European Perspectives for Public Administration Seminar Public Administration and Practice

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1 European Perspectives for Public Administration Seminar Public Administration and Practice 5-6 April 2018 CNFPT (Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale) (Strasbourg, France)

2 Session 4: Research into Practice: Training What do we need? What do we get? Where to go? Presentation Fabrice Larat

3 EPPA SEMINAR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PRACTICE, STRASBOURG APRIL 6 TH 2018 V Session 4: Trainin Session n 4: Training What do we need? What do we get? Where to go? «The specificities of national schools of government» Fabrice Larat, Head of the research unit, ENA, France

4 PA training: The distinction between special schools and universities A matter of public choice or of national distinctiveness (Kickert 2008) Not bu chance that Ch. Pollitt opens his 2010 report with the following quotation: The modalities and content of the training offered to future administrative elites is far from being neutral, and could not be (Bernard Boucault, Director of the French ENA)

5 NSG s main missions and mandates (according to OECD 2016, 26)

6 Specificity of NSG: most of the training done by practitioners v Division of labour between academic education and professional training Higher education Knowledge according academic disciplines Scientific methodology Competitive entrance examinations Basic knowledge relevant for PA and for selection purposes Preservice training at NSG General and specific knowledge about the PA Management techniques Professional and social skills Values and obligations of public service Goal: be prepared to occupy positions within public administration at a certain level of responsibilities (how PA works, what are the current issues and challenges, how to behave?)

7 Complementarity of academic approach How academics can contribute to professional training carried out by NSG: Understanding the complexity of policy making: Problematisation and contextualization Clarification: Rigorous use of concepts Generalization: Added value of theory Comparative approach: Intelligent benchmarking Scientific approach: methodology Critical thinking: Reflexivity Prendre de la hauteur et apporter des clefs de lecture

8 Main advantages of NSG as for preservice training High degree of homogeneity among trainees : In terms of shared administrative culture and habitus facilitate interministerial mobility In terms of knowledge, competences and skills similar level simplifies interoperability In terms of professionalization ENA s alumni are fully operational in three months after taking their first position A tool of socialisation : contribute to diffuse and transmit the French administrative culture with it socially integrating service public» (Kuhlmann and Wollman, 2014, 279)

9 A continuum between pre and post service training The successive steps of public administration management and leadership training in France (Larat 2017)

10 Challenges faced by NSG as for their training goals Relevance : Maintaining the adequacy between needs from employers and the content of curriculum Diversification: Profile of trainees selected via competitive examinations Sound knowledge: Need to take into account the result of academic research in the content of training programmes Standardization 1: Criteria used as international standards for accreditation Standardization 2: Incapacity for NSG to grant diplomas

11 Transformations en cours et à venir Création de chaires partenariales avec l ENSCI sur l innovation publique et avec l ENS Ulm sur «Savoir et décision publique» Possibilité pour les élèves de la formation initiale de souhaitant d obtenir un Master 2 à l issue de la scolarité Changement de statut (Établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel/grand établissement)

12 Bibliographical references Kickert, Walter (2008) (ed) The study of public management in Europe and in the US, Routledge. Kuhlmann, Sabine & Wollmann, Helmut (2014) Introduction to comparative public administration, E. Elgar. OCDE (2016) National Schools of Government: Building civil service capacity, report, Paris. Larat, Fabrice (2017) Developing an integrated and comprehensive training strategy for public sector leaders: The French experience Teaching public administration, Volume 35, n 1, March. Pollitt, Christopher & Op de Beeck, Liesbeth (2010), Training top civil servants : a comparative analysis. Leuven : Institituut Voor de Overheid. Pollitt, Christopher 2016) Advanced introduction to public management and administration, E. Elgar.

13 Main advantages High