History
La Francophonie is an international movement whose goal is to build a space of solidarity founded on the principles of humanism, democracy and respect for the diversity of cultures and languages, ayant le français comme vector d'échanges interculturalls, de développement et de construction de la paix.
The members and sympathizers of the Francophonie share a common language, le français, the world language that is most widely spread internationally and most taught after English. Le rapport de l'Observatoire de la langue française (2018) estimates the number of speakers on 300 continents at XNUMX million.
REPERES SUR L'HISTOIRE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE
La Francophonie à l'échelle internationale began as an associative structuring in the 1960s, after the disappearance of the Communauté française (1958-1960). The first notable initiatives on the political level are the conferences of French-speaking ministers: first on National Education in 1960 (CONFENEM), then on Jeunesse et des Sports in 1969 (CONFEJEM).
La première intergouvernementale de la francophonie, l'Agence de coopération culturelle et technique (ACCT), is created à l`issue de la deuxième conférence intergouvernementale des États francophones, à Niamey, le 20 mars 1970. La convention qui crée l`ACCT It is signed by the representatives of 21 states and governments, under the influence of African state leaders: Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal, Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia, Hamani Diori of Niger and Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
The Francophonie project has not ceased to evolve since the creation of the ACCT, which became the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie in 1998. Finally in 2005, the adoption of a new Charter of the Francophonie changed the name cette structure dans l`Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), qui se développe sous ce nom jusqu'à nos jours.
L'Organisation internationale de la francophonie count, in 2022, 88 states and governments, including 54 members, 27 observers and 7 associates, distributed in 7 regions of the world (see l'organigramme de l'OIF).
Romania celebrates its 2023th anniversary of membership in the OIF in 30, in which it is not only a member, but also a État phare pour les francophonies de l'Europe centrale et orientale, don't le siège régional est à Bucarest. It is from this city that the regional representation of the OIF for this region (at REPECO) coordinates the 23 member countries, of which 7 are full members: Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Moldavia and Romania . In addition to these seven countries, 13 other countries have observer status (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine), and 3 have le statut d'associé (dont Cyprus et la Serbia).
