International Development Grant
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) - Institutional Support 2018-2019
Project Number: CA-3-P005132002
Status: Terminating
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $15,352,851.00
Start Date: February 15, 2019
End Date: September 12, 2019
Duration: 1.0 years
Project Description
This grant is Canada's long-term institutional support for the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF). IOF uses these funds as well as those of other donors to carry out its mandate. The IOF's mandate includes: (1) the promotion of the French language and cultural and linguistic diversity; (2) the promotion of peace democracy and human rights; (3) support for education training higher education and research; and (4) the promotion of sustainable economic development and solidarity. The IOF aims to incorporate the transversal axes of youth and gender equality into the implementation of its strategic objectives. The IOF conducts its activities with other institutions of the Francophonie civil society and national international and multilateral organizations. It delivers its programming through advocacy project funding technical assistance training awareness-raising and the dissemination of knowledge in French. Through its Strategic Framework 2015-2022 the IOF aims to place the action of La Francophonie in the international context of the fight against poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Canada's support for IOF programming contributes in particular to the enhancement of the French language in a context of linguistic and cultural diversity the strengthening of democratic governance and the rule of law among its members the strengthening of access for all children to quality education and training and the development of the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes as formulated by the IOF include: (1) strengthened the use of French in international relations and media; (2) improved supply of French as a foreign language in the education system; (3) increased capacity of national institutions related to democracy and human rights; (4) modernized judicial institutions and increasing recognition of francophone legal expertise; and (5) strengthened capacity of francophone actors to participate in international negotiations and discussions on the economy environment and sustainable development.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved by the International Organisation of La Francophonie with the support of the Government of Canada for the period ending December 2018 include: (1) young people's access to Francophone culture was promoted through the 317 Centres de lecture et d'animation culturelle (CLAC) in 22 countries which were visited more than 3 million times a year; (2) crisis prevention confidence-building and the opening of spaces for dialogue between national political actors were promoted in 2017 and 2018 through more than 40 missions including to Cameroon the Central African Republic the Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon Guinea-Bissau Haiti Madagascar Niger and the Republic of the Congo; (3) legal capacities have been strengthened in particular through support to the Centre international en Afrique de formation des avocats francophones (CIFAF) where more than 1200 lawyers from French-speaking Africa are trained each year; (4) professional skills of teachers and teaching methods have been strengthened with the Francophone Initiative pour la formation à distance des maîtres (IFADEM) which is now deployed in 15 countries (36 200 teachers trained 129 350 booklets and educational equipment distributed and 1 573 560 students benefiting from the programme); (5) curriculum reforms and improved capacities for management leadership and policy development and innovative and effective reforms were supported through the work of the Institut de la Francophonie pour l'éducation et la formation (IFEF) to improve the quality of training and facilitate professional integration; (6) 15 national administrative schools (ENA) included sustainable development elements in their training programmes; (7) francophone workshops for regional cooperation in extractive industries were organized to enable sustainable mining in some 20 African countries; (8) the blue economy sustainable with a focus on the use of what is produced locally has been promoted in small island developing
Key Information
Executing Agency:
International Organisation of La Francophonie
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
IFM International Security
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Core contributions to multilateral institutions
Collaboration: Multilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs