Portail de la Fonction publique

What Portail de la Fonction publique does

Portail de la Fonction publique is the official website of the Direction Générale de l'Administration et de la Fonction Publique (DGAFP), a French government entity operating under the Ministry of Public Action and Accounts (Ministère de l'action et des comptes publics). It functions as the central digital hub for the French civil service across its three branches (state, territorial, and hospital), serving approximately 5.6 million public agents, prospective recruits, and government employers. The portal aggregates authoritative information on careers, recruitment, training, mobility, social protection, compensation, and HR policy.

The platform is built around three core digital products: Choisir le service public (CSP), the official recruitment platform launched May 4, 2023, which manages recruitment workflows and multidiffuses job offers to France Travail, APEC, and LinkedIn; Mentor, an interministerial training platform operational since 2021, providing access to nearly 150 self-service courses and over 4,500 internal training sessions; and Safire, an interministerial training coordination platform piloted for regional use via the PFRH network. Complementary products include Place de l'apprentissage et des stages (PASS) for apprenticeships and internships, the Bibliothèque des initiatives RH for HR innovation, and the FIRH and FIACT co-financing funds.

The business model is non-commercial: the portal is a free public service, funded through the French state budget rather than user fees or commercial pricing. Distribution is digital-first via the official website and partner platforms, supported by social media (LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Dailymotion), email newsletters, RSS, and events such as the Forum Choisir le service public. Strategic partnerships span European institutions (European Commission DG REFORM, OECD, EUPAE), interministerial bodies (CORH, RPRH, CISIRH, DINUM, PFRH), private sector HR associations (ANDRH, ADRHGCT), and academia (INRIA, Sciences Po).

Name

Portail de la Fonction publique

Legal name

Direction Générale de l'Administration et de la Fonction Publique (DGAFP)

Website

https://fonction-publique.gouv.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The official French government portal operated by DGAFP under the Ministry of Public Action and Accounts, serving approximately 5.6 million civil servants and job seekers with centralized information, recruitment, and training platforms for the French civil service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Service Information Portal

akta.pro primary industry

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals) (BPAIAAAE)

Keywords

• Civil service recruitment
• Public sector training
• Government HR portal
• Public administration careers
• Civil servant development

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Portail de la Fonction publique is the official French government portal, operated by the Direction Générale de l'Administration et de la Fonction Publique (DGAFP), that centralizes information and digital services for the French civil service. It offers recruitment tools (Choisir le service public), interministerial training platforms (Mentor, Safire), apprenticeship and internship listings (PASS), and HR innovation resources. The portal serves current and prospective civil servants across the state, territorial, and hospital public functions, supporting approximately 5.6 million public agents.

Product overview

Portail de la Fonction publique operates as a comprehensive government information and services portal with three core digital platforms: Choisir le service public (recruitment platform), Mentor (training platform), and Safire (regional training coordination). The portal connects to the Place de l'apprentissage et des stages (PASS) for apprenticeships and internships, and supports innovation through the Bibliothèque des initiatives RH, FIRH, and FIACT funds. Together these products form an integrated ecosystem supporting the entire public servant lifecycle from recruitment through career development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Choisir le service public: Official recruitment platform for the French public service
• Mentor
• Safire
• CIIRA
• CORH
• FIRH
• FIACT

