Key Benefits:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Due to the amended Act No. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, together Act No. 84-16 of 16 January 1984 amending the statutory provisions relating to the public service of the State;
Having regard to Decree No. 69-222 of 6 March 1969 concerning the special status of diplomatic and consular officials, in particular Its article 19,
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Candidates must indicate at the time of registration the section under which they are applying to compete in the following three sections:
1 ° Central and Eastern Europe;
2 ° South Asia and the Far East;
3 ° Eastern Mediterranean, Maghreb, Africa.
An order of the Minister for Foreign Affairs fixes the number of open spaces in each competition, the date of the tests and the registration details.
The written tests for the eligibility of external competitions for the employment of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Eastern Framework) are as follows:
1 ° Composition on a current subject at Political, economic, social or cultural character (duration: four hours; coefficient 6; any score less than 8 out of 20 is eliminatory).
2 ° a) External competition:
Composition on international issues: society International, public international law and international relations since 1914 (duration: four hours; coefficient 6; any score of less than 8 out of 20 is eliminatory).
b) Internal competition:
Writing a summary note to From a file on international issues: international society, public international law and international relations since 1914 (duration: four hours; coefficient 6; any note less than 8 of 20 is Eliminatory).
3 ° Depending on the choice expressed by the candidate on registration:
-composition dealing with international economic problems;
-composition dealing with European issues (duration: four hours; Coefficient 4; any score of less than 8 out of 20 is eliminatory).
4 ° Composition on civilisation, history, institutions, political, economic and social life of the countries of the selected section (duration: four hours; coefficient 4; any score less than 6 out of 20 is eliminatory).
5 ° English:
a) Response to a multiple choice questionnaire concerning the grammar, structures and uses of the English language (duration: one hour thirty);
b) Writing in English of a note from documents or information in English;
(c) Writing a summary sheet in French from documents in English (total time: three hours; coefficient 3; any note less than 12 of 20 Is eliminatory).
Any eliminatory note to this test will result in the non-correction of other written tests of eligibility.
6 ° Second Language Protest:
At the time of registration, the candidate for the Eastern Framework Choose a second foreign language from the following languages:
-Central and Eastern Europe section: German, Russian or Dutch;
-South Asia and Far East section: Chinese, Japanese, or Hindi;
-section Eastern Mediterranean, Maghreb, Africa: Turkish, literal Arabic or Swahili.
a) Response to a multiple-choice questionnaire on the grammar, structures and uses of the chosen language (duration: one hour thirty);
(b) Drafting, In the language chosen, a note from documents or information in that language;
(c) Writing a summary sheet in French from documents in the chosen language (total time: three hours; coefficient 2; any note < 10 of 20 is eliminatory).
The oral tests for admission of external and internal competitions for the employment of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs are as follows:
1 ° Comment of a general text drawn from the fate of a Ten minutes, after thirty minutes of preparation, followed by a forty-five-minute interview with the jury to assess the candidate's abilities, personality and motivations (coefficient 6; any score less than 10 out of 20 Is eliminatory).
2 ° Query on one or more public law issues (preparation: twenty minutes; time: twenty minutes; coefficient 3; any note less than 6 of 20 is eliminatory).
3 ° Polling, from On the subject not chosen by the candidate for the third written test: economy or European questions (preparation: twenty minutes; duration: twenty minutes; coefficient 4; any note less than 6 of 20 is Eliminatory) (the program appears in Appendices III and IV to this Order).
4 ° English reading, reading, translation and commentary of a text written in English (preparation: thirty minutes; duration: thirty minutes; Coefficient 3; any score of less than 12 out of 20 is eliminatory).
5 ° Second foreign language evidence consisting of a translation of a text written in the chosen language to the sixth eligibility test, followed by a commentary and Questions (preparation: thirty minutes; duration: thirty minutes; coefficient 3; any note less than 12 of 20 is eliminatory).
When registering, candidates for external and internal competitions may apply for an optional test for a third foreign language selected from the following languages and not Selected for the written eligibility test:
-Central and Eastern Europe section: Polish, Romanian, Greek, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Russian or Dutch;
-South Asia and Far East section: Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian-Indonesian, Burmese, Cambodian, Urdu, Lao, Chinese, Japanese or Hindi;
-Eastern Mediterranean section, Maghreb, Africa: Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, Arab East, Arab Maghreb, Swahili, Amharic, Peul or
The optional language test consists of reading, translating and commenting on a text written in that language followed by a comment and questions (preparation: twenty minutes; duration: twenty minutes; coefficient 1).
Only for admission are points above 10 out of 20.
Only candidates who have obtained, after applying the coefficients, a total of points in the written eligibility tests cannot be admitted to the oral tests. Less than 250. The jury shall establish in alphabetical order the list of candidates admitted to participate in the oral admission tests.
At the end of the oral admission tests and optional tests, the jury establishes by frame, section and order of merit the list of successful candidates. Where applicable, an additional entry list is established in each section.
If more than one candidate received the same number of points, the highest ranking is awarded to the highest ranking candidate in the first Test of eligibility; in the case of new equality, by the score obtained on the second written eligibility test.
In the event that one or more places remain unfilled in one or more sections of the two external competitions and Internal, for lack of candidates or because of their inadequacy, they may, by decision of the selection board, be allocated to that of the candidates of the same section of the other competition which totalled the highest number of points.
If it remains, After the application of the previous provision in each section, one or more places not available, they may, by decision of the selection board, be allocated to that or those of the candidates of the other sections having the greatest number of Points.
The composition of the selection board for access to employment of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (General Framework and the Eastern Framework) is fixed by order of the Minister for Foreign
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-the Deputy Secretary-General, the Director General of the Administration or his representative, President with a casting vote;
-officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs belonging to the bodies of the Plenipotentiary Ministers, Foreign affairs advisers or secretaries of foreign affairs;
-professors or designated figures because of their speciality and knowledge.
The use of the dictionary is allowed in the written tests exclusively for the following languages: literals, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Swahili and Turkish.
The Deputy Secretary-General, Director General of the Administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is responsible for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic French.
Done at Paris, February 12, 2007.
For the Minister and by delegation:
The Assistant Secretary-General,
Director General,
X. Driencourt
Note. -Programmes may be requested in writing to the Directorate-General of Administration, Directorate of Human Resources (sub-directorate of training and competitions, office of competitions and professional examinations), 23, rue La Pérouse, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, or by fax: 01-43-17-70-97
