Diplôme d'établissement et Executive master "Métiers de l'administration publique d'Etat" - Full-time preparation
Full-time preparation for careers in public administration offers effective training for careers in public administration, including the judiciary, and for A and A+ category competitive examinations.
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Description
The aim of this multi-disciplinary training program is to enable you to acquire, consolidate or deepen your knowledge, know-how and interpersonal skills in the main areas and subjects you need to master in order to qualify for a position as an executive or senior manager in the French state administration:
Master and apply the legal, financial and economic framework of public action
Identify contemporary public policy issues and formulate proposals
Managing public action projects
Acquire a professional culture, forge a network
It is also based on real-life situations, with practice sessions for the eligibility and admission tests of the targeted competitive examinations. The syllabus takes into account the latest reforms to state civil service competitive examinations, which are tending to become more professional, with a shift in the balance between knowledge and know-how and interpersonal skills (reform of the IRA competitive examination in 2019, reform of the INSP ex-ENA competitive examination in 2022, etc.) and changes in recruitment methods.
The one-year program can be taken as part of an initial or continuing training program. In the former case, it can lead to the award of the Diplôme d'établissement (DE), "métiers de l'administration publique d'Etat - préparation à temps plein", and in the latter, it can lead to the award of the Executive Master (EM), "métiers de l'administration publique d'Etat - préparation à temps plein". The DE and EM are not nationally-recognized IEP diplomas, but are specific Sciences Po Grenoble diplomas, validating that the student or trainee has successfully completed the corresponding training.
Students are placed in the same class, whether they are in the DE, the EM or the fifth year of the Sciences Po diploma in "Administrative and Judicial Careers". This makes it possible to cross-fertilize skills and experience, to the benefit of all students.
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Label Prépa Talents
The course has been awarded the Prépa Talents label. This is a government scheme designed to strengthen equal opportunities by giving as many people as possible the chance to prepare for the competitive entrance exams to the civil service, wherever they are in the country and in good conditions. By combating self-censorship, it aims to diversify the senior civil service.
The scheme is open to students preparing for external and third-level competitive entrance examinations, subject to merit and social criteria. It is conditional on attendance at the training course and effective registration for at least one civil service competitive examination during the year of training.
It gives access to a €4,000 per year scholarship, which can be combined with any Crous grant, and to enhanced pedagogical support in the form of personalized tutoring. For the rest, Prépa Talents students are in the same groups and follow the same courses as other preparatory students. It is therefore a complementary program to the curriculum itself.
In addition, the CPAG at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA is one of the preparatory courses for entry to the "Talents competitions", which have been set up on an experimental basis until December 31, 2024.
These include entrance exams for INSP, ENSP, ENAP, EHESP and INET.
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FAQ
There are two conditions that must be met to be eligible, i.e. for your application to be considered:
- I meet the conditions required of candidates for the civil service competitions I am aiming for (nationality, level of diploma, etc.). It's up to you to check.
- - Social criteria: if you have a Crous grant for 2023-2024, you are eligible. If you are not, please run the simulation on https://www.lescrous.fr/nos-services/simulateur-de-bourse/
If the simulator gives a positive answer, you are eligible. If the simulator results in a negative answer, you are not eligible, so there is no point in applying for the Talents Prep program.
Applications are assessed on the basis of the quality of the candidate's previous training, aptitudes and motivation. In the event of a tie, priority is given to candidates who live in or have obtained their baccalaureate or any higher-level diploma in a priority urban policy district, a rural revitalization zone or overseas, and to job-seekers, particularly long-term job-seekers.
The application timetable for 2024-2025 is the same as the full-time MAPE application timetable.
Applying for the Talents Prep program is free of charge. It is held on the Sciences po Grenoble competitive entrance examination platform when applications are open. As the Talents preparatory program is complementary to the full MAPE program, you must apply for the full MAPE program if you also wish to apply for the Talents preparatory program. In other words, you can't apply only to the Talents Prep program.
Your application for the Talents preparatory program will be examined at the same time as your application for the full-time MAPE program. It is possible to be admitted to MAPE without being admitted to the Talents preparatory program.
To complement your MAPE application with an application to the Talent Prep program: https://concours.sciencespo-grenoble.fr/https://concours.sciencespo-grenoble.fr/
Find out more about the Talent Prep program :
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Admission
In contrast to traditional selection methods based on academic level alone, and in line with the objective of diversifying recruitment in the public sector, CPAG proposes an original approach centered on the coherence of the candidates' professional project or training approach.
This course is aimed at students with at least a Bachelor's degree (Bac+3) or equivalent. As part of continuing education, it is also open to employees and job-seekers with at least Bac+3. It is also open to civil servants admitted to the internal competitive examination run by the INSP.
Candidates are selected on the basis of their application and a 15-minute interview. The application includes a letter of motivation, a CV and a draft teaching contract, i.e. an indication by the student of the courses he or she wishes to follow. The selection committee may decide to include a written test.
Selection is based primarily on the following criteria:
Coherence of the project with the training offer
Motivation
Consistency between project, career path (field of study and academic results, professional or para-professional experience) and proposed educational contract
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First-wave applications are open from
Monday May 13 to June 21, 2024 at 12 noon
Eligibility results or possible direct admission
→ Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Entrance exams
→ July 3-4-5, 2024
Admission results
→ Week of July 8, 2024
Second wave applications the week of
July 8 to August 22, 2024 at 8 a.m.
Eligibility results or possible direct admission
→ Friday, August 23, 2024
Admissions interviews
→ Thursday August 29 - Friday August 30, 2024
Admission results
→ Friday August 30 or Monday September 2, 2024
Program
Regardless of the entry route to public administration, the program aims to develop solid skills :
Mastery and application of the legal, financial and economic framework of public action
Identify contemporary public policy issues, step back and think critically
Formulation of operational proposals
Steering public action projects
Administrative and/or legal drafting skills
Knowledge of the professional world
Working independently, organization
Teamwork, team management
Fast playback
The ability to synthesize
Defending a position, arguing
Time management
Stress management
Public speaking
Sense of public service
Preparation takes place from September to the end of May, from Monday to Friday, all day, face-to-face.
In exceptional circumstances, some courses may be delivered remotely if the teacher is unable to attend.
The program is organized on an annual basis, rather than on a semester basis, to keep as close as possible to the timetables of the competitive examinations concerned.
Depending on the course, class sizes can range from three to around twenty students.
The teaching team is largely made up of associate professionals. This enables them to take a practical look at the day-to-day workings of government departments, and to benefit from their own experience of competitive examinations. This also means that classes can be held over extended time slots, including evenings until 7:30 pm, and / or moved to late to accommodate the professional constraints of the lecturers. Learners need to be prepared to adapt, and to have greater stamina than is naturally required to prepare for government jobs.
The advantage of full-time preparation for careers in public administration is that it is based on the "à la carte" principle. Depending on their needs, and with the supervision and support of the pedagogical committee, students select the courses they wish to follow at the beginning of the year.
To qualify for the DE or EM, you need to choose courses worth a minimum of 60 points and 200 hours of teaching.
As a reminder, the consistency of the choice of courses with the career path and project is one of the criteria on which the pedagogical commission bases its selection of candidates for the DE and EM.
Training map (subject to amendments in 2024-2025)
Refresher courses (courses involving continuous assessment are marked "CC"): fundamentals of constitutional law (CC), administrative law (CC), economics (CC), public finance (CC), local authority law (CC), criminal law and procedure, civil law and procedure, mastery of legal documentation, fundamental rights and freedoms.
Training on MCQs in administrative and legal culture, public finance, European institutions and policies, and digital culture (IRA type).
