Our international cooperation in Asia-Pacific

Etudiants en formation professionnelle derrière leur ordinateur au Vietnam
© Laurent WEYL

Asia and the Pacific form a strategic region and are now a global economic and political hub. They offer significant development opportunities but also face multiple risks, especially from climate change.

Asia-Pacific is a region of contrasts. It boasts some of the richest natural reserves in the world, but emits nearly half of all global greenhouse gas emissions. It is also home to the world’s busiest shipping routes, where territorial conflicts threaten freedom of navigation.

France is the only European nation with Pacific territories, including New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna. As France’s development cooperation agency, we support partners across the region in fostering environmentally responsible and innovation-driven development for lasting prosperity and strong regional cooperation. To that end, we have an in-country office in Papua New Guinea and operate two regional offices. One covers South and Southeast Asia, and the other the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia. Together, these regional offices coordinate all our Asia-Pacific initiatives.

Visite de productions agricoles en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
Aurore-Alexandra CASTELLACCI - Expertise France

Our projects in Asia-Pacific

Our news in Asia-Pacific

Key figures 2025

  • 1 in-country office
  • 2 regional offices
  • 70 international technical experts deployed
  • 1500 people on the ground worldwide