Francophonie week 2021 in Bishkek

Local news, 17.03.2021

The French Alliance in Bishkek, jointly with the Embassies of France, Switzerland, Belgium and the EU Delegation in Kyrgyzstan are happy to announce the week of the Francophonie, which will be held from March 23 to 28, 2021. The festival will include educational, cultural and entertainment events in online format.

Program of Francophonie 2021 © French Alliance, 2021

The “Francophonie Week” is the festival of the French language and cultures of the French-speaking countries, which is celebrated in the middle of March across the world. The organizers and partners have prepared a program for the broad public, which consists of 8 online events.  

French is the fifth language spoken in the world, the third language for business, spoken by more than 300 million people on five continents, and also is known as the language of diplomacy. 88 countries are members of the International Organization of Francophonie, in 29 of which French is the official language.

This year the Francophonie week will be launched in Bishkek on March 23 with the Swiss movie « Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard » (The game of love and chance) to be screened online at 17:30 in Zoom.  

Francophone Week includes various competitions of French song, dance, elocution and reading for children.

There will also be educational webinars: "Studying in France" (25 March at 11:00 am, webcast at Zoom) and "Studying at Francophone Universities" (25 March at 18:00 pm, webcast at Zoom).

The detailed program is presented below:

Local news, 17.03.2021

The French Alliance in Bishkek, jointly with the Embassies of France, Switzerland, Belgium and the EU Delegation in Kyrgyzstan are happy to announce the week of the Francophonie, which will be held from March 23 to 28, 2021. The festival will include educational, cultural and entertainment events in online format.

Program of Francophonie 2021 © French Alliance, 2021

The “Francophonie Week” is the festival of the French language and cultures of the French-speaking countries, which is celebrated in the middle of March across the world. The organizers and partners have prepared a program for the broad public, which consists of 8 online events.  

French is the fifth language spoken in the world, the third language for business, spoken by more than 300 million people on five continents, and also is known as the language of diplomacy. 88 countries are members of the International Organization of Francophonie, in 29 of which French is the official language.

This year the Francophonie week will be launched in Bishkek on March 23 with the Swiss movie « Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard » (The game of love and chance) to be screened online at 17:30 in Zoom.  

Francophone Week includes various competitions of French song, dance, elocution and reading for children.

There will also be educational webinars: "Studying in France" (25 March at 11:00 am, webcast at Zoom) and "Studying at Francophone Universities" (25 March at 18:00 pm, webcast at Zoom).

The detailed program is presented below: