Orléans (France)-Parakou (Benin) partnership week

Orléans-Parakou Partnership Week will take place from 20 to 29 November. The goal of this week is to introduce the inhabitants to the decentralized cooperation between the two cities that has been going on since 1993.

To this end, several exhibitions will be presented online, on the website of the Orléans city hall www.orleans-metropole.fr:

– Photo exhibition on the daily life in Parakou, available online from 20 to 29 November
– Exhibition on the Orléans Parakou partnership – review of the 2019 action program, available online from 20 to 29 November
– Exhibition of the drawings made by the children of Orléans from the associations ASELQO and ARBO and the children of Parakou from schools who participated in the drawing competition “Imagine Orléans / Imagine Parakou”, available online from 20 to 29 November

If you want to know more about these events, do not hesitate to contact the international relations department of the Orléans city hall (celine.cornier@orleans-metropole.fr or morgane.millet@orleans-metropole.fr).

With Alexandre HOUSSARD, Deputy of Mayor of Orléans.

Co-organised by the City Halls of Orléans and Parakou, associations ASELQO and ARBO, ROTARY and KEOLIS, together with: Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères, Agence de l’Eau Loire Bretagne, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Conseil régional Centre Val de Loire, Associations A.S.E.L.Q.O, La guilde européenne du Raid, ARBO, AFCCRE, CUF, CENTRAIDER, Université d’Orléans, CHRO, PS EAU, Ville d’ONO au Japon, Orléans Métropole, Ambassade de France au Bénin, Préfecture de la Région Centre et du Loiret.