Events

L'Institut des Hautes Études du Développement Durable, organisme de formation professionnel de la Ferdi, et l’École Nationale de Statistiques et d’Économie Appliquée d’Abidjan organisent un webinaire pour présenter et échanger sur la formation hybride en science des données pour la mobilisation des recettes et la lutte contre la fraude.

Du 12 au 16 octobre 2026, les majors des onze filières du Cycle supérieur de la 60e promotion de l’École nationale d’administration (ENA) de Côte d’Ivoire sont accueillis au Pôle clermontois de développement international (PCDI) pour une semaine d’échanges sur les politiques de développement et l’action publique.

Yannick Bouterige, Research Officer at FERDI, attended the 2026 EITI Global Conference, which took place in Brussels on 8–9 October 2026. Held every three years, the conference brings together international stakeholders working to promote transparent and responsible governance of natural resources.

On Tuesday, 6 October 2026, the roundtable “The Challenges of Development Aid” brought together several speakers to discuss the current challenges facing development aid, with the participation of Matthieu Boussichas, Programme Officer at FERDI.

À la veille du 35ᵉ Sommet de l’élevage de Cournon, la Ferdi a organisé une table ronde consacrée à l’élevage dans les pays de la Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l’Afrique Centrale (CEMAC).

Anne-Marie Geourjon, Head of FERDI’s Taxation for Sustainable Development Programme, spoke at a webinar organised by Expertise France on 10 September 2026 as part of the FORCE project. The webinar focused on tax and customs issues in West and Central Africa. Her presentation examined the effectiveness of tax incentives for investment and the policy approaches needed to improve tax systems.

Joël Cariolle, Research Officer, took part in the roundtable held as part of the AFR-PsyPol study day on “New Technologies and Collective Action”.

At the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Forum Caisses des Dépôts et Consignations (Deposit and Consignment Funds) in Cotonou, Florian Léon, Research Officer at FERDI, took part in discussions on the role of public financial institutions in mobilising domestic savings and financing long-term economic development.

Third webinar in FERDI's series on Reconciling International Development Finance with the Financing of Global Public Goods.

Le 8 juillet 2026, Equipop et l'IHEDD-Ferdi ont organisé un webinaire intitulé «Genre et économie de la santé – Des approches liées pour une meilleure santé».

From 7 to 9 July 2026, the first edition of the West African Digital Transformations Forum brought together researchers, policymakers, private-sector representatives, civil society organisations and development partners in Cotonou, Benin.

Research seminar held on June 23, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., as part of the partnership between the Banque de France and FERDI.

FERDI and AFD partnered to organize a two-part webinar series on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Africa. These discussions explored the role of SEZs in the continent’s economic transformation strategies at a time when regional integration and the reconfiguration of global value chains were becoming increasingly important.

FERDI, in collaboration with the OECD, organized a webinar on 22 June to discuss the implications of declining aid budgets for the allocation of concessional resources by multilateral development banks to poor and vulnerable countries.

On Friday, June 19, the closing ceremony of the Savoirs Éco project took place in Tunisia. Coline Réal, who is in charge of the project at FERDI, attended the event in person to acknowledge the partnership and highlight the results achieved. The gathering marked the end of the project and underscored the quality of the collaboration among the various partners.