France: French Development Agency

Url: 
http://afd-prod.zeni.fr/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/pid/1
Phone: 
+33 (1) 5344 3019
email: 
henrya@afd.fr
address: 
5, rue Roland Barthes, F - 75598 Paris Cedex 12

With its origins dating back to the Caisse Centrale de la France Libre, created by General De Gaulle in London in 1941, the Agence Française de Développement, a public institution, belongs to French system of Public Development Assistance (APD).

Under the aegis of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of French Overseas Territories, it is active in over 60 countries in Africa, the Pacific region, Asia, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in French overseas areas. It has a network of 45 agencies and offices throughout the world, and carries out its missions on behalf of the State on its own behalf.