Welcome to AFLEC
AFLEC, an association dedicated to education
The Association Franco-Libanaise pour l’Éducation et la Culture (AFLEC) was founded in 2000. A non-profit association governed by the French law of 1901, it is dedicated to promoting the French language in teaching, education and culture.
AFLEC’s aim is to educate multilingual citizens who can move easily between cultures in an international environment. We are committed to the values of secularism, tolerance and openness, in an ethical and humanist spirit.
LFBI-Malte is our 8th school. It joins a dynamic network in Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia, all proudly living by our motto “Three cultures, three languages”.
Here, those three languages are French, English and Maltese.
Our principles
Part of the French education network abroad
AFLEC-GEE is part of the worldwide network of French education abroad and is committed to the following principles:
Compliance
with French accreditation criteria and the laws of the host country.
Alignment
with the guidelines of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE).
Commitment
to the objectives of the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE).
Development
of partnerships with local schools and French schools abroad.
Since 1982
AFLEC-GEE history
- 1982
Rimah Hammoud opens the Collège Élite in Beirut.
- 1996
A second Collège Élite opens in Tyre.
- 2000
AFLEC is officially founded and its statutes are filed with the Paris prefecture.
- 2003
The Lycée Français International de l’AFLEC opens in Dubai and the Lycée Français International Théodore Monod in Abu Dhabi.
- 2004 – 2009
The École Française Internationale in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, joins the network.
- 2008
A temporary annex of the Lycée Français International Théodore Monod opens in Al Ain, Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
- 2011
The Lycée Français International de l’AFLEC in Dubai is extended.
- 2013
Secondary classes open at the Lycée Français International Théodore Monod in Abu Dhabi, and primary classes at ICE (International Concept for Education) in Dubai.
- 2014 – 2016
The schools in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Tyre are extended.
- 2021
The Saadiyat campus of the Lycée Français International Théodore Monod opens in Abu Dhabi.
- 2023
AFLEC takes over the Lycée Français International Victor Hugo in Djerba.
- 2025
The Lycée Français Bilingue International – Malte opens.
LFI Dubai opens its second campus, in Mudon.
The renovated LFI Théodore Monod campus in Bateen, Abu Dhabi, reopens.