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Minister of State, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs,
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 11,
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The external competition for access to employment as Foreign Affairs Advisor (Orient Framework) established by theArticle 11 of the Decree of 6 March 1969 comprises three sections:
1° Eastern Europe and Central Asia;
2° South and Far East Asia;
3° Maghreb, Middle East, Africa.
The internal competition for access to employment as Foreign Affairs Advisor (Orient Framework) established by theArticle 11 of the Decree of 6 March 1969 has four sections:
1° Eastern Europe and Central Asia;
2° South and Far East Asia;
3° Maghreb, Middle East, Africa;
4° Central Europe.
Applicants must indicate, at the time of registration, the section under which they apply for participation.
An Order of the Minister for Foreign Affairs sets out the number of places to be filled in each contest and section, the date of the tests and the terms of registration.
Written proof of eligibility for external and internal competitions for access to employment as Foreign Affairs Advisor (Orient Framework) are as follows:
1° Composition covering the general political, economic, social and cultural evolution of the world as well as the movement of ideas from the mid-century to the present (duration: five hours); coefficient 3).
2° (a) External competition:
Composition on international issues (duration: five hours; coefficient 3).
The programme is attached to the present order.
(b) Internal competition:
Drafting a note from a file on international issues (duration: five hours); coefficient 3).
The programme is attached to the present order.
3° Option test consisting of:
either by writing, from a file, a note to verify the suitability of legal analysis and reasoning for candidates who have chosen the public law option.
The programme is attached to the present order.
- either by writing, from a file, a note to verify the suitability of economic data analysis and international economic and development issues, for candidates who have chosen the economic option.
The programme is attached to the present order;
(Duration: five hours, coefficient 3.)
4° Composition on civilization, history, institutions, political life, social facts, economic and human geography and the culture of the countries of the chosen section. For the Maghreb, Middle East, Africa section, candidates who have chosen Swahili as the sixth qualifying event will compose on a sub-Saharan Africa topic.
(Duration: five hours; coefficient 3.)
5° English test:
(a) Writing in English a note from English documents;
(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. )
6° Required language test of the selected section:
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Persian, Russian or Turkish;
- South and Far East Asia: Chinese (mandarin), Hindu or Japanese;
― Maghreb, Middle East, Africa: literal, Hebrew or Swahili Arabic;
Central Europe (internal competition only): German.
(a) Writing, in the language chosen at the time of registration, 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 admission of external and internal competitions for access to employment as Foreign Affairs Advisor (Orient Framework) are as follows:
1° (a) External competition: interview with the jury, based on a random question, to assess the candidate's abilities, personality and motivation (duration: forty-five minutes, after ten minutes of preparation; coefficient 5).
(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. To conduct this interview, which has as its starting point a presentation of the candidate on his professional experience, the jury has the file constituted by the candidate for recognition of the achievements of the professional experience (duration: forty-five minutes, of which ten minutes are at the most exposed; coefficient 5).
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° Presentation on a subject drawn to the fate of civilization, history, institutions, political life, social facts, economic and human geography and the culture of the countries of the chosen section, followed by an oral question with the jury (preparation: thirty minutes; duration: thirty minutes, ten minutes of which were exhibited, coefficient 2).
3° Presentation on a subject drawn by lot, on the material not chosen by the candidate for the third qualifying trial (public law or economy) followed by an oral question (preparation: 30 minutes; duration: 30 minutes, ten minutes of which were exhibited; coefficient 2).
The programme is attached to the present order.
4° Presentation from a topic drawn by lot on questions relating to the European Union followed by an oral question (preparation: 30 minutes; duration: 30 minutes, ten minutes of which were presented; coefficient 2).
The programme is attached to the present order.
5° 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 2; any rating less than 10 of 20 is eliminated.
6° Test in the language chosen for the sixth qualifying 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 2; any rating less than 10 of 20 is eliminated.
Upon registration, 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 proof of eligibility: German, Amharic, Arabic literal, Maghrebian, Arabic oriental, Burmese, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Chinese (mandarin), Chinese (mandarin), Korean, Spanish, Greek, Haussa,
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 examinations of eligibility set by the jury and cannot be less than 160 may be admitted to the oral examinations. The jury determines, by section and alphabetical order, the list of candidates admitted to participate in oral examinations.
