Publications

Valorisation of public research refers to the way in which knowledge developed by researchers in public structures is used by companies or the researchers themselves to produce economic and social value. This may be achieved via partnerships between public laboratories and companies, technology tr...

The 2018 annual public report is divided into three volumes: - volume I sets out the observations and recommendations resulting from a selection of controls and investigations conducted in 2017 by the Cour des comptes and the regional and territorial courts of audit; - volume II presents the follow-...

Eight years after publishing a report entitled “Household Wealth” (2009), the Council of Mandatory Contributions focused its research in 2017 on the taxation of household capital. This study focuses on all taxes and social contributions levied on holdings, financial income and the transfer of elemen...

The courts and prisons in the Ministry of Justice's real estate portfolio, which covers 5.5 million sq. m and is valued at €10 billion, contribute directly to the public service of justice. Faced with considerable demands and the growing cost of the public-private partnership (PPP) rents it has take...

"The regional administration of the French Republic is performed by local authorities and by local state organisations": this principle, enshrined in the Law of 6 February 1992, underlines the paradoxical situation of local state organisations. A lack of resources means that at times they are strugg...

The health insurance system created in 1945 has enabled France to show good results in terms of life expectancy. However, the prevalence of practices at risk, a high infant mortality rate and increasing inequalities in access to care, qualify these results, which, moreover, are obtained at the expen...

Admission post-bac (post-high school admission, or APB) is a public digital platform used by high school graduates to submit applications with a view to entering first-year courses in higher education. It contains two algorithms: an allocation algorithm, which cross-references the preferences of sch...

The Cour des comptes has published its fifth annual report on the financial position and management of regional authorities. This report, intended for the Parliament and the Government, is produced jointly with the regional courts of audit. Just like the central government and the social security i...

Our school system requires an extensive overhaul if all students are to succeed. In its May 2013 report, the Cour des comptes showed that changing how we manage teachers, who are key to a functioning education system, is a major known catalyst for improved performance. However, the central governmen...

In hosting Euro 2016, France sought to demonstrate its ability to hold one of the largest international sports competitions. The dual challenge of providing sports and transportation facilities tailored to the tournament’s needs and running a successful event was easily met, in a manner acknowledged...