Dominica Navigation latérale fiche pays Dans cette rubrique Dominica Political and Economic relations France and Dominica France and Dominica Date of update: March 23rd 2026 Information still valid as of today's date French presence France does not have an embassy in Dominica, but is represented by an honorary Consul. There is an Alliance Française. French community: 116 on consular register on 31 December 2019Dominican community in France: 3,463 Visits Prime Minister: On 12 December 2017, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit took part in the One Planet Summit in Paris. Ambassadors French Ambassador to Dominica (in residence in Saint Lucia): Mr Philippe Ardanaz. Ambassador of Dominica to France (in residence in London): Ms Agnès Adonis, chargée d’affaires. Cultural, scientific and technical cooperation Like Saint Lucia, another Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) member, Dominica keeps the use of creole alive and cultivates the country’s attachment to French. The Roseau Alliance Française branch, which was seriously damaged by Hurricane Maria, had some 100 learners. There have been no senior expatriate officials there since 2019. At bilateral level, the CARICOM FSPI IFLE project (€800,000) helps develop three areas of cooperation: linguistic, economic and cultural. Health cooperation and academic cooperation (Passport for French Higher Education) are also priority sectors. An FSPI (PAIRCC) project financed by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (€300,000) is currently being implemented in Dominica. The project aims to improve climate resilience capacity in the five Creole-speaking Caribbean territories, namely: Haiti, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique and Saint Lucia. It has three components: technical support, training modules and a digital platform. Currently, the project addresses four topics: sustainable tourism, education on the environment and sustainable development, the circular economy and the continuity of activities. As part of projects funded via INTERREG, the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) has worked effectively with Dominica’s authorities to reduce the effects of black tsigatoka (a fungus affecting banana plantations). However, cooperation prospects are greatest in the field of geothermal energy: Since 2008, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD, French Development Agency) and the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) have committed €4 million to fund exploratory drilling for the creation of a geothermal energy production facility in Dominica. Given the success of the exploratory campaign, the AFD granted a soft loan of €6.5 million to Dominica’s government to fund a first production well and test the resource’s behaviour in the operational phase. This loan was accompanied by a grant of €2 million from the European Union’s Caribbean Investment Facility (CIF). The project has also received funding from INTERREG and support from the French Guadeloupe and Martinique regions. It could provide Dominica with installed capacity of between 55MW and 60MW, and enable it to export electricity to French communities in the Americas.