ABOUT US

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OUR MISSION

  • To promote Francophone language and culture awareness and French learning opportunities for the American public.
  • To provide guidance and services to existing and new chapters: training, management, ressources.
  • To uphold the principles of good governance applying to the AF trademark worlwide.
  • To act as a link between the French Ministry of foreign affairs, the French Embassy Cultural Services, the Fondation Alliance Française, and the French Consulates General.

YOUR CAN HELP US WITH :

Our training needs

  • To organize annual staff training and meetings to insure continious quality improvement of processes and services.
  • To maintain a continuous presence on the field.
  • To send teachers and directors to France for academic trainings.

Our development and digitalization

  • To double the number of students in the next five years (Additionnal 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 Delegation Générale is  partially financed by the French Government.

In the United-States, it is also a non-profit organization (501c3 status) representing the 108 Alliances Françaises chapters in the country.

It is run by two General Delegates appointed by the Minitry of Foreign Affairs and the Fondation Alliance Française in Paris.

Our Core values

  • Excellence in the standards
  • Expertise and professionnalisation
  • Constant innovation
  • mutual respect and sharing
  • equal opportunities and diversity

Your Contacts at the Délégation Générale:

Nelly SADOUN
Déléguée générale
Marguerite BICKEL
Déléguée générale adjointe
Oxana ROSENBERG
Secrétaire générale