Selection Process for ENA and IRA Long- Term International Cycles
Each year, ENA selects around 80 candidates for its long-term international cycles and those of the Instituts Régionaux d’Administration (IRA).
ENA today, with 70 years of experience, is the management school for senior civil service, at the national, European and International level. It attracts young and experienced civil servants from more than 100 countries in the world
3 long-term cycles are open to foreign public agents and civil servants.
Long International Course (CIL)
Lasting 14 months, open to junior civil servants or public agents.
The CIL may be open to future civil servants after dispensation.
This course leading to ENA International Diploma in Public Administration can be completed with one of the three high-level professional Masters programs : a Masters programme in General Public Administration, a Masters programme in Public Institution Communication and a Masters programme in Public Action in Europe organised by ENA in partnership with prestigious French universities: University Paris IV CELSA ; University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and the University of Strasbourg.
NB : French nationality debars candidates from long international course.
International Advanced Training Course (CIP)
Lasting 8 months, open to senior civil servants.
This course leading to ENA International Diploma in Public Administration can be completed with a Masters programme in one of two special areas: “Public Administration and international affairs” or “Public Specialised Administration” organised in partnership with University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and the University of Strasbourg.
IRA International Course (CiIRA)
Lasting 8 months, open to junior and senior civil servants.
IRA course also provides foreign civil servants with the opportunity to prepare, in addition to their IRA diploma, a Masters programme.