Canada/Abitibi RCM examines the development of its agricultural zone

The Abitibi MRC is in the process of updating its agricultural zone development plan (PDZA). Stakeholders from the agricultural, agrifood and territorial development sectors are expected to attend the 1st review forum this Tuesday, in Landrienne.

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Morocco/Taliouine hosts the 16th International Saffron Festival

The town of Taliouine, Taroudant province, is hosting its 16th International Saffron Festival from November 20 to 23, under the theme "Sustainable management of water resources: a lever for the development of the saffron industry in mountainous regions".

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France/Twinning of Saint-Cyrpien and Sant Cebrià consecrated

The Jean-Rous 2025 trophy was officially awarded to the Saint-Cyprien - Sant Cebrià de Vallalta twinning committee, in a warm and symbolic ceremony saluting the organization's remarkable commitment to local and cross-border life.

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France/Decazeville. The Italian Twinning Committee returns from Coazze

Over the years, the ties between Decazevillois and Coazzesi have remained strong.

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Vietnam/Hanoi University: Job Fair 2025

On November 12, as part of Hanoi University's Job Fair 2025, the Centre d'Employabilité Francophone (CEF) organized a Sustainable Tourism Job Fair, in collaboration with the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and the AUF - Asia-Pacific.

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Canada/Operation Red Nose returns to our regions

The Opération Nez rouge drive-home service will be back from November 28 to December 31 in Charlevoix, Trois-Pistoles, the Chaleur region, the Acadian Peninsula and Edmundston.

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Canada/AD25 at CÉGEP DE Rivière-du-Loup: "Ah, but what a circus!

Art and design students at CÉGEP de Rivière-du-Loup get creative during AD25 week.

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France/NOTE AUX COLLECTIVITÉS TERRITORIALES - Third ECM meeting - Occitanie Coopération

Every two years, Occitanie Coopération organizes regional meetings on education for global citizenship in an Occitanie school.

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Benin/Lancement du Projet JaimeMaLangue : Vers la construction d'une IA adaptée aux langues beninoises

Since 2016, Benin has established itself as a model of responsible digital development in Africa. With this same dynamic in mind, a new era began on Monday November 10, 2025 in Cotonou with the official launch of the "JaimeMaLangue" project.

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Belgium/A growing number of Brussels schools awarded the "Eco-Schools" label

More and more Brussels schools have been awarded the "Eco-Schools" label: there are now 55 of them, including eight that have received this distinction for the first time. This international label rewards schools for their commitment to the climate transition. An essential point: pupils must be fully involved in the reflection and implementation of projects.

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Togo/ Maritime Region: a 4 billion FCFA roadmap to accelerate regional development

At the end of last week, Togo's Maritime Regional Council adopted a roadmap setting out the directions, priorities and actions to be implemented to boost the region's development over the period 2025-2027. The initiatives identified will require a total of 4 billion FCFA in funding.

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France/Frontignan-Gaeta, a twinning of the heart

Between September 22 and 28, they visited the famous Tuscan towns of Siena, San Gimignano, Montepulciano, Florence, and Gaeta, in the province of Latina on the Tyrrhenian coast.

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France/Saint-Paul: AP2B celebrates twenty-five years of twinning between Haute Gironde and Burgundy

The Association des pays de Blaye et de Bourgogne gathered its members to celebrate a quarter-century of exchanges and conviviality.

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Canada/A 100% female municipal council on Anticosti Island

Hélène Boulanger is proud to head the municipality of L'Île-d'Anticosti. Her municipal council is unique in that it is made up entirely of women. On November 2, voters re-elected the mayor and all outgoing councillors.

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Chad: in Mandoul, AARMOC visits women detainees at the prison

As part of its program to train and reintegrate volunteers from Action des Artistes pour le Développement et l'Education aux Droits Humains (AARMOC), a delegation made up of the AARMOC team and sponsored by the deputy mayor of the commune of Koumra, Gnanroy Mbanguidana Grâce, visited the prison.

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Morocco/Aousserd province: ONEE launches construction of a hybrid power plant to boost electricity supply

On Monday, the Office national de l'électricité et de l'eau potable (ONEE) launched the construction of a hybrid power plant with battery storage backed by solar energy and thermal flexibility at the Aousserd Center in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region.

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Cambodia/Visit to a food processing company in Kampong Thom

On October 29, 2025, some 90 students from AUF-Cambodia member universities took part in a study trip to Kampong Thom province.

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France/Twinning Blois-Lewes-Waldshut-Tiengen: a dense program for 2026

From October 17 to 19, the Three Towns Summit was held, bringing together the elected representatives and twinning associations of Blois, Lewes (UK) and Waldshut-Tiengen (Germany). Chaired by Marc Gricourt and Emily Clarke, Mayor of Lewes, the meeting had three objectives: to take stock of twinning activities in the three towns in 2025, to enable local associations and structures to make contact with the twin towns' delegations present in Blois, and to draw up a program of activities for 2026.

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France/ NOTE AUX COLLECTIVITÉS TERRITORIALES - Invitation aux Deuxièmes assises de la diplomatie parlementaire et de la coopération décentralisée

Ladies and Gentlemen, Please find attached the invitation from Mr Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, to the Second Conference on Parliamentary Diplomacy and Decentralized Cooperation, to be held at the Quai d'Orsay on Tuesday November 18th at 5.30pm, together with the provisional program.

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Congo/ Gender-based violence: a school competition to prepare girls for verbal retaliation

On October 28, at a press conference in Brazzaville, the "Oxygène" association launched a national school competition called "Dis non avec tes mots" (Say no with your words), to give young girls the language skills they need to verbally combat their aggressors.

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