Civil servants around the world: prepare yourselves for tomorrow's public policy challenges
The French National Institute of Public Service (INSP) created on January 1, 2022 took over from the French National School of Administration (ENA).
The National Institute of Public Service (INSP) is the new public benchmark dedicated to the recruitment, initial training, and continuing training of French top executives and managers.
Learn more about the 3 main international courses open to civil servants and public officials from all over the world:
The Long international training course ("Cil" in French)
This programme enables civil servants from foreign public administrations to familiarise themselves with the French administration and benefit from joint training with INSP civil servant students in initial training (FI).
This training course lasts at least 13 months (including a work placement in an administration) and leads to a diploma as it is coupled with 3 professional masters courses organised in partnership with prestigious French universities: Celsa - Sorbonne University, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Strasbourg University and its Institute for Political Studies.
The international advanced training course ("Cip" in French)
The Cip enables experienced executives holding responsible positions in foreign public administrations and endowed with a potential for development and influence to become familiar with all facets of public management in France.
This is an 8-month training course (including a work placement in an administration) for experienced executives holding responsible positions in foreign public administrations. It leads to a diploma as it is also coupled with 2 professional masters courses organised in partnership with Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Strasbourg University.
The IRA international training course ("CiIRA" in French)
The CiIRA targets junior international civil servants holding mid-level responsibilities who are interested in broadening their skills and acquiring professional expertise in public administration.
This 8-month training course (including work placements in administration) is based in one of the 3 IRAs - Lille, Lyon or Metz and leads to a diploma - as it is also coupled with three professional master's courses organised in partnership with prestigious French universities: Celsa - Sorbonne University, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Strasbourg University.
More information on the CiIRA (in French)
To ensure sufficient time for applications, the deadline for registration has been extended to November 19, 2022!