La Francophonie

In 1968, the Heads of State of the Common Organization for Africa and Madagascar (OCAM or Organisation commune africaine et malgache) moved to create an organization for cultural and technical co-operation. By 1969, twenty-eight Francophone countries opted to set up such an organization and gave the Conference of Education Ministers a mandate to work out the practical aspects of the project. On March 20, 1970, twenty-one governments signed the document giving birth to the Agence de coopération culturelle et technique (ACCT), today known as the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie. The international Francophonie today embraces one in four countries in the world, bringing together 55 states and governments from five continents.

Albania
Belgium
Benin
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Canada - New Brunswick
Canada - Quebec
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Czech Republic *
Comoros
Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
France
French Community of Belgium
Gabon
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haïti
Ivory Coast
Laos
Lebanon
Lithuania *
Luxembourg
Macedonia (Former Yugoslavian Republic of)
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritius
Mauritania
Moldavia
Morocco
Monaco
Niger
Poland *
Romania
Rwanda
Sao Tomé and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Slovenia *
St. Lucia
Switzerland
Togo
Tunisia
Vanuatu
Vietnam *

* Observer countries

Total:
50 members
5 observers