Question 13744 — French people abroad

Summary

Ms. Amélia Lakrafi draws the attention of the Minister of National Education and Youth to the arrangements for awarding school scholarships to French children residing with their families abroad and attending an establishment in the network of the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE). The processing of requests for educational assistance falling within this framework is organized in two stages. On the one hand, a commission local chaired by the head of the diplomatic or consular post of the country of residence and composed in particular of consular advisors competent in the area, examines the files and makes proposals. On the other hand, a national commission established under the director of the AEFE proceeds, on the basis of these proposals, to the distribution between the beneficiaries of the annual envelope of allocated credits. If this procedure responds, of a from a legal and regulatory point of view, under very strict supervision conditions, several testimonies brought to its attention indicate, in practice, a certain number of excesses and abuses. Clientelistic practices, granting of favors or conversely unfounded rejection of certain requests against a backdrop of personal conflict are sometimes suspected and cast doubt on the probity of the award conditions. In this context, she would like to know what measures could be taken to improve the transparency of this process and offer better guarantees as to the objectivity of the criteria for granting this aid.

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