AVSF's Financial Partners

The French Development Agency (AFD), a public financial institution, works to reduce poverty, support economic growth, and promote global public goods in developing countries. At the heart of France’s public aid plan to help the poor, the AFD supports government authorities as well as both the private and associative sectors in implementing economic and social projects on five continents and in France’s overseas territories. The AFD is a long-standing financial partner of AVSF.
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European Union – DEVCO EuropeAid

Thanks to the new Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation, DEVCO-EuropeAid, the European Union is currently developing policies aimed at reducing poverty in the world, ensuring sustainable development, and promoting democracy, peace, and security. DEVCO-EuropeAid is responsible for implementing the European Union’s external aid instruments, particularly with NGOs.
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European Union – ECHO

The European Union is one of the world’s biggest donors of humanitarian aid, contributing more than 50% of global humanitarian aid. The Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) is entirely dedicated to humanitarian aid and crisis response. AVSF has been an approved partner of ECHO since 2010.
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DDC – Direction du développement et de la coopération du Gouvernement fédéral Suisse

The SDC’s cooperative efforts for development are aimed at reducing poverty. They promote economic and political autonomy for countries and help to improve production conditions, find solutions to ecological problems, and provide better access to education and basic medical services. The SDC has supported AVSF for more than 20 years in successive rural development programs in Ecuador, Mali, and Vietnam.
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IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development

The IFAD is a specialized agency of the United Nations, established in December 1977 as an outcome of the 1974 World Food Conference in Rome. The IFAD is an aid fund for development intended to help finance agricultural and rural development in developing and transitioning countries. Its mission is to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. AVSF was and still is partnered with the IFAD in rural development programs, particularly in Niger, Madagascar, and the Comoros.
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region

For 20 years, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region has been working in cooperation with many other regions around the world. Whether the nature of the work is economic, cultural, scientific, or focused on development aid, it provides an outlet for the region to work for the common good. Since its creation, AVSF has been based in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and therefore has had a long-standing partnership with the region for support in carrying out rural development programs in Mali, Senegal, Madagascar, and Vietnam with local partners and in carrying out activities within the Rhône-Alpes region for raising awareness about development.
Learn more about the Région Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes