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The French Government further pledged to "take all necessary steps,
1. A statement of the action to be undertaken, and, if necessary,
when the National Productivity Fund is exhausted, to provide sufficient
the general program of which it forms part.
financial resources to permit the continuation of the most worthwhile
2. Estimated expenditure.
activities." It agreed "to pursue, in every sector where it appears
necessary, the efforts which it has so far undertaken to encourage
3. Opinions of the trustee Ministry and of the technical depart-
the development of productivity, a condition of economic expansion
ment of the Commissariat.
and social progress."
This file is submitted for consideration to the Restricted Group of the
Comité National de la Productivité which meets twice a month. Like
the Committee, this Group includes representatives of employers'
III. Total Grants & Procedure for Approval
organizations and the free trade unions.
The Group has full latitude to make criticisms of the projects
TABLE II
submitted to it, both as regards the actual nature of the project and
French Grants Authorized & Allocated
the cost of the various items in the budget. The head of the Commis-
sariat is alone empowered to make the final decision, but his decision
As of January 1958
is invariably in accordance with the opinion emerging from the
discussions of the Restricted Group.
Authorized
Equivalent
Allocated
(millions
(millions
(millions
Grants do not normally cover more than 50% of the total cost of
of francs)
of dollars)
of francs)
the projects to be undertaken. This rule is waived only in special cases
concerning either administrative projects or projects of so general a
Projects to increase output,
nature that it is difficult to determine any corresponding private interest
reduce prices and raise wages:
1. Industry
1,300
$ 3.7
1,100
(this applies, for instance, to many agricultural projects dealing with
2. Building
610
1.7
406
information and extension services).
3. Distribution &
Grants are made for "initial aid" to projects of undoubted utility
consumer education
500
1.4
233
which could not be otherwise financed. Bodies making applications for
Agricultural projects
1,475
4.2
952
such grants must prove that, within three years at the most, they will
Teaching projects
500
1.4
287
have sufficient resources to become financially independent.
Training of management and
executive staff
410
1.2
187
Grants are paid to the recipients by AFAP, which, with the Commis-
General workers' training
940
2.7
500
sariat, is frequently referred to as the French national productivity
Research on productivity trends
250
0.7
166
center (see below for a further explanation of the inter-relation of the
Public relations & technical films
370
1.0
142
productivity agencies in France).
Intra-European TA
225
0.6
126
Development of regional projects
250
0.7
136
Organizations receiving grants must supply quarterly financial
0.2
30
records and an annual report on the progress of the project. The
Saar productivity center
80
North Africa & overseas territories
1,450
4.1
762
project is kept under review at technical level by the department of
the Commissariat which brought it before the Restricted Group.
Total
8,610
$24,6
5,256*
Financial control is carried out by AFAP, which sees that the
(*Figures do not total because of rounding.)
expenses are correct and that the amounts conform with the bases
adopted when the budget for the operation was prepared. U.S. author-
In a report to the EPA in 1956 (EPA/ETH/39), the French delegation
ities are kept informed of the progress of the whole program.
gave the following description of the investigation procedure for
authorizing grants:
IV. Organization of the Productivity Program
Application for grants are investigated simultaneously by the com-
petent trustee Ministry and by the technical departments of the Com-
Three organizations guide the national productivity campaign in
missariat Général à la Productivité. A complete file is made consisting
France. Their roles have been likened to the legislative and executive
of:
branches of a national government.
HARY
NARA
TRUMAN
LIBRARY
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