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Algeria/ Ouargla: enhancing the architectural heritage of the old Ksar and the ancient town of Sedrata

The importance of highlighting the architectural heritage of the old Ksar of Ouargla and the ancient town of Sedrata, as part of the preservation of the region's archaeological sites, was underlined by participants at a meeting on heritage held on Thursday in Ouargla, at the initiative of the Directorate of Culture and Arts.

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France/Associations unite for the well-being of caregivers

On Monday, April 15, Didier Garcia, President of the Marcella association, brought together three associations around Marcella for an animation workshop for caregivers. Present were Leila and Séverine from the Aide à domicile du château Silhol association in Nîmes, Aïcha and Jasmine from the Unicité association in Nîmes, a pioneer and expert in the mobilization of young people on civic service to support family carers, and Samira and Marianne from the APF France handicap association, which defends the rights and supports people with disabilities and their families.

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Canada/Baie-Saint-Paul's sustainable development DNA is recognized and the downtown area "attracts people".

As the only municipality in Quebec to implement the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Town of Baie-Saint-Paul is necessarily in the news for all the right reasons.

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Morocco/Marrakech-Safi: Entrepreneurship awareness meeting for young people from the Resistance family

"Self-employment, entrepreneurship and cooperatives, a lever for integrated and sustainable socio-economic development and an institutional challenge for achieving economic inclusion" was the theme of an awareness-raising meeting organized on Thursday in Marrakech, for young members of the Resistance and Liberation Army family from the Marrakech-Safi region.

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Switzerland/Environment: a new depollution boat presented in Geneva

A new model of multi-purpose cleanup boat was presented in Geneva on Thursday by the SeaCleaners association. It sucks up floating waste from depths of up to 40 cm.

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Benin/Child protection in Benin: 35 new childcare centers approved

Some thirty childcare centers received their license to operate this Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at a ceremony presided over by the Minister of Social Affairs, Véronique Tognifodé. The new centers meet the norms and standards set by law.

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Canada/$100,000 for structuring projects in the MRC des Laurentides

Following the launch of the call for projects under component 2 - Support for local and regional development skills of the Fonds régions et ruralité, the MRC des Laurentides is announcing the awarding of grants totalling $100,000 to support 12 projects aimed at improving living environments on its territory.

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Burkina Faso/Inclusion of people with albinism: Phase 3 of the "Gombèlè" project launched in Bobo-Dioulasso

The Association burkinabè pour l'inclusion des personnes atteintes d'albinisme (ABIPA) and its partner CBM Global officially launched the 3rd phase of the "Gombèlè" project in Bobo-Dioulasso on Tuesday April 23, 2024. The launch took place at a workshop attended by all the project's stakeholders, with the aim of encouraging their involvement in the project's implementation on the ground. Sombéniwendé Nikièma, Secretary General of the Houet province, officially launched the project on behalf of the province's High Commissioner.

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France/In Cléden-Poher, individual bin collection has begun

In Cléden-Poher, there are changes afoot for waste collection with the introduction of the incentive fee by Poher communauté. This year, 2024, serves as a test phase.

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Morocco-Saudi Arabia: Agreement on accelerated patent examination signed in Casablanca

Casablanca - The Office Marocain de la Propriété Industrielle et Commerciale (OMPIC) and the Saudi Arabian Intellectual Property Authority (SAIP) signed an agreement on Tuesday in Casablanca on the "Patent Prosecution Highway" (PPH) pilot program, aimed at speeding up the processing of patent applications.

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Canada/Sherbrooke adopts a new sports policy

Sherbrooke City Council adopted a new Politique du sport, de l'activité physique et du plein air on Tuesday evening. The policy had not been updated for 20 years.

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France/80 ha for housing by 2041 in the Anjou Bleu Communauté intermunicipality

The head of Anjou Bleu Communauté's planning department detailed what to expect for the territory between now and 2041, with the sustainable development project.

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Vietnam/ Ho Chi Minh City strengthens ties with CityNet

On April 24, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vice-Chairman Vo Van Hoan received Jeong-Kee Kim, CEO of the Regional Network of Local Authorities for Human Settlement Management (CityNet), on a working visit to Vietnam.

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Togo/Family Planning: ExpandPF collecting data in the districts of Kloto, Haho and Est-Mono in Togo.

In Togo, the ExpandPF project, an initiative supported by the Association Togolaise pour le Bien-être Familial (ATBEF) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), aims to identify the needs of health facilities in the districts of Kloto, Haho and Est-Mono, in order to better support them in the area of reproductive health.

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France/ Call for 2024 regional and departmental projects for the integration of newcomers, including refugees

The 2024 regional and departmental call for projects under program 104 is designed to support actions and measures to help new arrivals in the department, including refugees, optimize their chances of long-term integration into French society.

