CFI WOULD NOT BE CFI WITHOUT...
Its parent organisation
CFI is an agency of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. It receives a grant from this ministry as part of official development assistance (Programme 209).
Its parent company
Since 2017, CFI has been a subsidiary of the France Médias Monde (FMM) group, with which it shares synergies in terms of structure, resources and, above all, on-the-ground activities. More than one in three of CFI’s projects are carried out in partnership with FMM (the France Médias Monde Academy, the broadcasters, and the RFI clubs).
Donors
The agency has developed an active policy of seeking funding outside the MEAE, both at national and European level. The European Union (EU), Expertise France (EF) and the French Development Agency (AFD) are among its regular donors.
French partners
Many projects, three-quarters of them, are carried out with other partners, for example, the Centre for Media and Information Literacy (CLEMI), Reporters Without Borders, the Maison des Journalistes, Cartooning for Peace, the French National Research and Development Institute (IRD), CIRAD, the Institut français, the Tours School of Journalism, Brut Afrique and La Reponse.Tech, and Agence France-Presse.
At European and international level
CFI cooperates regularly with its counterparts at the German agency Deutsche Welle Akademie, the Swiss organisation Fondation Hirondelle and the German organisation Thomson Media. The agency is also an active member of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) and the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD).
CFI also collaborates with UNESCO, the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, the non-governmental organisations Internews, MiCT and Article 19, the International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM), and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)…
Local partners
The agency works with numerous local partners who, thanks to their presence on the ground and their close understanding of local realities, help to develop projects that promote development for and by the media. These include Inkyfada, the Lebanese Samir Kassir Foundation, the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), the pan-African organisation Africtivistes, the pan-African association Africa Check, the African Platform for Francophone Fact-Checkers, the Media Foundation for West Africa, the African platform for community media management Kalan Academy, media and information literacy associations in Cameroon (Eduk-Media), from Senegal (Polaris Asso) and Côte d’Ivoire (Bénévoles EMI), the Southern African women’s rights organisation Gender Links, the Togolese Centre for Web Observation and Analysis (Coaweb), and finally the Association for Integrated Development and Interactive Solidarity (ADISI) Cameroon.
Its teams
CFI’s 65 staff members and the local coordinators who bring the projects to life on a day-to-day basis.
CFI, an operator of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
CFI, a part of France Médias Monde