Question 13572 — foreign policy

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Ms. Constance Le Grip draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the question of the methods of monitoring partnerships undertaken by the French Development Agency (AFD). Succeeding the Caisse Française de Développement since 1998, AFD supports nearly 3,600 development projects throughout the world. As a public financial institution implementing France's development policy, the projects it supports engage the country. As such, the awarding of subsidies requires a framework and procedures guaranteeing that they will not be misused, either by financing actions not presented, or by supporting personalities carrying out illegal or violent activities. In this regard, a project financed by the French Development Agency would thus call into question the AFPS and its partner the Ma'an Development Center. An employee of this structure would thus be linked to the demonstrations in May 2018 in the Gaza Strip. His death, during these clashes, allowed his identification as well as his membership in the PFLP, an organization sadly known for its terrorist activities since the 1970s. In reaction to these facts, the Australian government for its part decided to carry out an audit of the development aid funds that it dedicated to the Ma'an Development Center. She would therefore like to know its position on this situation and the additional guarantees that the Government could take, regarding the necessary transparency of the allocation of public development assistance.

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