Preparing for a career in Europe : ENAs contribution European School of Administration Brussels 7th

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Preparing for a career in Europe ENAs
contribution European School of Administration
Brussels7th March 2008Bernard
BoucaultDirector of ENA
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Summary
INTRODUCTION I.- The 8-month Europe
module II.- The European Master in
Governance and Administration III.-
The postgraduate course in European
Studies CONCLUSION
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INTRODUCTION

• 3 missions for ENA
• Recruit for the French civil service and
  prepare candidates for open competitions
  run by the EU institutions
• Train managers and future managers in
• the international public and private
  sectors
• Excel through international partnerships

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INTRODUCTIONENAs teaching methods A
professional and practical approach

• A combination of
• internships, team work, case studies and
  conferences
• A target population inside and outside Europe
• public and private sector
• A network of experts and EU speakers
• 1000 speakers
• Numerous trips within Europe

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I.- THE EUROPE MODULE Europe at the heart of the
initial training programme for high level public
servants
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I.- THE EUROPE MODULEa) Aims

• Enable participants to deal with all
  administrative issues
• relating to European affairs,
• ( national civil servants, European
  administrators )
• Master the strategic dimension of the challenges
  associated
• with the building of Europe
• Master the various levels associated with the
  construction
• of public action
• Anticipate the stakes in negotiations

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I.- THE EUROPE MODULE b)
Curriculum

• Linguistic objective to be operational in three
  languages
• Combination of internships and studies
• 3 weeks preparation
• 17 weeks internship
• 7 weeks of in-depth follow up
• The internship
• A position of responsibility with those involved
  in the construction of Europe
• Participants, in small groups with a tutor, carry
  out research on a given observation theme

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I.- THE EUROPE MODULE b) Curriculum (2)
Observation themes in 2008

• The evolution of the European Security, Liberty
  and Justice Space under the Lisbon Treaty
• The new cycle of the Lisbon Strategy
• The European Union and the fight against new
  threats proliferation and terrorism
• The comparative advantages of the bilateral and
  multilateral agreements for the EU in the world
• EU social policies
• Europes energy policy
• EU audiovisual and cultural policy
• Implementing the institutional innovations of the
  Lisbon Treaty
• (outside the Security, Liberty and Justice
  Space)
• EU financial services policy
• EU development aid policy
• EU migratory policy in the Security, Liberty and
  Justice Space
• Protecting EU financial interests

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I.- THE EUROPE MODULE c) Educational
resources

• Case studies, simulations, negotiations
• Drafting legal and administrative documents
• Communication action plan on a European theme
• International roundtables
• A wide variety of French and foreign speakers

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I.- THE EUROPE MODULE c) Educational
resources (2) Communication actions in 2008

• Map out a communication strategy under the
  heading European heritage
• Promote the measures taken in France to
  implement the EU action plan for research and
  innovation to increase EU competitivity and
  growth alongside business executives and
  researchers
• Promote the actions of elected French officials
  to the European Parliament - notably in the
  context of the European Elections in June 2009 -
  and to the actions of elected French officials to
  the Committee of the Regions alongside new
  electors
• Promote the progress of the European Security
  and Defence policy alongside the Brussels-based
  think-tanks
• Enhance and Promote the implementation of the
  European REACH regulation alongside those French
  companies concerned

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I.- THE EUROPE MODULE c) Educational
resources (3) Communication actions in 2008

• Draw the attention of social actors to the role
  of the EU in globalisation
• Foster interest among young men and women for
  the future European Volunteer
• Humanitarian Aid Corps
• Draw the attention of opinion leaders to the
  advantages of the euro
• Carry out national and regional communication
  plans concerning the new programme
• period of the European Social Funds
• Draw the attention of consumers to the measures
  taken to develop their confidence
• in the internal market
• Draw the attention of the public to the
  institutional advances of the Lisbon Treaty
• Bring to the understanding of the public the
  meaning of the new borders of a European
• union of 27 states and promote the concept of
  a European identity

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I.- THE EUROPE MODULEd) The participants

• Each year, from January to July
• 80 French participants
• 40 participants from abroad representing
• 33 different nationalities from the public
• and private sectors

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• II.- THE MEGA
• Master of European
• Governance and Administration

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II.- THE MEGAa) Outline

• An interdisciplinary training programme in public
  administration
• for young European managers from the public and
  private sectors
• A consortium of French and German institutions
• A full-time one year bilingual programme
• in Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels, Potsdam,
  Berlin and Florence
• A double Masters degree
• Université de Paris 1 and Potsdam University
• 3 programmes since 2005
• Registration for the 4th programme is open
• Deadline 24 May 2008

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II.- THE MEGAb) The course One
year full-time

• Initial module - Paris - 3 months
• Ecole nationale d'administration, Sciences
  Po,
• Université Paris 1- Pantheon - Sorbonne,
• Internship - 3 months
• in a German, French or European administration
  
• Follow up module - 3 months
• Potsdam University and the University of
  Humboldt in Berlin
• Preparation of a research paper (mémoire) - 3
  months
• Three study trips
• Strasbourg - Université Robert Schuman
• Brussels - Centre des Etudes Européennes
  de Strasbourg Florence - European University
  Institute

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II.- THE MEGAc) Aim Train young
upper-level managers on the modern methods
of governance

• Practical knowledge of the French, German and
  European
• administrations
• Comparative view of the functioning of the
  State
• Inter-cultural approach
• In the pursuit of national and European solutions
• In-depth knowledge of the workings of the
  European Union
• Tools required for
• the conception, implementing and evaluation of
  public policies
• Crisis management
• Public communications

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II.- THE MEGAd) Audience
Approximately 30 young, high-level managers

• French and German public sector
• Public sector of other EU Member States and
• Candidate countries
• EU institutions, agencies and other bodies
• Private sector

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III.- The Postgraduate course in European Studies
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III.- THE CHEE

• The public
• The programme brings together high
  flyers from the public and private
• sectors in Europe who continue their
  professional responsibilities
• whilst following it.
• 3 days per month during one year
• Annual themes treated
• The Lisbon Agenda (2007)
• The European Union and globalisation (2008)

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III.- THE CHEEa) Aims
To promote networking among people with an
interest in European issues
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III.- THE CHEEb) Teaching methods

• An rigorous selection of candidates
• 100 speakers of 20 different nationalities
• A patron with an exemplary commitment
• to the European cause
• Simone Veil in 2007
• Jacques Delors in 2008
• An itinerant programme in various European
  capitals

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III.- THE CHEEc) Audience

• 40 participants per year
• Public and private sectors in Europe
• MEP, senior managers, journalists,
  politicians, trade unionists.
• 2 programmes, 10 nationalities
• Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France,
  Germany
• Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Spain
• Our Partners
• The Austrian federal chancellery, Ministry for
  public administration (France),
• Ministry for Foreign Affairs
  (France, Spain), Bulgarian National Assembly...
• VEOLIA, RENAULT, LA POSTE, BNP-PARIBAS, AIRBUS,
  SAFRAN

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CONCLUSION
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Organisation of the next DISPA meeting
Strasbourg (ENA) Thursday 23 and Friday 24
October 2008 Topics 1.- Common training
sessions for administrators from EU Institutions
and Member States ? 2.- Debate initial
training /life long training in European public
services ? 3.- What other suggestions ?