the international

cycles

cole nationale d administration

The Ecole Nationale dAdministration (ENA) was founded

by a government order of 9th October 1945, under the
auspices of General de Gaulle. ENA is a state administrative
establishment which trains top level civil servants, preparing
its students for careers in the highest ranks of the French
administration: the Conseil dEtat (State Council), the Cour
des Comptes (Court of Auditors), the Inspectorates (General
Inspectorates for Finance, for Administration, and for Social
Affairs) and the prefectoral, diplomatic, and overseas trade
promotion services. ENA also trains civil administrators and
counsellors in administrative tribunals and regional courts of
auditors, as well as administrators for the City of Paris.
The creation of ENA had a dual purpose: to standardize
the recruitment of civil servants destined for a wide variety
of careers previously accessible via separate competitive
examinations, and to ensure professional training of the
highest quality for these civil servants, who generally rise
to the highest levels of public service.
In addition, the aim of the school is to become the European
school of governance, at the crossroads of all new forms
of public management. Europe now represents a civil
servants natural field of action, and it is for the purpose
of emphasizing this European dimension that the major
part of ENAs activities have been grouped together in
Strasbourg.

contents
The Long International Course (CIL)

The International Advanced

Training Course (CIP)

The IRA International Course (CiIRA) 10

Entry procedure and selection
process for candidates on Long
International Courses

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Preparing for the tests

14

Pratical questions

16

Other Masters open

to foreign students

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The Executive Course

in European Studies (CHEE)

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International Courses Specializing

in Public Administration (cisap)

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The foreign Alumni network

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The recruitment of the French students is carried out through three

competitive examinations:
- the external competition, open to students who already hold a
university degree or equivalent;
- the internal competition, open to civil servants or public sector
employees with a minimum of four years service;
- the third competition, open to persons with at least 8 years
of professional experience in any sector other than the administration, or who have held office for at least 8 years as a member
of an elected regional body.
These competitive examinations are open to members of
the European community.
About 80 places are offered each year for these three competitions
combined (50% for the external competition, 40% for the internal
competition, and 10% for the third competition). French students
who were not civil servants prior to admission become so on entry.
ENA is a post-graduate school for practical training and its
students are civil servants who in future will be both experts and
managers. For this reason, a considerable part of the training
consists in internships, with teaching centred on long-term professional experience in the field. Teaching staff are chosen for their
expertise and experience in team management and change
management. Students are helped with the preparation of their
internships, and are thoroughly debriefed, notably by means of
group work and simulations.
At the end of their course the French ENA students are assigned to
a corps in one of the various institutions to which the school gives
access, after being interviewed by employers.
Training at ENA aims at a specifically international outlook, in parti
cular since the school has merged with the Institut International
dAdministration Publique (IIAP) in January 2002.
The international dimension of the school takes various forms, in
response to the needs of its overseas partners.
ENA training programmes for overseas students are complete and
diverse, addressing the needs of both young students and experienced civil servants. Two long courses are proposed each year
and take place mainly in Strasbourg. The Long International Course
(16 + 2 months1) and the International Advanced Training Course
(8 months) both conclude with an ENA degree and, for those
students enrolled, a Masters degree jointly organised with partner
universities. These are exceptional opportunities for foreign students
from all continents to share their experiences with French students.
Finally, short courses, tailored to specific needs or chosen from the
prospectus, take place in Paris and cater for civil servants who are
currently employed.

These study programmes, as well as other international adminis

trative co-operation programmes led by the School, cover all fields
of administration and state policy: reform and modernisation of the
state, civil service status, human resources management in the state
sector, relations with users, decentralisation and deconcentration,
management and public policy assessment, change management,
European and international affairs, judicial and legislative consultancy, good governance, budget and tax management, and so on.
ENAs bilateral and multilateral co-operation takes the form of
training courses which can be chosen among those listed in the
prospectus, or tailor-made. They may comprise high-level teaching
or technical instruction, administrative theory and the provision of
material.
ENA has established links with foreign partners all over the world, in
particular with schools and institutions for administrative training. It
supports its counterparts (schools or administrations in the process
of being set up, or restructuring) and takes part in all the international networks for research in comparative administration.
ENA also has a Multilateral Affairs and Calls for Tender Department
tasked with obtaining, managing, following up and implementing
multilaterally financed projects. Thus the School has been called on
to answer calls for tender financed by the European Commission,
the World Bank, PNUD, and the Regional Development Banks.
This prospectus describes the principle international courses offered
by ENA: the Long International Course (CIL), the Short International
Course (CIP), and the International Courses in Public Administration
(CISAP), as well as the International Course offered by IRA (CiIRA),
which are regional institutes of public administration.
It describes the programmes under way in 2013-2014, which may
be subject to changes in the students interest.
The international cycles are designed for foreign civil servants from
all countries and, to a limited extent, graduates intending to join the
civil service in their home country.
The European Governance and Administration Master (MEGA) is
a course taught in French and German, while the Cycle of post
graduate European studies (CHEE) is open to French and foreign
students from a variety of backgrounds (civil servants, elected officials, union officials, journalists, entrepreneurs and so on). The MEGA
and CHEE are subject to specific selection processes.
Watch a film on the website www.ena.fr of foreign students
giving feedback about their training at ENA (http://www.ena.fr/
index.php?/fr/actualites/Video-les-cycles-internationaux-de-l-ENA).

DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS ON OUR COURSES:

All students must undertake to comply with the French Republics laws and principles of living in society. ENA and IRA students are
expected to represent the public authorities and, as such, they must abide by the principle of neutrality and avoid wearing any symbols
or clothing that ostensibly point to a religious affiliation during their studies.
Foreign students at ENA and IRA have administrative cooperator status. Upon finishing the additional training they receive at the cole
nationale dadministration, our foreign students intend to take up a civil service post in their country or in an international institution.

To possibly write a Masters thesis and prepare for its oral defense.

THE LONG INTERNATIONAL COURSE

(CIL)
The Long International Course (16 + 2 months1) is open to overseas civil servants beginning their careers, to overseas public sector
agents, and in certain cases, to foreigners who have not yet gained professional experience but are set to join the civil service in their
home country. This course allows them to benefit from the same training as the French students at ENA, and in particular two internships,
one based on European Affairs and one on Regional Affairs (France).

1 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The candidate must:
- be a civil servant, a public sector agent, or, in exceptional
cases, not yet have gained professional experience but be
preparing for a career in the civil service for the benefit of his/
her home country
- hold a degree at Master 1 level or have completed an equivalent course
- occupy a high-ranking civil service post
- speak and write fluent French
- be fluent in English

-
Acquisition of tools and methods (obtaining and analysing
European documents) practical exercises in communication and
negotiation (researching ones position as a negotiatior; drawing
up documents)
- Preparation directly linked to the internship posting: lecture on
internships, meetings with mentors.
INTERNSHIP ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS (17 WEEKS)
Locations: European institutions, international organizations, French
permanent representations and embassies, French administrations.
POST-INTERNSHIP COURSES (6 WEEKS)

- pass the schools entrance examinations.

- European and international affairs: theory and learning activities

2 COURSE ORGANIZATION

- Theory and learning activities on legal affairs in relation to the

European theme

The programme for foreign students is as follows (for students

starting their course in December 2013; the order of modules may
change from December 2015):

These classes are often taught in the form of practical modules,

with individual exercises (writing notes on thematic dossiers) and
group exercises, writing tasks and simulation exercises.

- 1 month in December (year N-1) of preparation for the part in

common with French students
- 15 months in common with the French students from the three
competitive examinations (courses in Strasbourg and internships
in administrations in France or abroad)
- 2 additional months (April and May of year N+1) to write and
defend a final Masters Degree thesis.
The preliminary one-month period in December consists mainly of
classes in methodology, a review of basic subjects and modules as
part of the Masters Degrees available to students.
After this initial period, students on the Long International Course
along with their French counterparts who passed the entrance examinations, take two of the three modules comprising the common
core, Europe (European Affairs) and Territoires (Regional Affairs),
over the first fifteen months of a 24-month course.

ASSESSMENT AND TESTING: 2 DAYS

TERRITOIRES (REGIONAL AFFAIRS) (32 WEEKS)
PREPARATION FOR THE INTERNSHIP (2 WEEKS)
- Applied exercises in communication and negotiation (seminar
on crisis management; chairing a meeting)
-
Practical matters relating to the beginning of the internship;
meetings before students leave for their internship.
INTERNSHIP IN A PREFECTURE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY
(22 WEEKS)
POST-INTERNSHIP COURSES (7 WEEKS)

These two modules are built on the principle of complementarity

between internships and academic classes. The schedule is as
follows:

-
Theory and learning activities in territorial administration and
territorial public policies

EUROPE (27 WEEKS)

- Theory and learning activities on legal issues, economic and

social issues.

 ENERAL ORIENTATION AND PREPARATION FOR INTERNSHIP

G
(4 WEEKS)
- Negotiation seminar
- Orientation
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Note-writing on thematic dossiers is set alternately with roleplaying exercises (meeting simulations), round table discussions
and lectures. Part of the classes are taken jointly with students
from the Institut national dtudes territoriales (INET) in Strasbourg,
which trains territorial administrators.

To possibly write a Masters thesis and prepare for its oral defense.

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ASSESSMENT AND TESTING: 1 WEEK

Internships
Internships have a special place at ENA, and students spend
almost two thirds of the duration of their course on them. For
all students, whether French or from overseas, these internships
involve taking responsibility: they are not periods of observation.
Within the government department or organization to which he
or she is posted, the student is considered as a civil servant, with
the duties and obligations pertaining to that status. He or she is
put in charge of very varied jobs and missions, which will become
more challenging as he or she gains the trust of his or her mentor.

4 MASTERS OFFERED TO CIL STUDENTS

CIL students can register for one of the three high-level professional
Masters programmes.
These Masters, taken in addition to the training dispensed by ENA,
are taught in Strasbourg and last 18 months in total.
They begin in December of the first year, with an initial phase
during which the first part of the additional classes associated
with the Masters Degree chosen is taught, and end in May of the
second year. The last two months are given over to the second
phase of classes of the three Masters, and to writing and defending the thesis.

Internship postings are decided by the Director of the School

with input from the Director of Internships after a procedure
gathering students internship preferences.

In addition to taking and validating some of the modules taken

throughout the course at ENA, the Masters include further advan
ced classes organised by the academic partners in the chosen
subject, as well as methodology lessons.

The two internships provide an appropriate framework for the

discovery of different aspects of Administration, at the level of
Europe, the State or of local and regional authorities (regions,
departments and municipalities).

Students must also carry out research, which they present in a

thesis defended before a jury made up of their academic tutor,
a teacher from the university awarding the degree and an ENA
representative.

In a more general way, these periods allow the student to under

stand the life of the organizations in which he or she is posted
and to establish contact in social and professional settings which
are as diverse as possible.

PROFESSIONAL MASTER
IN COMMUNICATION IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

After the internship, the student is required to write a five-page

report which aims at the evaluation of the quality of his or her
work and the lessons which the trainee has learned from it.
Following a viva on the content of the internship and what the
student has learned, a mark for the internship is awarded is by an
examining board.

3 ASSESSMENT OF THE COURSE

Other than the marks for the internships, each module comprises
marks for individual and group exams, written and oral. Emphasis
is placed in the exams on using complementary competences
to resolve complex problems. Thus a single exam may call upon
several distinctly-taught subjects.
Diversity of practical action is the aim in drawing up the exam
papers, so that the various kinds of theoretical knowledge and
practical know-how to be acquired can be assessed in an appropriate way.
Students who have passed exams are awarded a CIL International
Diploma in Public Administration.
This diploma is awarded by the Directorate of the School on
the basis of all the tests and assessments undertaken by each
student. The pass mark is 10/20.

This Masters programme organized in association with CELSA

Paris IV-Sorbonne includes modules on political and public
communication, and theories of information, communication and
sociology. It also includes classes on public relations and relations
with the press, and qualitative and quantitative studies. Students
are finally required to write a thesis on an aspect of public or
political communication.
PROFESSIONAL MASTER
IN GENERAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
This Masters programme is organized in association with the
University of Strasbourg (UdS) and its Institute of political
sciences (IEP).
Students will follow additional module in economic and financial administration. The course is designed to provide participants
with complete and accurate knowledge in this field on a national,
European and compared basis. Additional lessons are provided
by a team of teachers from IEP Strasbourg. Students are finally
required to write a thesis on a topic of public administration.
Professional Master in Public action in Europe
This Masters programme is organised jointly with the University
of Paris 1 Panthon Sorbonne. The additional modules focus on
the analysis of public policies in Europe, and are taught by staff
from the University of Paris 1. Students complete their course by
writing a thesis on a subject to do with public policies or public
action.

5 SCHEDULE
Year

Date

Year N-1

December

Location

Preparation for the part in common with French students;

Masters specialization courses
School
in Strasbourg

January

February
to end of March
Year N

France, European
Union, Abroad

End of Mai to
beginning of July
Mid-July

School
in Strasbourg

April
Mai

ENA course ranking tests; Masters methodology courses

Summer holidays

France

End of January
to Mid-March

Year N+1

Internship on European affairs

Preparation for the internship in a prefecture or local authority

August

Mid-March
to end of March

Beginning of school for French students; validation of the

Masters thesis subject; written exams for the professional
masters in communication in public institutions and
in general public administration

European and international affairs: theory and learning activities;

Examining board for the internship on european affairs

Mi-July
to end of July

End of August
to end of January

Content

Internship in a prefecture or local authority

Courses on regional affairs; Examining board for the internship
in a prefecture or local authority

School
in Strasbourg

Examinations
Last Masters specialization courses; Masters written exams
Beginning of May: deposit of the masters thesis;
End of May: oral defense of the masters thesis

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THE INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED

TRAINING COURSE
(CIP)
The International Advanced Training Course (8 months) allows experienced civil servants holding positions of responsibility to familiarize
themselves with all facets of public management in France and in Europe. The aim of the course is to favour comparative approaches
and pool experience, particularly during the core course of five months with the French administrators. This course offers an overview
of the French administrative organizations, the reforms and modernization of the State and the implementation of public policy. It fulfils
training needs identified by overseas Administrations which wish to task their executives with missions linked to France or to the European Union. This qualifying course is taken in addition to two Masters programmes.

1 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The candidate must:
- be a civil servant or a public sector agent
- hold a degree at Master 1 level or, in exceptional cases, have
completed an equivalent course
- have a sufficient professional background (minimum 5 years)
to share experience with French and foreign colleagues
- hold a position of responsibility
- speak and write fluent French
- be fluent in English
- pass the schools entrance examinations.