In-depth courses: aimed at working on the issues that cut across each field, equipping learners to approach these issues with hindsight and/or to propose solutions for public action: issues in public law, economics, public, social, international and European finance, general culture and contemporary issues, public policy and public policy case-practice methodology, public security institutions and policies, general judicial culture, etc.
Methodology courses: methodology of the administrative briefing note, methodology of the judicial briefing note (ENM type), methodology of the police case study, methodology of the economic and financial briefing note, public policy and methodology of the public policy case study.
Training: case study in public policy (IRA type), case study on the challenges of ecological or digital transitions (INSP type), operational note in economics (INSP type) OR composition in economics without file, operational note in law (INSP type) OR composition in public law OR mini-dissertation (ENM type), QRC in public finance, social issues, European and international issues (INSP type) OR composition on social policies (health/social competitive examination type), summary note on judicial, legal or administrative problems (ENM type), dissertation or case study in civil law and proc. civile (ENM type), dissertation or case study in criminal law and proc. pénale (ENM type) / police, case study in police, proposal note in economics and public finance (IFP type), reflection note on contemporary issues (ENM type). civil law (ENM type), dissertation or case study in criminal law and criminal procedure (ENM / police type), case study in police law, proposal note in economics and public finance (IFP type), reflection note on contemporary issues (INSP type) 5h OR dissertation on general culture OR dissertation on general judicial culture.
Civil service law and human resources management, managerial and organizational issues in the senior civil service, team management and decision-making processes, English (courses and training), digital skills base.
Training: practical case studies on managerial and organizational issues, such as INSP CI and 3C
Judicial culture
The institutional environment of public finance
Oral interview methodology for A+ professions
Oral interview methodology for the A trades
Preparing to qualify
Trade and thematic conferences
Optional internship
Observation of competition orals
Cultural outings
Course evaluation and professional project follow-up
The only compulsory courses are "Team management and decision-making processes", "Professional and thematic conferences", "Cultural outings" and "Evaluation of courses and follow-up of professional project". Everything else is à la carte.
Participation in the chosen "training sessions" or "continuous assessment courses" is compulsory. In general, the mark used to validate the "training" course is the average of the two best marks.
Here are some examples of course selections to be adapted to each student's profile
To be adapted to each student's profile:
Fundamental rights and freedoms, public law, economics, social issues, public finance, international and European affairs, current events in public policy, general culture and contemporary issues, civil service law and HRM, managerial and organizational issues in the senior civil service, training for the five competitive examinations, English, oral methodology for the A+ professions (total approx. 482 hours of training)
internal and 3rd competitive examinations can also be prepared. Preparers will need to include the "Managerial and organizational issues in the senior civil service" course and the corresponding training sessions in their syllabus.
Fundamental courses in constitutional law, administrative law, public finance, European law, local authority law, legal documentation, public policy news, civil service law and HRM, digital skills base, A-profession oral methodology, and corresponding training for the two competitive entrance exams (total approx. 338h of training).
Fundamental courses in civil law and civil procedure, criminal law and criminal procedure, possibly two fundamental courses in public law (including "fundamental rights and freedoms"), general judicial culture, public law issues, public security policies and institutions, methodology for the judicial summary, Palais de Justice seminars, English, as well as training for the competitive entrance exam (total approx. 392 hours of training).
Cf ENM, without civil law/civil procedure and the methodology of the judicial summary note, but with the methodology of the police case study and the training corresponding to the eligibility tests for these competitive examinations (total approx. 392h of training).
those not wishing to prepare for a specific civil service competitive examination will choose the courses they need, since both the courses and the training offered lead to the acquisition of professional skills with a view to working in or on public administration.
Depending on the project, complementary courses may be considered in parallel: IEJ at Grenoble Law School, prep'EN3S at Grenoble Law School, etc.
Skills
The full-time MAPE program is designed to enable students to develop key professional activities over the course of their training. A set of skills is associated with each activity. The skills repository provides an ordered description of the steps required to successfully complete the activity.
