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UNOC 2025 – THE UNITED NATIONS OCEAN CONFERENCE

From 9 to 13 June 2025, France will host the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, in partnership with Costa Rica. This major international summit will bring together heads of state, i...

Decent Work

Education for Citizenship and International Solidarity

Employment

Infrastructure

Financial Systems

Political and Civic Transition

Citizen participation, non-discrimination, effective public action, accountability, and transparency of institutions are the key points of focus for political and civic transitions. Buoyed since 2016...

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...

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...

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...

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...

E & S Complaints Mechanism

Any individual, group or community harmed by environmental or social incidents caused by an AFD-funded project can file a complaint with the Mechanism.

Calls for projects

Find out about AFD Group’s calls for projects and the managers of AFD-funded programs

Frequently Asked Questions

All the answers to your questions about AFD Group What is the role of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group? How is it funded? Who benefits from its actions? Find all the answers to the mos...

Boosting the potential of the blue economy in Sri Lanka: conservation of the shoreline, beaches and waves

The main objective of the "Boosting the potential of the blue economy in Sri Lanka: conservation of the shoreline, beaches and waves" project is to contribute to the preservation of coastal biodiversi...

Financing CSO projects

Is your CSO seeking financing for an international solidarity project or does it want to implement an AFD project? Find out about the mechanisms tailored to your needs.

Our priorities

AFD Group has a mission to help construct a world in common, a world that preserves and protects five important “public goods”: people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership. As an accelerator an...

Our history

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was founded in 1941 and is the world’s oldest development bank. Created by General de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War,...

Transparency and dialogue

Information, dialogue and responding to requests are the prerequisites for a relationship of trust with all our partners. This a commitment of all AFD Group. For us, supporting sustainable projects...

Climate