Institut Français

Institut Français
The Institut Français (French capitalization, Institut français; "French institute") is a French public industrial and commercial organization (EPIC). Started in 1907 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for promoting French, francophone as well as local cultures around the world, in 2011 it replaced the CulturesFrance project as the umbrella for all French cultural outreach projects, with an expanded scope of work and increased resources (Decree No. 2010-1695 of 30 December 2010, in response to the law relating to the external scope of the State adopted on 12 July 2010).
Chaired by interim by its general director Erol Ok, who is assisted by Clément Bodeur-Cremieux, Secretary General, 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 French culture abroad through artistic exchanges: performing arts, visual arts, architecture, the worldwide diffusion of French books, film, technology and ideas. Accordingly, the institute has developed a new scientific program for the dissemination of culture.
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 National Center of Cinematography and the moving image.
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), Guinea Bissau (Bissau), Mozambique (Maputo), Namibia (Windhoek) and Niger (Jean Rouch Franco-Nigerien Cultural Centre of Niamey ).
The 143 French institutions and French cultural centers are institutions located outside France under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and charged with promoting intellectual and cultural audiovisual cooperation between professionals, to present the French, Francophone as well as local traditional and contemporary art for all audiences (to begin with, with the young audience), to promote French higher education to foreign students and teachers and offer a complete range of courses and international examinations for the French language.
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 French research institutes abroad (IFRE) depend jointly on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the CNRS.
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
Instituts français au Maroc (Morocco) at Agadir, Casablanca, Fes, Marrakech, Meknes, Oujda, Rabat-Salé and Tangier
Institut français en Mauritanie (Mauritania) at Nouakchott
Institut français à Maurice (Mauritius) at Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill
Institut français Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal) at Dakar
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
Institut français d'Amérique latine at México
Institut français au Canada
Institut français aux États-Unis
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)
Institut français en Birmanie (Myanmar) at Rangoon
Institut français en Inde (India) at New Delhi
antenna at Pondichéry
Institut Français d'Indonésie (Indonesia) at Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, and Jogjakarta
Institut français de Tel-Aviv (Israel) at Tel Aviv
Institut français de Jérusalem - Romain Gary, Jérusalem
Institut franco-japonais (Japan)
Institut franco-japonais de Tokyo et Yokohama
Institut franco-japonais du Kansai at Kyoto
Institut franco-japonais du Kyushu at Fukuoka
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
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
Institut français de recherche en Afrique IFRA-Nigeria et 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
References
International organizations based in France
Organizations established in 2011
Cultural promotion organizations
Francophonie
International cultural organizations
Language advocacy organizations
Language education organizations