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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Some twenty orthoprosthetic technicians have been trained in techniques for making prostheses for the physical rehabilitation of landmine victims in Ziguinchor.
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The Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) headquarters in the Togolese capital lent its setting on Friday May 23, 2025 to the launch of the Women And Finance (WAF) program in this 3rd West African country, after Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal. With the first cohort of 25 women entrepreneurs out of a total of 125 in the pipeline.
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Just a few days after adopting its tree and greening policy, the City of Sherbrooke took action with the planting of 500 trees in Belvedere Park. A few dozen volunteers answered the organizers' call.
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When we think of culture in the Congo, we often think of rumba, masks or sape. But we forget that Brazzaville is also the cradle of a lively and committed popular theater, which has shaped the social and political consciousness of several generations.
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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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The City of Winnipeg plans to remove all parking meters by August 31. Drivers will now have to pay for their parking using the PayByPhone mobile application, or by calling the customer service line.
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AUF Middle East, in partnership with the Professional Mediation Center (CPM) of the University of Saint Joseph in Beirut (USJ), organized a regional mediation bootcamp on May 20 and 21, 2025, at AUF's Centre d'Employabilité Francophone (CEF) in Beirut.
Read moreOrganized by France and Costa Rica, the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) will be held in Nice from Monday June 9 to Friday June 13, 2025. Ten years after the twenty-first Conference of the Parties (COP21) and the Paris Agreement, UNOC3 aims to bring together and mobilize all stakeholders to conserve and sustainably use the oceans.
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The twinning committee of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir (Sarthe) is organizing its trip to Syke from May 28 to June 1, 2025. This year, it faces several challenges.
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On Wednesday, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), UZ Brussel and Hôpital Erasme/Institut Jules Bordet launched the first joint group dedicated to pancreatic cancer research. Called the Brussels Pancreatic Cancer Team (BruPaCT), the group aims to further structure collaboration between the institutions, pool the use of patient samples and facilitate access to state-of-the-art technological infrastructures.
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On Wednesday in Casablanca, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI) held the second edition of the AUI Executive FinTech Talks, a quarterly event dedicated to analyzing the dynamics of the fintech sector and its implications for the Moroccan and African economy.
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On May 19, 2025, the NGO ACORD/TCHAD organized a workshop at the premises of the NGO OXFAM to disseminate thematic guides on local budgeting and an in-depth study of the education system in the province of Barh El Gazel (BEG).
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If all goes according to plan, the Edmundston solar power project could be commissioned as early as August 2025.
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On the initiative of the association Littérature Sans Frontière (LSF), the Cours privé Elisa in Saaba (on the eastern outskirts of the capital) hosted "literary writing training residencies" on May 15 and 16, 2025, with a focus on the poetry genre. This first initiative, which generated a great deal of interest, culminated in a presentation of the best texts by the auditors (participants in the residencies) at the closing ceremony (Friday, May 16).
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The Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) in Laos, through its Employability Center (CEF), is pursuing its commitment to developing students' entrepreneurial skills, by adopting an innovative approach.
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A local business club has just been launched by the Communauté de communes Bray Eawy, which has teamed up with Domitille Ridel, director of the Neufchâtel coworking space.
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Last April, Actiris, the Brussels employment agency, announced its intention to help 4,400 jobseekers escape unemployment by 2028, thanks to mentoring. This coaching formula enables jobseekers to benefit from the skills of an expert to help them (re)find their way back to work. According to Actiris, this voluntary support is effective in 65% of cases. How does it work? Visit Team4Job, one of the 4 partners selected by the Brussels agency.
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In Bazré, in the sub-prefecture of Sinfra, the Departmental Transport Delegation has launched a vast road safety awareness campaign, marking a new stage in the prevention of traffic accidents.
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