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GERFIP’s Conference-Debate Schedule

All sessions take place at the Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Liard 12, place du Panthéon – 75005 PARIS From 6 PM to 8 PM

No fees. No pre-registration necessary. The conferences are in French.

2004-2005 : "Evaluation in Public Finance"

14 Dec. 2004 :purpose of evaluation

1 Feb. 2005 : evalutation tools in public financial management

5 April 2005 : evaluation outcomes

2003-2004 : "Acteurs et processus des finances Publiques" Public Finance Actors and Process.

This year program will raise issues related of the financial decision process. The debate will focus on current reforms and their stakes for public institutions (both national, local and international). The first session is dedicated to the state budgetary process with regards to national and european constraints and the implementation of the new French Organic Law on the Budget.

dec 9- 2003 : "Acteurs et processus de la décision budgétaire de l'Etat : état actuel et perspective pour 2006" State budgetary decision actors and process : current state and perspectives
feb 10- 2004 : Acteurs et processus de la décision budgétaire pour les collectivités locales
Local administrations budgetary process : current state and perspectives
mar 16 - 2004 : Acteurs et processus de la décision fiscale - current state and perspectives of fiscal decision

dec 9- 2003 : State budgetary decision actors and process : current state and perspectives

Session Chair:
Benoît CHEVAUCHEZ, Directeur général de l’Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique du MINEFI

Speakers:
Jean-Pierre CAMBY , National Assembly Finance Commission General Secretary
Joël BOURDIN, Senator
Jean – Baptiste GILLET, Financial Director of the Ministry of Defense
Laurent de JEKHOWSKY, Assistant Director at the Direction of the Budget (MINEFI)

previous years sessions

2002-2003: The Legitimacy of Public Resources

10 Dec. 2002 : What kind of political legitimacy for public resources?
21 Jan 2003 : What kind of legitimacy for management choices and methods?
11 March 2003 :What kind of political, economic and financial legitimacy for public resource choices ?
6 May 2003 : What kind of social legitimacy for public resources ?

December 10 2002 session: What kind of political legitimacy for public resources?
Session Chair : Benoit CHEVAUCHEZ, Director of the Institute for Public Management and Economic Development (MINEFI)
Speakers:
Jean-Pierre FOURCADE, Senator, President of the Local Finance Committee ;
Michel BOUVIER, Professor at the Université de PARIS I Panthéon-Sorbonne, director of GERFIP,
Xavier PRETOT, General Inspector of Administration

January 21 2003 session: What kind of legitimacy for management choices and methods?
Session Chair : André BARILARI, Inspector of Finances
Speakers :
Jean-Louis BUHL, Inspector General of Social Afffairs, Director of the Agence centrale des organismes de Sécurité Sociale (ACOSS)
Marie-Christine ESCLASSAN, Professor at the Université d'Amiens
Gilles GRAPINET, Inspector of Finances, Director of the Programme COPERNIC at MINEFI

March 11 2003 session: What kind of political and economic legitimacy for public resource choices?
Session chair: Jean-François BERNICOT, Member of the European Court of Auditors
Speakers :
Gernard CASTAGNEDE, Professor of public law at the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Guy GILBERT, Professor of Economy at the ENS - Cachan
Luis ROMERO-REQUENA, Director of the Budget of the European Union Commission
Unknown, Business Head, Member of the MEDEF

May 6 2003 session: What kind of social legitimacy for public resources?

Session chair: Michel PRAT, President of the Regional Chamber of Auditors of the Centre region.
Speakers :
Pierre-Louis BRAS, Aide to the Minister, Ministry of Labour Affairs and Solidarity, Former director of Social Security;
Georges CAPDEBOSCQ, Senior advisor of the Court of Auditors;
Gérard THORIS, Professor of Economy, Project head at the Institute of Commerce.

2001-2002: Public Finance and Sovereignty

20 November 2001: Fiscal Sovereignty
22 January 2002: Budgetary Autonomy
5 March 2002: Financial Federalism
9 April 2002: The Future of the Budgetary and Financial Structure of the European Union

April 9 2002 session: The Future of the Budgetary and Financial Structure of the European Union
Session chair: Benoît Chevauchez, Director of the Institute of Public Management and Economic Development ( MINEFI)
Speakers :
Anne Bosche-Lenoir, Assistant director of Budgetary Management ( MINEFI).
Catherine Guy-Quint, Member of the European Parliament (member of the Budget Commission).
Mario Nova , Advisor to Romano Prodi (European Commission).

