Togo

Cultural, scientific and technical cooperation

France is the leading bilateral donor of development assistance to Togo, with contributions of €160 million in the period 2014-2017.

The projects of the French Development Agency mainly deal with water and sanitation, energy, education and vocational training, and to a lesser extent, urban development and support for the private sector.

The embassy is also implementing a fund to support civil societies in the South (FASCS), and several priority solidarity funds such as “Support for academic governance and Togolese higher education reform” and “Support for efforts to tackle human trafficking in Gulf of Guinea countries”. A PISCCA (Innovative Projects for Civil Society and Coalition of Actors) Fund finances nine development projects focusing on gender and sustainable development.

In Togo, the Institut français is helping to share French intellectual creation, promote international artistic exchanges, support Togolese cultural development and develop cultural dialogue.

Security and defence cooperation

In addition to the regular presence of French vessels in the area, which enables joint training exercises at sea, each call at Lomé enables targeted training periods. French forces based in Senegal regularly send detachments to Togo to help Togolese troops prepare for peacekeeping operations. This is in addition to structural cooperation actions conducted by military aid workers operating as technical advisers in the Togolese Armed Forces.

France also supports the defence medical services academy in Lomé (ESSAL), which was the first regionally-oriented national school (ENVR), created in 1998.