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2026 GRN Development Banking Research Conference
Public Banks in a Changing Global Financial Architecture
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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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Ukraine: Macroeconomics of War
The economic transition policies that followed the dismantling of th USSR led, due to a lack of gradualism, to a deep deterioration in Ukraine’s institutional balances, which weighed heavily, and cont...
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Promoting international solidarity
In today’s interconnected world, young people face unprecedented challenges related to international solidarity, with issues ranging from climate change to economic instability, persistent inequality,...
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Three Oceans
To increase regional integration in France’s overseas territories and offer a global solution to cross-border issues, AFD adopted the Three Oceans strategy in 2019. This approach groups together overs...
Regions and countries
Regional coordination for Caribbean sargassum management
The project aims to limit the impact of sargassum strandings in the Caribbean and to promote a regional dynamic for structuring a management and development framework for sargassum.
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Adama MARIKO
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Secretary General - Finance in Common , Acting Executive Director of the Directorate for Mobilisation, Partnerships and Communication, AFD
Gaëlle MAREUGE
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Cultural and Creative Industries Lead
Cultural policies, Heritage promotion, Creative entrepreneurship, Training in cultural professions, Culture and development, Project support, Edutainment, Museum cooperation
France continues to support Montenegro's Green Transition : €100 million financing signed to support EU reform...
In the presence of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović and the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milojko Spajić, the Minister of Finance, Mr...
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Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) : UPFI 3 East Facility 2024 - 2028
The "UPFI 3 East" Facility (or UPFI) is a European Union (EU) fund dedicated to the preparation and implementation of urban development projects in the five Eastern Neighbourhood countries: Armenia, A...
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AFD, CEDIS and EDF International Networks sign technical cooperation agreement for the modernization of Monten...
The Montenegrin Electricity Distribution System (CEDIS) signed a tripartite partnership agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) and EDF International Networks (EDF IN), establishing a strat...
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Julie GONNET
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Deputy Head of the "Social Link" Division, Gender, Equality and Inclusion expert
Development finance, gender equality and inclusion, women’s rights, tackling inequality, feminist diplomacy, climate change and adaptation
Overseas France
For more than 80 years, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has supported the sustainable development of local authorities and businesses across the French overseas territories. In 2025, AFD Group...
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Sustainability Statement 2025
AFD Group has voluntarily published its first sustainability report, improving transparency and governance in accordance with the CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive).
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Results & Outlook 2025-2026 – AFD Group
In 2025, AFD Group confirmed the strength of its model with €13.7 billion in commitments and more than 1,120 new projects, in an international environment marked by geopolitical tensions. The Group ma...
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[Feature report] France’s G7 presidency: urgent collective action on global crises
Amid multiple, interrelated crises, development has returned to the center of the international agenda. Meeting in Paris as part of France’s G7 presidency, public decision-makers and financing actors...
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Sustainability statement: AFD Group’s transparency initiative
With the publication of its first sustainability statement – produced on a voluntary basis ahead of the legal requirements that will apply from 2028 – AFD Group has reached a new milestone in transpar...
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Alisée PORNET
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Advisor to the Geographic Department
International relations, economics, geopolitics of development
Alisée Pornet has served as an Advisor to the Geographies Department at Agence Française de Développement (AFD) since 2025. She co-authored , Géopolitique du Développement, with Philippe Orliange, pub...
Virginie DELISEE-PIZZO
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Head of Education Division
Education, Vocational training, Higher education, Jobs, Entrepreneurship
Audrey GUIRAL-NAEPELS
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Head of Urban Development, Planning and Housing Division
Urban Development, Planning and Housing Division
