr. Fung Kai Jin, CEO of Sathapana Bank, Djalal Khimdjee, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Proparco and Sandrine Boucher, Director of AFD's Cambodia office, Agence Française de Dévelop...
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