The Beninese government is injecting new momentum into the promotion of domestic production. This Thursday, October 1, 2026, marks the official kickoff of the 7th edition of “Local Consumption Month,” highlighted by a strategic field visit by the Minister of Domestic Trade and Economic Formalization, Ms. Shadiya Alimatou ASSOUMAN, to the heart of the Glo-Djigbé (GDIZ) industrial hub. This visit underscores the shift toward heavy industry and the development of Benin’s natural mineral resources.
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The Plaine-Haute Sister City Committee organized its traditional takeout meal this past weekend, October 3. On the menu: roast pork and potatoes with bacon.
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Thirty women from the Kaolack and Fatick regions (central Senegal) received training in leadership and governance of farmers’ organizations as part of an initiative aimed at building their capacity in agricultural entrepreneurship.
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For nearly two years, Gérard Guillerm, a member of the Carantec Culture association, has been serving as an unofficial representative of the town hall in connection with a potential sister-city partnership with the town of Kenmare, Ireland.
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Faced with the high cost of living and the pressures of daily life, some Australian families are trying out a new way of raising their children. “Worldschooling,” which is based on experiential learning, is leading them to places like Vietnam, where they find a more affordable lifestyle.
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In Abéché, ADETIC concluded the 2026 edition of the “Digital Vacations” program by presenting certificates to young people who had received training in computer science and artificial intelligence.
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A Look Back at Quilombo Intelligente, a pilot project supported by AUF-Americas as part of the Educational Innovation in the Americas (InnovPed) program.
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On the occasion of the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) and the Summit of Coastal Cities and Regions, to be held in Nice in June 2025, the Delegation for Local Authorities and Civil Society (DCTCIV) and its partners officially launched a call for projects to support decentralized cooperation on sustainable coastal development.
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On Monday, September 28, 2026, in Lomé, the Togo AI Lab organized a public testing session for its “Voix du Togo” platform, designed to provide access to public services in local languages. This pilot phase aims to gather feedback from users with diverse profiles in order to evaluate the platform’s usability, the ease of understanding its features, and its suitability for the needs of future users.
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In the wake of the devastating floods and landslides that struck Nepal and China on August 26, the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and our embassy have taken action, working closely with local authorities. There have been a large number of casualties.
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To mark the start of the school year, the Banque Postale du Congo (BPC) distributed school supplies and food on September 27 in Brazzaville to 137 children from various care facilities. The initiative, organized as part of the “Solidarity Caravan” in partnership with the association Synergie de soutien des couches fragiles (2SCF), aims to support vulnerable children and help ensure they can attend school under better conditions.
Read moreAt a time when official development assistance is experiencing an unprecedented decline, decentralized cooperation is a key lever for achieving concrete results on the ground. The new OECD report, titled *The Impact of Decentralized Development Cooperation: Driving Local Governance and the SDGs*, analyzes the contribution of local and regional governments to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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From September 22 to 25, 2026, Hanoi hosted the second gathering of the second cohort of the Educational Leaders Program, led by the AUF at the Collège international de Villers-Cotterêts. Twenty-two educators from eight countries spent four days there observing educational practices in Vietnam and analyzing how these could benefit their own systems.
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The Confederation plans to increase funding for the integration of foreign nationals. It has allocated 334.5 million francs for the 2028–2032 period, compared with 250 million francs during the previous period.
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Clichy-la-Garenne is supporting the Pink October campaign with a charity event: join us for the big dictation on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at City Hall.
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Just one year after the celebration in Luzy marking the 40th anniversary of the town twinning, members of the two committees—the French and German ones—met in Emmelshausen, Germany, on the weekend of Sunday, August 30, during the traditional wine fair.
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The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) project, which has developed climate-smart varieties of improved millet, cowpea, peanuts, and sorghum, could serve as a model on a national scale, said Bassirou Sine, director of the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA) in Bambey, speaking in Thiès.
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The Ministry of Family and Social Action (MFAS) received 1,422 Equal Opportunity Cards from the National Agency for Personal Identification (ANIP) for people with disabilities. A symbolic handover ceremony took place on Friday, September 18, 2026, at the Cité ministérielle in Cotonou, marking a new milestone in the distribution process underway across the country. With this new batch, a total of 6,140 cards have now been received, of which 4,718 were already distributed between 2024 and 2025.