Mobilize knowledge of the main public policies and/or the organization of public administrations;
Identify the main public information databases (public reports, statistical data, etc.);
Use files containing a variety of documents (grey literature, legal and scientific texts, statistical data, etc.);Identify and prioritize relevant public policy information;
Put these policies into perspective with contemporary issues in public action (Europeanization, internationalization, environmentalization, digitization, democratization, etc.);
Identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the main public policies and/or the organization of public administrations;Present the diagnosis in writing and/or orally.
Skills blocks associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC01 - Conduct a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the complexity of a request or situation; RNCP34024BC02 - Express one's thoughts clearly and concisely in writing and orally, in French and English; RNCP34024BC03 - Organize one's work according to the context and the request.
Analyze the order, taking into account its context (hierarchical, social, economic and agenda);
Mobilize knowledge of the main public policies and/or the organization of public administrations;
Develop a personal analysis of how to improve a given public policy and/or the organization of a public administration;
Identify the appropriate players, devices and standards vehicles ;
Formulate operational proposals and draw attention to their strengths and weaknesses;
Build a sales pitch;Summarize proposals in writing and/or orally.
Skills blocks associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC01 - Conduct a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the complexity of a request or situation; RNCP34024BC02 - Express one's thoughts clearly and concisely, in writing and orally, in French and English; RNCP34024BC03 - Organize one's work according to the context and the request; RNCP34024BC05 - Work in a collaborative environment.
Analyze the order or the subject of the note and/or report ;
Take ownership of the subject, whatever the theme;
Gather, analyze and prioritize relevant information using the resources provided or through specific documentary research;
Gather the views of relevant stakeholders, if required by the order;
Present relevant information in a synthetic, explicit and structured manner;
Write a concise note;
Use a clear presentation of the summary, respecting any formal conventions in force.
Skills blocks associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC01 - Conduct a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the complexity of a request or situation; RNCP34024BC02 - Express one's thoughts clearly and concisely in writing and orally, in French and English; RNCP34024BC03 - Organize one's work according to the context and the request.
Determine the objectives and milestones of the support;
Identify the players, possibly by selecting them, and take into account their different statuses, skills and missions;
Take into account the different professional cultures of the players to be supported;
Provide stakeholders with the information resources they need to design or implement public policy;
Identify, integrate and mobilize relevant stakeholder networks;
Devising appropriate partnership solutions (agreements, etc.) ;
Advise stakeholders on available mechanisms and resources.
Skills blocks associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC01 - Conduct a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the complexity of a request or situation; RNCP34024BC03 - Organize your work according to the context and the request; RNCP34024BC04 - Manage a project; RNCP34024BC05 - Work in a collaborative environment.
Understand the institutional, legal and financial operating procedures of public administrations;
Applying and disseminating the legal rules and ethical principles applicable to the civil service;
Identify and characterize available human resources ;
Implement and ensure forward-looking management of jobs and skills ;
Identify your own management style and adapt it to the circumstances ;
Manage and lead teams according to a hierarchical and/or functional model;
Plan and control team activities;
Detect conflicts and implement a conflict resolution approach;
Set up social dialogue bodies and ensure they are active in line with professional election deadlines.
Blocks of skills associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC01 - Conduct a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the complexity of a request or situation; RNCP34024BC03 - Organize your work according to the context and the request; RNCP34024BC05 - Work in a collaborative environment.
Identify, or analyze and understand, issues related to public policy;
Identify and rank the causes of a given public problem;
Set public policy objectives in line with the order and decide on the implementation strategy;
Ensure the external consistency of the intervention system with other public policies;Establish the project's action plan and deliverables, drawing on existing systems, proposing avenues for innovation and mobilizing the relevant normative vehicles;
Determine implementation indicators (achievement, impact, etc.) and adjustment mechanisms during programming;
Develop a decision-making process and set up steering or monitoring bodies ;
Draw up and monitor the project budget;
Order the strategy from the stakeholders concerned and mobilize them throughout the project, if necessary by organizing discussion sessions;
Set and communicate clear objectives and a project schedule (programming and retroplanning);
Ensure project implementation ;
Accountability to sponsors.
