Our Mission
- To promote Francophone language, cultural awareness, and French learning opportunities for the American public.
- To provide guidance and services to existing and new chapters: training, management, resources.
- To uphold the principles of good governance applying to the AF trademark worldwide.
- To act as a link between the French Ministry of foreign affairs, the Institut française in Paris, the Fondation Alliance Française, and the French Consulates General.
Our Core Values
- Excellence in learning standards
- Expertise and professionalization
- Constant innovation
- Mutual respect and sharing
- Equal opportunities and diversity
Our Training Objectives
- Organize annual staff training and meetings to ensure the continuous quality improvement of processes and services.
- Maintain a continuous presence on the field.
- Organize online training.
- Send teachers and directors to France for academic training.
Our Development and Digitalization Objectives
- To double the number of students in the next five years (Additional 5000 students annually).
- To connect half of the American chapters to an online platform by 2020.
- To make digital resources accessible to a greater number of members.
The Coordination is part of the Cultural Services in the US. It is run by a Coordinator and her deputy, appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Fondation Alliance Française in Paris.
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For more infomation, contact:
Marguerite BICKEL
Coordinatrice nationale
AF USA
