École nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer

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Building of the École nationale de la France d'outre-mer in Paris, now part of the ENA

The École nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer (ENFOM) was a French university whose task was the training of management staff for the French colonial service.

history

In 1885 the Mission Cambodgienne was founded in Paris . The mission was initiated by Auguste Pavie , a French explorer and diplomat who had acquired a great deal of knowledge about the customs and traditions of Cambodia . He had criticized the poor level of education, especially among the indigenous colonial officials, and so the first thirteen Cambodian students received their training.

In 1887 the institution was officially recognized and in 1888 it was renamed École coloniale . The École Coloniale was open to all residents of the French colonies and trained administrative officials for the French colonial empire. Under Georges Hardy (1884–1972), who was director of the institution from 1926 to 1933, preparatory classes were introduced at the elite schools Lycée Louis-le-Grand , Lycée Henri IV and Lycée Chaptal in Paris and tuition fees were abolished. The duration of the training was now three years, and graduates had to commit to five years of service in the colonial administration.

In 1934 the École coloniale was renamed École nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer and, under the leadership of Robert Delavignette, numerous reforms were carried out and the range of courses expanded. Courses dealt with economics, law, ethnology, languages, tropical medicine and colonial culture.

The establishment of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in 1945 and the decolonization after the Second World War heralded the end of the institution. The École was replaced in 1959 by the Institut des hautes études d'Outre-Mer , from which the Institut international d'administration publique emerged in 1966 , whose task it was to train administrative staff for the former colonies that had become independent. In 2002 the Institut international d'administration publique was incorporated into the ENA.

Teachers

The following people taught at ENFOM:

Graduates

source

  • Entry on the Culture.fr website of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, accessed on August 26, 2010.

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 38.4 "  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 10.8"  E