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What is the Public Service Diversity Allowance?

Verified 06 July 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The Public Service Diversity Allowance is designed to provide financial support to the most deserving candidates in the preparation of certain public service competitions. Since the start of the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the allowance has been replaced by the Talents scholarships.

The conditions of award and the amount of these scholarships vary depending on whether or not you are preparing your competition in a Talent Prep class.

Talent Prep Class

If you are registered in a Talent Prep classYes, you're entitled to the scholarship.

The Talent Prepas classes are intended for students and jobseekers, selected under conditions of resources, merit and motivation. They prepare them for certain public service competitions. In particular, each pupil benefits from a reinforced tutoring.

These classes are integrated into public service schools, universities, institutes of political studies, or general administration preparation centers or institutes (CPAG or IPAG).

There is no specific approach to be taken. You simply have to ask the educational referee of your institution.

Your institution will send the list of applicants to the regional prefect no later than the month following the start of school.

The scholarship is automatically awarded to you by the prefect.

The amount of the grant is €4,000.

It is paid in 2 installments:

  • €2,000 within one month of the date of return
  • €2,000 between March and May

The grant is awarded for a maximum duration of 1 year.

Exceptionally, it may be renewed once, in particular depending on the results obtained in the competition prepared.

Each payment depends on your attendance at tutoring preparations and exercises.

The stock exchange may be combined with the scholarships based on social criteria of higher education.

You must follow the preparation assiduously.

You must also take part in the eligibility tests for one of the competitions for which you have been granted State aid at the end of your preparation.

If you do not meet these obligations, you must repay the amount of the scholarship.

Other

Situation of the beneficiary

You may be eligible for a Talent Award if you are preparing one or more Category A or B Public Service competitions and you are:

  • Student, notably enrolled in a general administration preparation institute (Ipag), an administration preparation center (Cpag)
  • Student enrolled in distance education in an organization offering courses in preparation for administrative competitions of category A or B. These may be public or private competition preparation bodies.
  • Employee with a temporary contract of employment or a part-time CDI
  • In retraining and unemployed, registered or not in Pôle emploi

Please note

if you are enrolled in a Pre-Talent class in 2021-22 and have failed your competitions, you can benefit from the Talents grant in 2022. To do this, you need to prepare again for a Category A or B competition through a preparatory body.

Conditions of nationality

You must be a national of a member country of the European Union, of the European Economic Area or of Swiss nationality to be entitled to the scholarship.

Warning  

certain category A competitions are open without nationality conditions. In this case, foreigner candidates can prepare for these competitions and apply for a Talent Grant.

Diploma condition

You must be in one of the following situations:

  • Have a diploma that allows you to enter a public service competition of category A (minimum Bac + 3) or B (minimum Bac)
  • Waiting for the results of your exams when submitting the scholarship application

Conditions of merit and motivation

Grants are awarded on the basis of the results of previous studies.

Your motivation to join the public service is also taken into account. It is assessed in your CV and cover letter.

Resource Condition

Your resources must not exceed certain limits. These ceilings differ according to of load points, determined according to the family responsibilities and the distance between your home and the place of study.

The tax home of reference is your parents', except in the following cases:

  • You are married, have passed away or live in a common-law relationship and you have a joint tax return with your spouse separate from your parents
  • You have one or more dependent children and no longer appear on your parents' tax return

For 2022-23, the revenues taken into account are those received in 2021. Such income shall be included in the line "total gross income" or "total gross deficit" of the notice of taxation or non-taxation 2022.

Thus, for the year 2022-2023, the maximum resources for a candidate with 0 load point is €33,100.

Requests must be made via an online procedure. No paper files can be accepted.

Prepara Talents scholarship application

The scholarship application must be made between July 20 andthe 16th september 2022.

The scholarships are awarded by the prefects. Each region awards a limited number of grants per year.

You will receive a response to your request before 30 november. This response is sent to you by registered letter with notice of receipt or via the messaging of the platform where you made your request.

The amount of the grant is €2,000.

It is paid in 2 installments:

  • €1000 before the end of the calendar year
  • €1000 between March and May

The grant is awarded for a maximum duration of 1 year.

Exceptionally, it may be renewed once, in particular depending on the results obtained in the competition prepared.

Each payment depends on your attendance at tutoring preparations and exercises.

The stock exchange may be combined with the scholarships based on social criteria of higher education.

The obligations differ depending on whether you are preparing competitions via remote preparation or not.

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Remote Preparation

If you are preparing for administrative competitions via remote preparation, you must sign a mentoring charter.

You must meet the following commitments:

  • Participate actively and assiduously in tutoring exercises proposed by the tutor
  • Follow the established schedule of meetings with the tutor or report his absence
  • Take the eligibility tests of the competition prepared
  • Report any change of address
  • Communicate the results of its tests

If you do not meet these obligations, you must repay the money you collect.

Other

You must follow the preparation assiduously.

You must also take part in the eligibility tests for one of the competitions for which you have been granted State aid at the end of your preparation.

If you do not meet these obligations, you must repay the amount of the scholarship.

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