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Togo: Commune Kpelé 1 adopts a 1.3 billion FCFA development plan

On Thursday January 16, 2025, the Togolese commune of Kpélé 1, located in the Plateaux region, formalized its Communal Development Plan (PDC) in Adéta (the commune's chief town). This document defines the locality's development actions over the next few years, requiring funding estimated at 1.3 billion FCFA.

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Canada/Saint-Barnabé has an observer to turn around its financial situation

The Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation has appointed an observer for the municipality of Saint-Barnabé to help it turn around its financial situation.

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Canada/Winnipeg invests $2 million to support art downtown

Four Winnipeg arts organizations could receive $2 million in grants from the City. However, these funds must first be approved by City Council.

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France/Comm'une opportunité: a real meeting place for local authorities and project developers

In 2023, Alexandre Salaün took over sole control of Comm'une Opportunité, created in 2019 by three associates. Based in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, this platform connects local authorities with project developers throughout France. At the start of the year, a free offer was launched for communes with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants.

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Digital: 650 million training opportunities in Africa by 2030 (Brookings)

With the world's youngest population, Africa could, given the right conditions, provide the world with a quality workforce over the next 10 to 15 years, according to forecasts by Brookings. But none of this will be possible without substantial investment in training.

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SENEGAL-ARABIA-MEDIAS / APS seals partnership with Saudi Press Agency

The Agence de presse sénégalaise (APS) and the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) signed a partnership agreement in Riyadh on Tuesday for production exchanges.

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Benin/PAPC: Cotonou equips itself with modern infrastructure to combat eternal flooding

February 14, 2022 marked the start of an ambitious project in Cotonou. The project, financed by the European Investment Bank, involves the construction of stormwater collectors and associated roads in the Qb catchment area.

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France/In Angers, a new partnership to support young local entrepreneurs

The Icare Club network, dedicated to entrepreneurs aged 20 to 30, has teamed up with WeForge, an entrepreneurial support structure, to offer young leaders a meeting place to help them develop their projects.

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"Femme Francophone Entrepreneure" 2024 edition: 30,000 euros and 6-month support for 4 winners

For the 13th consecutive year, the AUF Middle East and its partners Berytech and L'Orient-Le Jour are offering French-speaking women entrepreneurs the chance to develop their business projects through the 2024 edition of the "Femme Francophone Entrepreneure" competition. Three Lebanese projects and one project from the Middle East outside Lebanon have shared 30,000 euros in funding, in addition to access to training sessions and six months' coaching at the Berytech incubator.

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Belgium/Balanced organic meals now served in Namur's municipal crèches

This lunchtime, Nancy, a nursery nurse at the Bellevue crèche (Erpent), is serving an organic, balanced meal to her little ones aged 18 to 24 months. On the menu: steamed potatoes, beans and chicken fillet, not forgetting a small dessert.

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Algeria/ Ouargla : Over 60 exhibitors at the Saharan Agriculture Investment Fair

Over sixty (60) exhibitors are taking part in the Salon de l'investissement dans l'agriculture saharienne, which opened on Wednesday in Ouargla under the banner of "strategic crops guaranteeing food security".

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Congo/ Public health: free screening for diabetes and hypertension

The campaign to raise awareness of blood pressure and diabetes mellitus, and to provide free screening and treatment, is taking place in Brazzaville's military defense zone n°9, and in all military defense zones until January 17.

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Côte d'Ivoire/ Bush bags distributed to cashew growers in Madinani

Since Monday January 13, 2025, the Conseil du coton et de l'anacarde (CCA) has been distributing bush bags to cashew growers in the Madinani department.

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Canada/Windsor City Council under fire over public transit

Windsor City Council needs to invest more in Transit Windsor instead of cutting the transit company's budget, according to several residents who questioned their elected officials Monday night at the city council meeting.

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Morocco/Architect's Day: Rethinking urban planning in the face of climate challenges

Fez - The 39th National Day of the Architect, organized on Tuesday under the patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, was an opportunity to launch the debate on global warming and water issues in Morocco, and to discuss innovative solutions to these major challenges.

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Chad: UNDP strengthens Barh El Gazel peace committees

Equipment to prevent and manage conflicts.....

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France/ Villers-sur-Mer. The twinning association held its general meeting

On Friday evening, the Villers-sur-Mer European Twinning Committee met in the Salle Bagot. Catherine Nottet, the committee's president, emphasized the "unfailing commitment of our volunteers,

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Congo/ Biodev 2030: adoption of a work plan to implement the project

On January 7 in Brazzaville, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Minister for the Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin, launched the second phase of the Biodev 2030 project, which supports stakeholders in analyzing the potential for innovative financing through the biodiversity certificate and payment for environmental services approaches.

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France/ Ernée. An agreement to combat aquatic rodents

In 2021, the Communauté de communes de l'Ernée (CCE) adopted a partnership agreement with the Polleniz association to establish a financial partnership for the implementation of a coordinated prevention, monitoring and control program against invasive aquatic rodents. The agreement was signed for the years 2021 to 2023.

