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French Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
AFD Group offers French civil society organizations (CSOs) a range of tools and mechanisms to support their work. Every year, we issue a call for projects and expressions of intent to co-finance devel...
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Strengthening Youth Skills and Opportunities through Vocational Training
This pilot project in Rwanda’s Rulindo district strengthened vocational training, job placement, and entrepreneurship support for youth. By aligning training with market needs, it contributed to suppo...
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From Delhi to Paris: India on the path to resilient urban waste management
Faced with rapid urbanization, India is grappling with a major challenge: organizing, modernizing, and financing its solid waste management system. From 7 to 9 July 2025, a delegation of senior Indian...
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AFD Group’s 2025-2030 strategy
At the Presidential Council for International Partnerships (CPPI) convened on April 4, 2025, development policy was reaffirmed as a cornerstone of France’s international engagement, alongside diplomac...
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Health in Common Initiative I & II
In response to COVID-19, AFD provided two successive budget supports to strengthen Rwanda’s health system, expand testing and treatment, and protect vulnerable households through social safety nets.
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The impact of extreme temperatures and air pollution on labor supply and earnings: Evidence from Vietnam
Vietnam is one of the most exposed countries to climate change, with losses estimated at 3.2% of its GDP in 2020. Furthermore, the country's PM2.5 levels have persistently surpassed the global averag...
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Impact of Meteorological Factors and Extreme Weather Events on PM2.5 Pollution in Viet Nam
Air pollution is a major global challenge, with PM₂.₅ being among the most harmful pollutants. Its levels are influenced by both emissions and meteorological factors, which vary by geography and clima...
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Advancing green jobs and skills in response to the renewable energy development in Ninh Thuan
While the demand for unskilled labor in renewable energy projects has declined, the need for high skilled workers is on the rise. •Vocational colleges currently lack programs to meet this demand: inve...
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Enhancing environmental policies to boost a sustainable energy transition in Vietnam
Vietnam has been enhancing its environment protection legal framework to address challenges in human health protection and ecosystem safeguard, raised by its significant progress in renewable Energy....
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Does PFES endorse household energy transition in Vietnam?
Vietnam aims at Net-Zero emission by 2050, promoting renewable energy through policies, including investment incentives and energy efficiency initiatives. Yet, achieving a sustainable energy transitio...
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AFD's Financing for Civil Society Organizations
Is your Civil Society Organization (CSO) seeking financing for an international solidarity project or does it want to implement an AFD project? AFD, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) a...
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Evaluation of Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program, Pakistan (CPK1036)
The objectives of tranche 4 of the Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program were to: • increase the country's transmission capacity; • improve system reliability; • reduce transmission los...
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Trade capacity-building program for better integration into the global trading system
When aligned with a viable environmental and social pathway, trade can be a driver of economic resilience. The Trade Capacity-Building Program (PRCC) supports developing countries in transforming thei...
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Official Development Assistance at the Age of Consequences
Official Development Assistance (ODA) was introduced in the 1960s as a temporary instrument to respond to a phase in world history involving decolonization, the Cold War, industrialization and flagran...
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Final evaluation of the Renewable Energy Absorption Transmission Development Project (REATDP), Sri Lanka (CLK1...
The project aimed at improving the electricity provision in Sri Lanka: • Increase the grid's renewable energy (RE) absorption capacity (specific outcome); • Reduce the average cost of production ac...
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Civil society organizations
AFD and civil society organizations (CSOs) work together to help the latter contribute better to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The partnership between AFD and CSOs has develop...
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Mauritius
As a small island state that is highly vulnerable to climate change yet economically dynamic, Mauritius promotes a model of sustainable development that combines social welfare and growth. AFD is invo...
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Our network in Latin America
AFD and Latin America: supporting transitions across the continent.
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