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France/ Sud Sarthe. A partnership between local authorities and entrepreneurs

The Association des Entreprises du Val du Loir and the Sud Sarthe and Loir-Lucé-Bercé intercommunalités have signed a partnership agreement to help consolidate the economic fabric.

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Congo/ Health: students learn about malaria

On April 23, the Malaria and Medical Entomology Research Unit of the Institut national de recherche en sciences de la santé (Irssa) organized a malaria awareness campaign at the Faculty of Law.

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Canada/Windsor announces revitalization plan for downtown safety

Mayor Drew Dilkens has announced a plan to make Windsor safer and more attractive to residents and investors. According to the mayor, the seven-point plan is a response to mental health and safety issues in the downtown core.

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SENEGAL- ENVIRONMENT / Foundiougne: young people and women learn about green entrepreneurship in the Saloum Delta

Beneficiaries of the "Green jobs project for women and young people in the Saloum Delta" were made aware of the need to promote green entrepreneurship in order to meet the challenges of climate change.

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France/Les Amis de Fresselines watch over the commune's heritage

"You have to come to Fresselines for its nature, its artists and its heritage," says Hedwige de Croutte, president of the Friends of Fresselines association (Creuse).

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World Earth Day celebrated in unprecedented heatwave in Sahel

As the world celebrated Earth Day on April 22, 2024, people in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali were living in extreme heat, with the mercury reaching 42°C in the city of Niamey. Yet the Sahel came close to the worst at the end of Ramadan. Scientists believe that this situation, which is set to intensify over the next few years, is linked to climate change.

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Belgium/Arlon: creation of a sustainable housing technology platform

To build more environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient buildings, Forem, the intercommunal economic development agency Idélux and the University of Liège (ULiège) have just created a sustainable housing technology platform on the ULiège campus in Arlon. The project is supported by Wallonia and European funds.

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France/ School opens its doors to children from Noyelles-sur-Mer

To attract children from the Noyelles-sur-Mer school to Nouvion, an open house was organized to convince parents.

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SENEGAL-EDUCATION-LITERATURE / Sédhiou: donation of books to pupils in Djendé

Pupils in the commune of Diendé, in the department of Sédhiou, received literary works on Tuesday to mark World Book and Copyright Day.

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France/ Shops in Gournay and Ferrières-en-Bray vital to local economy

The Gournay-en-Bray-Ferrières-en-Bray UCA won its 4th smile. Proof of the retailers' warm welcome and of the attractiveness of the two towns.

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Côte d'Ivoire/Several young people from Agneby Tiassa trained to enter the agro-ecological sector

On Friday, April 19, 2024, the NGO International Youth Actions for Development (IYAD) launched the Agrolelab project to train 50 unemployed young men and women from the Agneby Tiassa region for professional integration in the agro-ecological sector.

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Canada/The Town of Amos puts sustainable development at the heart of its concerns

The Town of Amos took advantage of Earth Day on Monday to launch its first sustainable development policy. The document is the fruit of in-house reflection with the firm Nature-Action Québec, as well as citizen consultation.

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Togo/ ProCOMP: End of the Capacity Building Program for Private Sector Associations

In Togo, the Capacity Building Program for Private Sector Associations, organized as part of the Private Sector Competitiveness Program (ProCOMP), has come to an end.

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France/At Étrœungt, we opted for woodchip boilers, a local and economical energy source

At Étrœungt, in the southern Avesnois region, work is progressing on the future municipal heating plant, which will house three wood-chip boilers. The earthworks and platform have been completed. On April 9, Fourmies-based masonry firm Barbieux was hard at work.

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Congo/ Legal protection of children: students at Lycée Camara-Laye learn about their rights

On April 20, some forty students from the Lycée privé Camara-Laye took part in a workshop on promoting children's rights and duties, on the theme "Let's learn about our rights and duties".

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Chad: a project to encourage solidarity composting in Mongo

The US Embassy funded CELIAF's member groups in the Compost Solidaire project to encourage their commitment and dedication throughout the project, which is a source of inspiration for all women.

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Canada/Drummondville wants to improve its public transit service

At a time when the major transit companies are evaluating scenarios to make up for their revenue shortfalls, the City of Drummondville is sending a message to the higher levels of government.

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Morocco/Judicial cooperation on the agenda at Ouahbi's meetings with his counterparts from Guinea and Congo

The Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, held separate talks in Rabat on Monday with the Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Guinea, Yaya Kairaba Kaba, and the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Congo, Aimé Ange Wilfrid Bininga, on the sidelines of the Forum of Ministers of Justice of African Atlantic States.

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Canada/Alberta acquires decision-making power over the province's urban national parks

A bill giving the Alberta government more power over decisions concerning the province's urban national parks passed the Legislative Assembly on Monday.

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