2 COURSE ORGANIZATION
The course lasts 8 months and takes place in Strasbourg.
It includes:
A PREPARATORY PERIOD (11 WEEKS)
This part of the course aims to update and consolidate participants knowledge of contemporary France (institutions, politics
and administrations; social affairs; basics of economy and public
finance; important issues in current affairs), and also their know
ledge of Europe and of fundamental geopolitical issues.
The lessons are organized around a common core courses and
two specialized courses in connection with the proposed Masters
(see below): one focused on issues of international relations and
the other on public management.
Different formats are offered: seminars, panel discussions, simulations, comparative workshops, case studies, collaborative work...
The teaching of French, which is directly linked to the themes
covered during the course, also plays an important part, as does
methodology. Emphasis is laid on an intercultural approach, which
must allow students to get to know each other better and to share
their experiences. Study visits are also organized. This period thus
has a threefold objective: to create a common base of knowledge
and a shared culture, to increase knowledge and skills in specialty
areas, and to prepare to work in common with the French students
during the second part of education.
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AN INTERNSHIP IN A CENTRAL OR DEVOLVED ADMINISTRATION

(7 WEEKS)
Overseas students are placed in a sector of the French administration, the functions of which are similar to those of their home
administration. Internship locations are thus diverse. The aim of
this part of the course is for students to compare working methods
and decision-making procedures in an administration parallel
to their own and to participate directly in administrative work.
During this internship, students must demonstrate their ability to
adapt, analytical skills, sense of human relations and ability to
work in a new environment.
Postings are decided by the Director of the School, with input from
the Director of Internships, after a procedure gathering students
internship preferences.
At the end of the internship each student submits a 5-pages report
by which the work submitted and lessons learned from the experience can be assessed. A jury appointed by the School Director
awards a mark and attaches an assessment commentary to this.
PERIOD IN COMMON WITH FRENCH CIVIL ADMINISTRATORS
(13 WEEKS)
This period constitutes a phase to deepen the knowledge and to
exercise analytical and prospective thinking. Work takes place in
small groups and with non-ENA high-ranking French civil servants
recruited by lateral entry. These are appointed by the government,
on the recommendation of a selection committee, to a corps otherwise recruited among ENA graduates, in the proportion of 6 to 9.
On appointment, they participate in an ENA training programme
corresponding to their previous professional experience and to the
special skills and aptitudes required by their new responsibilities.
This common study period allows students to acquire the
practical knowledge necessary for exercising missions linked to
high-ranking posts in the administration. It is a unique opportunity
for the exchange and sharing of ideas and experience, in particular
through group work.
This period includes:
Broad teaching modules, with a particular focus on:
- european affairs
- international issues and the position of France in the world
- public management, the roles and responsibilities of senior
officials, management of human resources
- the modernization of the State, and the tools used by management and public authorities
- territories and public policy
- economic and financial affairs.

Teaching formats are varied: conferences, round tables, negotiation

simulations, crisis management, media-training, small workshops,
case reviews. The noteworthy speakers are mostly senior officials,
but also French and foreign personalities of leading consultants,
academics, representatives of major local authorities...
group works, in which each student contributes to, aimed at:
-
encouraging the sharing of international experience and
collaborative work
- implementing both written and oral communication skills of
students.
a social module including:
- lectures on the major issues and the means of applying public
policy in the economic and social field
- a short internship in an organization with a social purpose
(association or public structure) allowing students to make
contact with different welfare applicants (housing, immigration, work and social integration, disabilities).
c lasses in French as a foreign language and in the methodology of drafting administrative documents:
- to provide the tools to perfect both written and oral interventions in French
- teaching methods and exercises to Master the techniques
of composition and business writing, to improve style and
readability.

3 ASSESSMENT
An examination board, appointed by the Directorate of the School,
interviews each student from the CIP at the beginning and end of

the course in order to analyse his or her profile and to guide him
or her in his/her choices according to his/her competences, and
to evaluate the correlation between the training project and its
implementation.
Assessment is based on written examination, the mark awarded
and assessment for the internship and a viva with the examination
board. Attendance is also taken into account.
Students who have passed exams are awarded a CIP Interna
tional Diploma in Public Administration.
This diploma is awarded by the Directorate of the School on
the basis of all the tests and assessments undertaken by each
student. The pass mark is 10/20.

4 MASTERS OFFERED TO CIP STUDENTS

Students registered on this course have the possibility of studying
for a masters in one of two special areas: Administrations
and international affairs or Administrations and public
finance . These masters programmes are jointly run with two
renowned partner universities: University of Paris 1 and University of Strasbourg. These programmes will be presented in detail
to the students when entering the school in Strasbourg.
These Masters operate on the basis of the validation of part of the
taught course and the internships comprised in the initial training
period, to which are added teaching modules which are specialized according to the thematic orientation of the chosen Masters.
N.B: all classes are taught at ENA in Strasbourg.
Students must write a professional thesis, under the supervision of
a tutor, and defend it at a viva by the beginning of July in year N.

5 SCHEDULE
Year

Date

Location

December
to February

School
in Strasbourg

Preparatory phase: contemporary France,

the French civil service, Europe...
Specialized courses:
- Administrations and International Affairs
- Administrations and public finance

March - April

France

Internship in a public administration

End of April end of July

School
in Strasbourg

Common core with the French students

on the Advanced administrators

Year N-1

Year N

Content

The international cycles

The IRA international course

(CiIRA)
Created from 1971 on, Frances five Regional Institutes of Administration (IRA) based in Bastia, Lille, Lyon, Metz and Nantes train administrative attachs, the administrators that form the backbone of the French civil service. Civil servants working in general administration,
attachs occupy management posts in a wide variety of areas: human resources management, finance, studies in legal, economic or
social fields. They play active roles in managing change in a civil service that is in flux and they are trained in all the different methods
of working and action in the public administration: management by objectives, team supervision and leadership, project management,
networking, quality approach
Each IRA takes 130 students each year recruited by different competitive entrance examinations.
In 2012, the IRA introduced a new 8-month course, the IRA international course, or CiIRA.

1 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

3 COURSE ORGANIZATION

Applicants must:
- be civil servants or public sector officers,

The course takes place in one of the five IRA - Bastia, Lille, Lyon,
Metz or Nantes - over a period of 8 months, from September of
year N to April of year N+1.

- have a degree at Masters 1 level or have completed an equivalent course

It is divided up as follows:

- have at least some professional experience,

A 6-MONTH INTRODUCTORY PHASE (September to February)

- speak and write fluent French,

- pass the joint ENA/IRA entrance examinations which require
a good knowledge of the French administrative system and the
European institutions

2 OBJECTIVES OF THE TEACHING MODULES

- To become acquainted with public service culture: the rights
& duties of the civil servant, ethics, values, internal codes and
customs
-
To acquire a grasp of the practices of public administration
through its managers, its issues and an across-the-board thematic approach to public policy (budgetary frameworks, accounting,
financial analysis, consistency in public policy)
- To appropriate the positioning and the role of the public service
manager (basics of interpersonal communication, project management, operational management,)
These objectives are also those of the initial training given to
French trainee attachs, who have passed the IRA competitive
entrance examinations and who are destined to hold administrative management posts and responsibilities in ministerial departments in Paris or in ministries local branches and field services
throughout the country.
The course alternates teaching in the Institutes and periods in
professional settings (internships in administrative departments or
services).

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This phase includes 4 months of teaching at the Institute and a

7-week internship in an administrative department.
This phase of the course is a common core also followed by the
Institutes trainee attachs, but it can also be individualized with
modules from the continuing education offer in order to be more in
tune with the students initial training and career so far.
- The 4 months of teaching (September/October, then January/
February) at the Institute are intended to enable students to acquire the basic knowledge, know-how and personal skills needed
to operate as an administrative attach through the appropriation
of the public service culture, the practices of public administration
and a mastery of the managerial skills required by the management position and role.
- The 7-week internship (November/December) takes the form
of an immersion in a professional setting, namely a department
in the French civil service (central government departments,
Prefectures, other ministries local branches and field services,
local government organizations, public-sector institutions...).
The department where the internship will be carried out will be
decided in consultation with each student, taking into account
his or her career plans and previous experience.
AN EXTENSION PHASE (March to April)
This phase, providing the opportunity to extend and deepen the
students knowledge, is also followed by all the trainee attachs.
The teaching content in this phase covers one of following professional fields, at the students choice:
- Ministerial departments,
- Ministries local branches and field services,
- School and higher education administration.

4 ASSESSMENT
Students are assessed at the end of the course. Students will
receive a certificate stating that they have passed the CiIRA training
course on completion of the course.
The opportunity to complete this cycle by obtaining a Master in
the partner universities of the IRA will be considered on a case
by case basis.

5 TUITION FEES
The tuitions fees for the CiIRA course are 4,000. The student
should add general living expenses to this amount. Bursaries may
be available from national or international institutions, public or

private, or from the government presenting the applicant. Bursaries

may also be applied for from the cooperation and cultural action
department (SCAC) of the French Embassy in the students home
country.

