La Francophonie is a group of 88 member states and governments from five continents sharing French as a common language. These countries collectively have over 1 billion inhabitants spread across five continents, of whom 300 million are Francophones. La Francophonie’s main institution is the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).
Special attention is paid to women and youth, as well as access to information and communication technologies. The four missions of La Francophonie are to:
promote the French language, and cultural and linguistic diversity;
promote peace, democracy and human rights;
support education, training, higher education and research; and
develop co-operation aimed at supporting sustainable development.