Skills blocks associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC01 - Conduct a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the complexity of a request or situation; RNCP34024BC03 - Organize your work according to the context and the request; RNCP34024BC04 - Manage a project; RNCP34024BC05 - Work in a collaborative environment.
Keeping a legal watch ;
Mobilize the main legal concepts of civil and criminal law and civil and criminal procedure;
Identify and measure the reliability of legal supports;
Search for legal information in ;
Synthesizing legal information ;
Gather information on a contentious situation and identify the legal issues involved;
Write notes on the legal framework applicable to a given litigation situation, based on the legal information research previously carried out;
Formulate operational, executable and legally compliant proposals for dispute resolution.
Skills blocks associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC01 - Conduct a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the complexity of a request or situation; RNCP34024BC02 - Express one's thoughts clearly and concisely in writing and orally, in French and English; RNCP34024BC03 - Organize one's work according to the context and the request.
Job opportunities
The professions targeted by this training program are management positions in state and judicial public administration at A or A+ level: design and steering of public policies at central and decentralized levels, project management, advisory, inspection and jurisdictional missions, support functions such as legal, human resources and finance.
Students are trained regardless of how they eventually enter the profession: competitive examination, contract, volunteer work, civic service, etc.
For the "concours" entry, the competitive entrance exams prepared are those :
General administration: Institut national du service public (ex-ENA), instituts régionaux d'administration, inspection des finances publiques, attaché de l'Education nationale (concours interne)
and the judiciary: Ecole nationale de la magistrature, officier et commissaire de police.
Other competitions and examinations can be prepared for by adding independent work:
Ecole nationale supérieure de sécurité sociale, commissaire des armées, administrateur des affaires maritimes, officier de gendarmerie, attaché OFPRA, concours de l'administration pénitentiaire, de la protection judiciaire de la jeunesse,...
certain competitive examinations from other civil service sectors, such as directeur d'hôpital (DH), directeur d'établissement sanitaire, social et médico-social (D3S) and administrateur territorial,...
Law school entrance exam, it being specified that it is necessary to hold a Master 1 in law to register for this exam, and that neither the DE, nor the "MAPE temps plein" EM, nor even the IEP diploma, are equivalent.
Also covered, on a subsidiary basis, are professions relating to state public administration and which can be exercised in the following sectors:
→ Para-public: public companies,...
→ Private: public affairs departments of French and international companies, consulting firms or think tanks focusing on the public sector, associations
→ Political professions: parliamentary assistant, advisor in a minister's office or local authority.
Our results
Competitions for which eligibility takes place in the 2023-2024 academic year
INSP Summer 2024: pending
IRA autumn 2023 session: 3 candidates, 3 eligible, 1 admitted ranked first at IRA Lyon
Public finance inspector: 4 candidates, 4 eligible, 3 admitted
Contrôleur des finances publiques: 1 candidate, admitted, 93rd out of 1151
Customs inspector: 1 candidate, eligible, pending
Customs inspector: 1 candidate, eligible, withdrawal.
EN3S, D3S, DH: competitive examination in summer 2024
ENM summer 2024: pending
Police Commissioner: 1 candidate, not eligible
Police officer: 2 applicants, 1 eligible, admissions in progress
Department of Penitentiary Services: 2 candidates, 1 eligible, admissions in progress
Direction pénitentiaire d'insertion et de probation: 2 candidates, 2 eligible, admissions in progress
Under certain conditions, passing a category A or A+ competitive examination during the course of your studies can validate your diploma. See Sciences po Grenoble study regulations.
Concession contract manager at Vinci Autoroute
Volontariat international en administration auprès du service économique régional de Washington (Direction générale du Trésor)
CDI consultant in public security policies for the consulting firm Wavestone
Fixed-term contract in charge of purchasing and public procurement in a town of 10,000 inhabitants
CDD project manager for early childhood in a town of 880,000 inhabitants,...
