Key Benefits:
The Minister of State, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, and the Minister of Budget, Public Accounts, Public Service and State Reform, spokesman for the Government,
Vu la Act No. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 amendments to the rights and obligations of civil servants, together with Act No. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 amended with statutory provisions relating to the public service of the State;
Vu le Decree No. 69-222 of 6 March 1969 amended on the special status of diplomatic and consular officers, including article 19,
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External and internal competitions for access to the employment of Secretary of Foreign Affairs (General Framework)Article 19 of the Decree of 6 March 1969 are open by an order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs that sets the number of places to be filled in each contest, the date of the tests and the registration procedure.
Written proof of eligibility for external and internal competitions for access to employment as Foreign Secretary (General) are as follows:
1° Composition on the general political, economic, social and cultural evolution of the contemporary world (duration: four hours); coefficient 4).
2° (a) External competition:
Composition on international issues (duration: four hours); coefficient 4).
The programme is attached to the present order.
(b) Internal competition:
Drafting a note from a file on international issues (duration: four hours); coefficient 4).
The programme is attached to the present order.
3° Test including a series of six to ten short answer questions on international economic and development issues and public law (duration: four hours); coefficient 4);
The programme is attached to the present order.
Each question is accompanied by one or more documents related to the question asked. A single text can be used as a support for several questions. The documentary file for all questions cannot exceed ten pages in total.
4° English test:
(a) Writing a note in English from documents in English.
(b) Drafting a note in French from documents in English.
(Total duration of the test: three hours; coefficient 2; any rating less than 10 of 20 is eliminated. )
5° proof of second foreign language:
At the time of registration, the candidate chooses a second foreign language in the following languages: German, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese.
(a) Drafting, in the chosen language, a note from documents in that language.
(b) Writing in French a note from documents in the chosen language.
Total duration of the test: three hours; coefficient 2; any rating less than 10 of 20 is eliminated. )
Oral examinations for the admission of external and internal competitions for the employment of Foreign Secretary (General) are as follows:
1° (a) External competition: interview with the jury, from a random text, to assess the candidate's abilities, personality and motivations (duration forty-five minutes, after twenty minutes of preparation, coefficient 6).
(b) Internal competition: interview with the jury to assess the candidate's abilities, personality and motivations and to recognize the achievements of his professional experience. In order to conduct this interview, which has as its starting point a presentation of the candidate on his professional experience, the jury has the file set up by the candidate for recognition of the achievements of the professional experience (duration: forty-five minutes, of which ten minutes at the most exposed, coefficient 6).
For this test, the candidate shall prepare a record of recognition of the achievements of his professional experience annexed to this order, which he shall give to the organizing service at a date fixed in the opening of the contest.
The file is forwarded to the jury by the contest manager.
2° Interrogation, from a topic drawn by lot on the European Union (preparation: twenty minutes; duration: twenty minutes; coefficient 4).
The programme is attached to the present order.
3° English proof consisting of an oral questioning from the reading, translation and commentary of a text written in English (preparation: 30 minutes; duration: 30 minutes; coefficient 3; any rating less than 10 out of 20 is eliminated.
4° Test in the language chosen for the fifth eligibility test, consisting of an oral questioning from the reading, translation and commentary of a text written in that language (preparation: thirty minutes; duration: thirty minutes; coefficient 3; any rating less than 10 out of 20 is eliminated.
When registering, candidates for external and internal competitions may apply for an optional test covering a third foreign language selected from the following languages, and not chosen for the written eligibility test: German, Arabic literal, Chinese (mandarin), Spanish, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili or Turkish.
The optional language test consists of an oral questioning from the reading, translation and commentary of a text written in this language (preparation: twenty minutes; duration: twenty minutes; coefficient 1).
Only the points above 10 of 20.
Only candidates who have obtained, after applying the coefficients, a total of points to the written eligibility tests that cannot be less than 160 may be admitted to the oral admission examinations. The jury shall determine in alphabetical order the list of candidates admitted to participate in oral examinations.
At the end of the oral examinations and optional examinations, the jury determines by order of merit the list of candidates admitted. Where applicable, a supplementary admission list is established.
If several candidates obtained the same number of points, the best ranking is granted to the one who obtained the highest rating at the first admission test; in the event of a new equality, to the person who obtained the highest rating at the first eligibility test.
The composition of the jury of the competitions for access to employment as Foreign Secretary (General) is determined by order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
This jury includes:
1° The Director General of the Administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or his representative, President with a preponderant vote;
2° Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Plenipotentiary Ministers, Foreign Affairs Advisers or Foreign Secretarys;
3° Teachers or designated personalities because of their speciality and skills.
No dictionary is allowed during the external and internal competitions for access to employment as Foreign Secretary (General).
This Order is applicable from the date of publication of the Order authorizing the opening of the external and internal competitions for access to the employment of Foreign Secretary (General) for the year 2013. The decision of February 12, 2007 on the organization of external and internal competitions for access to employment as Foreign Secretary (General) is repealed from that date and no later than September 30, 2012.
The Director General of the Administration and Modernization of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Director General of the Administration of the Ministry of Budget, Public Accounts, Public Service and State Reform are responsible, each with regard to it, for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
A N N E X E
PROGRAMME ― SECRÉTAIRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES (CADRE GÉNÉRAL)
International issues
(2nd Eligibility Test)
I. ― International society and its issues
States, international organizations (the United Nations system, related bodies and specialized agencies); regional international organizations).
Multinational corporations. Non-governmental organizations. Individuals and peoples.
