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The FGEF is a collegiate instrument for intervention
The FGEF works through three interacting bodies
- An interministerial decision-making body: the steering committee,
- A consultative body: the scientific and technical committee,
- A operational body: the secretariat.
The steering committee is the FGEF’s decision-making body
It is chaired by the representative from the Ministry for the Economy (Directorate-General for the Treasury) and represents:
- the Ministry for Economy, Industry and Employment,
- the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs,
- the Ministry for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development , Transport and Housing,
- the Ministry for Higher Education and Research,
- the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Planning
- the Agence Française de Developpement, which also is in charge of the financial and administrative management of the FGEF.
The scientific and technical committee : the consultative entity
The twelve members of the CST are key figures who are recognised for their expert knowledge on economic, environmental and social issues in the focal areas covered by the FGEF. Their role is to:
- issue recommendations at the project identification stage,
- contribute to the project examination process and provide observations at the commitment stage,
- facilitate and produce studies on scientific and technical aspects of global environment issues,
- contribute to initiatives aiming to provide information and raise awareness on global environment issues among French and international partners.
The FGEF secretariat : the operationnal entity
The FGEF Secretariat is attached to the French Development Agency’s Directorate for Strategy, and shares its administrative, accounting and financial facilities and its network of local agencies.
- the Secretaire-General,
- one Biodiversity engineer
- one Climate change engineer
- one Biodiversity, Climate change, chemical pollutants
- one International water, land degradation and forests
- one Corporate and budget affairs officer
- one communication officer
- three management executives and assistants.

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