Dominik Hartmann, a chef from Schwyz who specializes in exclusively vegetarian cuisine, was named "Chef of the Year 2027" by Gault & Millau.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Look Back at Quilombo Intelligente, a pilot project supported by AUF-Americas as part of the Educational Innovation in the Americas (InnovPed) program.

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.

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.

At 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.