Statutory and continuing education in the State Public Service (FPE)
Verified 01 August 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)
Are you a public official (civil servant) or a non-public official (contract) in the State civil service? You are concerned by both statutory and continuing education. Some public officials are given priority to benefit from these trainings. We explain the regulations you need to know.
The situation differs depending on whether you are a civil servant or a contract worker. Thus, statutory training occurs when you move to a new grade if you are a civil servant and to a new job if you are a contractor.
Public servant
As an official, the purpose of statutory training is to:
- Provide you with the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for the performance of your duties when you move to a new grade
- And let you know the environment in which you perform your duties.
The content of the statutory training shall be fixed for each body by ministerial decree.
This text may provide that the training is not completed in its entirety according to the achievements of your professional experience.
This training is included in the annual training plan drawn up by the administration.
The training can be carried out:
- In person
- Remote
- Or in a work situation.
As a public servant, continuing education is designed to help you maintain or improve your skills throughout your career.
It should allow you to:
- Immediately adapt to your new workstation
- Adapt to the foreseeable evolution of professions
- Develop your qualifications or acquire new ones.
The administration shall include in the annual training plan the continuing training it offers.
The training can be carried out:
- In person
- Remote
- Or in a work situation.
You benefit from a priority access to continuing education if you are in any of the following situations:
- You belong to a body category C and you do not have the bachelor's degree
- You are a disabled person benefiting from theemployment obligation
- It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.
When the training you request is provided by your employer administration, you benefit from it automatically.
If several courses correspond to your request, your employer administration may decide to have you take the training it provides itself.
If the training envisaged is not provided by your employer administration, the conditions for implementing your priority access are specified by ministerial decree.
Please note
If you are in one of these 3 situations, you are also a priority for the skills assessment and the vocational training leave.
You may be required to follow the continuing education actions. You can also ask to follow them.
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At your request
You can benefit from continuous training at your request, subject to the service requirements.
If such a request has been refused, a second refusal may only be pronounced after notice of the CAP: titleContent.
A request for continuing education cannot be refused if you have not had any continuing education in the previous 3 years.
However, your entry into training may be postponed for a maximum of one year due to service requirements after notification of the CAP.
When you are admitted to a continuing education program organized by the administration, you must complete the entire course.
At the request of your administration
Your administration may require you to undergo training in the interest of the service.
Immediate adaptation to the workstation
Continuous training to ensure your immediate adaptation to the workstation followed on the instruction of your administration are taken into account in your working time.
Adaptation to the foreseeable evolution of the business lines
Continuous training to ensure your adaptation to the foreseeable evolution of the professions are taken into account in your working time.
However, the duration of these courses may exceed, with your written consent, your hours of service within the limit of 50 hours a year.
Development of qualifications or acquisition of new qualifications
Continuing training to develop your qualifications or acquire new ones takes place during your working time.
However, the duration of these courses may exceed, with your written consent, your hours of service within the limit of 80 hours a year.
Your remuneration is maintained when training takes place during working time.
Contractual
An order specifies the modalities of this training cycle.
The training can be carried out:
- In person
- Remote
- Or in a work situation.
Your admission to training may be subject to a commitment to serve, i.e. an obligation to work in the administration for a minimum period after the end of your training.
This may be the case for a training of a duration sMore than 2 months.
The obligation to serve can be fulfilled in the 3 public functions (State, territorial or hospital) and provided for:
- By Ministerial Order
- Or by a decision of the administrative authority that recruited you.
The duration of commitment to serve in the administration can not not be greater than Two years.
However, the order or decision may extend this period, up to 5 years maximum, if your training is particularly expensive.
If you leave the public service before the end of your employment, you must reimburse the training expenses and the remuneration paid to you during your training.
If you have completed part of the service time due under your commitment prior to departure, the refund is calculated based on the service time not completed.
As a contractor, continuing education is designed to help you maintain or improve your skills throughout your career.
It should allow you to:
- Immediately adapt to your new workstation
- Adapt to the foreseeable evolution of professions
- Develop your qualifications or acquire new ones.
The administration shall include in the annual training plan the continuing training it offers.
The training can be carried out:
- In person
- Remote
- Or in a work situation.
Your admission to training may be subject to a commitment to serve, i.e. an obligation to work in the administration for a minimum period after the end of your training.
This may be the case for a training of a duration sMore than 2 months.
The obligation to serve can be fulfilled in the 3 public functions (State, territorial or hospital) and provided for:
- By Ministerial Order
- Or by a decision of the administrative authority that recruited you.
The duration of commitment to serve in the administration can not not be greater than Two years.
However, the order or decision may extend this period, up to 5 years maximum, if your training is particularly expensive.
If you leave the public service before the end of your employment, you must reimburse the training expenses and the remuneration paid to you during your training.
If you have completed part of the service time due under your commitment prior to departure, the refund is calculated based on the service time not completed.
You can take continuous training at your request or at the request of your employer administration.
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At your request
You can benefit from continuous training at your request, subject to the service requirements.
If you have been refused a request for further training, a second refusal can only be issued after the CCP: titleContent.
Such a request cannot be refused if you have not received any continuous training during the previous 3 years. However, your entry into training may be postponed by up to one year due to CCP service requirements.
When you are admitted to a continuing education program organized by the administration, you must complete the entire course.
At the request of your administration
Your administration may require you to undergo training in the interest of the service.
Immediate adaptation to the workstation
Continuous training to ensure your immediate adaptation to the workstation followed on the instruction of your administration are taken into account in your working time.
Adaptation to the foreseeable evolution of the business lines
Continuous training to ensure your adaptation to the foreseeable evolution of the professions are taken into account in your working time.
However, the duration of these courses may exceed, with your written consent, your hours of service within the limit of 50 hours a year.
Development of qualifications or acquisition of new qualifications
Continuing training to develop your qualifications or acquire new ones takes place during your working time.
However, the duration of these courses may exceed, with your written consent, your hours of service within the limit of 80 hours a year.
Training hours completed outside working time can be carried out as part of the Personal Training Account (PTA).
Your remuneration is maintained when training takes place during working time.