The French Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs includes a Directorate general for international co-operation and development (DGCID). It "... draws up the policy and programs the necessary means."
One of its functional departments, "The department for scientific, academic and research co-operation promotes the choice of French higher education with the support of EduFrance, a new joint agency of the Quai d’Orsay and Education."

Source: Website of the French Foreign Ministry, as accessed in November 2006.

• International; Other

• Ms Cecile Derbois
• Ms Charlotte Renaud
• Mr Christian Thimonier
• Ms Elisabeth Barsacq
• Ms Fatima Ouali
• Mr Guillaume Roussel
• Ms Hélène Duchêne
• Mr Jean-Luc Clement
• Ms Séverine Boué
• Mr Siegfried Martin-Diaz