Many experts emphasize the need for fundamental and comprehensive educational reform. They see human development and knowledge as the pillars of sustainable growth for Vietnam by 2045.
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The association ThéraPerche, Les soignants au service du territoire, founded by medical and paramedical professionals from the Pôle de Santé, is attracting new professionals.
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Benin's Investment and Export Promotion Agency (APIEx) and the Centre de Promotion des Investissements en Côte d'Ivoire (CEPICI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Abidjan on Wednesday January 21, 2026, to formalize and strengthen their institutional cooperation in investment promotion and facilitation.
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AUF strengthens its presence in Comoros with the opening of a National Office and a Francophone Employability Center.
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Our commitment to professional integration took on a new dimension in January. The recent signing of a partnership agreement between the Association intercommunale de formation permanente (AIFP) and the Centre de formation professionnelle et de promotion agricole (CFPPA) d'Auterive marks a shared determination to strengthen the levers of emancipation in the region.
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For the tenth year running, HR services company Acerta has mapped the commuting habits of over 382,000 workers in the province of Liège: cycling is on the rise, but the car remains king.
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Togo's national biometric identification campaign is continuing in the Zio prefecture, where the mass registration operation began on January 19. In this neighboring town of Greater Lomé, the operation will run until February 18, according to the authorities.
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On Saturday, Louis Beaugendre presented the town's new year's greetings. The mayor recalled the projects for 2025 and spoke of those to come.
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Sherbrooke launches a call for projects for Domaine-Howard Park. The city wants to showcase the area's architectural, landscape and horticultural heritage.
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The ETHISSA - Structuring Bioethics in Sub-Saharan Africa project recently held its scientific kick-off meeting, bringing together all partners to discuss the next steps in its implementation.
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On January 20 in Brazzaville, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Minister for the Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin, launched an environmental training workshop involving fifty national players.
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On Thursday January 22, 2026, the Kewenn-BAW twinning committee organized a first-ever event to mark the anniversary of the Franco-German friendship at La Grange, bringing together around 30 people, including members of neighboring twinning committees (Hennebont and Plouay).
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From September 22 to October 3, 2025, the French Embassy in Cameroon and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie conducted an evaluation mission in Douala, Ngaoundéré and Dschang to analyze the impact of the Start-Up 237 project, which has supported 100 young businesses since its launch.
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After years of hard work, the Pont-d'Ouilly (Calvados) twinning committee has succeeded in rejuvenating its exchanges. One difficulty is putting the brakes on this momentum: subsidies are falling.
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Breaking the taboo of menstrual precariousness. The town of Marche-en-Famenne has decided to break this taboo by launching a vast operation to donate sanitary towels. It will take place at twelve collection points from January 24 to February 8.
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Dakhla and the French city of Nice are preparing a twinning arrangement, with the signing of a letter of intent by the President of the Dakhla City Council, Erragheb Hormatollah, and the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, in recognition of their shared ambition to further deepen their partnership.
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Sherbrooke is redoubling its efforts to revitalize the Alexandre district, close to downtown. The project has been in the works for several years. This time, the city is launching a survey to find out what its citizens think.
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On Saturday January 17, 2026, the Institut National Supérieur de Sciences et Techniques d'Abéché swapped notebooks for brooms. Under the impetus of the SEMATN-IST organization, a vast clean-up operation mobilized the university community to make sanitation a bulwark against disease.
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The members of the twinning committee reported on the positive dynamic being established with their Bonn-Beuel counterparts. Exchanges are taking place between the two towns, confirmed by a 2026 program involving travel on both sides of the Rhine border.
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The operation to issue over 6,000 birth certificates, national identity cards (CNI) and unique identification numbers (NIU) to beneficiaries began on January 15 at the Talangaï town hall in Brazzaville's sixth arrondissement. This initiative, supported by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Solidarity and Humanitarian Action and the World Bank, aims to facilitate access to government assistance programs for people living in precarious neighborhoods.
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For the past week, the 73rd World Bird Show has been taking place at the WEX in Marche-en-Famenne. This major event brings together 20,000 birds: colored canaries, posture canaries, exotic birds and native birds. The last time this event was held in Belgium was in Hasselt in 2013, and for Wallonia it was in Charleroi in 1996.
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After years of waiting, there will soon be a new municipality on the Port-au-Port peninsula in western Newfoundland.
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Ouidah, the ocean city and departure point for thousands of black slaves, was in the spotlight on January 08, 09 and 10. During these three days, the city once again vibrated to the rhythm of Vodun Days 2026. The historic city, a veritable open-air museum, was decked out in its finest finery to welcome the world. Modernized infrastructures, lively emblematic sites, popular fervor and international crowds. Everything was in place to make this "mature" edition a memorable one. From the very first day, dedicated to a giant open-air concert on the beach, the event lived up to all its promises.
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Volunteers from the association Culture en folie, which runs the Micro-Folie in Le Pouliguen, have joined forces with those from AVF (Accueil villes françaises) to organize a year-round lecture series.
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Financial assistance of $239,000 has been granted to the municipalities of Saint-Aubert, Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska and the Ville de Saint-Pascal to improve road safety.
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Once again this year, eco-delegates from the Germaine-Tillion high school have launched a major donation drive in partnership with five local associations - Restos de cœur, ASL, Secours populaire, Secours catholique and Noël solidarité - which redistribute toys for the benefit of children.
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Forty years after the launch of Dôi Moi (Renewal), Vietnam is reaping the rewards of sound urban planning and management, propelling Vietnam into a new era of development and injecting it with unprecedented momentum, said architect Dào Ngoc Nghiêm, vice-president of the Association for Urban Planning and Development of Vietnam, affiliated to the National Union of Scientific and Technological Associations.
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To mark the centenary of the Œuvre des pupilles orphelins des sapeurs-pompiers de France, a number of bakeries are hosting "galettes solidaires" operations in January 2026. In Pluméliau-Bieuzy, L'Adélice is donating one euro to the association for every galette purchased.
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As part of the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 (CAF), Africa Global Logistics (AGL), CAF's official logistics partner, has launched the "AGL Moving Tour", an itinerant caravan designed to celebrate African soccer, while generating a concrete impact in local communities.
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Lirtuel is an online service that enables anyone registered in a library recognized by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation to borrow novels, comics and other works free of charge from a catalog of over 12,000 titles on electronic media.
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The commune of Eymoutiers is now twinned with that of Niederbronn-les-Bains (Bas-Rhin), sealing a link dating back to the Second World War.
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A meeting ceremony dedicated to the bilingual French teaching program in LV1 and LV2, in Phnom Penh and Kandal province, was held on December 18, 2025 at the Preah Sisowath high school in Phnom Penh.
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Winnipeg may soon offer pedestrians a few extra seconds to cross before vehicles start moving at all city intersections, as part of a plan to improve road safety. The Public Works Committee will discuss this report at its January 8 meeting.
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The Ministry of Health (MoH) is working on a plan to gradually introduce universal free basic healthcare, with the aim of eliminating out-of-pocket costs for essential medical services covered by health insurance by 2030, officials said.
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