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The French Institute of Estonia (estonian : Prantsuse Instituut Eestis, french : l'Institut français d'Estonie) was founded in 1992 in Tallin to promote cultural, scientific, academic and language cooperation between France and Estonia.

Présentation
The French Institute of Estonia is part of the French cultural network.

Since its creation, it is located at Kuninga, 4 in the heart of the old town of Tallinn.

The Institute was inaugurated on 14 May 1992 by Roland Dumas, French Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, in the presence of Jaan Minitski, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Märt Kubo, Minister of Culture and Rein Loik, Minister of National Education of the Republic of Estonia..

Coopération culturelle
L’Institut français d’Estonie (IFE) a pour mission principale de promouvoir la culture française sur le territoire estonien. Pour cela, il met en place de nombreuses coopérations culturelles et artistiques notamment dans les domaines des musiques actuelles, du théâtre, du cinéma, du design, de l’architecture, de l’urbanisme ou encore de manière générale dans toutes les industries créatives.

Promotion of french and francophone litterature
An online media library is available to the public since 2014: Culturethèque. This digital portal provides access to many resources in French throughout Estonia.

The Institute works closely with translators and publishing houses wishing to translate and publish French literature. Translators can submit an application for a grant from the Centre national du livre that will allow them to stay in France to carry out a translation project.

French Language
The teaching of French as a foreign language represents an important part of the Institute's activity; there are nearly 1000 registrations each year. The French Institute offers language courses for all levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), from A1 to C2. The Institute is an accredited official examination centre where it is possible to pass and obtain a French language certification such as DELF-DALF. The teaching of French at the Institute is certified by the Estonian Ministry of Education.

Academic and scientific cooperation
The Institute helps Estonian students and researchers when they are conducting research in France.

A space is dedicated to Campus France, in the premises of the IFE; it is an information centre for higher education and French courses in France. A permanence is held every week.

Digital cooperation
The creation of a post of cooperation officer for digital innovation in 2016 has made it possible to implement a strategy to promote French expertise in the field of digital and bring together decision-makers and civil society of the two countries.

This strategy has 3 objectives:


 * Raise awareness among the Estonian public of French expertise on promising digital issues in both countries (holding public events, publishing online content, activity on social networks)
 * Facilitate cooperation between French and Estonian decision-makers (organisation of delegation visits, events with local institutions)
 * Bring civil societies closer together and facilitate their cooperation

Directors of the French Institute of Estonia

 * 1991-1995 : Béatrice Boillot
 * 1995-1999 : Catherine Suard
 * 1999-2003 : Geneviéve Ichard
 * 2003-2007 : Jean-Louis Pelletan
 * 2007-2011 : Denis Duclos
 * 2011-2015 : Bernard Paqueteau
 * 2015- : Anne Chounet-Cambas