Institut Français
EPIC | |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Product | French cultural and language education |
Key people | President: Pierre Buhler (2017-2020) |
Website | http://www.institutfrancais.com |
The Institut Français (French capitalization, Institut français; "French institute") is a French
Chaired by interim by its general director Erol Ok, who is assisted by Clément Bodeur-Cremieux, Secretary General,[4] the French Institute works closely with the French cultural network abroad consisting of more than 150 branches and nearly 1000 branches of the Alliance française around the world. The process of incorporating the cultural networks of a dozen diplomatic missions has been conducted from January 2011 to 2014 as an experiment: Cambodia, Chile, Denmark, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Georgia, Ghana, India, Kuwait, UK, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore and Syria (suspended due to the political situation in Syria.)
The government has entrusted the Institut Français with promoting
The Institut Français welcomes foreign cultural missions through the organization of "seasons" or festivals and cooperation with the countries of the south, including ensuring the management of the funds of "Fonds Sud Cinema" in partnership with the
It also provides training for newly formed missions and professionalization of staff of the international French cultural network.
History of French cultural institutes and centers
The first French institute, the Institut français de Florence, was established in 1907 in Florence by Julien Luchaire, with the help of the Faculty of Arts of Grenoble, followed by others would play an important role in the creation of deep cultural ties between France and other country.
Historically the French institutions established in the first half of the 20th century were committed to academic institutions, while the French cultural centers, usually created later in the second half of the 20th century or the beginning of the 21st century, were created by the French government. This difference does not exist anymore and cultural centers are now adopting the name of Institut Français.
Some institutions have a bi-national status, governed by a bilateral agreement between the governments, particularly in Guinea (Conakry),
The 143 French institutions and French cultural centers are institutions located outside France under the
They usually have, in the embassies of France which they depend on, a financially (but not legally) autonomous status. This also gives its director the status of authorising and being accountable for the budget devoted to the establishment (which is a grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from its own resources) and a reserve fund not limited to the year, which enables the creation of multi-year programs.
They are funded fully or partially by their own revenues raised by teaching French as official language or as a foreign language (depending on the countries) and sponsorship (for those with a genuine ambition in terms of cultural engineering).
Moreover, the
Today, French institutions and French cultural centers (RTCs) are essential levers for the development of cooperation between network professionals culture and education as well as for the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity.
Some international French institutes
Cultural institutes
In Europe
- Institut français d'Allemagne
- Institut français d’Ankara
- Institut français d'Athènes
- Institut français de Barcelone
- Institut français de Belgrade
- Institut français de Bilbao
- Institut français de Bratislava
- Institut français de Bucarest
- Institut français de Budapest
- Institut français du Danemark
- Institut français d'Écosse (Edinburgh)
- Institut français de Finlande
- Institut français de Florence
- Institut français d’Istanbul
- Institut français d'Italie
- Institut français de Lettonie
- Institut français du Royaume-Uni (London)
- Institut français de Madrid
- Institut français de Naples
- Institut français de Milan
- Institut français de Norvège
- Institut français de Novi Sad
- Institut français de Nis
- Institut français de Palerme
- Institut français de Pologne : Cracovie et Varsovie
- Institut français du Portugal
- Institut français de Prague
- Institut français - Centre Saint-Louis (Rome)
- Institut français de Roumanie (Bucharest)
- Institut français de Saint-Pétersbourg
- Institut français de Saragosse
- Institut français de Sarajevo
- Institut français de Sofia
- Institut français de Slovénie
- Institut français de Stockholm
- Institut français de Stuttgart
- Institut français d'Estonie (Tallinn)
- Institut français des Pays-Bas
- Institut français de Grèce (Thessalonique)
- Institut français de Thessalonique
- Institut français d'Ukraine (Kyiv)
- Institut français de Valence
- Institut français de Vienne
- Institut français de Zagreb
Outside Europe
- Africa
- Instituts français en Algérie (Algeria) at Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tlemcen
- Rabat-Salé and Tangier
- Institut français en Mauritanie (Mauritania) at Nouakchott
- Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill
- Institut français au Bénin at Cotonou
- Institut français en Côte d'Ivoire at Abidjan
- Institut français au Gabon at Libreville
- Institut français au Ghana at Accra
- Institut français au Soudan at Khartoum
- Institut français au Togo at Lomé
- Institut français en Libye at Tripoli and Benghazi
- Institut français en Tunisie at Tunis
- Institut français en Égypte at Alexandria, Cairo, and Heliopolis
- Institut français au Cap-Vert
- Institut français en République démocratique du Congo at Kinshasa
- Institut français au Congo at Brazzaville
- Institut français en Guinée équatoriale
- Institut français du Nigeria
- America
- Institut franco-chilien - Instituto chileno-francés at Providencia, Chile
- México
- Institut français au Canada
- Institut français aux États-Unis / French Institute Alliance Francaise
- Institut français en Haïti at Port-au-Prince
- Asia
- Institut français de Singapour at Singapore
- Institut français au Cambodge (Cambodia) at Battambang, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap
- Institut français en Chine (China) at Beijing (Pékin)
- Rangoon
- Institut français en Inde (India) at New Delhi
- antenna at Pondichéry
- Jogjakarta
- Institut français de Tel-Aviv (Israel) at Tel Aviv
- Institut français de Jérusalem - Romain Gary, Jérusalem
- Institut franco-japonais (Japan)
- Mission culturelle française au Liban (Lebanon) at Beirut (Beyrouth), Tripoli, Sidon (Saïda), Deir al-Qamar, Zahlé, Jounieh, Nabatieh, Tyre (Tyr) and Baalbek (Balbecq)
- Institut français en Irak at Baghdad and Erbil
- Institut français aux Émirats arabes unis at Abu Dhabi
- Institut français en Corée du Sud at Seoul
- Institut français au Vietnam
- at L'Espace, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
- at Ha Dong, Hanoi
- at Huế
- at Da Nang
- at Ho Chi Minh City
- at L'Espace,
Research institutes IFRE
- Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem (CRFJ) - Israël
- Centre français de recherche en sciences sociales (CEFRES) - Prague
- Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain (IRMC) - Tunis
- Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine (IRASEC) - Bangkok
- Institut français d'archéologie orientale (IFAO) - Le Caire (rattaché au MESR et non au MAEE)
- Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP) - Pondichéry
- IFRA-Nigeriaet IFRA-Nairobi
- Institut Français de Recherche en Iran (IFRI) - Téhéran
- Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) - Damas – Beyrouth – Amman
- Institut français d'Afrique du Sud (IFAS) - Johannesburg
- Institut français d'études anatoliennes Georges Dumézil (IFEA) - Istanbul
- Institut français d’études andines (IFEA) - Lima
- Institut français d’études sur l’Asie centrale (IFEAC) - Tachkent
- Maison Française d'Oxford(MFO) - Grande-Bretagne
Incidents
In November 2023, the Institut francais in Gaza was hit by an Israeli air strike amid the
References
- ^ Siegfried Forster, "CulturesFrance devient 'L’Institut français' et la culture s’élargit", RFI Afrique, July 21, 2010, updated July 26, 2010, (in French).
- ^ "LOI n° 2010-873 du 27 juillet 2010 relative à l'action extérieure de l'Etat (1) - Légifrance". Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ LOI n° 2010-873 du 27 juillet 2010 relative à l'action extérieure de l'Etat, 27 July 2010, retrieved 2019-02-18
- ^ "Notre équipe | Institut français". www.institutfrancais.com.
- ^ Dominique Vidalon (3 November 2023), French Institute in Gaza and AFP office hit by Israeli air strike Reuters.