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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...
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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...
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Research at AFD
Climate change, biodiversity, inequality – our research contributes to analyzing the major global challenges we face today. Because anticipating and understanding better means acting more effectively....
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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.
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Legal notice
and general conditions of use for AFD’s website. The website www.afd.fr (hereinafter “the website” or “AFD’s website”) is published by Agence Française de Développement (hereinafter “AFD”), a publi...
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Climate
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The world's leading donor
The European Union is a key player in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indeed, the EU and its Member States are collectively the world’s largest donor. In 2022, they...
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Information about cookies
A cookie (or connection token) is a text file saved by your browser to store information on web pages you have visited during browser sessions. These cookies allow us to store information about your b...
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Guarantees: instruments to mobilize local resources
AFD Group offers its clients guarantees designed to facilitate access to financing for small businesses and microfinance institutions by reducing the risk borne by local banks when providing loans. Th...
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Local and regional authorities
A distinctive feature of French local and regional authorities is that they carry out international actions. And with its more than 5,000 active local or regional authorities, France has one of the mo...
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You represent a French local authority
AFD devotes an increasing amount of its activity to directly financing foreign local authorities. To implement this strategy, it relies on the strongly political expertise of French local authorities.
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Training: learning together to transform the world
AFD Group Campus is our training center, created to build a shared foundation of knowledge, to share experiences, and to learn the necessary skills to design and implement high-impact projects that su...
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan stands at the crossroads of Central Asia and has been the scene of conflicts since 1979. The country is struggling to find a way out of insecurity and political instability. It is also hig...
Regions and countries
Contact AFD
AFD headquarters and its annexes are located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.
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Development banks and agencies
These institutions are backed up by States, enabling them to plan in the long term. They chart out new paths and generate dynamics. When it comes to facilitating transitions and reorienting the econom...
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IDFC
The International Development Finance Club (IDFC) is a network of 27 national, regional and bilateral development banks. AFD was one of its founding members in 2011 and has been chairing the organizat...
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The United Nations
The UN specialized institutions, funds, and programs are major development aid actors. They have several advantages: universality in terms of their members, relative neutrality, and significant presen...
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