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Funding Priorities	Application & Procedures
Grantmaking Criteria	Languages
Guidelines	Tips
Project Duration

The AFD is the main actor of French development aid. As part of a general review of public policy, the AFD now manages initiatives that were previously taken by the Mission Supporting International NGOs within the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. For any project which begins after 1 January 2009, the AFD implements the training, financing and technical and operational monitoring. In 2008, the AFD worked with 120 NGOs and dispersed €21 million. In the same year, the AFD spent €1 billion financing transactions in developing countries and €1 trillion overseas.

The AFD cannot contribute more than 75% of the total allocation.

The application must:

•    Respond to the strategic priorities shared by AFD.
•    Encourage cooperation between public and private actors on the basis of practical needs and promote synergies between governmental and non-governmental organisations to ensure a greater impact and visibility.
•    Involve actors of different natures including migrant solidarity organisations, local authorities, hospitals, research centres, etc) to open
new avenues for cooperation and develop new methodologies and
standards.
•    Foster a project that will diffuse knowledge-sharing between partners in the South and associations in the North.

Co-financing requested from AFD is granted in priority to associations which are incorporated under the ‘Statute Law of 1901’, with all or part of their activities devoted to supporting development and international solidarity.

The programme involves at least three actors with at least one association leader, the other can be:

• Associations (including the Migrant Solidarity Organisations)
• Local authorities
• Operators of the competitive private sector (companies, financial institutions)
• Public institutions (hospitals, universities, colleges)
• Operators of the sector of social economy (cooperatives)
• Professional organisations and consulates.

The leader must have received MAEE and/or AFD funding or co-financing for development actions of up to at least €200,000 in the past three years.

 

Guidelines can be found here.

 

Multi-year funding lasts three to four years in duration

No deadline applies.

Application material can be found on AFD’s website

The application should consist of:
•    Filing a grant application by mail including (a letter specifying the amount requested and the reason for the request, duplicate administrative copies, duplicate financial and technical copies, and one copy of the complete application on CD-ROM.)
•    Emailing the receipt of the request by the NGO partnership Division
•    A presentation of evidence by the NGO partnership Division
•    NGO Committee chaired by the MAEE decides to award or refuse the request

French

Coordination SUD can also be contacted for more general information on development cooperation and on accredited NGOs.¹

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¹ Contact information can be found in the NGO Platform Contact Information section of this Guide.