The Twinning Committee's traditional paella evening drew 80 guests to the Salle Gérard-Forgues.

The Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, presided over the graduation ceremony of the 60th class of the normal cycle of authority officers, numbering 113 laureates, at the Institut Royal de l'Administration Territoriale (IRAT) in Kénitra, on Wednesday, in the presence of several civilian and military personalities. The ceremony was marked by the presentation of certificates to the class' majors, and a military parade of the graduates, according to a Ministry of the Interior press release.

During his visit to France last week, Mayor Patrick Péloquin formalized the twinning between the towns of Sorel-Tracy and Niort, a city of some 60,000 inhabitants.

The Minister of Urban Sanitation, Local Development and Road Maintenance, Juste Désiré Mondelé, in a statement issued on July 2, announced the launch, as of July 5, of a special sanitation operation to enhance the country's image in the run-up to the festivities marking the 65th anniversary of its independence.

The second edition of the "Développeuses de demain - Liban" program has just been successfully completed. Conducted as part of a partnership between the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and Simplon.co, a French social economy company, this initiative is financed for the second year running by the Île-de-France region.

On Wednesday, a committee will present a strategic management plan for Windsor's urban forest. The plan includes 62 recommendations over 20 years.

On Monday June 30, Le Havre city council approved the proposed twinning arrangement with the Italian city of Venice. The two municipalities will begin the process shortly.

In Togo, the TINGA rural electrification fund has just announced the resumption of its campaign of pre-financed connections to electricity grids in all electrified localities in the country.

The Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and UNESCO have signed an ambitious partnership agreement to implement joint projects in higher education, with priority given to quality, inclusion and sustainable development. This new cooperation aims to strengthen the dissemination of knowledge and respond to major educational challenges in the French-speaking world and beyond.

The first pedestrians were able to cross Winnipeg's iconic Portage Avenue and Main Street intersection for the first time since 1979 on Friday morning, bringing accessibility and economic opportunities to the downtown core.

"Achieving a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled" is the vision of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). With this in mind, the Fund supported the Rama Foundation with 14 million CFA francs for equipment and 19 million CFA francs for building construction on June 27, 2025. This equipment is essential for the foundation to improve care for obstetric fistula survivors.

The aim of the card is to encourage local consumption and support local commerce in the CdC area.

The Association des Jeunes Élèves et Étudiants Pévé (AJEEP) officially launched the 4th edition of its cultural week on Saturday, at the Lycée de Walia in N'Djamena. The opening ceremony was presided over by the chief of the Zimé-Pévé community, Mr. Keda Michel.

Cultural activities rounded off the Day of the African Child, celebrated by the Réseau des intervenants sur le phénomène des enfants en rupture (Reiper) on the theme "The right to protection for street children".

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's economic and cultural hub, is constantly reinventing itself to become a modern, civilized metropolis. At the heart of this transformation is a project of exceptional scope: the burial of electricity and telecommunications cables.

At the last Flers town council meeting, Yvette Lerichomme, deputy town councillor for twinning and international cooperation, and Yves Goasdoué, mayor of Flers, discussed a possible link with Posof, a town in Turkey on the border with Georgia.

The Board of Directors (BOD) of the Institut de Technologie du Cambodge (ITC) met on June 25, 2025, under the chairmanship of Her Excellency Madame PHOEURNG Sackona, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts and Chairman of the ITC BOD. This strategic meeting was attended by some fifty participants, including Board members, institutional and academic partners and the ITC management team.

Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform is organizing the first National Artificial Intelligence Conference on July 1 and 2 in Rabat, under the theme "An efficient and ethical AI strategy to serve our society".

On Thursday June 12, 2025, the SpaVer22 and Présence verte pays d'Ouest associations in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor) signed a partnership agreement. The aim of the agreement is to develop prevention and awareness-raising initiatives around loss of autonomy and invisible disabilities.

The Town of Gaspé launches a four-season Sustainable Destination Strategy to diversify its tourism offering, protect the environment and improve local quality of life. The plan includes transportation, awareness-raising and fund-raising.