Yesterday, the Cancer Care Centre at the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam was opened by Hon. Dr Doto Mashaka Biteko, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of the United Republic of Tanzania. The centre will accommodate 100 patients per day for radiation therapy,…

🇹🇷Meeting between Rémy Rioux, Ekrem İmamoğlu and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality team!

Discussions on our joint success in the transports sector, but also on future collaborations in🚊and waste water management, mutual interest in gender equality, the fight against climate change and sports.

📍Opening remarks of the first Mediterranean feminist forum organized by @euromedfeminist in partnership with Délégation Interministérielle à la Méditerranée mae at @institutdumondearabe , bringing together 50 feminist organizations from both shores of the Mediterranean!

Water is life!💦

Thanks to the generous funding from EU in Lebanon, we are working with the Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 and the Lebanese Water Establishments to improve access to clean water for over a million people across Lebanon.

#WorldPressFreedomDay |🤔What is AFD doing to support Press Freedom?

We support the professionalization of the media & journalists as well as the production of reliable content: essential for strengthening democratic & peaceful societies.

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The OECS welcomed a delegation from the AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 on Monday, April 29, 2024, led by Charles Trottmann, Head of the Three Oceans department of the AFD. This meeting marked a pivotal moment in enhancing cooperation between the OECS and France ... Read more: ow.ly/44rk50Rv8K6

Pillar two of the Recycle OECS Model —the economic pillar—aims to engage the private sector, government, and community in partnerships to transform plastic waste into a revenue-generating business and to reconsider the use of plastics in their operations to reduce costs. AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺

📽️ Did you miss the Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 webinar with SEI's @emi_ghosh and Eric Kemp-Benedict on the role of innovation in strong #sustainability trajectories?

Watch the recording ⤵️
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Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili 🇬🇪 and Bertrand Walckenaer, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺, on Thursday signed a second memorandum for cooperation between 2024-2027, the French Embassy said. Mof Georgia
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🎉Big day for Tanzania's cancer fight as Aga Khan Cancer Care Unit opens in Dar es Salaam. Through the TCCP supported by Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺, it'll transform cancer care in 🇹🇿.

Ambassador Nabil Hajlaoui emphasizes 🇫🇷's commitment to state-of-the-art, accessible care for all Tanzanians.

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🏝️IOC #RECOS Project, Conservatoire du littoral and #ICOSolutions work on a #webinar series on #Coastal observing systems.
➡️Ep. 1: Setting-up, facilitation and sustainability of an observing system
🗓️06.06.24
⏰2pm (UTC+2)
🤝Supported by Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 and Fonds français pour l'environnement mondial (FFEM)

Georgian Irakli Kobakhidze and Bertrand Walckenaer, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺, on Thursday reviewed prospects of future cooperation facilitated by the partnership agreement signed between the country and the AFD.

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🤝A stronger partnership for sustainable mobility in Egypt 🇪🇬.

As part of his official visit, the Minister of #Transport of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Kamel al-Wazeer met Rémy Rioux to deepen our cooperation in the transport sector.

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📆22/05 for a conference #ResearchConversationsAFD with World Resources Inst!

How can #cities integrate nature-based solutions (NbS) into urban planification? Feedback on projects in Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 & in Kigali 🇷🇼.

👉Info & registrations: bit.ly/3wg8Vqg

🔎GBP 3.1 billion BHP is the takeover bid for
Anglo American. The SA group had received this unsolicited takeover offer, which was rejected by its board of directors the offer was too low and 'not attractive'
#business #IMF #economy
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Last year, AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 signed a ₹650-crore loan for a project in #Rajasthan that aims to protect 3,000 hectares of Sacred Groves and restore 30,000 hectares of land, benefitting 800 villages, while focusing on water management and reducing human-wildlife conflict. (3/7)

In #Kaziranga , AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 has partnered for 12 yrs with #Assam govt to protect biodiversity & support local communities. Results of this ₹720-Cr project:
- 22K hectares reforested
- 7,500 skilling program beneficiaries
- anti-poaching camps & watch towers to protect wildlife (2/7)

Ambassador Thierry Mathou is in North Bengal this week to explore how the French Development Agency AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 could contribute to restoring local ecosystems in this unique region.

This is one of many 🇫🇷🇮🇳 initiatives on biodiversity protection all over India. A thread 🧵: (1/7)

Back to my school LDK for a thrilling basketball game with these talented secondary school girls! 🏀 and I had a minute to share my little journey. Big thanks to ⁦Ministry of Sports|Rwanda⁩ & ⁦AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺⁩ for organizing this great initiative. “ Let her play, get her inspired”

The project BOOST: Balkans for Optimising Opportunities, Sustainability, and Transformation of Civil Society, funded by Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺, has launched!

Today the project consortium met in Tirana 🇦🇱for the launch conference.

📲 Stay tuned!

#ProjectBOOST #BOOSTtheBalkans