The Agence de coopération culturelle et technique (ACCT,

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

for ''Agency of cultural and technical cooperation'') was founded in 1970 and was the precursor to what is now the

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie The (OIF; sometimes shortened to the Francophonie, french: La Francophonie , but also called International Organisation of in English-language context) is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a ...

. Canadian Jean-Louis Roy was the first, and only,

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of the organization from 1989 until 1997.

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