Espace Francophone pour la Recherche, le Développement et l'Innovation

Espace Francophone pour la Recherche, le Développement et l'Innovation

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" cooperation, research and sustainable development, social progress "
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Headquarters

Paris, France

Official languages

French

Membership

Almost 400 international members living in more than 50 countries
50 research Institute

Leaders

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Coordinator

University of Paris VIII

Establishment

2008

L’Espace Francophone pour la Recherche, le Développement et l'Innovation , or the Francophone Area for Research, Development and Innovation is an international consortium research of strengthening collaboration between North-South researchers and experts. This organization was created in 2008.^[2]

Missions

The primary mission of EFRARD is the strengthening collaboration between North-South researchers and experts.

Provide a new model of collaboration and socialization, facilitating interactions with exterior organizations and individuals.
Break down geographical barriers as well as the institutional and economic impediments to the free flow of knowledge, know-how and technology within communities.
Reduce the north-south gap through a digital apparatus promoting sharing and cooperation in research and development areas among Francophone Countries.

Members

The official list of members is available at the website.

Grand Forum Francophone Pour la Recherche et l'Innovation

Annual Strategic Conference

References

↑ Qui sommes nous ? (). Accessed 2 March 2009.
↑ EFRARD

External links

(French) Cabinet du Secrétaire d'Etat chargé de la coopération et de la francophonie
(French) Ministère des affaires étrangères
(French) UNESCO
(French) La Francophonie Website
(French) Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie
(English) History of the Summits
(French) Information about the Francophonie
(French) TV-francophone

La Francophonie

Category

Membership

Members	Albania Andorra Armenia Belgium French Community Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada New Brunswick Quebec Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Cyprus¹ Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Egypt Equatorial Guinea France French Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique St. Pierre and Miquelon Gabon Ghana¹ Greece Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haïti Ivory Coast Laos Luxembourg Lebanon Macedonia² Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mauritius Moldova Monaco Morocco Niger Qatar Romania Rwanda St. Lucia São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Switzerland Togo Tunisia Vanuatu Vietnam

Observers	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Czech Republic Dominican Republic Georgia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Montenegro Mozambique Poland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Thailand Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay

¹ Associate member. ² Provisionally referred to by the Francophonie as the "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"; see Macedonia naming dispute.

Organization

Secretaries-General

Culture

Countries and languages lists

Countries

By languages

Spoken	Countries by spoken languages

Official	Countries by the number of recognized official languages Arabic Chinese English French German Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Tamil

Endonyms

Countries and capitals in native languages

Exonyms

Languages

By continent	Africa Americas North South Asia East South Europe Oceania

By country	Official languages by state List of languages without official status Countries by the number of recognized official languages Languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized as an official language

By population	By number of native speakers By number of total speakers Languages in censuses

By family	Language families

Language-based geopolitical organizations	Arab League (Arabic) Dutch Language Union (Dutch) English Speaking Union Francophonie (French) Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese) Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (Portuguese) Latin Union (Romance) Hispanidad (Spanish) Turkic Council (Turkic) International Organization of Turkic Culture (Turkic)

See also	Lists of languages Category:Languages

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