Products and services

• Portail de la Fonction publique Official government portal serving as the central hub for French public function information, providing access to career guidance, recruitment, training, statistics, publications, and HR resources for current and prospective public servants across state, territorial, and hospital civil services.
• Choisir le service public (CSP) Official recruitment platform for the French civil service that enables end-to-end recruitment process management and multi-distribution of job offers to partners including France Travail, APEC, and LinkedIn. Designed for job seekers interested in public service careers and public sector employers managing recruitment.
• Mentor Interministerial training platform operational since 2021, providing civil servants access to nearly 150 self-service training courses and over 4,500 internal training sessions organized by ministries, including generative AI training modules developed in partnership with INRIA.
• Safire Interministerial platform managed and funded by DGAFP that enables Regional Platforms for Interministerial Support to HR Management (PFRH) to pilot and pool training actions. Allows civil servants to register for varied training offerings in hybrid (in-person and/or remote) formats through regional services in cross-cutting domains.
• Place de l'apprentissage et des stages (PASS) Dedicated platform for apprenticeship contracts and internships in the public sector, offering approximately 1,800 apprenticeship positions and 500 internship opportunities across diverse domains including health, ecology, digital, communication, and human resources.
• Bibliothèque des initiatives RH Digital library of HR innovation initiatives providing inspiration and accelerating projects related to change management in human resources within the public sector.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 150 self-service training courses available through Mentor platform
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ADRHGCT (Association des DRH des grandes collectivités territoriales)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2022Second partnership convention signed in November 2022 with ADRHGCT representing HR directors of major territorial collectivities. Aims to strengthen cooperation between public HR management actors.
• EUPAE (European Association of Public Employers)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 October 2022DGAFP held presidency of EUPAE from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 within the SDC-CGA sectoral committee for social dialogue.
• ANDRH (Association Nationale des DRH du secteur privé)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2022First convention signed on March 9, 2022 with ANDRH for cooperation between private and public HR management sectors. Partnership aims to foster information sharing and good practices between public and private HR actors.
• OECDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOECD participates in the CORH (Conseil d'orientation des politiques de ressources humaines) and contributes to prospective RH studies. Collaboration includes European Commission support via Technical Support Instrument.
• European CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Commission provides financing through Technical Support Instrument (IAT) for RH transformation projects. Joint work on managerial, ecological, and digital transitions in public administration.
• CORH (Conseil d'orientation des politiques de ressources humaines)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic evaluation, monitoring, anticipation, and animation body for major civil service issues. Brings together employers from three public sectors, private sector representatives, academia, and OECD.
• PFRH (Plates-formes régionales d'appui interministériel à la GRH)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional platforms placed under prefects' authority in SGAR, serving as DGAFP's regional relays. Ensure support, animation, and expertise for State services based on integrated service offering.
• INRIAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with INRIA for AI training content development. Created 'Découvrir les IA génératives' training module in collaboration with DGAFP.
• CISIRH (Centre interministériel de services informatiques relatifs aux ressources humaines)coreTechnology or IntegrationCISIRH organizes the annual Salon des applications RH bringing together over 20 public and private actors around HR digital solutions. DGAFP presents its platforms at this event.
• DINUM (Direction interministérielle du numérique)coreTechnology or IntegrationCooperation on digital transformation projects. DINUM supports Choisir le service public refactoring via beta.gouv program.
• Chaire 'transformation des organisations et du travail' de Sciences PominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research on organizational transformation and AI impact on work. Participated in DGAFP's Café IA events.
• RPRH (Réseau interministériel de prospective RH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterministerial network working with DGAFP on prospective RH activities, including AI strategy development and intergenerational management toolkits.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• LinkedIn: Choisir le service public multidistributes job offers to LinkedIn as an integrated channel partner. Functions as an adjacent commercial job platform whose reach amplifies DGAFP recruitment outcomes rather than competing with them.
• OECD Public Governance Directorate: Participates in CORH and contributes to prospective HR studies that inform DGAFP's strategic agenda. An institutional partner and policy peer rather than a direct competitor, shaping the comparative benchmarks DGAFP aims to meet.

Broad incumbents

• Workday: Major cloud HR and workforce planning vendor with an established public-sector practice. Competes for the underlying HR technology stack that ministries procure, offering recruitment, learning, and talent management modules that overlap with DGAFP's product suite.
• ServiceNow: Digital workflow and employee experience platform with a government cloud offering. Overlaps with DGAFP's civil servant self-service, training workflows (Mentor/Safire), and process automation goals.
• SAP SuccessFactors: Enterprise HCM suite widely deployed in European public administrations. Comparable to the kind of integrated HR backbone that complements DGAFP's portal and ministry HR systems (e.g., adjacent to CISIRH-managed HR IT).
• Oracle HCM: Enterprise HCM and talent management suite with public-sector deployments. Comparable to Workday/SAP as a potential underlying technology layer for civil-service recruitment, learning, and career management platforms.

Direct peers

• USAJobs: Official US federal government job portal operated by OPM. Most direct international counterpart to Choisir le service public, serving a similarly massive federal workforce with centralized recruitment, job postings, and HR information.
• Bundesverwaltung / interamt: German federal public service job portal and HR information hub run by the Federal Office of Administration. Directly comparable in function to DGAFP's recruitment and HR-policy information services for a large national civil service.
• Public Sector Jobs (UK Civil Service): UK Civil Service recruitment platform providing centralized job listings and HR information for British public servants. Same product category and target audience as Choisir le service public, with similar national-scale scope.
• Public Service Commission of Canada / jobs.gc.ca: Federal HR oversight body and jobs.gc.ca portal for Canadian federal public service recruitment. Closely mirrors DGAFP's combined role as recruitment platform operator and HR policy authority for a national civil service.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dgafp
• YouTubeyoutube.com/DGAFP-FonctionPublique
• Facebookfacebook.com/communauteIRA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dgafp---direction-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale-de-l%E2%80%99administration-et-de-la-fonction-publique
• Instagraminstagram.com/fonctionpublique_gouv

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