6 HOW TO APPLY
The same application form is used for all the ENAs international
courses. It is therefore necessary to indicate on the form which
course has been chosen (CiIRA). Application forms should be deposited with the SCAC of the French Embassy in the applicants home
country.
Application forms are available from the SCAC at French embassies or online on the ENA and IRA websites.

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ENTRY PROCEDURE AND SELECTION

PROCESS FOR CANDIDATES ON ENA
AND IRA LONG INTERNATIONAL COURSES
1 PRESENTATION OF THE ENA-IRA COURSES
Courses

Duration

Dates

16 months

LONG INTERNATIONAL
COURSE
(CIL)

- initial phase: 1 month

December (year N)

- 15 months, common

core with French
students (internships
+ classes)

January (year N +1)

to March (year N+2)

- 2 months (optional)
to write and defend
a masters thesis

April-May (year N+2)

8 months

INTERNATIONAL
ADVANCED TRAINING
COURSE
(CIP)

- Initial phase: 3 months

- 5 months, common
core with French
students (internships
+ classes), masters
thesis preparation
included

December (year N)
to February (year N+1)
March to July
(year N+1)

8 months

INTERNATIONAL
COURSE
(CiIRA)

- 6-month,

introductory phase

- 2-month,
extension phase

September (year N)
to April (year N+1)

Target audience
Young civil servants from abroad or
exceptionally foreign students at the
end of their studies intending to go
into the civil service in their home
country
Common core with the initial training
of French ENA students (15 months)

Experienced foreign civil servants

Common core with French
civil servants on the Advanced
administrators course (continuing
education course, 5 months)

Young or already experienced foreign

civil servants
Common core French trainee attachs
who have passed the IRA entrance
examination (8 months)

2 THE VARIOUS STAGES IN THE SELECTION PROCEDURE

DECEMBER: THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE SENT BY ENA TO THE EMBASSIES:
- application forms to be filled in by the candidates
- shortlist forms to be filled in by the Embassy
- prospectuses on the ENA and IRAs international courses

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- the selection tests: - written test

- test of knowledge and reasoning

-
the specialization test in International
relations and Administration and Public
management.

JANUARY: SHORTLISTING BY EMBASSISES

T HE APPLICATION FORM AND TWO PAMPHLETS
ON INFORMATION AND PREPARATION ARE SENT TO CANDIDATES
PRESELECTION INTERVIEWS WITH CANDIDATES
The selection board is made up of five qualified people.
The aim of the interview is to ascertain that the candidate has
the requisite intellectual ability and personal qualities profitably to
follow the course(s) for which he or she has applied and to take on
responsibilities afterwards in the civil service. Questions will centre
on the candidates knowledge, motivation, experience, his or her
career plan (cf. the various sections on the pre-selection form).

NB: some candidates living in France take the test in Paris. They
must however contact the French Embassy in their home country
to inform them of their candidacy and possibly request funding.
Candidates from international organizations should contact the
French embassy in which their organization has its headquarters.
FEBRUARY: SHORTLISTED DOSSIERS ARE SENT TO ENA
FEBRUARY - 31st MARCH
Exams are corrected. Dossiers are examined along with exam
results by the Directorate of International Relations at ENA.
Candidates to be invited to the oral exams are selected.
APRIL - MAY

TESTS
The three tests are compulsory for all candidates. The exams takes
place on one half-day, and take four hours. No documents are allowed.
For reasons of confidentiality, examination papers must not in any
circumstances be taken away from the examination hall.
- Test of written expression
All candidates take a written test in French (an example of this
test can be found in the prospectus on international courses).
The aim of this test is to ensure that the candidate is sufficiently
fluent to benefit fully from the course.
Duration: 1 hour.
- Test of knowledge and reasoning
The aim of this test is to evaluate basic knowledge by a series
of questions requiring precise answers. The capacity to reason
and argue a point is examined by means of an essay question,
chosen among a number of options.
Duration: 2 hours.
- Specialization test

Test of advanced knowledge. Students may choose between
International Relations and Administration and Public management. The aim of this test is to assess knowledge in a specific
domain by means of multiple choice questions and a short essay
questions.
Duration: 1 hour.

Selection interviews in the Embassies of shortlisted candidates, by

ENA, or by video conference from ENAs centre in Paris.
For candidates who have taken the exams in Paris, interviews take
place at ENAs centre in Paris.
Candidates interviewed must state whether or not they wish to
follow one of the three Masters offered by ENA in collaboration
with its partner universities.
JUNE
Final meeting of ENAs and IRAs selection boards, chaired by the
Directors, who validate the list of candidates to be offered a place.
Candidates are informed of the results via their Embassy.
On reception of the results, the Embassies contact candidates who
have been offered a place. They also contact CAMPUS FRANCE in
order to organise bursaries.
Candidates offered a place must confirm to ENA whether they wish
to follow the course for which their application has been successful, and must, if applicable, indicate the Masters programme they
wish to take.
There is no per country quota: only the intellectual and personal
value of the individual is taken into account in the decision to
offer a place.

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PREPARING FOR THE TESTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Admission to the ENA and IRA international courses is selective.
To increase your chances of success, it is essential that you prepare for the entrance examinations (www.ena.fr). Furthermore, given that you
will be studying alongside French students and carrying out internships in positions of responsibility, you must also refresh your knowledge
of France and its institutions and the European Union and its institutions by consulting the bibliography or using the links that you will find
below.
Finally, to pass the oral examinations, you will need to demonstrate that you have a perfect knowledge of the history, geography, economics
and the political and administrative institutions of your home country and demonstrate a sense of curiosity and interest in the societal issues
facing the world today.

WORKS
1) Political Institutions
CHEVALLIER Jean-Jacques, CARCASSONNE Guy, DUHAMEL Olivier, Histoire
des institutions et des rgimes politiques de la France T. 2, Histoire de
la Ve Rpublique, 1958-2012, 14e d., Paris, Dalloz, 2012, 642 p.
F ORMERY Simon-Louis, La Constitution commente article par article,
2013-2014, 16e d., Paris, Hachette suprieur, Les Fondamentaux, 2013,
175 p.
GRANDGUILLOT Dominique, Lessentiel des institutions politiques et
administratives de la France, 2012-2013, 9e d. jour de la rforme des
collectivits territoriales, Paris, Gualino Collection Les carrs, 2012, 142 p.
PACTET Pierre, MELIN-SOUCRAMAMIEN Ferdinand, Droit constitutionnel,
32e d., Paris, Sirey, Collection Sirey universit, 2013, 654 p. PARAITRE
Site du Conseil constitutionnel :
www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/
la-constitution/la-constitution-du-4-octobre-1958/
la-constitution-du-4-octobre-1958.5071.html

2) Administrative law
ROUAULT Marie-Christine, Lessentiel du droit administratif gnral,
2013-2014, 11e d., Paris, Gualino, Collection Les carrs, 2013, 144 p.
Weil Prosper, Pouyaud Dominique, Le droit administratif, 24e d. mise
jour, Paris, PUF, Que sais-je ?, 2013, 127 p.

3) Local government
BOEUF Jean-Luc, MAGNAN Manuela, Les collectivits territoriales et la
dcentralisation, 5e d. Paris, La Documentation franaise, 2009, 174 p.
BOUVIER Michel, Les finances locales, 15e d. Paris, LGDJ, Collection
Systmes, Collectivits locales, 2013, 315 p.
G
 irardon Jean, Les collectivits territoriales, 2e d. Paris, Ellipses, Collection Mise au point, 2011, 223 p.

4) Public service
PEISER Gustave, Droit de la fonction publique, 21e d. Paris, Dalloz,
Collection Mmentos Dalloz, Droit public-science politique, 2012, 200 p.
Ministre de la fonction publique, Direction gnrale de ladministration et de la fonction publique (DGAFP), Rapport annuel sur ltat de la
fonction publique 2011-2012. Paris : La Documentation franaise, 2012
http://www.fonction-publique.gouv.fr/publications/rapport-annuel-0.

