On October 28, at a press conference in Brazzaville, the "Oxygène" association launched a national school competition called "Dis non avec tes mots" (Say no with your words), to give young girls the language skills they need to verbally combat their aggressors.
Read more
Ladies and Gentlemen, Please find attached the invitation from Mr Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, to the Second Conference on Parliamentary Diplomacy and Decentralized Cooperation, to be held at the Quai d'Orsay on Tuesday November 18th at 5.30pm, together with the provisional program.
Read more
The Cégep de Victoriaville's Centre d'innovation sociale en agriculture (CISA) has been awarded $359,990 in funding from the Fonds d'innovation sociale destiné aux collèges et aux communautés (FISCC) to implement its Innover pour la protection et la valorisation de la zone agricole project.
Read more
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the twinning between Pau and Kofu, Japan, the town is organizing a week dedicated to Japanese culture, from November 1 to 8. An opportunity to meet Japanese people who are delighted to share their art of living.
Read more
The Vietnamese National Committee for Man and the Biosphere (MAB), in coordination with the central province of Khanh Hoa, held a conference on October 3 to review the country's World Network of Biosphere Reserves to 2025 and define activities for the period 2026-2035, in line with the Hangzhou (China) Strategic Action Plan recently adopted by UNESCO.
Read more
Mons station, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, has been included in the list of the world's seven most beautiful stations in 2025, unveiled on Monday by the Prix Versailles. It is included in this prestigious ranking alongside structures built in China, Australia, France and Saudi Arabia.
Read more
On October 7, 2025, the Pontifical Javeriana University and the Réseau international des Chaires Senghor de la Francophonie organized an international and interdisciplinary webinar on the theme of "Plurilingualism and scientific publications in the Americas". The event is part of the work of the Commission Recherche et Valorisation of the Conférence régionale des recteurs (C2R) Amériques de l'AUF.
Read more
In Malmerspach, citizens and elected representatives have joined forces to produce local solar energy. Their objective: to gain autonomy in the face of rising electricity prices. The region's first village power plant is now looking for customers among local businesses.
Read more
The City of Toronto is once again proposing to allow commercial construction in its residential neighbourhoods - a measure that still does not meet with unanimous approval - almost a year after it was referred by City Council.
Read more
The town of Ath is attracting more and more tourists, as figures from the Observatoire wallon du tourisme show. In two years, the number of overnight stays in the town of giants has risen by 30%.
Read more
The Rennes Brno twinning committee is organizing several events to mark the anniversary of the rapprochement between the two cities. Here's what's planned.
Read more
An implementation agreement under the "TADARROJ" program for the generalization of apprenticeship training was signed on Wednesday at the Institut National de l'Action Sociale (INAS) in Tangier. The agreement was initialled by the Minister for Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Sekkouri, the Minister for Solidarity, Social Inclusion and the Family, Naïma Ben Yahia, and the Director of Entraide Nationale, Khettar El Mojahidi, in the presence of regional officials, economic players and partners from the vocational training ecosystem.
Read more
The Salon National du Livre (SNL) returns in 2025 with a rich and diversified program that will set Benin's cultural life abuzz. Over a period of 04 days in four cities - Cotonou, Ouidah, Parakou and Abomey - the event will feature a series of activities combining conferences and debates, literary cafés, book signings, workshops, screenings, exhibitions and live performances.
Read more
The 4ᵉ edition of the Forum des Formations et de l'Employabilité Francophones was held on October 08 and 09, 2025 at the Palace of the Republic in Chișinău, creating strong synergies between Moldovan universities members of the AUF, French-speaking companies, as well as many young entrepreneurs and students.
Read more
The municipality of Ayherre welcomed its counterparts from Antzuola, Gipuzkoa, to celebrate over four decades of cross-border friendship and joint projects.
Read more
The vast campaign to distribute school kits to indigenous children in Lékoumou, Nkéni-Alima and Sangha, launched by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Espace Opoko on September 29 to help them get a better start to the school year, came to an end last weekend in the department of Sangha.
Read more
Municipalities should facilitate access to such housing. Senior citizens' associations believe that access to affordable housing should be a priority for municipalities after next Sunday's elections.
Read more
"The aim of our association is to enable young sportsmen and women to get together every year to practice their respective sports and share great moments during various group activities.
Read more
To mark World Encryption Day 2025, the House of Africa association organized a conference-debate at the Sabangali Sub Management Institute on October 21, on the theme of "Youth in Chad and digital security".
