Question 14604 — foreign policy

Summary

Ms. Claire O'Petit draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the bilateral aid for education devoted by France to sub-Saharan Africa and to the 17 countries designated as priorities for French development aid (ODA) by the Interministerial Committee for International Cooperation and Development, on which France has committed to focusing its efforts in terms of subsidies. According to the figures declared by France to the OECD Development Assistance Committee in terms of ODA for the year 2016, which are the latest data available, France has allocated 992 million euros ($1,133 million) in bilateral aid to education in developing countries this year. Of this total, 25.7% is directed to sub-Saharan African countries, 17.7% to ODA priority countries and 4.2% to the Sahel. Support for basic education systems, which includes preschool, primary and literacy as well as the acquisition of “basic” skills for adults according to the definition of basic education used by UNESCO, as well as by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, represents 13% of bilateral aid to education in sub-Saharan African countries and 25% in Sahel countries. In 2019, France will chair the G7. In this perspective, it has demonstrated the political will to lead with Africa the battle against inequalities and to launch a global push for education, of which it intends to take leadership. So that bilateral aid for education can respond to the most fundamental and urgent educational needs, it asks what measures will allow real prioritization of the poorest countries and basic education in bilateral education aid are now being considered. She would also like to know what commitments will be made, within the framework of the 2019 G7, so that France contributes, in coordination with the entire international community, including partner countries, to strengthening the capacities of the most fragile States in the design and implementation of educational policies.

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