5) The European Union and the French Administration

Clergerie Jean-Louis, Gruber Annie, Rambaud Patrick, LUnion europenne, 9e d. Paris, Dalloz, Collection Prcis Dalloz, Droit public-science
politique, 2012, 928 p.

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DOUTRIAUX Yves, LEQUESNE Christian, Les institutions de lUnion europenne aprs le trait de Lisbonne, prface de Jacques Ziller, 8e d. Paris,
La Documentation franaise, Collection Rflexe Europe, 2010, 213 p.
S AURON Jean-Luc, LANCERON Virginie, Ladministration nationale et
lEurope: acteurs nationaux et dcisions communautaires, prface de
Jos Manuel Barroso, Paris, La Documentation franaise, Collection Rflexe
Europe, 2008, 126 p.

6) Frances role in the world and its means of economic

action
France 2025 : diagnostic stratgique : tat des lieux 2008, Premier
ministre, Secrtariat dtat charg de la prospective, de lvaluation des
politiques publiques et du dveloppement de lconomie numrique, avril
2008. Paris, La Documentation franaise, 2008, 267 p.
http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/rapports-publics/084000246/
index.shtml
S ous la dir. de Gauchon Pascal, Huissoud Jean-Marc, Vive la France
quand mme ! Les atouts de la France dans la mondialisation, Rapport
Anteios 2011. Paris, PUF, Collection Major, 1242-4935, 2010, 346 p.

7) Public finance
ARKWRIGHT Edward, BUF Jean-Luc, COURRGES Ccile, et al., Les finances
publiques et la rforme budgtaire, 6e d., Paris, La Documentation franaise,
Collection Dcouverte de la vie publique, 2012, 183 p.
BARILARI Andr, BOUVIER Michel, La LOLF et la nouvelle gouvernance
financire de ltat, 3e d. Paris, LGDJ, 2010, 261 p.
Mordacq Frank, Les finances publiques, 2e d. mise jour, Paris, PUF, Que
sais-je ?, 2012, 127 p.

8) International
Boniface Pascal, Vdrine Hubert ; cartographie de Magnier Jean-Pierre,
Atlas du monde global. Nouvelle d. revue et augmente, Paris, A. Colin,
Collection Fayard, 2010.
Lefebvre Maxime, Le jeu du droit et de la puissance : prcis de
relations internationales, 4e d., Paris, PUF, Collection Major, Service public 2013, 632 p. PARAITRE
VASSE Maurice, Les relations internationales depuis 1945, 13e d., Paris,
A. Colin, Collection U, 2013, 320 p.

9) french language
Abbadie Christiane, Chovelon Bernadette, Morsel Marie-Hlne, Lexpression franaise crite et orale, B2-C1 : renforcement pour lexpression crite et orale, grammaire et style, Saint-Martin-dHres, PUG, 2008,
243 p.
K
 adyss Roselyne, Nishimata Aline, Rdiger avec succs lettres, e-mails
et documents administratifs : le style administratif, lettre, e-mail, note
administrative, note de synthse, compte rendu, procs-verbal, rapport,
arrt, circulaire, communiqu de presse et avis, dcision, bordereau,
livre de bord... , 5e d., Paris, Gualino, Collection Les carrs, 2012, 216 p.

INTERNET SITES
T he Government Portal presents the outlines of government
policy by theme, gives reference information (minutes of the
Council of Ministers, Prime Ministers speeches) and information
about the Office of the Prime Minister: www.gouvernement.fr
T he Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs presents on
its website information about France under the following
headings: France, France in Europe, France in the world,
Current Affairs, Foreign Policy, and Coming to France:
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
 Service public (public service) is the key internet site
for the French administration. It offers various headings:
a directory of the administration, online services and downloadable forms, information on administrative procedures, etc.
www.service-public.fr
T he library of public reports: free access to major reports is
provided on all aspects of public policy:
www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/rapports/index.shtml

Vie publique allows the public to follow the development

of public policies and dossiers on institutions and the main
reforms in progress: www.vie-publique.fr
The CAMPUS FRANCE site gives general information on oppor
tunities for training in France for students, researchers and
professionals from overseas. The site includes useful information to find a host establishment, carry out the necessary
procedures before leaving and organising accommodation:
www.egide.asso.fr
www.elysee.fr/www.assemblee-nationale.fr/www.senat.fr/
www.legifrance.gouv.fr/www.insee.fr/http://europa.eu/
index_fr.htm/www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr
Parliamentary assemblies website: www.senat.fr and www.
assemblee-nationale.fr
and also: www.ladocumentationfranaise.fr/www.elysee.fr/
www.legifrance.gouv.fr/www.insee.fr/www.ccomptes.fr/
www.acteurspublics.com/www.performance-publique.
budget.gouv.fr
European Union: www.Europa.eu and www.europal.europa.eu

ENAs site: www.ena.fr

The previous years examination tests can be downloaded here:
http://www.ena.fr/index.php?/fr/formation/Cycles-internationaux/tests-de-selection

NUMBERS OF STUDENTS TAKING INTERNATIONAL COURSES AT ENA FROM 1949 TO 2013

Europe and Central Asia zone
Albania
8
Andorra
3
Armenia
9
Austria
31
Azerbaijan
3
Belgium
20
Bosnia/Bosnia-Herzegovina 4
Bulgaria
28
Croatia
10
Cyprus
2
Czech Republic
35
Denmark
31
Estonia
2
Finland
29
Georgia
8
Germany
421
Greece
89
Hungary
38
Ireland
23
Italy
88
Kazakhstan
7
Kyrgyzstan
1
Kosovo
1
Latvia
7
Lithuania
5
Luxemburg
7
Macedonia
3
Moldavia
4
Monaco
7
Montenegro
1
Norway
13
Netherlands
48
Poland
46
Portugal
10
Romania
50

Russia
53
Serbia
5
Slovakia
14
Slovenia
5
Spain
40
Sweden
10
Switzerland
8
Turkey
41
Ukraine
6
United Kingdom
107
Uzbekistan 1
The former Yugoslavia 5
TOTAL 1388
Africa
Angola
1
Benin
17
Burkina Faso
5
Burundi
3
Cameroon
71
Central African Republic
16
Chad
25
Comoros
7
Congo
24
Democratic Republic of Congo 14
Djibouti
4
Equatorial Guinea
1
Ethiopia
3
Gabon
32
Ghana
2
Guinea
24
Guinea Bissau
1
Ivory Coast
22
Kenya
2
Madagascar
47
Mali
21
Mauritania
37

Mauritius
Niger
Rwanda
Sao Tom and Principe
Senegal
South Africa
Togo
TOTAL 497

21
27
1
2
47
1
19

North Africa/Middle East zone

Algeria
93
Egypt
41
Iran
3
Israel
8
Jordan
2
Lebanon
37
Libya
2
Morocco
222
Palestine
6
Saudi Arabia
1
Syria
14
Tunisia
83
Yemen
1
TOTAL 513
Americas zone
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chili
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Guatemala

31
5
34
77
14
62
1
1
2
12
4

Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Paraguay
Peru
Quebec
Sainta Lucia
Salvador
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
TOTAL 491

13
1
45
6
10
96
1
1
58
5
12

Asia and Oceania zone

Afghanistan
3
Australia
34
Bangladesh
10
Bhutan
3
Cambodia
38
China
89
Hong-Kong
1
India
27
Indonesia
1
Japan
137
Laos
13
Mongolia
2
New Zealand
6
Pakistan
3
The Philippines
1
Singapore
4
South Korea
24
Sri Lanka
1
Thailand
14
Vietnam
46
TOTAL 457

GRAND TOTAL 3346

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CIL beginning of December (year N) end of March (year N+2)

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CALENDARS

PRATICAL
QUESTIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS

HOUSING

If necessary, ENA facilitates the administrative procedures undertaken by overseas students in order to obtain a residence permit.

Campus France will organise accommodation for all students receiving

a bursary from the French government.

FEES

Other students will receive all the information they need about accommodation options in Strasbourg and during their internships when
they are admitted onto the course.

