AFD - 2018 Registration document

PRESENTATION OF AFD

Activities of the Agence Française de Développement group in 2018

Assessments AFD commissioned ex-post evaluations of the projects and programmes it finances and also more-strategic assessments of its sector and cross-sector strategies (set out in its intervention frameworks), particular topics and/or funding instruments. It also conducts joint assessments with other departments responsible for assessing France’s development aid programmes at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Economy and Finance. All strategic assessments are published but only the performance sheets of the ex-post evaluations of projects/programmes are published on the French Cooperation open data website. Publications In 2018, 67 publications were published bringing to almost 780 the number of publications available in the research and evaluation catalogue. They are circulated via the AFD website and also in paper format to a targeted number of people both inside and outside the organisation, governments, our partners and documentation centres. The publications are promoted in several channels: a dedicated “Development studies and knowledge” newsletter, through an active social media presence (1,183 members of the dedicated LinkedIn Group) and at conferences and at publication-related events. 1.6.6.2 The development campus In 2018, the Campus provided long-term training to 75 young professionals (Project Management Masters in partnership with Auvergne university), classroom or combined classroom/ online courses to upskill almost 800 executives (primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and South-East Asia) from ministries, public service institutions, finance institutions, companies and NGOs. The Development Campus also reconfigured the Campus’ “historic” training courses such as the Parcours Pilotage des Collectivités Locales (local authorities steering programme - PCL) and the MODEV (Development Project Management) Masters. In response to feedback from partners, the PCL is moving towards becoming a support programme to help local authorities in the implementation their sustainable region project. This also includes a change of scope with hybrid courses combining classroom and remote learning and a regional version tested in Madagascar in 2018.

innovations specific to the commons in the countries in which we operate. Sector studies are ongoing for commonland in urban communities and commons management in the water sector. In addition, a commons approach is also adopted when researching social ties and territory management. Studies on the structural transformation processes focus on the role played by industry in Africa and the creation of quality sectors. Finally, a study is underway to create a quality indicator for public expenditures. AFD’s research into the Climate, Energy and Natural Resources focuses on an analysis of the interactions between economic development/prosperity on the one hand, and the environment on the other, with the introduction of tools for the measurement and the quantification of these interactions. Work began in 2018 on the financial risks of climate change, notably a case study on the transition risk South Africa faces on account of its dependency on coal. Grounded in a partnership process, all research programmes will promote the national research networks of our partner countries. After signing a memorandum of partnership with the Côte d’Ivoire (2016) and Tunisia (2018), the aim will be to extend the approach of strategic dialogue to Morocco and Mali. In addition, AFD continues to develop macro-economic models (1) , with the help of its GEMMES tool. Six models are currently under development (Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Colombia, Vietnam, Tunisia and Morocco). To support operations and harness risks, more than 15 country macro-economic evaluations have been carried out. These evaluations have focused primarily on (i) AFD’s high- risk countries (Tunisia, Jordan, China, Turkey, Morocco, Brazil, Colombia), and (ii) countries where an initial macro-economic overview is helpful in drawing up an AFD intervention strategy (Albania, Angola, Mongolia, Namibia). To supplement the country evaluations, cross-border macro-economic analyses have been conducted on (i) the challenges of the monetary union of the countries in the CFA Franc area, (ii) economic diversification in the WAEMU and CAEMC countries, and (iii) public-private partnerships and sovereign risk. 2018: AFD LEADS THEWAY ON INEQUALITY In 2018, AFD organised an international conference on the topic of inequality and solidarity. Held on 6 and 7 December 2018 at the Arab World Institute in Paris, it welcomed international experts on the topic together with some 450 delegates. Work on inequality will continue in 2019 supported by the EU’s delegated funding facility (AFD will receive €4M over three years) and feedback will be given at the European development days on the topic to be held in Brussels in June 2019.

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(1) General Monetory and Multisectoral Macrodynamics for the Ecological Shift

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