CFI’s funds come mainly from the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), in the form of state aid towards French development. The agency has orchestrated an active policy of fundraising from other sources, at both national and European level: the European Union (EU), either directly, or via Expertise France (EF), the French development agency (AFD) and the German cooperation agency (GIZ) are all regular donors.
Projects conducted in 2021 by the agency with European Union funding include the D-Jil project, to support media innovation and the creation of online content for young people in the Arab world. Another is EU-JDID, providing European support for the development of democracy and institutions in Jordan, and Safir, which supports the economic inclusion of young people in nine countries in Northern Africa and the Middle East.
Also with funding from the European Union, but via the agency Expertise France, the project Qudra 2 aims to improve access to information for Syrian refugees residing in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon. And likewise the project PRAVO Justice, which provides better insights into justice reform in Ukraine by reinforcing the media’s capacity to improve command of these themes.