France

France is ranked 15th overall on the Index. Its strongest score is for HR management (ranked 6th).

Summary chart of France's scores in the 2019 InCiSE index. GBR NZL CAN FIN AUS DNK NOR NLD SWE KOR USA EST CHE IRL AUT ESP BEL DEU LTU MEX CHL LVA JPN ITA SVN ISR POL ISL CZE PRT TUR SVK HRV BGR ROU GRC HUN FRA InCiSE 0.61 0.52 Capabilities Crisis and risk management Digital services Fiscal and financial management HR management Inclusiveness Integrity Openness Policy making Procurement Regulation Tax administration

Within the HR management indicator, France’s highest scores are for the performance management theme. It achieves the maximum score for the existence of separate HR management practices for the senior civil service and scores highly on the use of performance assessments in HRdecision making. France’s score is also high for the metric on the extent to which formal examinations are used for civil service recruitment.

France performs strongly on openness (ranked 7th), achieving high scores for most metrics, most notably those measuring levels of e-government methods of consultation with citizens on key issues and open data practices. France also does well on procurement (ranked 8th) where its score for the transparency metric is high.

The main indicators where France’s performance is less strong relative to other countries are for inclusiveness and capabilities.

Cross-referencing note

This content was presented as section 4.13 in the original 2019 publication.