In constant evolution in line with the recommendations of internal departments as well as the needs of agents, the “public finances” training plan at the Ministry of Culture will receive a new boost in 2027. Last February 15th, the Ministry of Culture issued a call for tenders on the “APProch” platform to renew its training market in public finances and public management control for its agents. Such a market is already in progress, and its renewal is expected to be published in December. Estimated between 100,000 and 500,000 euros, it will be valid for 4 years.
But what need is it trying to meet? According to the ministry, “the main objective of the training is twofold.” It aims to offer “the most suitable possible offer to meet the needs of agents in this sector to strengthen their autonomy and professional expertise,” and to make this offer “as up-to-date as possible” based on ministerial and inter-ministerial recommendations. “The professionalization work of the financial function (P2F) led by the budget department may generate an evolution in the training offer for management control during the year 2026,” the ministry further details.
The entire territory is concerned
The training offer is aimed at all professionals within the ministry with missions and activities related to public finances, including agents working in central administration, decentralized services, meaning regional directorates of cultural affairs (Drac), as well as officials from ministry operators regarding internal financial control and profession-related training. “The trainings and tools respond to the need for ministry agents to master the budgetary and financial issues of central services, decentralized services, and services with national jurisdiction,” details the Ministry of Culture. “They also concern officials of the operators, who are responsible for internal control and risk management.”
The scope of the market also covers the entire territory, “the ministry’s general secretariat having the mission to train all ministry agents according to priority ranks and specific competencies,” the ministry continues.
Adaptable modalities
Regarding the program themes, the various training actions are divided into 5 axes: budget execution, budget programming, subsidies, supervision exercise, and risk management and internal control exercise. These different aspects are then adapted to the agents’ level, from beginner to expert, through the “in-depth” phase, depending on their position.
The training offer was developed by the office of professional training and skills development within the ministry’s general secretariat, with the support of the financial and general affairs department. Officials can benefit from sessions throughout the year, in-person, remotely in synchronous or asynchronous mode, “taking into account the constraints related to the exercise of financial and budgetary functions such as the end of budget management,” finally specifies the ministry.
Restructuring following the creation of a financial management center
Like the Court of Auditors recently, the central administration of the Ministry of Culture will undergo a restructuring operation on the occasion of the creation of a financial management center. A decree published in the Official Journal on Wednesday, March 18, formalizes its establishment under the authority of the ministerial budgetary and accounting controller. As stated in a note from the interministerial directorate for public transformation (DITP) dated 2022, the deployment of financial management centers aims to “modernize, integrate, and streamline the expenditure chain by consolidating in a single financial management center (FGC) the tasks performed by shared services centers at the authorizing officer’s and billing services at the public accountant’s.” The operation concerns the accounting quality office within the sub-directorate of economic and financial affairs of the financial and general affairs department of the Ministry of Culture. In fact, this restructuring “entitles, for each job and function concerned, to compensation and support measures” such as mobility support allowance, voluntary departure allowance, complementary support allowance, or “support for the development of their professional projects and priority access to training actions.”