REGISTRATION FEES
- There are no registration fees for the CIL.
- The registration fee for the CIP is set at 4000
- The registration fee for the CiIRA is set at 4000
FEES FOR WHICH STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE
(variable from course to course)
- Living expenses in France (housing and food)
- Travel expenses and living expenses during the internship
- Participatory fees for the various trips and seminars organized
within the framework of the course.
Examples of prices in Strasbourg:
- Price for a furnished studio (1-roomed flat with bathroom and
kitchenette), from 450 to 700, bills included, per month
- City transport, 46.60 per month
- Meal ticket (university restaurant), 3.10.
The minimum wage in France in 2013 was 1430.22. This gives
some indication of the cost of living.
If students require it, the School can deliver a receipt showing the
expenses incurred for each trip. This will allow them to obtain a
partial or total refund of expenses from their home government.

FUNDING (BURSARIES)
Candidates from certain countries can apply to their home government for funding, or to the French government for a bursary from
the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, through the French
Embassy.
Bursaries from the French Government are administered, in France,
by CAMPUS FRANCE, which carries out, for the students and internees concerned, the administrative formalities necessary to stay in
France (residence permit and social security).
German candidates have to apply for a bursary from the German
Bureau for University Exchanges (Deutscher Akademischer
Austausch Dienst, DAAD), which centralises applications, before
December the 20th of the year previous to the year of selection
(Contact: Mme Steffi Kretschmer, Tel: +49 228-882-468, Bonn, e-mail:
kretschmer@daad.de).

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CIP

beginning of December (year N) end of July (year N+1)

CiIRA

beginning of September (year N) end of April (year N+1)

www.ena.fr

INSURANCE
OVERSEAS STUDENTS
WITH BURSARIES MANAGED BY CAMPUS FRANCE
CAMPUS FRANCEs social security covers, as well as the partial
refund of health expenses, the civil liability of the student, and
the cost of repatriation to the country of origin in case of illness,
accident or death.
OVERSEAS STUDENTS
WITHOUT BURSARIES MANAGED BY CAMPUS FRANCE
Students without bursaries are obliged either to take out insurance
for their civil liability, and for illness and accident, valid throughout
their course in France and abroad, or to check that they are covered in
France for these eventualities by their insurance in their home country.
A certificate of insurance must be provided.
If they wish students may get in touch with
Fac International,
56 rue de Londres 75008 Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 70 77 77 Fax: +33 (0)1 42 93 44 93
Web site: www.fac-international.com
In all cases all students taking international courses must ensure
that they are covered by a contract for civil liability for all activities
in which they will be involoved during their time at the school
and for trips within France and abroad.

INFORMATION
For any information, please contact:
Mrs Lydie MAULET or Mrs Malika BENHAMED
Service of relations with overseas students
ENA, Direction des Relations Internationales
2 avenue de lObservatoire 75272 Paris Cedex 06
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 41 85 78/43 Fax: +33 (0)1 44 41 85 99
E-mail: dri.eleves@ena.fr

CONTACTS WITH THE DIRECTORATE

OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT ENA
Pierre THENARD
Director
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 11
pierre.thenard@ena.fr
Max BRUNNER
Deputy Director
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 21
max.brunner@ena.fr
Amlie PARENTEAU
Head of Relations with overseas students and administrative and
financial management
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 98
amelie.parenteau@ena.fr
Lydie MAULET
Manager entrusted with relations with overseas students
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 78
lydie.maulet@ena.fr
Jrme GUYON
Head of the Africa and Middle East Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 78
jerome.guyon@ena.fr
Btissam EL JAZOULI
Area manager, Africa and Middle East Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 30
btissam.eljazouli@ena.fr
Hlne Mazeran
Head of the Americas Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 81
helene.mazeran@ena.fr

Nadine GARDELLE-CORINGE
Area manager, Americas Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 88
nadine.gardelle@ena.fr
Chantal Sevrin
Head of the Asia-Oceania Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 42
chantal.sevrin@ena.fr
Alexandre Tran-Chuong
Deputy Director of the Asia-Oceania Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 27
alexandre.tran-chuong@ena.fr
Jacqueline Repellin
Head of the Europe Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 61
jacqueline.repellin@ena.fr
Claudine JUSTAFRE
Area manager, Europe Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 87
claudine.justafre@ena.fr
Emmanuel Vergne
Head of the Multilateral Affairs and Calls for Tender Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 91
emmanuel.vergne@ena.fr
Cristina MENDES
Deputy Director of the Multilateral Affairs and Calls for Tender
Department
+33 (0)1 44 41 85 57
cristina.mendes@ena.fr

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OTHER MASTERS OPEN

TO FOREIGN STUDENTS
In addition to the Masters programmes offered to students enrolled in an international cycles mentioned above, ENA offers two degree
programmes open to working individuals wishing to complete their university studies.

EUROPEAN MASTERS DEGREE

IN GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
(MEGA)

MASTERS DEGREE ON RISK MANAGEMENT

IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
(MGR)

This French-German training programme was established in 2005.

This programme results from a partnership between ENA and

the Ecole Internationale des Sciences du Traitement de lInformation (EISTI). Its objective is to train risk managers able to
understand and manage the different types of risks on territories.

Master bilingual, it offers a double degree from the University

of Paris 1 and the University of Potsdam with the participation
of the ENA, the French Academy of Public Administration, and
the Humboldt University in Berlin. It concerns each year about
thirty public servants from France, Germany and other European countries. The lessons taught by academics and senior
officials from both countries are characterized by the focus on
public policy issues and a strong comparative approach.
As from 2013, the MEGA will be a sandwich course, with 4
modules lasting 2 weeks each and a 9-week internship alternating
with the students normal professional activity. The programme is
spread over 24 months.
For further information, go to: www.mega-master.eu
and to the Masters degrees page on Enas web site.
E-mail: fabrice.larat@ena.fr

The twenty or so participants who enrol each year are a mixture

of professionals and students working in a risk management
context in its broadest sense (public health, civilian safety,
environmental, technological, legal, urban, health and other risks).
This Masters lasts fifteen months and is taught over three successive phases:
1 9 two-day modules taught in Strasbourg on Thursdays and
Fridays, focusing on the different types of risk (from October of
the first year to March of the second year)
2 preparation of a professional project or internship (lasting at
least five months, to be carried out between April and November of the second year)
3 writing and defending the applied research thesis (January of
the third year).
For further information,
go to the Masters degrees page on Enas web site.
E-mail: kim.griffin@ena.fr

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THE POSTGRADUATE COURSE

IN EUROPEAN STUDIES
(CHEE)
Aimed at corporate executives with great potential, the Postgraduate Course in European Studies provides high-level training and a
thorough introduction to the main issues of current EU public policy. During work sessions in Paris, Brussels, Strasbourg and EU Member
States capitals, Europes main decision-makers will guide you through the policy-setting mechanisms of the European Union.
In terms of its quality and breadth, as well as the diversity of its speakers and participants, the Postgraduate Course in European
Studies (CHEE) is a hotbed of European culture, skills and know-how. For all those who want an in-depth understanding of Europe - where it
comes from, what it is doing, where it is going - this program provides keys and networks to help you shape opinions, advance your career,
and become a more influential European. From a statement by Jean-Claude Dardelet, Vice-President of Institutional Affairs for Thales Alenia
Space and a member of the Valry Giscard dEstaingclass.
Every year, an outstanding European figure is named as the patron of the class (Simone VEIL in 2007, Jacques DELORS in 2008, Valry GISCARD
DESTAING in 2009, Felipe GONZALEZ in 2010, Mrio SOARES in 2011, Jean-Claude TRICHET in 2012, Joschka FISCHER in 2013 and Jean-Claude
JUNCKER in 2014).

1 AUDITORS PROFILE

4 ENROLMENT CAMPAIGN

For me, the CHEE was an ideal complement to my career path!

(Javier Cond, Foreign Affairs Advisor in Madrid, Jacques Delors
class).

The enrolment campaign starts during summer preceding each

session.

