page_title: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
section_title: Summits
hierarchical_section_title: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie / Structure / Summits
caption_attribution_description: English: Alignment flags of the Francophonie at the Global Forum of the French language, Quebec (July 2012) Français&#160;: Alignement des drapeaux de la Francophonie au Forum mondial de la langue française, Québec (juillet 2012)
context_page_description: The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, sometimes shortened to the Francophonie but also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English language context, is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a lingua franca or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones, or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
  The organization comprises 88 member states and governments; of these, 54 states and governments are full members, 7 are associate members and 27 are observers. The term francophonie, or francosphere, also refers to the global community of French-speaking peoples, comprising a network of private and public organizations promoting equal ties among countries where French people or France played a significant historical role, culturally, militarily, or politically.
  French geographer Onésime Reclus, brother of Élisée Reclus, coined the word Francophonie in 1880 to refer to the community of people and countries using the French language.
context_section_description: The Summit, the highest authority in the Francophonie, is held every two years and gathers the Heads of states and governments of all member countries of the International Organisation of the Francophonie around themes of discussion. It is chaired by the Head of state and government of the host country, and this person assumes that responsibility until the next Summit. By enabling the Heads of state and government to hold a dialogue on all of the international issues of the day, the Summit serves to develop strategies and goals of the Francophonie so as to ensure the organisation's influence on the world scene.
caption: Flags of the Francophonie members.
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