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 […]

Visit to the OECD / Visite à l’OCDE

On 1st October the Franco-British Young and Local Leaders were hosted at the OECD by Amélie de Montchalin, Ambassador of France, and Natacha Alexander, Ambassador of the UK, representing the two countries at the OECD, to discuss the work of the organisation and multilateral diplomacy. Le 1 Octobre les Young et Local Leaders franco-britanniques ont […]

Diner hosted by the British Ambassador to France / Dîner organisé par l’Ambassadrice britannique en France

On 26th September our Young Leaders and Local Leaders attended a dinner hosted by British Ambassador to France Dame Menna Rawling DCMG CVO to mark 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale. Le 26 septembre, nos Young Leaders et Local Leaders ont été conviés à un dîner organisé par l’Ambassadrice britannique en France, Dame Menna Rawling […]

Visit to the International Maritime Organization / Visite de l’Organisation Maritime Internationale

Today Young Leaders and Local Leaders visited International Maritime Organization in London to discuss multilateral diplomacy with French Ambassador to the IMO, Marine de Carné-Trécesson and UK permanent representative Ms. Rosie Seville. Ce matin nos Young et Local Leaders ont visité l’Organisation Maritime Internationale à Londres et ont rencontré l’Ambassadrice représentante de la France, Marine […]

Young Leaders – Day Four / Quatrième jour

For the fourth and final day of the Young and Local Leaders seminar, the group finished off their four-day programme with a visit to the “Francis Alÿs – Ricochets” exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery presented by the curator, Florence Ostende, Franco-British Young Leader 2022. Pour le quatrième et dernier jour du séminaire Young et […]

Young Leaders – Day Three / Troisième jour

On the third day of the seminar, the Young and Local Leaders visited the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The Young and Local Leaders were briefed on the UK-France defence relationship by Sam Bardwell, Deputy Head Europe at UK Ministry of Defence and Col Xavier Rival, Air and Space Attaché, French Embassy in London. Afterwards […]

Young Leaders – Day Two / Deuxième jour

On the second day of the Franco-British Young and Local Leaders seminar, the group took part in a panel discussion on current UK and French political issues with journalists at the Institut français. Gideon Rachman from The Financial Times, John Peet from The Economist, Amandine Alexandre from Le Fiagaro and Eric Albert from Le Monde […]