The Postgraduate Course in European Studies is designed for a

class of some 40 high-potential from Europe or non-European
countries, from different professional backgrounds, with proven
responsibility in their area of expertise and at least 8 years of
professional experience.
Applicants must have a perfect command of French and at least a
passive knowledge of English. No previous knowledge of or professional experience in the European affairs is required.

First, applications undergo a pre-selection at the National School

of Administration (ENA). Then, pre-selected applicants are later
interviewed by the Selection Committee during the month of
October.
The interview will mainly focus on applicants motivations and
what are their expectation of the CHEE from a career point of view.
You can download the application form every year during the
recruitment period (May-September) on the website of the
School: www.ena.fr

2 COURSE DURATION
The Postgraduate Course in European Studies is designed bearing in
mind the demanding schedules of high-level professionals. It consist
of 10 training seminars of 3 to 5 days per month from January to
November.

5 ADMISSION FEES

3 TEACHING CONTENT

The category to which the applicant belongs will be determined

by the paying body at the time of the application depending on
the applicants profile.

The work sequences are focused on present-day Europe and

constantly evolving Europe.
The Cycle seeks to shed light on the challenges and mechanisms for
crafting European policy (drawing up, negotiation and implementation processes). It gives precedence to teaching methods and content
focused on concrete experience. It is particularly based on lectures,
case studies and study trips in European countries, in direct connection with European current affairs.
The speak frankly rule was generally followed by the guests, which
made this cycle a fairly unique meeting place (Anne-Claire Defossez,
Deputy Director of the Town of Cergy, Jacques Delors class).
One of the Cycles objectives is to form and strengthen a European
professional network. In this respect, it gives rise to meetings with decision-makers in the cities where the European institutions are based
as well as Europes other capitals, and organises work sequences
looking at the complementary nature of professions and experiencesharing between auditors.

Admission fees include all teaching costs, transport, accommodation and a part of meals expenditures throughout the duration of
the modules.

Admission fees are payable to ENA and set for 2014 as shown in
the fees table below:
Fee level 1
Trade unions Print media journalists Religious representatives:
e5,000
Fee level 2
Civil servants Civil Service Healthcare Radio and television journalists: e9,500
Fee level 3
Communities and Local Government civil servants EU Administration Elected officials Public- and private-sector enterprises and
organizations: e13,500

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INTERNATIONAL COURSES SPECIALIZING

IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
(CISAP)
1 AIMS OF THE CISAP

5 ADMISSION

The International Courses Specializing in Public Administration

(CISAP), of variable duration from two to four weeks, aim to offer
experienced civil servants from overseas advanced intensive
professional training in their specialist subject on a very specific
theme. Details of this training offer appear in an annual prospectus.

Candidates must be civil servants, managers of state enterprises, or other government employees, and hold a post of high
responsibility in their home country. However, other candidates
can be admitted to CISAP programmes on the authorization of
the Director of ENA.

The CISAP courses are specialist courses on particular administrative problems (policies, procedures, management), which they
tackle in a very practical way.
The choice of themes is made in accordance with a desire to treat
classic subjects such as the organization of parliamentary work
and the execution of the state budget, the control and evaluation
of public management, human resources management, and the
management of the civil service, international negotiation and the
protection of human rights, but also to tackle problems linked to
the development of national and international current affairs, the
development of new public management techniques and themes
linked to the process of the reform of the State. A prospectus,
updated every year, is sent to French Embassies abroad. It can be
consulted and downloaded from the ENA site: www.ena.fr

2 TEACHING METHODS
French experience is the starting point for debate, but the comparative approach and the study of European and international practical
realities play an important role throughout the training period.
Teaching methods encourage active participation and the development of personal and individual know-how.
Priority is accorded to lectures, seminars, round tables, case studies,
simulations and study visits.

3 DURATION
Most CISAP programmes last four weeks. Some sessions cater for
high level decision-makers and have been specially designed to last
only two weeks in order to be more compatible with participants
responsibilities.

4 WORKING LANGUAGE
In all but exceptional cases, mentioned in the CISAP prospectus, the
working language is French. Fluency in this language is indispensable
in order to fully benefit from the teaching.
A few sessions in English and Spanish are offered each year.

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All candidates must also fulfil the following prerequisites:

- hold a Masters degree or equivalent (proof of 4 years in
higher education) or, in some cases, a post of responsibility
indicating equivalent competence;
- give proof of at least 3 years of professional experience;
- be presented individually by their government or their employer;
- provide proof of competence in French.
Application forms can be obtained at the Co-operation and Cultural
Action Service of the French Embassy, or direct from ENA.
Once completed, and accompanied by the required official
documents, application forms must be presented by home
government officials to the French Embassy, which forwards
them to ENA. Deadlines must be strictly respected. Incomplete
dossiers are not considered.

6 ELIGIBILITY AND ADMISSION

Candidates short-listed by the ENA selection committee are not
given a firm offer of admission until they have obtained (before
a set deadline) funding to cover travel and living expenses,
insurance, and registration fees.
Funding can be requested from the French Embassy, or from any
national or international, public or private institution, or from the
government presenting the candidate.
NB: any enquiries regarding the admission of candidates must be
sent directly to the Service de coopration et daction culturelle
of the French Embassy, which forwarded the application to ENA.

7 CALENDAR
CISAP: cf detailed calendar on www.ena.fr

8 FEES
The registration fee for the CISAP is e825 for 4-week courses and
e600 for 2-week courses. Registration fees must be paid cash
prior to the beginning of each training course. For auditors whose
fees are paid by their administration, an order letter should be sent
to ENA before their arrival in France. An invoice will be sent back by
ENA to the foreign administration after the training.

THE FOREIGN ALUMNI

NETWORK
THE ENA ALUMNI GROUP ON LINKED-IN
The ENA alumni network has been meeting virtually online since
2007 through the ENA Alumni group. This group aims to bring
together all foreign alumni of ENAs international cycles (CIl, CIC,
CIP, CIAP as well as CHEE and MEGA) as well as all French alumni.
It is run by the ENA Alumni Association (AAEENA) together with the
School. Members can see the profiles of their former classmates
and communicate directly with them or with the whole group.

List of ENA Alumni associations

FRENCH ENA ASSOCIATION (AAENA)
Date of foundation: October 1947
President: Ms Christine DEMESSE (1982)
Vice-presidents: Mr Patrick GAUTRAT (1970); Ms Odile PIERART (1983);
Ms Sophie THIBAULT (1997)
Address: 226 boulevard Saint-Germain 75007 Paris
Phone number: 01 45 44 49 50 - Fax: 01 45 44 02 12
E.mail: info@aaeena.fr
Association web site: www.aaeena.fr

Foreign associations of former

students of international cycles
of ENA, members of the international
confederation
AFRICA
Date of foundation: May 1995
Honorary President: Mr Ehouman-Nol GUETAT (1995)
President: Mr Amadou Lamine SY (2003)
ARGENTINA
Date of foundation: July 1990
President: Mr Maximo ZIN (1987)
AUSTRALIA
Date of foundation: December 1995
President: Mr George BROUWER (1973)
AUSTRIA
Date of foundation: December 2002
President: Mr Georg PSTINGER (2003)
Vice-presidents: Mr Andreas KUMIN (1993), Mr Georg OBERREITER
(1995)
BENIN
Date of foundation: April 2013
President: Angelo DAN (2011)
Vice-president: Dieudonn C. ASSOUVI (2010)
BRAZIL
Date of foundation: April 1989
President: Ms Deborah STERN VIEITAS (1983)
Vice-president: Mr Silvio EID (1980)