At the end of the oral examinations and optional examinations, the jury draws, by section and order of merit, the list of candidates admitted. Where applicable, a supplementary admission list is established in each section.
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.
In the event that one or more places remain unscheduled in one or more sections of the two external and internal contests, due to lack of candidates or because of their insufficiency, they may, by jury decision, be assigned to that or those of the candidates in the same section of the other contest having totaled the largest number of points.
If, after application of the previous provision in each section, one or more unsupplied places, they may, by decision of the jury, be assigned to that or to candidates from the other sections having totaled the largest number of points.
The composition of the jury of the competitions for access to employment as Foreign Affairs Advisor (Eastern Framework) 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 or Foreign Affairs Counsellors;
3° Teachers or designated personalities because of their speciality and skills.
The use of the dictionary is permitted exclusively in the written tests for the following languages: literal Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Persian, Swahili and Turkish.
For these languages, all types of dictionaries (excluding electronic dictionaries) of the test language to French, English or to a third language are allowed, and vice versa. Applicants using a dictionary of the test language to a language other than English and French may use a dictionary of this third language to English or French. The dictionaries written exclusively in the language of the test are also allowed.
The dictionaries can be checked during the tests. They cannot be lent or exchanged between candidates.
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 Affairs Advisor (Orient Framework) for the year 2013. The decision of February 12, 2007 on the organization of external and internal competitions for access to employment as Foreign Affairs Advisor (Orient Framework) is repealed as of that date and no later than September 30, 2012.
The Director General of Administration and Modernization of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs is responsible 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 ― CONSEILLER DES AFFAIRES ETRANGÈRES (CADRE D'ORIENT)
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, competence (including territorial and personal) protection of nationals.
C. ∙ International organizations:
creation, legal status, skills, structures, functioning;
the United Nations, specialized agencies, the International Court of Justice;
the World Trade Organization (WTO);
– Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE);
the Council of Europe;
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO);
– Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
D. ― The European Union:
creation, legal status, skills, structures, functioning.
E. ∙ Relations between States:
diplomatic and consular relations;
recognition;
the prevention and peaceful settlement of disputes;
- international responsibility;
– international litigation.
F. ∙ The international regime:
- the environment;
- the sea, international canals and rivers;
- airspace and outer space;
- information and communication.
G. ∙ Human rights and the rule of law:
- human rights and their international protection;
humanitarian action and the question of interference;
international criminal justice (International Criminal Courts and International Criminal Courts).
III. – International relations
A. ― History of International Relations since 1871:
– the main conflicts and successive peace regulations;
– the end of empires and decolonization;
- North-South relations;
- East-West relations;
- the non-aligned;
- development assistance;
– European construction.
B. Strategic issues:
- the different conceptions of peacekeeping and security (balance, collective security, deterrence) the various types of conflicts, terrorism disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation, resource security, cybersecurity, maritime security, organized crime.
IV. – The foreign policy of France and the European Union
A. ― Political, military, financial, economic and cultural determinants.
B. ― France's position on key global issues (including international governance, environment, development, cultural diversity, international trade, strategic threats, nuclear, humanitarian issues, human rights).
C. ― European Policy of France.
D. ― External action of the European Union: the institutional framework, the PESC, the PESD, the external relations of the Union.
E. ∙ Decline by Zones: Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Middle East, United States and America, Russia and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, Asia and the Pacific.
Public law
(3rd eligibility test and 3rd admission test)
I. Constitutional law and political institutions
A. ∙ The sources of constitutional law:
The development of constitutions and different types of constitutions.
The Constitution of 4 October 1958, its revisions and its application; organic laws; Law and regulation.
The hierarchy of legal acts, the control of the constitutionality of laws.
The jurisprudence of the Constitutional Council.
B. ∙ Political institutions:
Political sovereignty and its modes of expression.
Representation and electoral regimes.
Institutional arrangement. Executives (monism and government dualism). Parliaments (monocalism and bicameralism).
