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A Brazilian Hackathon for Smart Cities

AFD’s “Shared Innovation” series highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. It was a hackathon with a purpose. Last month, Brazilian students and tech professiona...

A Gender Budget to Tackle Inequality in Argentina

In 2020, the Province of Santa Fe, the third most populous in Argentina, announced that it would vote a gender-responsive budget for the year 2021 for several programs. AFD is supporting its implement...

Boosting Bolivia’s Energy Supply with one of the World’s Highest Solar Power Plants

The development of Bolivia’s Oruro photovoltaic power station entered its second phase in February. The major infrastructural project takes the country one step closer to boosting Bolivia’s energy sup...

Colombia: Developing a Climate Strategy for 2050 with a view to COP26

Bolivia: Supporting Policies for better Water Management

AFD is providing support to the Bolivian authorities for the deployment of a vast water resources management plan, via its Fund for Technical Expertise and Experience Transfers.

AFD Support for Biodiversity in Mexico: Robust Assessments and Concrete Results

AFD has just assessed the impact of two public policy loans – named "Biomex" and "Bioconnect" - issued to the Mexican government in 2012 and 2017 for biodiversity conservation. Though valuable lesson...

Costa Rica and France's Southeast: A Partnership for Biodiversity at the World Conservation Congress

The Diversity Partnership Project led by France's Southeast and Costa Rica, a pioneer country in biodiversity protection, was presented during the World Conservation Congress of the International Unio...

A Smart App for Sustainable Fishing in Mexico

As part of our “Shared Innovation” series, AFD is highlighting innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. The Mexican NGO Cobi and local fishers have developed a new smart p...

Public-Private Partnerships Drive Sustainable Development in Brazil's South-East

From greenhouse gas reduction, biodiversity and climate change adaptation to urban mobility, sanitation, gender equality and the private sector, Agence Française de Développement supports ambitious in...

Ocean Hackathon 2019: An Algorithm for Advanced Sargassum Detection

Supported by AFD, the 2019 Ocean Hackathon took place over 48 hours, featured eight competing teams and awarded one winning challenge: The Mexican designers of an algorithm detecting sargassum, the se...

“Mexico is on its way to a major climate transition” – Jean-Baptiste Sabatié

On March 20, AFD and the Mexican Finance Ministry signed a new public policy loan agreement. This loan from AFD also marks the official start of a green and inclusive support program for Mexico. In a...

AFD and the Development Bank of Latin America Reinforce Their Cooperation

AFD has just granted a new €150 million credit line to the Andean Development Corporation (CAF). It will help finance climate change projects in Bolivia, Brazil, and Ecuador. The move further consolid...

Neglected Diseases and Covid-19: Innovative Research and Development Strategies

In our series on “Shared Innovation”, AFD highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. The race for a coronavirus vaccine casts into sharp relief existing inequalities...

AFD in Action to Protect the Amazon

Amazon deforestation continues at record levels. Massive fires have ravaged the world’s largest rainforest. This constitutes a catastrophe in what is home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity...

Cuba: Concrete Action Against Covid-19

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is mobilizing €5.3 million to help the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. In practical terms, that has helped provide 76 ven...

Terramaz: A program to fight deforestation and promote sustainable development in Ecuador

AFD is supporting a large-scale program to help several Amazonian territories in the fight against deforestation and the transition to sustainable development models.

Suriname: Improving Waste Treatment for a Cleaner Environment and Better Human Health

Open rubbish dumps, rapidly expanding landfills and the open-air burning of waste are damaging both the environment and human health in Suriname. Lacking infrastructure and robust regulation, the smal...

Sanitation in Brazil: from Mud to Energy

Water and sanitation companies in several Brazilian states are carrying out an ambitious project to improve wastewater treatment and recover sewage sludge. This is part of an overall effort to better...

Working with Brazilian Communities to Protect the region’s Vast & Vulnerable Grasslands

An ambitious agreement has been signed to protect the vast fertile grasslands covering an area of some one million km2 across the Southern Cone of Latin America, known as the Pampas. AFD and its partn...

Brazil: Protecting Nature and Supporting Sustainable Infrastructure

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, a major buffer in the global fight against climate change, has fallen by close to a third compared with the same period last year. This breathes new life into efforts...