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Belgium/Hundreds of low-income housing units to undergo in-depth energy renovation in several communes of Walloon Brabant

Living in an energy sieve is expensive, both for your wallet and your health. In 2020, the Walloon Region has launched a vast energy renovation plan for 25,000 public housing units. These are low-income housing units, formerly known as social housing. It is in this context that Immobilière publique du center et de l'est du Brabant wallon is preparing to renovate 425 homes. Today, we're talking about a hundred homes in the Buston district of Ottignies and around thirty at the Résidence du Centre in Mont-Saint-Guibert. Others will follow in Jodoigne, Beauvechain and Incourt.

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Burkina/Boucle du Mouhoun: Lasso Santé and Lasso WaSH projects officially launched

It's now official: the launch of the Lasso Santé and Lasso WaSH projects in the Boucle du Mouhoun region. The official launch ceremony for these projects took place on Friday January 10, 2025 in the commune of Boromo. These projects aim to bring relief to the populations of the Boucle du Mouhoun region. They are being implemented by the Belgian Development Agency (Enabel), with financial support from the European Union to the tune of over seven billion CFA francs.

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Togo: FCFA 19 billion for water supply by 2025

In 2025, Togo plans to pursue its ambition of guaranteeing universal access to drinking water by 2030. The budget earmarked for this objective amounts to 19 billion FCFA, according to the finance law for the current financial year.

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France/Arzon: Lahinch twinning committee distributes vouchers to Ukrainian schoolchildren

Arzon's twinning committee with the Irish town of Lahinch took the opportunity of its galette des Rois, on Saturday January 11, to distribute vouchers to fourteen Ukrainian pupils attending school on the peninsula.

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Canada/an immersive twinning camp for Shawinigan sixth-graders

Twenty Shawinigan youngsters from near and far took part in an immersive twinning camp at Camp du Lac Vert in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc. The aim of the camp was to help sixth-graders make the transition from primary to secondary school, and to reduce the anxiety associated with this change for new arrivals.

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Côte d'Ivoire/Koro primary school teachers trained to improve early school learning

Primary school teachers in Koro were trained in the national program to improve early school learning (PNAPAS) during a workshop held from December 27, 2024 to January 3, 2025.

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SENEGAL-COLLECTIVITES-GOUVERNANCE / Tivaouane: a consultative council set up to support the commune

On Saturday, the mayor of Tivaouane installed the Tidiane religious city's consultative council, made up of members with rich and diverse profiles, with Elhadj Malick Sarr, former director general of ANIDA, as coordinator.

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Vietnam/ More Hanoi, a tailor-made start-up model for the visually impaired

Located at number one, Nguyên Thi Duê street, in the Câu Giây district, the More Hanoi café is the first in the country with visually impaired people at the counter. It was inaugurated in November 2024 by the Training Center for Rehabilitation Agents for the Blind (Vietnamese Association of the Visually Impaired).

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Burkina Faso/Technology: Orange Digital Center (ODC) launches Super Coder training caravan for high school students in public and private schools

In collaboration with the Ministry of Secondary Education, Vocational and Technical Training (MESFPT), Orange Digital Center launched the pilot phase of its #SuperCoders training caravan at Lycée Wendpouiré in Saaba on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

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Switzerland/ Record number of companies created in Switzerland last year

Switzerland reached a record 52,978 business start-ups in 2024 (+2.6%), with a sharp rise in French-speaking Switzerland (+6.4%). The main sectors concerned are crafts, real estate and cryptocurrencies.

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Benin/High-level meeting: Benin and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) seal historic alliance

On Wednesday January 08, 2025, Cotonou hosted the First Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Benin and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The meeting marked a historic moment of rapprochement between Benin and this region of the world, and provided an opportunity to focus on strengthened bilateral ties and concrete actions for the future.

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Johanna Hawari Bourjeily: promoting a culture of mediation in Lebanon is not without its challenges

Mediation plays a crucial role in conflict resolution, providing a space for dialogue and understanding that fosters peace and reconciliation. In a world where social and political tensions are omnipresent, this tool is becoming indispensable for building and restoring links. It is in this context that Johanna Hawari Bourjeily, founder and director of the Centre Professionnel de Médiation at the Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, a long-standing AUF partner, is passionately committed. She shares her experience and vision of mediation, and illustrates how mediation can transform lives and strengthen the social fabric in a country in search of peace.

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France/Les établissements publics français s'engagent ensemble au service du développement durable et de la coopération internationale

In the presence of Laurent Saint-Martin, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of Foreign Trade and French Nationals Living Abroad, the AFD Group brought together for the first time on January 8, as part of its Annual Meetings, the heads of more than 30 French public establishments for a workshop aimed at reaffirming their shared commitment to putting their expertise at the service of public policy for solidarity-based and sustainable investment. The workshop resulted in the signing of a joint declaration by Élisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, CEO of CIRAD.

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Morocco/AI and employability at the heart of the 9th HR forum at the Université Privée de Fès

The impact of AI on employability is the focus of the 9th edition of the Université Privée de Fès (UPF) HR Forum, which opened on Thursday.

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Belgium/Charleroi: as in previous years, 6th graders head for the mountains

It's one of Charleroi's special features: the town owns a ski area in Savoie, 12 kilometers from the prestigious Megève ski resort, and every year, 6th graders from the local schools take advantage of it. They are invited to "Marcinelle-en-Montagne" for a week to enjoy the pleasures of the slopes.

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