Key Benefits:
Minister of Interior, Overseas and Territorial Communities,
Vu le Defence codeincluding article R. 4138-34 (II);
Vu la Act No. 66-492 of 9 July 1966 organizing the national police;
Vu le Decree No. 85-779 of 24 July 1985 modified to implementArticle 25 of Act No. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 fixing higher positions for which appointment is left to the Government ' s decision;
Vu le Decree No. 85-1057 of 2 October 1985 amended on the organization of the central administration of the Ministry of Interior and Decentralization, including Articles 5 and 13-5;
Vu le Decree No. 87-389 of 15 June 1987 amended on the organization of central administration services, including Article 3;
Having regard to the advice of the Technical Committee of the Central Administration of the Ministry of Interior, Overseas and Territorial Communities dated June 23, 2010;
Considering the advice of the National Police Central Joint Technical Committee of 28 June 2010;
Considering the advice of the Departmental Joint Technical Committee of the Ministry of Interior, Overseas and Territorial Communities of July 6, 2010;
On the proposal of the Director General of the National Police and the Director General of the National Gendarmerie,
Stop it!
The Directorate of International Cooperation is leading and coordinating the technical, operational and institutional co-operations of the national police and gendarmerie branches, with the exception of matters pertaining exclusively to the intelligence services.
As such:
(a) It promotes operational cooperation through the collection and analysis of information relevant to the security of France, and their transmission to the relevant branches and services of the national police and gendarmerie;
(b) It coordinates international technical cooperation for internal security, animates the network of internal security services abroad and ensures the programming, implementation and monitoring of technical cooperation actions of the national police and gendarmerie in liaison with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the agencies involved in the financing of these actions;
(c) It promotes institutional cooperation, defines the common position of the national police and gendarmerie with international and European bodies and seeks relevant funding from international organizations;
(d) It designs and proposes actions for the prevention and management of external crises, anticipates risks and threats, formulates coordinated proposals for the participation of national police and gendarmerie officials and soldiers in civilian police missions abroad, contributes to the restructuring of the security capacities of the countries concerned and conducts the evaluation of the actions carried out for the benefit of internal security;
(e) It participates in the development of the ministry's international strategy and develops its policy of influence with international and European organizations;
(f) It provides technical preparation, negotiation, development and follow-up to internal security agreements and technical arrangements for the heads of the national police and gendarmerie;
(g) It contributes to the promotion of French expertise and technology in the field of security and crisis prevention and identifies good foreign practices in early detection of risks and threats;
(h) In conjunction with the diplomatic security service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it defines the distribution and use of national police and gendarmerie personnel assigned to diplomatic security;
(i) It is kept informed of the operational commitments of the national gendarmerie abroad under its military missions and the projection of formed units.
The Director of International Cooperation is assisted by an Assistant Director who is begging him for absence.
The Director and the Deputy Director have a firm, including support functions, an operational monitoring centre, a forward-looking analysis unit and audits, and a communications unit.
The Directorate of International Cooperation comprises three sub-directions:
- the sub-direction of security cooperation;
- the sub-direction of multilateral and partnership cooperation;
- the sub-direction of administration and finance.
The sub-direction of security cooperation includes:
- the division of studies, analyses and instruments of cooperation;
the division of Europe;
– the division of Africa, North Africa and the Middle East;
– the division of the Americas and Asia.
It provides, in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs, the programming, implementation and monitoring of bilateral technical cooperation activities. It also monitors all cooperative actions in the area of bilateral operational cooperation.
It proposes studies and synthesises the technical and operational aspects of bilateral cooperation.
The sub-direction of multilateral and partnership cooperation includes:
– the division of the European Union, international organizations and networks;
- the division of multilateral projects and funding and partnerships;
– the division of external crisis management.
It promotes and coordinates institutional and multilateral cooperation in relation to international and European organizations and relies on experts from the relevant branches. It organizes and coordinates the various international cooperation networks established by the Directorate of International Cooperation.
The sub-direction of administration and finance includes:
- the division of staff;
- the division of finance;
– the department of logistics and IT support.
The Director General of the National Police and the Director General of the National Gendarmerie jointly chairs an international action steering committee, which sets out the general directions of the action of the international cooperation management and its organization.
Its composition and operation shall be determined by joint instruction of the two general directors.
The decision of 5 January 2001 on the organization and powers of the international police technical cooperation service and the decision of 1 February 2001 on the organization of the international police technical cooperation service are repealed.
The Director General of the National Police and the Director General of the National Gendarmerie are responsible for the execution of this Order, which will come into force on 1 September 2010 and will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done in Paris, August 27, 2010.
Brice Hortefeux
