https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/events-and-news/2022/?xtor=RSS-1 en https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480415 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/events-and-news/2022/article/development-catherine-colonna-chairs-plenary-session-of-the-national-council?xtor=RSS-1 Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna is chairing today's plenary session of the National Council for Development and International Solidarity (CNDSI). The CNDSI is a permanent forum that brings together major stakeholders from development organizations and the government to consult on the goals, directions and means of implementing France's solidarity-based development policy and combating global inequality. At the Council's third plenary session this year, the minister (…) 2022-12-07 17:34:40 64627_270276 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/events-and-news/2022/article/development-national-council-for-development-and-international-solidarity-cndsi?xtor=RSS-1 Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, chaired yesterday's meeting of the National Council for Development and International Solidarity (CNDSI). The minister reiterated her support for the work carried out by civil society organizations, which play a vital role in the implementation of French development policy. In a period marked by one crisis after another, she called (…) 2022-07-06 18:20:58 64627_267607 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/events-and-news/2022/article/european-development-days-22-jun-2022?xtor=RSS-1 Yesterday and today, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, is taking part in the 15th edition of the European Development Days (EDD), which is being held in Brussels. The EDD brings together everyone in the development community around the European Commission. This year's theme, “Global Gateway,” focuses on “building sustainable partnerships for an interconnected world,” a (…) 2022-06-24 11:01:28 64627_267447 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/events-and-news/2022/article/world-water-day-france-is-committed-to-protecting-this-vital-resource-in-every?xtor=RSS-1 Every year on March 22, World Water Day highlights the importance of freshwater. This resource is fragile and it is dwindling under the effects of climate change, growing demand and the lack of integrated management. France is committed to protecting this vital resource and fully implementing the human right to water and sanitation. The 9th World Water Forum is being held right now in Dakar. This year, it is focusing on groundwater, an invisible, poorly understood, often overexploited and (…) 2022-03-22 17:44:37 64627_265479 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/events-and-news/2022/article/france-welcomes-the-signing-of-a-quadripartite-memorandum-of-understanding-by?xtor=RSS-1 On March 17, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO); Monique Eloit, Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO); and Inger Anderson, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), signed a memorandum of understanding to establish cooperation among their organizations. This Quadripartite Memorandum of Understanding will allow (…) 2022-03-22 17:43:37 64627_265478 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/development-assistance/events-and-news/2022/article/oecd-opening-of-accession-negotiations-26-jan-2022?xtor=RSS-1 The Council of the OECD decided today to open accession discussions with Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru and Romania. The opening of these discussions constitutes the first step in the rigorous accession process whose outcome will depend on the reforms undertaken by the candidate countries in order to move into alignment with the OECD's values, norms and standards. At the request of France and its partners, the OECD Secretary General sent a letter to the candidate countries (…) 2022-01-27 11:08:32 64627_264304