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2018 | Agence Française De Développement Group 2018 | AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT GROUP #WorldInCommon A world in common AFD is the leading actor in France’s development policy. We commit to projects that genui- nely improve the everyday lives of people, both in developing and emerging countries and in the French overseas territories. We operate in a number of sectors— energy, health, biodiversity, water, digital technologies, training—to assist with the transition towards a safer, more equitable and more sustainable world: a world in common. Our action is fully in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through its network of 85 agencies, AFD operates in 110 countries, where it is currently financing, supervising and supporting over 3,600 deve- lopment projects. Panorama 2018 Editorials A platform “Playing a pioneering role for the climate” for development by Laurence Tubiana ......................................................4 STRATEGY “A stronger AFD” by Rémy Rioux ..............................................................5 In the field FOCUS REPORTS A record level of activity .................................................8 Closely focused on needs ................................................12 Extended fields of action. 16. INDIA Collective intelligence Greener nights in Jodhpur ..............................................20 CÔTE D’IVOIRE DIALOGUES When girls head to school ..............................................28 MAYOTTE New horizons for fishermen ............................................32 FRENCH GUIANA Drinking tap water at long last ........................................38 LEBANON Learning a trade… and how to live together .......................42 TUNISIA “It is essential to reduce inequalities because The faces of the medina .................................................48 they hinder development” - Gaël Giraud ............................92 MEXICO Mexico’s pioneering planters ..........................................56 “Build synergies between research and public policies” - Nahoua Yeo .................................... COLOMBIA 96 Sentenced to a second chance ........................................ 62 “Comparing our views on development” GABON - Frédéric Mion .............................................................100 Traveling the Transgabonais ...........................................66 Young people’s relationship to the world ........................... CAMBODIA 104 Irrigation to the farmers’ rescue ......................................76 “Learn and move forward with our practices” CÔTE D’IVOIRE - Nathalie Le Denmat .....................................................106 Digital tech challenges deforestation ...............................84 When innovation serves the environment ..........................112 ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD .................................................88 Drawing and territories ...................................................114 4 Editorials of their portfolio of activities. By making this “Playing radical choice, AFD is playing a pioneering role and can, for example, advocate for climate a pioneering action that rises to the challenges. This choice requires revisiting all our sectoral role for policies and our portfolio of actions. This is a major challenge which AFD needs to address the climate” alongside all its private, public, local and international partners: a 360-degree vision Laurence Tubiana, Chair of AFD Board of collective action, with climate protection of Directors as a categorical imperative. he One Planet Summit in December 2017 was a key moment for renewing the col- lective mobilization for the environment, two years after the Thistoric Paris Climate Agreement and the US withdrawal. For AFD, which was actively invol- ved in its preparation, this summit pro vid ed the opportunity to set out a strong doctrine: to build a development finance agency 100% aligned with the Paris Agreement. Implementing the objectives of the Paris Agreement and limiting the increase in tem- peratures means setting out on a path to deve- lopment that supports new energy resources, promotes environmentally-friendly agricul- ture, reinvents cities and revisits consumption patterns. It also means redirecting all the financial flows towards the green economy and Redirect all financial sustainable development. flows towards This involves an upheaval which the green economy. development finance agencies around the world are still far from taking on board. For most of these institutions, the Paris Agreement has not—for the time being—resulted in an extensive redirection AFD - PANORAMA 2018 “A stronger AFD” Rémy Rioux, AFD CEO ake action and build: this is what we have accom plished in recent months, a period in which we have built a strong er, more active and more effective TAFD. In line with the Government’s commit- ment to strength ening France’s development assistance and increasing its influence, we have developed an ambitious new Strategic Orientation Plan. We have also marked a crucial mile stone in our growth: with €10.4 billion of commitments in 2017, AFD The bilateral has increased its activity by platform for France’s €1 million over this period, as was the case in the pre- development policy. vious year. Beyond figures, several remarkable successes should be highlighted. Our non-sovereign activity and our commitments in Africa—in the context of our “All Africa” strategy—have experienced exceptional growth. There has also been an increase in our grant operations and in our recent activity in the field of gover- Finally, with Proparco—our private sector nance. At the same time, we are working on financing arm, which is also experiencing enhancing transparency in all our actions. strong growth—and soon with Expertise France, we are underscoring our ambition In addition, by taking over the Chair of IDFC, to become the bilateral platform for France’s we have committed to strengthening this club development policy. We are working to sup- of 23 major national development banks with port men and women like Jai Singh, Hadidja a unique capacity for action, particularly on Saidi, Kan Nang, Abou Ouattara and others the climate issue. whose portraits you will discover when you read this 2018 Overview. AFD - PANORAMA 2018 A platform for development STRATEGY AFD reached a record level of commitments in 2017—a crucial milestone in its history. Our Group has adopted an ambitious Strategic Orientation Plan for 2018-2022 and is more committed to development than ever. ccess to energy, education, meet the request of the French Government environmental protection, and become the bilateral platform for France’s food security, gender equality… development policy. This platform will be not The Sustainable Development only for financing, but also for partnerships, Goals, pursued by AFD and the expertise and innovation to meet the needs of Ainternational community and reaffirmed in Paris our partners, with ever-increasing effectiveness. during the One Planet Summit, are ambitious. The platform shall respect the uniqueness of each These interdependent goals require us to take country, speed up collective action and support crosscutting action. This is what we are doing all the solutions that contribute to building a in developing countries, emerging countries world in common. and in the French overseas territories, with the support of the French: 70% of French people are A record level of activity 8 in favor of our action (AFD-IPSOS, 2017). Closely focused on needs 12 After 77 years of commitment on every conti- nent, the ambition of AFD Group today is to Extended fields of action 16 8 Strategy A record level of activity In 2017, AFD’s activity reached a record €10.4 billion in commitments. Our Group is driven by strong political support and is actively committed to the implementation of France’s development policy. FD’s growth is continuing. In and confirmed by the last meeting of the 2017, our activity surpassed Interministerial Committee for International the symbolic €10-billion Cooperation and Development (CICID). This mark for the first time, in its has resulted in a real increase in the resources support for over 750 projects. allocated to AFD by the Government, and AThis growth has been steady for several years they will continue to rise: in 2019 we will be and is made possible by both the national and entrusted with €1 billion in additional credit international context and the consistency of in the form of grants. our commitments. The priorities set out by the French On par with Government guide AFD’s French Strategic Orientation objectives Plan for 2018-2022: to strengthen education, France’s objective is to promote gender equality, earmark 0.55% of Gross fight climate change National Income (GNI) to and support the private development assistance €10.4 BN sector. The Government by 2022. This goal was set has thereby confirmed forth by the President of Volume of AFD Group’s AFD’s role as the bilat- the Republic following commitments in 2017 eral platform for France’s his election in May 2017, development policy. AFD - PANORAMA 2018 AFD platform Our Strategic Orientation Plan for 2018-2022 sets ambitious objectives. AFD group has become the inclusive Mauritius. The Medine and open bilateral platform for France’s development policy, with the aim of building new solutions and sugar refinery has addressing new challenges. reduced its annual CO2 emissions by 14,000 tons thanks to AFD’s SUNREF green A partnership platform A financing platform open to all, able to build
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