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France’s technical cooperation agency Expertise France became part of Agence Française de Développement Group on January 1, 2022. With this new addition, along with our private sector subsidiary Propa...

AFD Group reaffirms its commitment alongside Ukraine and, more broadly, in the European Neighborhood

From June 16 to 18, 2025, the CEO of AFD Group, Rémy Rioux, visited Ukraine and Moldova for a high-level mission, illustrating the Group's reinforced engagement alongside Ukraine in preparation for it...

A Lack of Data Hindering the Fight Against Inequality

The fight against inequality is still facing a major obstacle: a lack of data preventing these inequalities from being measured accurately.

Team Europe unveils major water and sanitation project in Tanzania

The €150 million project was jointly financed by the European Union, France, European Investment Bank and the Government of Tanzania. It focused on expanding and upgrading water supply and sanitatio...

There Is Nothing Inevitable About Inequalities

Inequalities have been increasing and threatening the social link since the 1980s. Development actors are aware of the scale they have reached and have now made them one of the pillars of their action...

13th AFD International Conference on Development - Inequalities and Social Cohesion

On December 6th and 7th, 2018, the 13th International Conference of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was held in Paris . For this new edition, AFD decided to focus on inequalities and social co...

UNOC 2025: AFD honors France’s ocean commitments

At the third edition of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), AFD Group delivered tangible outcomes aligned with France’s ocean priorities. At this landmark event held in Nice, eight strategic f...

What are "nature-based solutions"?

From food and health to climate action, nature offers effective, low-cost, and sustainable solutions to many of today’s societal challenges. Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is particularly att...

5 years on: new Kiwa Initiative projects

To mark its fifth anniversary, in August 2025, the Kiwa Initiative launched fifteen new local projects, whose objectives include restoring forests with native species, protecting coral reefs, developi...

Pilot Project on Blue Carbon Ecosystems

This project is part of AFD’s Blue Carbon Facility, which aims to accelerate the protection and restauration of coastal ecosystems with high carbon sequestration potential, such as mangroves and seagr...

Our network in Africa

AFD and Africa: supporting transitions across the continent.

AFD Group strengthens its partnership with the Aga Khan Foundation

AFD Group and the Aga Khan Foundation have signed an ambitious partnership to support coastal populations and ecosystems in the Indian Ocean.

Concrete progress for public development banks at the UN conference in Seville

Held in Seville, Spain, from June 30 to July 3, the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) marked a major step forward in international finance, with public development ba...

Human rights and rights of nature

Veolia and AFD sign strategic partnership to accelerate ecological transformation in developing countries

Veolia, a global leader in ecological transformation, and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed a partnership agreement on July 18, 2025, to strengthen their collaboration in support...

The Paris Dialogue: an international laboratory of actors committed to sustainable science and finance

The international community is celebrating three important anniversaries in 2025: the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate, the 10th anniversary of the Addis Ababa Agenda, and the 20th a...

Research Conversations replay: Structural Change and Green Growth in Colombia

This webinar is part of the conference series 'Research Conversations'.

Improving medical services in Mosul city and Ninawa governorate

This project supports the start of operation of the Medical Research and Care Center in Mosul University. It aims at providing diagnostic and specialized healthcare services, which are currently unava...