Supreme courts. Confusion, collaboration and separation of powers.
The evolution of French political institutions since the Third Republic.
The current political institutions of France.
The institutional framework for France's foreign policy.
The different types of political regime. The political institutions of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain.
C. ― Fundamental rights and their protection:
Human rights (declarations and preambles), public freedoms and general principles of law.
II. Administrative and administrative law
A. ∙ Sources of administrative law:
The principle of legality and the hierarchy of administrative acts.
Regulatory acts, individual acts, administrative jurisprudence.
B. ― The structures and functioning of the French administration:
State central administration; interdepartmental coordination; Mission administration.
The territorial districts of the state.
Territorial authorities and public institutions.
State and public authorities; deconcentration and decentralization; contractualization.
Participation, consultation, advisory administration.
C. ― Administration officers:
The various categories of public officials.
The public service: status, recruitment, rights and obligations of civil servants, participation and consultation procedures, public service ethics.
D. ∙ Administrative justice:
Administrative courts, their organization and competence. Sharing competence between administrative and judicial judges.
The general characteristics of the administrative litigation.
The litigation procedure: the appeal for excess of power and the appeal of full jurisdiction.
E. ― The relationship between administration and administration:
The responsibility of State officials in their relations with the administrators.
The legal protection of the administrators: access to documents and files, motivation of administrative acts, execution of court decisions, recourse to mediators.
III. - Integration of international law and law
of the European Union in the French legal order
A. ∙ International law:
The application of treaties and other sources.
The evolution of jurisprudence (constitutional council, administrative judge, judicial judge).
B. ― European Union law:
The integration of constitutive treaties and community acts.
The evolution of jurisprudence (constitutional council, administrative judge, judicial judge).
C. ― Organization of governmental and parliamentary work (in France) in European matters.
Economy
(3rd eligibility test and 3rd admission test)
I. ― Fundamental concepts
The great economic theories.
Production, consumption, investment, currency and financing.
Contemporary imbalances and "crisis".
Economic policy: modes and instruments of intervention; fiscal and fiscal policy; monetary policy.
II. – International economic and development challenges
A. ― The foundations of the international economy:
Trade flows, economic zones, emerging countries, developing countries.
Balance of goods and services, terms of trade, competitiveness.
B. ∙ International economic challenges:
Theories and economic analyses of globalization.
International economy regulation: financial transparency, anti-corruption, economic and financial sanctions.
International trade: theories of international trade, free trade and protectionism, WTO, real flows, foreign trade and development, investments, multinational firms.
International economic governance: WTO, IMF, World Bank, regional banks, regional spaces and major regional economic agreements.
Global public goods: health, food security, climate, energy, natural resources.
C. ∙ Development strategies:
Development Theories and analyses, development and well-being measures and indicators, development policies.
Baseline: global income distribution, demographic changes and development, debt, development assistance.
Development tools: aid coherence and effectiveness, development partnerships, multilateral financing, innovative financing.
European Union
(4th 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.
Cohesion policy.
The other policies of the Union.
External policy: PESC/PESD and development policy.
Judicial and police cooperation.
LIST OF COUNTRIES AGAINST GLOBAL SECTIONS
Central Europe
Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland.
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Albania, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine.
South and Far East Asia
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu, Viet Nam.
Maghreb, Middle East, Africa
Maghreb and the Middle East:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen.
Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean:
South Africa, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, South Africa, South Africa, South Africa, Uganda, Uganda
DOSSIER DE RECONNAISSANCE DES ACQUIS DE L'EXPÉRIENCE PROFESSIONNELLE
(1st internal competition admission test)
| Secretary of exceptional class chancery | Counsellor for Foreign Affairs (Orient Framework) |
| | Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Orient Framework) |
| | 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 (s):
Date and place of birth:
Registration number:
Status:
Officer. Specify:
Public Service of the State Territorial Public Service Hospitaller
Corps 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. Maximum 3 accomplishments. Maximum 7 pages.)
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III. ― Declaration on Honour
I undersigned (Name, 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.
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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.
For the Minister and by delegation:
Director General of Administration
and modernization,
S. Romatet