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Received by the Executive Director of Apex-Mali, Massoudou Cissé, a delegation from the Association of Private Press Publishers (ASSEP), led by its president, Boubacar Yalkoué, proposed the establishment of a formal framework for collaboration to support the promotion of Mali as a tourist destination.
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Évelyne Desmarais chairs ADAMA27, an association of former mayors and deputy mayors from the Eure department. She hopes to revitalize this association, which supports new mayors.
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In Togo, the government’s goal of achieving universal access to safe drinking water by 2030 has taken a new step forward with the commissioning of 305 boreholes equipped with hand-pump systems in the Plateaux region. These boreholes, constructed as part of the “Village Water Supply Project for 300 Boreholes,” with Chinese funding, were handed over to the beneficiaries on Friday, September 18, 2026, in a symbolic ceremony held in Abalo Copé, in the Wahala canton of Haho Prefecture.
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The partnership agreement signed on September 11 in Brazzaville between the Women’s Advisory Council (CCF) and the Hoz Fablab training center for new technologies will provide Congolese female students with training in digital careers.
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The Potigny-Banwell (Somerset) sister city committee has been in existence for more than twenty-five years. Martine Hébert-Lefèvre, the committee’s president, held a meeting on Thursday to discuss the committee’s upcoming activities, including English classes.
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The new university campus in Taroudant, which is part of Ibn Zohr University, is a major academic and strategic project aimed at enriching the university’s offerings and expanding the range of educational opportunities available to students. This project, which is part of the ongoing momentum in the Kingdom’s higher education and scientific research sectors, also aims to meet the growing needs for training and human resources development.
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The Galerie Rouge in Pont-l’Abbé and the Centre d’éveil aux arts plastiques de Cornouaille (CEAPC), known as “L’Atelier,” are launching a partnership that broadens the horizons of both organizations.
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The Association of Agricultural Input Wholesalers and Retailers of Burkina Faso (AGRODIA) organized a guided tour of the Agricultural Technology Transfer Center (CTTA) on Thursday, September 17, 2026, in Samendeni. This initiative, carried out in collaboration with the Soil Values program and the Burkina Phosphate Mining Company (SEPB), aimed to promote good agricultural practices, high-yield seeds, and specific fertilizer formulations to strengthen farmers’ resilience.
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On Saturday, September 26, the Association of Artisans, Merchants, and Entrepreneurs (ACE) of Tillières invites residents and visitors to an open house featuring local artisans, merchants, and entrepreneurs.
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BirdLife Switzerland reports a record increase in the field lark population in the Grand-Marais: 68 males in 2026. This success stands in contrast to the nationwide decline in field bird populations, which calls for urgent action.
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In this era of European integration, sister city relationships bring citizens closer together. The one between Champigné (Les Hauts-d’Anjou) and Warmond has been in place for 23 years. But 2026 saw the arrival of a new team eager to breathe new life into the partnership! Following the Dutch delegation’s visit in the spring, it will be the residents of Les Hauts-d’Anjou’s turn to travel to the Netherlands in mid-October.
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Open to doctoral students and early-career researchers, as well as college and high school teachers, this year’s International Study and Creativity Day on “Language(s) and Translation” will focus on “the said, the unsaid, and the oversaid about colors—from precision to necessary approximations.” Scheduled for November 28, 2026, in a hybrid format at the University of Bucharest, the event will offer an interdisciplinary exploration of color, viewed in turn as a sign, mark, marker, symbol, or indicator of a phenomenon in various fields, but also as a true driving force behind creation and creativity.
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The national seminar to raise awareness among religious leaders and heads of religious organizations about the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) officially began on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. The opening ceremony for this seminar was presided over by the Minister Delegate to the President of the Republic, in charge of the Interior and Public Security, Mr. Djibril MAMA CISSÉ. This initiative by the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), supported by the Beninese government, aims to strengthen cooperation between state institutions and religious authorities.
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Recently, members of the Chaudron-en-Mauges twinning committee met to plan the program for the new season, with a focus on the trip to visit their friends in the twin town of Montperreux-Chaon-Chaudron (Doubs).
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The association Jeunesse éveillée pour l’action (JEA) organized a training and capacity-building session in Ouagadougou from September 9 to 13, 2026, for about 100 elementary and secondary school teachers.
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Three hundred sixty-six students who completed immersion internships at public and private government agencies and companies in Ferkessédougou received their internship completion certificates, on Friday, September 11, 2026, during a ceremony attended by government officials, business leaders, and parents.
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