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Territorial and Ecological Transition
Successfully completing territorial and ecological transitions means developing the potential of each local area. This emphasis on territories is one of the primary innovations in the agenda for the S...
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Why Choose AFD?
AFD, its 2,650 employees, its 80 nationalities represented, its 85 agencies on 5 continents... What about you? Joining AFD means giving meaning to your career. It also means choosing to work in a...
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Our diversity commitments
As a French public institution, Agence Française de Développement must be exemplary in terms of diversity and inclusion, one of the essential conditions for its excellence. That’s why AFD promotes the...
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Our Activities
The Group regularly recruits for its main activities: development activities, banking activities, support functions… Being a development actor at AFD means belonging to one of the five following gr...
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Recruitment at AFD
The recruitment process at AFD allows candidates to verify that they fit in with the company and whether they see themselves working for it. This page gives you explanations on the various recruitm...
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Bangladesh
While Bangladesh has experienced unprecedented economic growth in its history, it is now facing a slowdown. The country is also directly confronted with the challenges posed by climate change. In resp...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Kiwa Initiative
To strengthen the adaptation of the Pacific territories to the impacts of climate change and better protect their biodiversity, the Kiwa Initiative is supporting projects that promote nature-based sol...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Mohmand-Munda Multi-Purpose Dam (First Phase)
Financing of the first phase of the Munda Multipurpose Dam project, including detailed pre-project studies and preparatory work.
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Increasing Hydroelectric Power Production With The Jaggran II Plant
The Pakistani authorities are facing a crisis of sustainability in the electricity sector. In order to meet demand and reduce the country's dependence on oil prices, this project calls for the constru...
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Cifre PhD: A Specific Mechanism for Doctoral Students
Are you a doctoral student, and would you like to benefit from the Cifre mechanism to join AFD while you prepare your PhD? AFD publishes two to three calls for applications a year. You will find all...
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