General data on demographic, geographic, cultural, religious, military and technological constraints underpinning international relations.
Globalization in its economic, social, financial, security, environmental, demographic, cultural and communication aspects.
II. — Public international law
A. ― Sources of international law: custom; treaties and agreements; general principles; jurisprudence; unilateral acts.
B. ― The State in international law: constituent elements, sovereignty, equality, non-intervention; competences (including territorial and personal); protection of nationals.
C. ― Major international organizations: history, skills, structures, operation.
D. ― The European Union: history, skills, structures, operation.
E. ― Relations between States: diplomatic and consular relations, prevention and peaceful settlement of disputes.
F. ∙ The international regime:
- the sea, international canals and rivers;
- airspace and outer space.
G. – International protection of human rights.
III. – International relations
A. ― History of International Relations since 1914.
B. ∙ Strategic issues: the various concepts of peacekeeping and security (balance, collective security, deterrence); different types of conflicts; terrorism; disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation; security of resources, cybersecurity, maritime security, organized crime.
IV. ― Main orientations of the foreign policy of France and the European Union
A. ― Position on key global issues (including international governance, environment, development, cultural diversity, international trade, strategic threats, nuclear, humanitarian issues, human rights).
B. ∙ Delination by geographic areas.
Economy
(3rd Eligibility Test)
I. ― The foundations of the international economy
The great economic theories.
Unbalances and crises.
Trade flows, economic zones, emerging countries, developing countries.
II. – Great international economic issues
Economic analysis of globalization.
Regulation and governance of the international economy.
International trade;
Global public goods (health, food security, climate, energy, natural resources).
III. – Development strategies
Theories and analyses of development; development policies; basic data; development tools (help, partnerships, financing).
Public law
(3rd Eligibility Test)
I. ∙ Administrative law
1. The constitutional foundations of administrative law.
2. The administrative organisation of France:
the administration of the State; central administration, decentralized services;
– Territorial authorities.
3. The legal regime of administrative acts, administrative contracts.
4. The principle of legality and the hierarchy of administrative acts.
5. Administrative responsibility.
6. The organization and competence of administrative jurisdiction, the sharing of competences between administrative and judicial judges, the division of competence between the various administrative courts.
7. The litigation procedure: appeal for excess of power, recourse to full jurisdiction.
8. The administrative police.
9. General theory of public services.
10. The public service: status, recruitment, rights and responsibilities of staff, participation and consultation procedures, ethics.
11. The integration of international law and European Union law into the French legal order.
II. – Constitutional law and political institutions
The Constitution of 4 October 1958 and its revisions.
Control of constitutionality of laws.
The jurisprudence of the Constitutional Council.
The Economic and Social Council.
The institutional framework for France's foreign policy.
Coordination of governmental and parliamentary work (in France) in European matters.
European Union
(2nd admission test)
I. ― History of European Construction
The main stages of European construction. Treaties and their evolutions.
II. – Institutions of the European Union
The Commission.
The Council.
The European Council.
Parliament.
The Court of Justice of the European Union.
The Court of Auditors.
The other bodies of the European Union.
III. ― Functioning of the European Union
The actions of the European Union.
Decision processes. Relationships between institutions.
The legal order of the European Union and its application by the judge.
The financing of the European Union.
IV. ― European Union policies
The domestic market.
Common agricultural policy.
Competition policy.
Employment policy and social policy.
Economic and monetary policy.
Trade policy.
Development cooperation policy.
Structural funds.
The other policies of the Union.
External policy: PESC/PESD and development policy.
Judicial and police cooperation.
RECONNAISSANCE OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ACQUIS
(1st internal competition admission test)
| Secretary of exceptional class chancery | Counsellor for Foreign Affairs (Orient Framework) |
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| | Secretary for Foreign Affairs (General framework) |
WARNINGS
The candidate must provide the complete file, including attachments, in 6 copies.
It will retain a copy of the file submitted.
The file must be fully typed.
I. ― Identification
Name(s):
- of use:
- patronymic:
First name:
Date and place of birth:
Registration number:
Status:
Officer. Specify:
State Public Service Territorial Public Service Hospital Public Service
body or employment framework:
Non- licensee
Other (specify)
Current administration or agency:
II. ― Parts to be attached to the file
Curriculum vitae (required).
Description of current employment (required).
Professional achievements.
(Optional. 3 accomplishments maximum. 7 pages maximum in total)
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III. ― Declaration on Honour
I undersigned (Name, first name(s)
certifies on honor:
The accuracy of the information in this file;
Having taken note of the criminal penalties imposed by any person who has false statements:
"Constitutes a false any fraudulent alteration of the truth, such as to cause harm and accomplished by any means, in a writing or any other expression of the thought which has the object or effect of establishing evidence of a right or fact having legal consequences.
The false and the use of false are punished by three years imprisonment and 45,000 euros fine. » (Criminal Code, art. 441-6.)
The administration reserves the opportunity to verify the accuracy of the statements in this file and the authenticity of the attached documents.
A, the
Signature of candidate
IV. – Motivations
V. ∙ Competency Decline
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VI. ― Descriptions of Professional Achievements
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Done in Paris, December 31, 2010.
The Minister of State,
Minister for Foreign Affairs
and European,
For the Minister and by delegation:
Director General of Administration
and modernization,
S. Romatet
Minister of Budget, Public Accounts,
public service and state reform,
Government spokesperson,
For the Minister and by delegation:
Director General of Administration
Civil Service,
J.-F. Verdier