Read more
Although a new board was formed on October 7, 2025, the future of the Aunay-Holsworthy twinning committee in Aunay-sur-Odon, Calvados, remains uncertain.
Read more
Spearheaded by Nantes Université and supported by AUF's IntenSciF - Western Europe program, the ProFIB project (International Partnership for the Promotion of Bioethics in the French-speaking World) came to a close in spring 2025 after 18 months of activity, laying the foundations for a French-speaking network of bioethics experts, now ready to work towards an inclusive and collaborative approach to this discipline on an international scale.
Read more
On October 20, 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) organized the opening ceremony of the first training workshop for Liaison Officers, focusing on diplomatic protocol and customer services, as part of preparations for the 20ᵉ Francophonie Summit that the Kingdom of Cambodia will host in 2026.
Read more
Togo's maritime region is to be equipped with a hospital development plan, as part of a reform of its healthcare system. On Tuesday October 21 and Wednesday October 22, 2025, the Maison des Jeunes et de la Femme in Tsévié hosted a workshop to launch the Hospital Establishment Project (PEH).
Read more
Created in 1979, the Franco-Belgian twinning committee brings together the communes of Saint-Pierre-Canivet, near Falaise, and Clavier, in the Walloon region of the province of Liège.
Read more
"Forest fires have brought us challenges, and we need to see how we can protect our territories, our citizens and urban areas, among others," says Normand Lagrange, Director General of the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest.
Read moreIn recent years, France has developed a veritable sports diplomacy, now seen as a fully-fledged tool of our foreign policy. Decentralized cooperation in the field of sport has also grown considerably.
Read more
It's a day of joy and solidarity at Carpe Diem private school. That morning, children's faces were beaming, pots were smoking and hearts were opening. The NGO Dagbémabou, chaired by Maurel Léolus HOUNGBÉDJI, has launched its humanitarian program "A hot meal for a smile", an initiative born of the Beninese diaspora in Belgium, supported by Belgian partners including the city of Verviers. The aim is to offer a hot meal every day to pupils from modest families, and to create a more humane school environment.
Read more
Both primary schools benefit from the construction of community facilities, including a drinking water borehole at the Boulankio school and the upgrading of the access road to the Ngotoko school. A delegation from La Congolaise des routes (LCR), led by deputy general manager Jacques Almaless, visited both sites on October 15, in the Pool department.
Read more
After a 10-year break, Le Lude's twinning committee with Genazzano is back in action. Marie-Anne Corbel, who took part in the last trip in 2015, is behind it.
Read more
On July 8, 2025, the AUF organized the "Europe-Africa Scientific Diplomacy" conference in Brussels, bringing together 22 experts, diplomats and academics from European, African and international institutions, with 110 face-to-face participants and over 400 online.
Read moreTen years after the twenty-first Conference of the Parties (COP21) and the Paris Agreement, the third United Nations Conference on the Ocean (UNOC3) was held in Nice from June 9 to 13, 2025. In conjunction with this global event, the City of Nice also hosted the Coastal Cities and Regions Summit to put the issue of adaptation and resilience of coastal cities and regions to rising sea levels on the international agenda. The Summit convinced the international community that coastal adaptation could not be envisaged without local authorities.
Read more
For the occasion, thirty-three Brussels museums will open their doors from 7 pm to 1 am this Saturday, October 18. In each of them, emerging artists will take over the space and collections to put on original shows.
Read more
The 6th edition of the "Mois du Consommons Local" in the Republic of Benin is now underway. The Minister of Industry and Trade, Madame Alimatou Shadiya ASSOUMAN, officially launched the Marché National d'exposition-vente des produits locaux on Wednesday October 15, 2025, at the Place de l'Étoile Rouge in Cotonou. The event was attended by the Prefect of the Littoral region, Alain OROUNLA, and several other personalities. This initiative is part of the drive to enhance and promote "Made in Benin", in line with the government's vision of boosting consumption of local products.
Read more
The Lyon metropolitan area, in the Rhône department, is building a business village in Bron-Caravelle to develop local economic activity and create jobs.
Read moreWhether you are a press professional, a teacher, an international corporate volunteer (VIE), a development worker or simply wish to be a useful "relais" for your region, your department by relaying the local activities of your actors in one click (a brief, photos), whatever the country.
Contact usYou are an actor in decentralised cooperation or co-development, for the publication and dissemination of your news, agendas and for the media coverage of your activities.
Contact usBecome a vector for all-round exchanges between countries by reserving, on preferential terms, dedicated areas on the news portal and in the magazine to promote your companies and products.
Contact us