BULGARIA
Date of foundation: 2004
President: Ms Elisaveta SIMEONOVA (CIC 1998)
Vice-president: Mr Zlatko DIMITROV (CIC 1996)
CANADA
Date of foundation: June 2007
President: Mr Alexandre DRAGO (2002)
1st Vice-president: Mr Ian C. FERGUSON (1980)
2nd Vice-president: Mr Adam OSTRY (1989)
Vice-president: Ms Isabelle ROY (1997)
CHAD
Date of foundation: April 2012
President: David Ngarimaden HOUDEINGAR (1992)
E.mail: houdeingar@yahoo.fr
CHINA
Date of foundation: March 1992
President: Mr Shang-Zhi ZHANG (1992)
COLOMBIA
Date of foundation: March 1997
President: Mr Andrs CASTRO (1995)
CROATIA
Date of foundation: May 2011
President: Mr Neven SIMAC (1971)
CZECH REPUBLIC
Date of foundation: June 1999
President: Mr Pavel FISCHER (1999)
Vice-president: Mrs Pavlina KOUBSKA (2005)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Date of foundation: May 2011
President: Joseph-Louis BOT ISANGAMELA (CIAP 2008)
Vice-president: Elisabeth-Godelive LONJI BANDEKELA (CIC 2007)
E.mail: josephlouisbot@yahoo.fr
FINLAND
Date of foundation: June 1985
President: Mr Karl-Johan LNNROTH (1984)
Vice-president: Ms Laura REINIL (1985)
GERMANY
Date of foundation: November 1984
President: Dr Diethardt von PREUSCHEN (1970)
GREAT BRITAIN
Date of foundation: June 1987
President: Ms Hermione GOUGH (2003)
GREECE
Date of foundation: June 1994
President: Ms Areti ASSIMACOPOULOU-DRISTA (1969)
Vice-president: Mr Michel PAPADAKIS (1965)
HUNGARY
Date of foundation: March 2003
President: Mr Gabor SZEPLAKI-NAGY (1992)
Vice-president: Ms Adrienn KEZSMARKI (2010)
Vice-president: Mr Pl BOZA (CIC 2005)

The international cycles

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IRELAND
Date of foundation: June 1995
President: Ms Clare DUNNE (1995)
ITALY
Date of foundation: March 1985
President: Ms Silvana CERAVOLO (1995)
Vice-president: Mr Vincenzo GRASSI (1987)
Address: A.C.I.A.P c/o Associazione Italia-Francia Palazzo Borghese Largo della Fontanella di Borghese, 19 I- 00186 Roma
Phone number: +39 668 789 26
JAPAN
Date of foundation: February 1985
Honorary president: Mr Waturu HIRAIZUMI (1959)
President: Mr Kaoru ISHIKAWA (1976)
LEBANON
Date of foundation: April 1998
President: Mr Robert FADEL (1995)
E.mail: enaliban@yahoo.fr
MADAGASCAR
Date of foundation: January 2010
President: Mr Tsanta RANDRIANARIMANANA (2009)
Vice-president: Mr Mamitiana RAJAONARISON (CIAP 2008)
Address: AAEENA Madagascar, Lot III D 7 B Ankadilalana,
RM- Antananarivo 101
MEXICO
Date of foundation: January 1991
President: Mr Bruno FIGUEROA (1989)
Vice-president: Mr Jorge VELZQUEZ-ROA (2000)
Address: Amexena, c/o Unidad de Asuntos Pblicos,
Rio Duero 55-9, MEX- Col. Cuauhtemoc 06500 DF
Phone number: 52 555 207 86 10
MOROCCO
Date of foundation: October 1990
President: Mr Mohamed DOUBI KADMIRI (2003)
1st Vice-president: Ms Fariada LOUDAYA (1999)
2nd Vice-president: Mr Lahcen BAYTI (1992)
Address: 22 rue de Tiflet, MA- Hassan, Rabat
Phone number: 212 5 37 76 80 04
Fax: 212 5 37 76 52 33
Association web site: www.amaeena.org
E.mail: mimouni@invest.gov.ma
NETHERLANDS
Date of foundation: May 1986
President: Marc Van RAVELS (1982)
QUEBEC
Date of foundation: May 1987
Honorary president: Mr Yvon TREMBLAY (1966)
President: Mr Benot-Jean BERNARD (1988)
Vice-presidents: Mr Christian DESLAURIERS (1987), Mr Richard
MARCEAU (1997), Mr Patrick-James MORAN (1970)
Association web site: www.clic.net/~aquaena
E.mail: aquaena@clic.net
ROMANIA
Date of foundation: October 2000
President: Mr Cristian DUMITRESCU (1992)

RUSSIA
Date of foundation: March 2003
President: Mr Viatcheslav EVSEEV (2003)
Vice-president: Mr Vladimir EREMIN (2003)
SENEGAL
Date of foundation: February 2006
President: Mr Seydina TANDIAN (1999)
Vice-president: Mr Abdoulaye GUEYE (2005)
SLOVAKIA
Date of foundation: January 2007
President: Mr Daniel PEJKO (2006)
Association web site: www.askaena.sk
E.mail: info@askaena.sk
SOUTH KOREA
Date of foundation: May 1989
President: Mr Heung-Sik CHOI (1986)
SPAIN
Date of foundation: February 1991
President: Mr Jose-Luis REAL MORENO (1995)
Vice-presidents: Ms Pilar GARRIDO SANCHEZ (1992), Ms Tresa
SILES SUAREZ (1993)

ASSOCIATION OF ENA ALUMNI LIVING

IN BRUSSELS AND IN LUXEMBOURG
Date of foundation: January 1991
President: Mr Jean-Paul MINGASSON (1968)
Vice-president: Ms Heike-Dagmar JOA (1985)

ASSOCIATION OF ENA ALUMNI WORKING FOR

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LIVING IN PARIS
Date of foundation: October 2007
President: Mr Fausto ROTELLI (2006)

Master of European Governance

and Administration (MEGA)
MEGA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
President: Ms Ulrike KLOPPSTECH
Address: MEGA-Alumni e.V, Humboldr-Universitt c/o BGSS,
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
E.mail: vorstand@mega-alumni.eu
Web site: www.mega-alumni.eu

Cycle of Postgraduate
European Studies (CHEE)
CHEE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Cercle des hautes tudes europennes : Parlons dEurope
Date of foundation: 2007
President: Mr Stphane LENEUF (Radio France)
Web site: www.parlonsdeurope.eu/
E.mail: contact@parlonsdeurope.eu
Address:
Cercle des hautes tudes europennes : Parlons dEurope
35-37 rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75004 Paris

THE VALUES OF PUBLIC SERVICE SCHOOLS

Joint Values Statement of the Network of Public Service
Schools.
As public service schools, we base our common identity
on the republican principles set out in the Declaration of
the Rights of Man and the Citizen, which is the keystone of
Frances Constitution.
In our diverse and complementary tasks and objectives, we
base our action on the fundamental values of the French
Republic, as represented by the common ideal of Freedom,
Equality and Brotherhood.
Our action is also founded on the secular principle.

These values are underpinned by the service values: adaptability, efficiency, quality and responsiveness. In keeping
with all of these values, we work to ensure truly equal
access to our schools.
We are strongly committed to the public service training that
we are proud and honoured to provide and to ensuring
that it satisfies the common good and meets the needs of
public service users in the best way possible. We are aware
that technological and social changes mean that success in
satisfying these needs will evolve through time and space,
requiring us to adapt constantly.

The spirit of the common good that must guide the daily
performance of our tasks also leads us to highlight and
convey a number of professional values that stem from the
nature of public service, its tasks and its purpose.

As public service schools, we consider that we have a role

to play in raising awareness and fostering ownership of
fundamental values, guiding values and management practices that will ensure the effectiveness of the public service
we represent.

These professional values that we share guide our work

and are rooted in the underlying principles of our laws:
continuity, commitment, integrity, legality, fairness, neutrality,
respect and accountability.

For this reason, and in addition to promoting the specific

values of our individual schools, we commit to transmitting and applying all of these values, with the participation of our faculty, staff, students, trainees and auditors.

Premier ministre

Strasbourg
Tl. : +33 (0)3 88 21 44 44
Fax : +33 (0)3 88 21 44 59
Paris
Tl. : +33 (0)1 44 41 85 00
Fax : +33 (0)1 44 41 85 19/99
www.ena.fr

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