March 5 2001 session : Financial Federalism
Session chair: Michel Prat, Public Auditor at the Court of Auditors
Speakers :
Robert Hertzog, Professor at the Université Robert Schuman of Strasbourg
Jean-Pierre Lassale, Emeritus Professor at the Université Jean-Moulin Lyon III
Gilbert Orsoni , Professor at the Université d'Aix-Marseille III

May 6 2003 session: The Question of Budgetary Autonomy
Session chair: Jean-François Bernicot, Member of the European Court of Auditors
Speakers :
Philippe Adhémar, Senior Advisor at the Court of Auditors, member of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
Hervé Carré, Head Director of Economy and Finance (European Commission)
Benoît Chevauchez, Department head, MINEFI
Xavier Denis, Head of Policy and Public Finance Studies at the Banque de France

November 20 2001 session: Fiscal Sovereignty
Session chair: André Barilari, Inspector General of Finances

Speakers:
Bernard Castagnède, Professor at the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Jean-Jacques Bienvenu, Professor at the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, participant for the Fiscal Legislation Division of MINEFI
Michel Charasse, Senator

2000-2001 Theme: "SINCERITY AND TRANSPARENCY” IN PUBLIC FINANCE

8 November 2000: Accounting Information Systems
9 janvier 2001 : Budgetary Forecasting
6 mars 2001 : Information Systems on Performance
3 avril 2001 : The Limits and Scope of Monitoring Law.
9 mai 2001: Public Debate

8 November 2000: ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Session chair: • Benoît Chevauchez, Division head of the Direction of Personnel, Modernisation and Administration.
Speakers : Pierre-Louis Mariel, Division head of the Directorate-General of Accounting, Assistant to General Manager
Philippe Laurent, Financial consultant

9 January 2001 : BUDGETARY FORECASTING

Président de scéance: André Barilari, Inspector general of finances.
Speakers : Valérie Champagne, Head of the CS4 office of the tax management division;
Franck Mordacq, Assistant director of budgetary policy at the budget office;

6 March 2001 :INFORMATION SERVICES OF PERFORMANCE

Session chair:Michel Prat, Public auditor at the Court of Auditors
Speakers : Bernard Abate, Project head for the Budget Director ;
Henri Guillaume, Inspector general of finance ;
Gabriel Montagnier, Emeritus Professor at the Université Jean Moulin-Lyon III.

3 April 2001 : THE LIMITS AND SCOPE OF MONITORING LAW

Session chair: Michel Bouvier, Professor at the Université Paris I, Director of the Revue Française de Finances Publiques
Speakers : Jean-François Bernicot, Member of the European Court of Auditors ;
Jean-Yves Bertucci, Counsel for the Court of Auditors;
Jean-Jacques Bienvenu, Professor of Law at the Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas
André Barilari, Inspector general of finances.

3 April 2001 : THE PUBLIC DEBATE
Session chair: Serge Vallemont, honorary director of public facilities
Speakers:
Gilbert Carrère, Honorary Prefect
Pierre Chambat, researcher at IRIS of the Université Paris-Dauphine
Jean-Michel Fourniau, Research director at INRETS
Jean Gonellat, representing the Federation of Regional Action for the Environment
1999-2000 Theme : Public Spending

9 November 1999 : Keynote Session – major trends in public spending

Presentation of GERFIP by Michel Bouvier, Professor at the Université Paris I and Bernard Castagnède, Professor at the Université Paris I.
Speakers : Benoît Chevauchez, Division head at the Direction of Personnel, Modernisation and Administration;
Véronique Hespel, Inspector general of finance, Head of economic and financial division at the General Commission of the Plan ;
Armand Laférrere, Assistant to bureau chief 5B at the Budget Department;
Sophie Mahieux, Division head at the Budget Department.
11 January 2000 : Budgetary Spending and Fiscal Spending
Session chair: Jean-François Bernicot, Member of the European Court of Auditors.
Speakers : André Barilari, Inspector general of finance;
Bernard Castagnède, Professor at the Université Paris I.

22 February 2000 : Local-level Co-financing in the Nations of the European Union
Session chair: Claude du Granrut, Member of the Committee of the Regions of Europe, Assistant Mayor of Senlis.
Speakers : Joël Bourdin, Senator and Mayor of Bernay, Member of the Committee for Local Finance;
Jean-Jacques Guth, Assistant head of the Directorate-General of Regional Policy of the European Commission;
Jérôme Vignon, Strategy Director at DATAR.
Gilles Pelurson: Project head for French representation at the European Union

28 March 2000 : Monitoring Public Spending
Session chair: Michel Bouvier, Professor at the Université Paris I, Director of the Revue Française de Finances Publiques.
Speakers : Jean-François Bernicot, Member of the European Court of Auditors;
Jean-Pierre Duprat, Professor of public law at the Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV ;
Didier Migaud, General Reporter at the Commission of Finance of the French National Assembly;
Michel Prat, Senior Aid at the Court of Auditors;

9 May 2000 : Public Spending, Private Spending
Session chair: Marie-Christine Esclassan, Assistant Professor of Public Law at the Université de Paris I Yves Cannac, Honorary President of the Institute of Commerce ;
Benoît Chevauchez, Division head of the Direction of Personnel, Modernisation and Administration ;
Guy GILBERT, Professor of Economy at the Université Paris X-Nanterre ;
Pierre-Louis Mariel, Division head at the Directorate-General of Public Accounting.
Sessions are open to all – students, researchers and practioners.