Inspection générale des finances
French government agency in the Inspection service
The General Inspectorate of Finance or Inspection générale des finances (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃spɛksjɔ̃ ʒeneʁal de finɑ̃s], IGF) is an interdepartmental auditing and supervisory body in France. Its general mission is to provide oversight, audit, analysis, consulting and evaluation services in administrative, economic and financial matters. In the recent years, the IGF has been at the head of the movement of modernisation of the state (in particular through its leading role in the General Review of Public Policies).
It is currently run by Catherine Sueur. It is placed under the joint responsibility of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Ministry of Public Action and Accounts. Yet, because it is an interdepartmental body, it carries out missions for many ministries.
The General Inspectorate of Finance is not only a state body; it has been one of the Grand Corps of the French State since the 18th century. A small but influential corps, the IGF enjoys a particular prestige: each year it recruits some of the best students graduating from the highly regarded École nationale d'administration, and career opportunities after leaving the IGF are very good in both public and private sectors.
Assignments
Today the General Inspectorate of Finance conducts a variety of assignments upon request both from its supervising ministries and from other ministries, the Prime Minister or the President of the Republic. The IGF has four main missions:
Historically, its core assignment has been to oversee the decentralized services of the financial ministries.
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