France/Grand Narbonne and the Association of Commercial Court Judges together for local businesses

With the IN'ESS in the process of being rewritten, Grand Narbonne and the Association des Juges du Tribunal de Commerce (Association of Commercial Court Judges) have signed a partnership agreement to better serve businesses, particularly those in difficulty.

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Canada/A meeting to promote municipal democracy

Some fifty citizens of the Haute-Gaspésie region gathered in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts on Thursday evening to discuss municipal democracy.

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Vietnam/ Artificial intelligence in the war against pathogens

Mankind is in a constant battle against micro-organisms, whose pathogens are constantly evolving in response to environmental pressures. In the face of these threats, artificial intelligence is emerging as a valuable ally, capable of intervening at every stage of a pandemic.

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Togo/ In Lomé, Togolese and Turkish economic operators explore new avenues of cooperation

Some thirty Togolese and Turkish entrepreneurs met in Lomé on Tuesday May 27 for a Turkey-Togo Business Forum. The meeting, organized by the World Cooperation Industries Forum (WCI Forum), focused on bilateral cooperation, with the aim of strengthening economic exchanges between the two countries.

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France/ Honfleur and La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur strengthen their collaboration with two new partnerships

While the creation of a new commune between Honfleur (Calvados) and La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur has been abandoned for the time being, the two communes are strengthening their collaboration in 2025 by developing two new partnerships around video surveillance and urban waste management.

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Burkina Faso/Yatenga Province: Waterworks and market gardens to relieve the population

A new era began on Wednesday May 28, 2025 for local communities in the northern region, particularly those in the Yatenga province. They received fourteen hydraulic structures and four market garden areas worth over 110 million FCFA from the NGO Oxfam, in collaboration with the association Développement solidaire durable (DEVSO). The signing of the infrastructure handover certificates and the presentation of the project's achievements were presided over by the High Commissioner of Yatenga Province, Tasséré Nacoulma, accompanied by Oxfam Country Director Omer Kaboré and DEVSO President Salifou Ouédraogo.

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Senegal/Rufisque: CICODEV supports the central kitchen and vending machines around nine schools

The Pan-African Institute for Citizenship, Consumers and Development (CICODEV), together with the Groupe de recherche et de réalisation pour le développement rural (Grdr), has granted financial support to the central kitchen of the Lycée moderne de Rufisque and the vending machines around nine schools in this department of the Dakar region (west).

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Canada/$12,000 for consultations in Matapédia-Les Plateaux

MRC Avignon provides a $12,000 grant for public consultations on the amalgamation of the five municipalities of Matapédia, Saint-François-d'Assise, l'Ascension-de-Patapédia, Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia and Saint-André-de-Restigouche.

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Côte d'Ivoire / Customs officers and trade inspectors trained to combat ozone-depleting substances

On Tuesday May 27 and Wednesday May 28, 2025, customs officers and trade and industry inspectors from San Pedro's regional directorates benefited from capacity building on the identification and control of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), in order to effectively combat their trafficking and use.

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Chad: ONAPE and Emi-Koussi University sign partnership agreement

As part of its activities, the Office National pour la Promotion de l'Emploi (ONAPE) signed a partnership agreement with Emi-Koussi University on Wednesday May 28, 2025. The agreement was signed by ONAPE director Nassouradine Abakar Kessou and the president of the university, Dr Naïmo Djimabaye Gatro.

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Vietnam/Hanoi: external evaluation of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences - a strategic step towards the future

Against a backdrop of far-reaching reform of Vietnam's public research apparatus - marked in particular by the implementation of Decree No. 32/2025/NĐ-CP reorganizing administrative structures and Political Bureau Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW aimed at accelerating scientific, technological development and innovation - and as part of a long-standing bilateral cooperation with the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) has embarked, with AUF support, on a process of evaluation by external experts.

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France/NOTE AUX COLLECTIVITÉS TERRITORIALES - Final reminder: French local authorities' Official Development Assistance declaration

The Official Development Assistance (ODA) declaration campaign (for 2024 amounts) is open on the Simplified Procedures website until May 31, 2025. It is not necessary to make a declaration if your community has no ODA to declare.

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Belgium/Workshops introduce students and teachers to robotics

Training pupils in digital skills, coding and robotics is part of the curriculum right from the end of primary school. But some teachers are at a loss when it comes to these subjects. An association provides support for these teachers. Report from Saint-Martin school in Roeulx.

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France/A partnership signed between the City and Fepem

On May 22, Mayor Nathalie Nury signed a partnership agreement with Fepem (Fédération des particuliers employeurs de France). The aim of this partnership is to provide Roquemaurois with easier access to information on home-based employment between private individuals, to make the home-based employment relationship more secure and to make this sector, with its growing needs, more attractive.

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Benin/Visit of the President of the Human Rights Council to the INF: A reinforced commitment to gender equality in Benin

On Wednesday May 21, 2025, the Institut National de la Femme (INF) was honored to welcome a visit from H.E. Mr. Jürg LAUBER, President of the Human Rights Council (HRC). This meeting was part of the work of the regional workshop for Africa, organized in Cotonou from May 20 to 23, 2025, by the HRC Trust Fund for Least Developed and Developing Countries.

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Algeria/Constantine: Three communes to be revitalized by 2025

Constantine continues to open up remote regions. Three communes have recently benefited from local development programs in the sectors of drinking water supply (AEP), urban development, education and youth and sports.

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France/The municipality of Heuland runs a road safety campaign in partnership with Heula

Taking advantage of Road Safety Week, the municipality of Heuland seized the opportunity to point out that the subject is always on the agenda in the commune.

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Burkina Faso/Hauts-Bassins - Education: Dafinso bilingual elementary school cultivates knowledge and vegetables

Located 18 kilometers from Bobo-Dioulasso, Dafinso's bilingual elementary school stands out on several levels. In addition to teaching in French and Dioula, the school uses endogenous solutions to improve the diet of its pupils. Thanks to a nutritious garden, the school canteen is supplied with locally grown vegetables and cereals.

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Belgium/Diamonds, luxury bags: a QR Code for the entire life cycle of a product

Knowing where a product has been, what it's made of, or under what conditions it was manufactured... It's all possible thanks to a QR Code, an innovation that comes to us from Hainaut. Braine-le-Comte-based iTraceiT has developed a technology for tracing the history of diamonds, luxury goods and other high-value-added products. Its aim: to guarantee total transparency, from producer to consumer. In April, the Hainaut-based company raised 1.5 million euros in capital from private investors via Spreds, the Business Angels Netwerk Vlaanderen (BAN Flanders) network, and public investors including Wallonie Entreprendre, the Walloon public investment company.

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France/Twinning Vineuil-Polch: three days of reunions for the 25th anniversary

The Vineuil-Polch twinning will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Saturday, May 31, 2025. As every year, the meeting takes place on Ascension Day, once in Vineuil, once in Germany.

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