Les pays membres de la Francophonie. Consciente de la nécessité d’un changement de paradigme, l’OIF cherche à construire avec ses États et gouvernements membres les fondements d’un nouveau modèle de croissance. Summit theme was “Information Technologies in Education”. This page was last edited on 10 May 2021, at 14:13. Revised Charter was implemented and Boutros Boutros-Ghali was appointed the first secretary general. French and English are also widely used. Its motto is égalité, complémentarité, solidarité ("equality, complementarity, and solidarity"),[1] a deliberate allusion to France's motto liberté, égalité, fraternité. By enabling the Heads of state and government to hold a dialogue on all of the international issues of the day, the Summit serves to develop strategies and goals of the Francophonie so as to ensure the organisation's influence on the world scene. C’est davantage un “espace” regroupant des pays, francophones à divers degrés, dans le monde. Every year the association coordinates the day of French language within International Organisations. Le site internet de la francophonie au Royaume-Uni est né de cette collaboration fructueuse. The Agency's headquarters are in Paris and it has three regional branches in Libreville, Gabon; Lomé, Togo; and Hanoi, Vietnam. In addition, they resolved to cooperate with the international community in protecting human rights. This conference also supervises the execution of the Summit decisions made by the ministerial conferences on a day-to-day basis, about the examination of the propositions of the budget distribution. Similar to the Commonwealth of Nations, the Francophonie has as its stated aims the promotion of democracy and human rights. [9], The Permanent Council of the Francophonie gathers the Ambassadors of the member countries, chaired by the General Secretary of the Francophonie and under the authority of the Ministerial Conference, its main task is to plan Summits. On television and online the audience of TV5Monde has grown rapidly. Guinée équatoriale. [48] Despite calls for a moratorium on the admission of new members,[49][50] each new Sommet de la Francophonie has witnessed the admission of batches of new members that have little, if anything, to do with the French language: Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Dominican Republic, the United Arab Emirates, Estonia and Montenegro in 2010; Qatar and Uruguay in 2012; Mexico, Costa Rica and Kosovo in 2014. It is also the legal seat of the Secretary General and is used by him as an administrative support. French is the native language of about 20% of all Swiss. Glasze, Georg (2007): "The Discursive Constitution of a World-spanning Region and the Role of Empty Signifiers: the Case of Francophonia." [56], Human rights and fundamental freedoms, despite having been declared "categorical imperatives" by Secretary General Boutros-Ghali in 1998, are routinely abused by many members states of the OIF. The agency also contributes to the development of the French language and to the promotion of the diverse languages and cultures of its members, while encouraging mutual understanding between them and the Francophonie. The Secretary General of La Francophonie, Abdou Diouf, was re-elected for a four-year term. Les requêtes doivent concerner des activités inscrites dans sa programmation et concourir à la réalisation de ses objectifs. L’IEPF, basé à Québec, Canada, est né en 1988 de la volonté des chefs d’État et de gouvernement des pays francophones de … Montreux Declaration on the vision and future of the Francophonie was agreed calling for the organization to take a role in global governance and to support sustainable development, food security and biodiversity and. This sharp increase in the number of member states, many of whom have only the remotest connection with the French language and culture, has been a matter of growing concern. Following the 3 November 2000 Déclaration de Bamako,[43] the Francophonie has given itself the financial means to attain a number of set objectives in that regard. Creole is the mother tongue. Education, like access to autonomy and information for all, begins with all children having access to a full primary education free of any inequality. L'OIF compte 54 membres, 7 membres associés et 27 observateurs ... (Cliquez sur la carte pour l'afficher en détail [pdf]) 54 membres. [10], The Ministerial Conference of the Francophonie gathers the foreign or francophone affairs ministers of member states and governments every year to ensure the political continuity of the Summit. Canadian Jean-Louis Roy was secretary of the Agence de coopération culturelle et technique from 1989 until the formal creation of the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie in 1997 with former Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali as the first secretary-general of La Francophonie. [46], The membership of the OIF has climbed from 21 in 1970 to 88 member states and territories in 2018. It reaches beyond native speakers of French; the majority of those who can receive it and part of its audience comprise viewers for whom French is not the mother tongue. In their 1996 study on the francophone space, linguists Daniel Baggioni and Roland Breton pointed out, alluding to the recent applications of Bulgaria and Angola to join the OIF, that only politico-diplomatic criteria could explain these odd extensions of the francophonie. An open letter signed by four former French ministers for international cooperation condemned this move, on one hand because it was taken unilaterally by the French president without consultation with the other member states of the organisation, and on the other because it disregarded President Kagame’s lamentable track record on human rights. The term francophonie (with a lowercase "f"), or francosphere (often capitalized in English), also refers to the global community of French-speaking peoples,[5] comprising a network of private and public organizations promoting equal ties among countries where French people or France played a significant historical role, culturally, militarily, or politically. Abdou Diouf, the former president of the Republic of Senegal, became Secretary General on January 1, 2003. [1][2][3], .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Participation suspended, Argentina has a large French community. Nearly 50 countries and governments from all five continents attended. It also recommends new members and observers to the Summit. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie is constituted by member sections representing 77 parliaments or interparliamentary organizations. Les premières initiatives notables sur le plan politique, sont des conférences d… former Belgian UN-protectorate. Furthermore, it follows the execution by the operators of the Francophonie of action plans elaborated by the Conference of the members using French as a common language It also favours the cooperation and strengthens the solidarity within the French-speaking communities, mainly towards the parliaments of the South. [9], The Summit, the highest authority in the Francophonie, is held every two years and gathers the Heads of states and governments of all member countries of the International Organisation of the Francophonie around themes of discussion. Heads of state and government expressed their support for the initiative to hold a global summit on the financial crisis and the reform of the international economic system. Marie Verdier, "La francophonie en pleine errance", "Cette langue porte les plus beaux mots du monde : la solidarité, la tolérance, le respect de la personne humaine, l’attachement à la diversité des cultures. It supports the French language, cultural and linguistic diversity, law and democracy, and the environment and sustainable development. The summit's main theme was economic cooperation, however the Heads of State and Government also agreed to focus their efforts on peace and conflict prevention in member countries. Empreinte écologique et biocapacité des pays membres de la Francophonie Les ressources naturelles: élément essentiel de l’économie L’empreinte écologique et le développement humain Explications des graphiques de la Francophonie IV 2 4 6 8 12 14 64 66 68 70 72 … [57][58] Given that during his 12-year tenure, President Chirac, dubbed Papa Afrique or Chirac l'Africain, had confided more than once that Africa was not ready for multipartism (l'Afrique n'est pas mûre pour le multipartisme) and was known for his close relationship with many entrenched African strongmen, calling Omar Bongo of Gabon, Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo, Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Congo, Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso "personal friends",[59][60] nothing came out of this declaration. At the national level, there is the problem of promoting the French language within the context of its co-existence with other partner or international languages in most member countries, especially in Africa.