France/ Enedis supports the Deux temps association in its missions in Vire Normandie

Fighting fuel poverty: Enedis signs an agreement with the association Deux temps à Vire Normandie.

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SENEGAL-ADMINISTRATION-FORMATION / Fighting financial crime: ONRAC and CFJ pool their efforts

The Office national de recouvrement des avoirs criminels (ONRAC) and the Centre de formation judiciaire (CFJ) signed a partnership agreement in Dakar on Thursday, to jointly run training programs and enhance the skills of magistrates and other players in the judicial world in the fight against "economic and financial crime".

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Canada/4th Baie-Saint-Paul sustainable development plan: 4 issues, 10 objectives, 55 actions

On Monday, the Town of Baie-Saint-Paul unveiled its 4th Sustainable Development Plan 2024-2030, as part of Earth Day celebrations.

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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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