Contact
Martine Argoud and Ouarda Kherkhache
School administrators
contact-cpag@sciencespo-grenoble.fr
Tel: 04 76 82 60 36
Information, rates, quotes and registration
contact-formation-continue@iepg.fr
Camille Morio
Lecturer in public law at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA
camille.morio@iepg.fr
Tel: 04 76 82 83 65 (voicemail messages will not be retrieved)
Jean-Luc AMINOT
Retired police commissioner
Benoît BACHELET
Substitut général près la cour d'appel de Grenoble, in charge of the general secretariat
Nicolas BARD
Public Finance Inspector, Assistant to the Nord-Isère Hospital Treasury
Bernard BOULLOUD
Attorney at the Grenoble Bar
Pierre-Eric BOURG
ENA alumnus, Foreign Affairs Advisor (General Executive), Director General of the Task Force for Globalization, General Directorate for Globalization, Culture, Education and International Development, MEAE.
Julien BOURRY
Senior civil servant / DGS.
Jean-Philippe BRUN
Inspecteur divisionnaire des finances publiques, advisor to local decision-makers, Communauté de communes du Grésivaudan, DDFiP 38
Lionel BRUNI
Deputy public finance administrator, accounting officer, Université Grenoble Alpes
Rémi BLANC
Former EN3S student, Health Director, CPAM 38
Claudie CALABRIN
Administratrice territoriale en détachement, conseiller budget, finances locales et transformation publique auprès de Madame la ministre déléguée chargée des Collectivités territoriales et de la Ruralité
Pierre CHAMBE
Former INSP student, State administrator, France Travail transformation project manager.
Marie CHAMOSSET
Attachée principale des administrations de l'Etat, chef du service académique juridique et contentieux, rectorat de Grenoble
Rémi COLLIAT
Inspecteur des finances publiques à la 2e brigade départementale de vérifications de la DDFiP 38
Matthieu COUTELLIER
Alumnus of EN3S, deputy director in charge of Labparentalité at CNAF and associate professor in the sociology department at Grenoble Alpes University.
Sandrine DANTAS-BARREIRO
PRAG in English, Sciences po Grenoble - UGA
Vérane EDJAHARIAN
Lecturer in public law at the Faculty of Law, Université Grenoble Alpes
Sylvie GAUTHIER
Director of Labor, in charge of UC4 GRENOBLE East and South, DDETS 38
Anne-Laure GONNET
Senior public finance inspector at DDFiP 38, auditor
Gilles JAILLOT
Former ENA student, retired 1st advisor to the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional audit chamber.
Anne-Sophie MAURIN
State administrative attaché, Head of Employment and Social Integration Department, DDETS 38
Nicolas MIDDIONE
Former ENA student, advisor to the Île-de-France regional audit chamber.
Camille MORIO
Lecturer in public law at Sciences po Grenoble - UGA
Philippe MULLER
Honorary Attorney General to the Grenoble Court of Appeal
Séverine NICOT
Lecturer in public law at the Faculty of Law, Université Grenoble Alpes
Emmanuelle PETIT
Head of Home Support for the Elderly and Disabled, Département de l'Isère
Virginie PINCHARD
Public Finance Inspector, Legal Affairs Division, DDFiP 38
Valérian RABOT
VINCI Autoroutes Concession Contract Manager
Serge SLAMA
Professor of public law at Grenoble Alpes University Law School
Louis STROEYMEYT
Former INSP student, state administrator, head of the "energies, mobility and living environment" department, DDT 77.
Mathias VINCENT
Student territorial administrator
Coralie WALUGA
Former ENA student, Deputy Director of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon.
Numerous one-off presentations are given by professionals: magistrates, victims' associations, national gendarmerie research units, prison directors, directors of the Lyon IRA, etc.