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The Francophonie Festival, Making a Better World, was launched to celebrate the Francophonie Summit taking place in France on 4 and 5 October 2024.
The “Making a Better World” Francophonie Festival has been organized to coincide with the Francophonie Summit in France on 4 and 5 October 2024. Running from March to October, the festival will bring together a variety of projects, both in France and around the world, supported by cultural figures, entrepreneurs, researchers and international cooperation bodies, as well as schools and higher education institutions, local authorities and the network of Instituts Français and Alliances Françaises worldwide. The festival will end the first week of October, coinciding with the Francophonie Summit. Various artistic, cultural and economic events will be organized in Villers-Cotterêts and different locations in Paris, as well as numerous engagements with inspiring international Francophone personalities from the worlds of art, culture, research and entrepreneurship.
For the first time in 33 years, France will host the 19th Francophonie Summit – aka the “Villers-Cotterêts Summit” – on 4 and 5 October 2024.