The French Week (Semana de Francia) is a signature event that seeks to strengthen France-Dominican Republic business ties while celebrating the existing relationships. This year the presentations are centered around infrastructures. Concurrently with the event, the regional meeting of the French Counsellors for Foreign Commerce in Latin America will take place in Santo Domingo.
The theme for the 5th edition of French Week in Santo Domingo is “Responsible infrastructures, a development path.” French Week is about business meetings, exhibitions and this year there will be conferences on renewable energy, the environment and technological innovation. Workshops and B2B business meetings are organized by the French-Dominican Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFD) and the French Embassy in the Dominican Republic.
An exhibition with stands of French companies and a “Challenge CCIFD” competition organized for graduates of French educational institutions and university students are on the program.
This 2023, French congressional representative Eléonore Caroit is on the program, Acento reports. Caroit grew up in the Dominican Republic and is a dual national who did postgraduate studies in France that led to her beginning a congressional career.
Caroit is vice-president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly. She has taken a leadership role in the debates on the French position in the Middle East conflict.
The French Week in Santo Domingo will take place Tuesday, 14 to Thursday, 16 November 2023 at the Hotel Embajador. The annual event is also a space for cultural exchanges and celebrating French culture.
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9 November 2023