The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) provides tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to design and to implement reforms, in a wide range of areas such as revenue administration and public financial management, public administration and governance, growth and business environment, labour market, education and social services, migration, and financial market and access to finance. The TSI has been also supporting the preparation and implementation of Recovery and Resilience Plans.
Initiated in 2021, the TSI is the successor of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP). Since 2017, both programmes have helped design, develop and implement over 2000 reform projects in 27 Member States. Those reforms support Member States address their reform agenda, in line with the EU priorities and the country specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester.
COMPLETED AND ONGOING REFORM PROJECTS IN FRANCE*
* The above data include all projects completed and ongoing at the time of the announcement of the annual TSI financing decision. During their execution, projects can be further split or aggregated, cancelled or withdrawn. Therefore, figures related to the approved reform support projects can slightly differ.
Reform projects approved under the Technical Support Instrument
The Technical Support Instrument annual cycle is launched every year during the dedicated TSI Annual Conference. The conference also starts the discussion with Member States on potential multi-country projects, geared at addressing common issues among Member States thereby emphasizing the EU added-value of the instrument. The event is also the opportunity to present the new "Flagship" projects, supporting reforms which are largely needed across Member States and are in line with the EU key political priorities.
For 2025, the Commission approved the following 19 reform support projects for France:
- Automation of routine tasks in judicial proceedings (ARTJP)
- Accompagner les choix de vie des personnes en situation de handicap en transformant l'offre à travers trois leviers : l'évolution des pratiques professionnelles, la mobilité et la digitalisation.
Multi-country projects:
- Improving capacity in Member States to effectively implement the Pillar 2 Directive (Directive 2022/2523)
- Facilitating the CSRD implementation by mapping the data sources
- Inclusion of gender considerations in French public procurement
- Supporting Digital Transformation in Competition Law Enforcement
- PACE - Collaborative digital tools of European public services (France)
- Strengthening Detection and Reporting of Bid Rigging in Czechia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Poland, and Portugal
- Evidence-informed policy making for green and digital transitions
- Mapping, common denominator, best practices and common dictionary of AML/CFT related STR reporting obligations, including financial data and transaction records, received spontaneously and upon request by private sector obliged entities
- Enhance the skillset of the AMF staff on digital finance throughout the chain from policy to enforcement
- Digital approaches to fiscal reporting
- Gender mainstreaming in public policy and budget processes in Paris
- National Strategy for the Development of Social and Solidarity Economy
- Improving France Travail's services to citizens and businesses through the use of Artificial Intelligence
- PACE - Transformation of European public services (France)
- PACE - National file for non-EU citizens in short stays
- EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy: Strengthening Supervisory Capacity in Innovative Digital Finance
- Implementing Effective Green Budgeting Practices
For 2024, the Commission approved the following 10 reform support projects for France:
- A better understanding of some populations, including vulnerable groups, to improve their digital financial literacy
- Consolider et mettre en œuvre la feuille de route transition écologique de la Délégation Générale à l'Emploi et à la Formation professionnelle
- Generative AI for the new AMF Missions
- Intégrer les nouveaux systèmes d’information douaniers européens dans le dispositif de frontière intelligente entre la France et le Royaume-Uni
- La transformation de la fonction ressources humaines au service des transitions managériale, écologique et numérique des administrations publiques
- Piloter la question de la santé mentale dans une démarche école promotrice de santé jusque dans les établissements scolaires et en mobilisant l'ensemble de la communauté éducative
- Support to the preparation of France's national restoration plan
- Évaluation scientifique de la charge de travail des magistrats de l’ordre judiciaire français
Multi-country projects:
- Artificial intelligence to tackle the non-take-up of social security benefits
- Sustainability in Local Public Finances (SLPF)
For 2023, the Commission approved the following 14 reform support projects for France:
- Professionalisation of public procurement personal - fostering strategic methodologies, integrity and transparency
- Supporting the successful implementation of the Regulation UE 2021/2282 on health technology assessment by HAS
- Support to the CGDD phase 2
- Technical Support Project on “Development of FIU’s expertise focused on digital finance and virtual assets”
- Pour une meilleure mobilisation des programmes en gestion directe et indirecte dans les régions ultrapériphériques (RUP)
- Vers une valorisation des compétences des seniors au sein du MESFIN
Multi-country projects:
- PACE - Modernisation of the human resources management model
- EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy
- ESG risk management framework for the financial sector
- Proof of concept of AI models in market abuse monitoring
- Improving the energy performance of State buildings in France and the Netherlands
- Cartographie et correspondance des compétences numériques avec les compétences métiers dans la Fonction Publique Map & Match : le numérique au service des métiers des agents publics
- Developing in-house capacity for Latvia and other Member States
In 2022, the Commission approved 11 reform projects for France*:
- « FranceJustice » - Création d’une application de téléconsultations en matière d’accès au droit et d’aide aux victimes d’infractions - Évaluation de la faisabilité et étude comparative
- Enhance the French App for special needs education ("livret numérique de parcours inclusif")
- Monitor the new regional schools for in-service training of educational staff in France ("Écoles Académiques de la formation continue")
- Improving financial literacy of new retail investors for a better support in their investment decision-making process
- Assessment, recognition and validation of skills and qualifications for refugees from Ukraine
- General Technical Support for the implementation of France's Recovery and Resilience Plan
Multi-country projects:
- Gender mainstreaming in public policy and budget processes
- Baromètre de la complexité franco-allemand pour la simplification des démarches administratives transfrontalières - Vereinfachung der grenzüberschreitenden Verwaltungsverfahren
- Continuité des missions du volet européen du SGPR après 2022
- AML risk analysis and supervision in the area of correspondent banking, France
- Micro-data platform for productivity
More information can be found in the 2022 Country Factsheets.
*Not all projects are listed for contractual reasons.
In 2021, the Commission approved the following 4 reform projects for France:
- Renforcer l’attractivité de la fonction publique dans les territoires
- Reform of the French National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy
- Transition écologique des services publics et application au Ministère de la Culture
- Comprehensive review and benchmark study of the public real Estate management
More information can be found in the 2021 Country Factsheets.
Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) projects (2017-2020)
The TSI expands on the experience of the SRSP programme in building capacity in Member States. You can find the full list of SRSP projects here.
Highlighted projects
The Commission aims at assisting the French Central Bank (BdF), the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF), the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) and the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM).
The Commission supported the project’s aim to reduce certain educational inequalities in France via the improvement of the digital app on special educational needs.
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Selected projects for promising results and their potential to be replicated across the EU.