France Alumni day / Journée France Alumni

Today alumni of French government programmes including the Entente Cordiale scholarship programme and Young Leaders are taking part in the France Alumni day at the Institut français. Aujourd’hui, les anciens élèves des programmes du gouvernement français, notamment le programme de bourses Entente Cordiale et les Young Leaders, participent à la journée France Alumni à l’Institut […]

Young and Local Leaders cohort 2025 welcome Reception / Reception de bienvenue pour la promotion Young et Local Leaders 2025

Yesterday evening, the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Hélène Duchêne, and our chair in the UK, Lord Peter Ricketts, welcomed our new Young and Local Leaders based in the UK, kindly supported by Hakluyt. Hier soir, l’Ambassadrice de France au Royaume-Uni, Hélène Duchêne, et notre Président au Royaume-Uni , Lord Peter Ricketts, ont accueilli […]

2025 Local Leaders announced / L’annonce de la cohorte des Local Leaders 2025

The Local Leaders programme is dedicated to supporting the social mobility for young people in both countries. It brings talented individuals aged 20-30 from disadvantaged backgrounds who have demonstrated exceptional entrepreneurial qualities for the benefit of their communities. The Franco-British Council selected four new Local Leaders in 2025, bringing the network to 53 Local Leaders […]

2025 Young Leaders announced / L’annonce de la cohorte des Young Leaders 2025

The Franco-British Council / Conseil franco-britannique has announced 23 new Young Leaders for 2025 in the eighth year of its Young Leaders programme. This new cohort joins an alumni network of 176 Young Leaders who share the goal of working together across their sectors to shape the future of the Franco-British relationship. Members of the […]

Partnership with the Government of Jersey / Partenariat avec le gouvernement de Jersey

The Franco-British Council and the Government of Jersey are delighted to announce a new five-year partnership for the period 2025-2030 as part of working together to enhance Franco-British cooperation. The Government of Jersey will participate in all activities of the Franco-British Council including Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability, Defence, Science and Society, and with a […]

Young Leaders programme jury meeting / Réunion du jury de selection du programme Young Leaders

The jury for the Franco-British Young Leaders Programme 2025 met today and was chaired by both ambassadors Dame Menna Rawlings DCMG and Hélène Duchêne. We will be announcing the new cohort very soon. Le jury de sélection du programme Young Leaders franco-britannique 2025 s’est réuni aujourd’hui. Il était présidé par les deux Ambassadrices Hélène Duchêne […]

Visit to Dunkirk – Day Two / Visite a Dunkerque – Deuxieme jour

On day 2, a breakfast and a presentation was hosted by the Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque in their new building ÉcosystèmeD on the territorial industrial decarbonisation strategy and their DKarbonation project, in partnership with the Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque and local industrialists. Le deuxieme jour, notre délégation fut conviee a une petit-déjeuner et une […]

Visit to Dunkirk – Day One / Visite a Dunkerque – Premier jour

This week, the Franco-British Council visited Dunkirk as part of our work on energy, climate change and sustainability. We are grateful to the Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque for their help in organising this visit and to EDF Gravelines and ArcelorMittal for hosting us. On day one, our chair in France, Hervé Mariton, chaired a roundtable […]

Meeting with the British Ambassador and the Minister for Digital and AI / Rencontre avec l’Ambassadeur britannique et la ministre du numérique et de l’IA

On 6th February the Franco-British Young Leaders met with British Ambassador, Dame Menna Rawlings DCMG, and the Minister for Digital and AI, Feryal Clark MP. Le 6 février, les Young Leaders franco-britanniques ont eu l’honneur de rencontrer l’Ambassadrice britannique Dame Menna Rawlings DCMG et la ministre du numérique et de l’IA Feryal Clark.

“AI from the top, AI from the ground” conference, 5 Feb 2025 – Conference “L’IA d’en haut, l’IA d’en bas”, 5 fevrier 2025

On 5th February 2025, the Franco-British Council and Inria hosted a conference “AI from above, AI from below” in partnership with l’Institut George Pompidou and the Franco-British Data Society at the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty in Paris. This conference was organised ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit being hosted […]