Monday in the presence of the Director of the Regional Office for the Caribbean and Latin American Countries (BRECAL), the ambassadors of Canada, France, Switzerland and the Caribbean Regional Director of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) took place the launch of the Fortnight of La Francophonie https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30233-haiti-news-zapping.html which takes place from March 9 to 20 in Haiti around the theme "La Francophonie of the future "

All local and international partners during this fortnight, which is a space for gathering, exchanges between peoples in the political, cultural, scientific and technical fields, offer quality activities to the Haitian community: competitions, conferences, exhibitions, film screenings, training workshops, days of sharing and cultural discovery that will be carried out in the metropolitan region and in several provincial cities.

Micronouvelles competition in French :

The theme of the micronouvelles on Twitter is My neighborhood, the world". It is intended for students regularly enrolled in an AUF member institution in Haiti.

Video competition :

The mobile video contest around the theme "Inventing a sustainable future!" "Is intended for students regularly enrolled at an AUF member institution worldwide. Videos must be shot and edited with a mobile phone.

Chat :

As part of this fortnight, the AUF-Caribbean organizes on March 19 at 10:00 am in partnership with the Collège Saint Louis de Bourdon, the Rotary of Pétion Ville and "Elles bougent", a sharing workshop involving women engineers and scientists with a remarkable and inspiring journey in order to destroy the clichés forged around engineering trades, traditionally attributed to the male sex.

Training on the use of French-speaking online resources :

The AUF's Caribbean Regional Directorate, through its French-speaking Digital Campus in Port-au-Prince, is organizing a training workshop on the Methodology for the Search for Scientific and Technical Information (MERIST) and access to French-speaking databases, from March 23 to 25, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Alliance Française des Gonaïves, located at rue Fabre Geffrard.

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