Sector-specific and cross-cutting strategies related to development
The priority areas of France’s development policy are enshrined in multi-year, sector-based and cross-cutting strategies, which guide the action of its agencies. These strategies help improve the coordination of the different means for action, focus them on clearly identified objectives and report on the results achieved.
Since 2017, the Ministry for Europe and Foreign affairs has overseen the preparation of the following guidelines:
Cross-cutting priorities
Climate and biodiversity
Gender equality
France’s international strategy for gender equality (2018-2022)
Crises and fragilities
France’s international “Prevention, Resilience and Sustainable Peace” strategy, 2018-2022
Human rights
France’s international strategy for a human rights-based approach to development cooperation
Healthcare
- France’s international Strategy for Global Health 2017-2021 (in French)
- France’s international strategy on issues of population and sexual and reproductive rights and health 2016-2020 : mid-term accountability report (December 2018) (in French)
Sector-based priorities
Education, professional training, higher education, research and innovation
Food security
France’s International Strategy for Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture 2019-2024
Water and sanitation
France’s International Strategy for Water and Sanitation (2020-2030) (in French)
Governance
Partnerships
- Philanthropy and development: stocktake and partnership strategy (2021)
- France’s international strategy for multilateral assistance 2017-2021 (in French)
Updated: March 2021