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In 1997 AFD began rehabilitating the Prey Nup polders along with Gret and Handicap international. The project is based on the creation of a farmers' association to manage the infrastructure. In a country marked by collectivism and the Khmer Rouge genocide this social construction is truly original. <Find out more> <A documentary will be screened at AFD on 11 December 2008>
Alain Joyandet, Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophonie, Jean-Michel Severino, Chief Executive Officer of AFD, and Bernard Lama, President of the Diambars association signed a partnership agreement this morning for the creation of a training center for young footballers in South Africa. <Read press release> <Go to Diambars' website>
AFD is launching the “Solidaires du monde” (Global Solidarity) blog platform to mark Solidarity Week. The platform will allow citizens worldwide to voice their opinions, debate and inform or be informed about development issues. <Read press release> <Go to Solidaires du monde>
The “Millennium Declaration” adopted by the UN General Assembly on 8 September 2000 sets eight goals to end poverty and its consequences by 2015. The “Eight Times Yes” campaign makes a mid-term review on progress achieved and efforts still to be made. <The “Eight Times Yes” campaign> - <Press release>
France took over the Presidency of the European Union on 1 July and over the next six months AFD will be supporting France’s development initiatives. It will be focussing on two major projects: aid effectiveness and its European structure and economic development support. <Access the AFD-Europe Portal>
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