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Improving the sustainability of water resources and irrigated agriculture in the Ararat Plain
For its first sovereign operation with the Republic of Armenia, AFD is financing the construction of the Vedi reservoir and associated infrastructure in the Ararat Plain. The project will improve irri...
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Alisée PORNET
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Advisor to the Geographic Department
International relations, economics, geopolitics of development
Alisée Pornet has served as an Advisor to the Geographies Department at Agence Française de Développement (AFD) since 2025. She co-authored , Géopolitique du Développement, with Philippe Orliange, pub...
Developing a strategic framework for nature-based solutions in urban areas
As part of the ECOPRONAT research programme, AFD is collaborating with the World Resources Institute (WRI) to develop a strategic framework for identifying and deploying nature-based solutions (NBS) i...
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Armenia: strengthening health care in Syunik
Deteriorating health conditions in Armenia over the past 30 years, the pandemic, and the consequences of the two most recent wars have made structural improvements to the health system essential. Led...
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How – and how far – can we still adapt? Knowledge and societies responding to the challenges of adaptation
Join us for the 17th AFD International Research Conference on Development.
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Investing in climate and nature: the cost of inaction
A new episode of Cartes sur table with Audrey Rojkoff, Head of AFD's Climate and Nature Division.
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Supporting home renovation and energy efficiency
To improve energy efficiency and support home renovation in Armenia, AFD is helping Armenia’s National Mortgage Company (NMC), a public financial institution, develop a sustainable supply of bank loan...
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African Network of Centers of Excellence in Electricity (ANCEE)
Supported by the Agence Française de Développement and the African Development Fund of the African Development Bank Group, the ANCEE is a pan-african initiative launched in June 2015by the Association...
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Basketball Experience: Supporting education and awareness-raising through sports
AFD joins forces with the NBA to finance a project combining basketball and education on the SDGs in several African countries.
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Sandra RULLIERE
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Deputy Head of the Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity Division
Natural resource management, agro-ecology, territorial development, integrated coastal zone management.
ASToN: Financing an African Smart Towns Network making the digital transition
In Africa, making the digital transition is one of the challenges facing emerging and developing towns and cities. To achieve this objective, AFD is supporting 12 African towns with technical assistan...
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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...
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Why does France’s development bank finance climate action in other countries?
To protect France, strengthen political alliances, and contribute to global stability while safeguarding the planet, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) provided around €8 billion in financing for...
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ITEGE Project - An academic partnership for the development of geothermal energy
Training geothermal exploration specialists to contribute to the development of this energy source in Ethiopia is the ambition of the ITEGE project, selected under the third edition of the Africa-Fra...
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Research Conversations: Interactive Webinars on Sustainable Development
Are you interested in the new development research coming out? Would you like to see the latest results from studies carried out by AFD and its partners, and talk with researchers? Then the “Research...
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Overseas France
For more than 80 years, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has supported the sustainable development of local authorities and businesses across the French overseas territories. In 2025, AFD Group...
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Research on just transition and adaptation pathways
This AFD research program analyzes and models the various effects of climate change and biodiversity loss. It also examines how these dynamics interact to reshape societies, ecosystems, and economies.
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What role does AFD Group play in international environmental negotiations?
AFD Group will attend the COP17 biodiversity conference in Yerevan, Armenia, from 18 to 30 October, and the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November. What role does it play...
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