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AFD Group in the port and maritime transport sector
Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade, carrying over 80% of global goods and making ports vital hubs for economic development. In Europe, around 40% of trade flows pass through s...
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Deployment of international technical experts
As France’s international development cooperation agency, our work relies first and foremost on human expertise and know-how. In addition to project execution, we deploy international technical expert...
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AFD Group offer in the Energy sector
In response to the climate emergency, targets have been set for 2030: triple renewable energy capacity, double energy efficiency, and reduce fossil fuel consumption by 25%. To help meet this global ch...
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Our focus areas in development cooperation
As France’s development cooperation agency and a subsidiary of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group, we support our partner countries and organisations in achieving their development goal...
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Expertise France in Syria
Since 2013, Expertise France the French public agency for international cooperation has been active in Syria through stabilization programs in areas outside regime control. Aligned with the humanitari...
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Public procurement and tenders
As the French agency for international development cooperation, Expertise France issues tenders and awards public sector contracts. How we do so is strictly governed and complies with the French Publi...
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Calls for projects
As part of the projects it implements as the French development cooperation agency, Expertise France awards grants through public funding. To do this, it issues calls for projects to support initiativ...
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Advancing the circular economy in sustainability
Our planet has a finite supply of non-renewable resources. At the current pace of natural resource consumption, the Earth’s ecosystems cannot regenerate fast enough.
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Our cooperation on smart and sustainable cities
With over half the global population living in urban areas, cities are centres for jobs and services and generate 80% of global GDP.
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Fostering inclusion and the sustainability of the economy - Our work and impact
As France’s development cooperation agency, our ambition is to contribute to an inclusive, sustainable economy, fight poverty, and promote prosperity for the most vulnerable populations in our partner...
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Our work and impact in trade facilitation and commerce
As France’s development cooperation agency, our mission is to contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic development and reduce poverty among the most vulnerable populations.
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Work with us at HQ or in the field
Expertise France is France’s international development cooperation agency. As such, we carry out technical cooperation projects in over 140 countries. Our people are committed, united and driven.
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Connecting shores
Expertise France, the AFD Group, and the European Union, in partnership with the Région Sud and the Port of Marseille Fos, are organizing a thematic day of conferences and debates on the future of por...
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AI for sustainable and inclusive futures
Expertise France, AFD, and the European Commission are fostering dialogue on AI, innovation, and digital technology for development through a major day of debates, bringing together experts from over...
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International Cooperation Forum
Since 2021, the International Cooperation Forum (RIC), organised by Expertise France, has brought together the international technical cooperation community each year through major online debates. As...
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Finance in Common
The fifth annual Finance in Common (FiCS) Summit brought together leading global public development finance actors. This gathering aimed to strengthen cooperation among financial institutions, foster...
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Ancrages Forum
The Ancrages Forum continues its ambition to strengthen ties between France and Africa through its editions in Lille and Marseille. As a genuine platform for exchange, it highlights inclusive entrepre...
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Promoting water access and management
Water is a global public good that is central to food security, biodiversity, health and peace. Access to water and decent sanitation is a human right. Every person has the right to sufficient, contin...
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Expertise France and IRIS White Paper Event
On 24 June 2025, from 6pm to 7.30pm, Expertise France and the Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS) organised a hybrid conference-debate in the IRIS amphitheatre in Paris on th...
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Results & Outlook 2019-2020
In January 1, 2015, six respected operators pooled their skills and know-how to create Expertise France. Five years later, the agency occupies a central role in French and European technical cooperati...
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