France/ Trédarzec town council debates sustainable development project

Lannion-Trégor communauté is committed to limiting the consumption of agricultural, natural and forest areas for Trédarzec (Côtes-d'Armor). The bridge over the Jaudy was also mentioned.

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Vietnam moves towards a green economy

Vietnam is one of the countries most affected by natural disasters and rising sea levels. Developing a green economy will enable it to adapt to climate change while minimizing its impact.

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Belgium/The City of Brussels unveils its new municipal sustainable development plan

The City of Brussels will submit a new municipal sustainable development plan to its citizens next Wednesday, December 13.

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Chad/Cooperation: Chad and Hungary strengthen their cooperation in several areas

In particular, in the military, educational, health, agricultural, energy, new technology and humanitarian fields.

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Morocco/Rabat: awareness-raising meeting on the remission of CNSS late payment surcharges

On Friday, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIS) for the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, in coordination with the Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale (CNSS), organized an awareness-raising meeting for merchants, industrialists and service personnel, under the theme "Remise gracieuse des majorations de retard, astreintes et des frais de recouvrement relatives aux créances de la CNSS se rapportant à l'année 2024 et antérieur".

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Burkina Faso/Decentralization process: The issue at the heart of a panel discussion

On Friday December 8, 2023, the Association monde rural organized a panel discussion on decentralization in the post-transition process. Co-organized by the Laboratoire genre et développement of Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, the event featured the participation of the former president of the National Assembly, Soungalo Ouattara.

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France/ Château-la-Vallière: how does the town save energy?

The town of Château-la-Vallière (Indre-et-Loire) achieves significant energy savings. Here are just a few examples of how it's doing just that.

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Togo/ Industrialization: Towards a new partnership between Togo and UNIDO

The Togolese government is preparing to strengthen its collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Discussions along these lines took place at the end of last week in Vienna, Austria, between Manuella Santos, Togo's Minister for Investment Promotion, and Gerd Müller, UNIDO's Director-General.

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France/Arthez-de-Béarn: the commune signs a partnership agreement with the army

On Tuesday November 28, the commune established an unprecedented partnership with the army. Mayor Jean-Pierre Escouteloup, surrounded by local councillors, departmental councillor Fabienne Costedaot-Diu, gendarmes, deputy chief of the rescue center Pierre Gougy and veterans' president Éric Leprêtre, signed an agreement with Captain Florian Béranger, commander of the supply squadron of the 5th combat helicopter regiment at Uzein.

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Togo/Strengthening solidarity and promoting sustainable development

The Agence nationale du volontariat au Togo (ANVT), in collaboration with the European Union delegation, marked International Volunteer Day on Tuesday.

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Canada/The Town and Parish of Plessisville merge

The Parish of Plessisville and the City of Plessisville will become one on January 1. The amalgamated town will be known as the Ville de Plessisville.

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Congo/ Violence in schools: girls at CEG Pierre-Mayindou learn about the phenomenon

On December 5, the girls' club at Collège d'Enseignement Général (CEG) Pierre-Mayindou in Brazzaville's seventh arrondissement, Mfilou, used poetry and song to educate pupils in 6th and 5th grades about violence against girls.

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France/Ille-et-Vilaine eco-district wins COP28 award

The La Niche aux Oiseaux eco-neighborhood in La Chapelle-Thouarault near Rennes won the international grand prize at the Green Solutions Awards on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.

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Saudi Arabia/Saudi Green Initiatives: supporting sustainable development in a water-starved Middle East

Despite being considered the world's richest country in terms of natural resources, Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most water-scarce countries. While the global benchmark for absolute water scarcity is 500 cubic meters per capita per year, Saudi Arabia has just 89.5 cubic meters.

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Haiti - Limonade : The waste management project is finally set to begin in earnest

On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at the Mairie de lImonade, Sam Propublic the company responsible for waste management in the communities of Cap, Quartier Morin and Limonade, the Unité Technique d'Exécution and the communes of Cap-Haïtien, Quartier-Morin and Limonade attended. the presentation of the firm General Construction S.A, responsible for the construction of insfractructures for the ongoing project "Boukannnen Tann Bouyi" https://www.haitilibre.com/article-40678-haiti-cap-haitien-consultation-publique-sur-la-gestion-des-dechets-dans-la-ville.html ,

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France/ Mayor of Montaigu-Vendée receives Marianne d'or for sustainable development

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Florent Limouzin, mayor of Montaigu-Vendée, was awarded a prize in recognition of the agglomeration community's environmental initiatives.

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Cameroon-UNESCO: Nguon inscribed on the Intangible Cultural Heritage List of Humanity

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) released the information this Wednesday, December 06, 2023 on X.

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Kenya/ COP28: Kenya signs agreements on seven "green" projects worth a total of $4.48 billion

Projects include the construction of new geothermal power plants, the launch of a green hydrogen fertilizer plant and the establishment of a data center powered by clean energy.

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France/Call for expressions of interest " Résonances internationales de la francophonie " Decentralized Cooperation Support Fund for the Francophonie

The XIX Francophonie Summit will be held in Villers-Cotterêts on October 4 and 5, 2024. With this in mind, the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), through its Délégation pour l'action extérieure des collectivités territoriales (DAECT), is setting up a support fund as part of a call for expressions of interest (AMI): "Résonances internationales de la Francophonie".

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Belgium/Housekeepers: a symposium to reduce the arduousness of the profession at Châtelet

It's an event with a purpose: recently, in Châtelet, a symposium was organized to reduce the drudgery of household help, to mark the 20th anniversary of the "Sambre Services" service voucher cooperative. The symposium was led by two women from the field: Nancy Jadot and Dalila Sartori, both housekeepers, and both recently on part-time medical leave.

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