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RISE, Social Entrepreneurship Project Enters its Second Phase
RISE (Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs) is a unique project for young entrepreneurs from Western Balkans. After a successful first phase, AFD is financing the second part, which seeks to st...
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Mobility in Serbia: Taking Social and Environmental Needs on Board
Mobility and reliable transportation are essential for people's access to employment and essential services. They're also key ingredients for cities and the wider economy to function. AFD Group has ma...
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Vietnam: A New kind of Workshop to Contribute to Climate Resilient Architecture
A workshop on climate change resilient architecture and landscape was held in Son La and Hanoi, Vietnam, from April 1 to 18. It involved 50 students from Hanoi Architecture University’s French-speakin...
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A Program for Champions: Soccer tackles gender inequality in West Africa
Agence Française de Développement and FIFA are sponsoring the "Championness program" implemented by the NGO Plan International in Benin, Guinea, and Togo. It aims to reduce gender inequalities through...
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Making Water More Accessible in Niger
In Abalak in western Niger, less than two-thirds of the town of 30,000 have access to regularly running water. That is set to change. FICOL (the French local authorities financing facility), AFD and t...
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Building the Africa of Tomorrow: 16 Stories from Engaged Youth
On the youngest continent in the world where more than half of the population is under 25, African youth are key players in sectors ranging from sports and creative industries to entrepreneurship and...
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Hann Bay, Senegal: A Partnership for Depollution and Restoration
Urban growth and industrialization in Hann Bay in Dakar have led to devastating pollution. For the bustling West African capital, the ramifications of the daily influx of industrial effluents and dome...
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AFD Reinforces Support for Low-carbon Transition in Indonesia and Southeast Asia
With AFD Group’s CEO Rémy Rioux’s visit to Jakarta on 15 January, AFD has renewed its commitment to energy transition, sustainable ocean management, and sustainable finance in Indonesia, as well as to...
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Central Asian Glacier Expedition Highlights Water Management Issues
In September 2021, AFD supported the adventure of two French explorers, travelling from Pamir glaciers to the Aral Sea, in the heart of Central Asia. This journey resulted in an awareness-raising film...
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Dakar's Regional Express Train Ready to Roll
Senegal’s Dakar-Diamniadio regional express train, which has received support from AFD, is ready to carry its first passengers. It's the first high-speed train not only in Senegal, but in all of West...
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Smart city: Digital Technology to Improve Urban Quality of Life
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) supports the digital transition of its partners. In urban areas, new technologies can improve the quality of services, from mobility and public lighting to cris...
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Rise: a Program to Develop Social Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans
AFD is supporting “Rise” – a program to help young entrepreneurs in the Western Balkans set up social enterprises. They are a key component of the region’s continuing development, and part of efforts...
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Kosovo: Using Sports to Facilitate Reconciliation
The NGO PLAY International uses sport to promote education and inter-ethnic reconciliation, which is of vital importance in a region once riven by ethnic conflict. PLAY is part of a multi-country proj...
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Five Projects to Bring Sport to Life in All Fields in the Run Up to Paris 2024
AFD has made sport one of its new lines of action and promotes “Sport for All” by encouraging equal access to sport. A focus on five projects to develop sport in Africa and the Western Balkans in the...
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Laos: Increasingly Sustainable Coffee Production
In northern Laos, coffee growing combines respect for the environment with decent incomes for farmers. It is a relationship that has evolved in part thanks to programs supported by Agence Française de...
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AFD-GDN Biodiversity and Development Award: The Winners and their Projects
Launched by the Global Development Network (GDN) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the AFD-GDN Biodiversity and Development Award provides support for researchers in their projects to prese...
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Being a Champ in Kenya: Much more than Boxing
Self-defense, fitness, confidence, and more. Every week, girls from low-income areas in Nairobi head to the east side of the city to train with BoxGirls, Kenya. Some twenty women boxers take the girls...
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Meeting the Urgent Need for Jobs in Gaza
Gaza is mired in crisis, with poverty and unemployment rates having soared to record levels. But efforts are being made to put a dent in unemployment, particularly among young Palestinians. One projec...
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Vietnam: Enhancing Climate Resilience through better water management
Training workshops in urban development and resilience were held in the two Vietnamese provinces of Bac Kan and Ha Nam in early April, with an eye to designing sustainable and integrated water managem...
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Northern Congo: Protecting Forests with the Help of Local Residents
AFD is joining a whole new venture aimed at reconciling biodiversity conservation and local socioeconomic development in the Northern Congo forest basin. Through dialogue and partnerships, local peopl...
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