| Supervising organisation |
| AFD is independent but institutionally placed under French Ministry of Finance and Industry, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs supervision. |
| Financial weight at a glance |
| €947m to support projects in 2003, including €404m to the private sector. |
| Type of funds provided: Grants |
| - Subsidies to least developed countries
- Loans directly provided by AFD from its own resources and from French government’s budget: i) Concessional window (market interest rate minus a reduction varying according to sectors and borrowers) ii) Non concessional window (market conditions)
- Structural adjustment facilities (from the French government)
- Loans granted by PROPARCO (subsidiary of AFD) to the private / business sector.
- Guarantees and equity, micro-finance |
| Standard procedure in brief |
| a) Submit project to AFD local office
b) If agreement, assistance from AFD to define terms of reference of the feasibility study (FS)
c) Funding of the FS
d) If FS conclusive, negotiation with the contracting authority and loan agreement (loans are not tied anymore) with assistance to prepare tendering documents
e) Project implementation with monitoring of works in progress
f) Retrospective assessment. |
| Co-financing/required partnership |
| - Possibility of joint projects with other donor agencies (such as the ADB) |
| Activities funded |
| construction works, consulting and engineering, training and capacity building, sector reform policies, financial engineering . |
| Priorities to specifically consider for cities |
| Contribution to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (water and sanitation) and poverty reduction, stimulation to public private partnership, decentralisation policies. |
| Urban sectors concerned |
| Urban development (sanitation housing for the poor, urban renewal, cultural heritage, market places, urban roads,…) represents 20% of AFD Group commitments, water and sanitation 12%, transport and other infrastructure. |
| Targeted countries in Asia |
| China, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand (mostly support to the private sector with PROPARCO), Vietnam |
| Projects examples in Asia |
| a) Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Rehabilitation of central market places, including related infrastructures such as drainage, urban lighting,… (€4,5m from AFD in 2004)
b) Vietnam: Urban development in the centre region (€30m from AFD)
c) China : Road accessibility project in Western Yunnan province (€35m from AFD)
e) Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Rehabilitation of two international airport (€10m loan from PROPARCO)
f) Lao PRD, Luang Prabang: Urban cultural heritage, in co-operation with city of Chinon (€1,8m from AFD). |
| Specific strategic documents |
| Refer to the Strategic Operation Plan adopted in 2002 www.afd.fr/jahia/webdav/site/myjahiasite/users/administrateur/public/plaquettes/POSENG.pdf
The Business plan is also available (in French) www.afd.fr/jahia/webdav/site/myjahiasite/users/administrateur/public/plaquettes/plan-affaires2004.pdf |
| Web site address |
| www.afd.fr |
| Contacts |
| Headquarter:
5, rue Roland Barthes
75 598 PARIS Cedex 12
France
Tel. + 33 1 53 44 31 31
Fax + 33 1 44 87 99 39
Offices in Asia: Phnom Penh, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Vientiane, Beijing. |
