Jean-Baptiste de Foucauld
Chairman, Association solidarités nouvelles face au chômage, France
University education and degrees:
- Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris) (1964)
- Degree in Public Law (Licence en Droit Public) (1965)
- National School of Administration (École Nationale d’Administration) (1966)
Career:
| 1969-1973 |
Civil Administrator in Treasury Directorate |
| 1974-1975 |
Inspectorate-General for Finance (Inspection Générale des Finances) |
| 1976 |
Extended leave for personal reasons |
| 1977-1980 |
Head of Financial Market Bureau in Treasury Directorate |
| 1980 |
Appointed to Inspectorate-General for Finance |
| 1981-1982 |
Rapporteur of Commission for the Protection and Development of Savings |
| 1982-1984 |
Technical Advisor for Monetary Affairs in Private Office of Jacques Delors, Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs |
| 1985-1988 |
Inspectorate-General for Finance |
| 1988 |
Special advisor (Chargé de mission) to Bernard Kouchner, State Secretary for Social Integration |
| 1988-1992 |
Deputy Director of French Planning Office (Commissaire Adjoint au Plan) |
| 1992-1995 |
Director of French Planning Office (Commissaire au Plan) |
| Since 1995 |
Inspectorate-General for Finance. |
| Since 1996 |
Member of Board of the National Old-Age Insurance Fund |
| 1996-2003 |
Chairman of Research and Foresight Committee of the Directorate General for Public Administration and Civil Service |
| Since 1996 |
Chairman of France Télécom’s Occupational Institute (Institut des Métiers) |
| Since 1998 |
Member of Board of Directors of Public Assistance - Paris Hospitals |
| 2000- 2008 |
Member of Pensions Advisory Council (Conseil d'Orientation des Retraites) |
| 2001-2002 |
Chairman of National Commission for the Empowerment of Young People (Commission nationale pour l’autonomie des jeunes) (Act of 4 July 2001); Report “Pour une autonomie responsable et solidaire”, La Documentation Française, June 2002 |
| Since 2003 |
Member of National Council for Policies to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion |
| Since 2005 |
Member of Employment Policy Council (Conseil d’Orientation pour l’Emploi) |
| Since 2008 |
Member of Board of Directors of French public unemployment services (Pôle Emploi) |
Publications:
”La Révolution du temps choisi”, collective work of Club Échange et Projets, Éditions Albin Michel (1980).
”La fin du Social-Colbertisme”, Éditions Belfond (1988).
”Une Société en Quête de Sens”, Éditions Odile Jacob (1995), in collaboration with Denis Piveteau.
”Les trois cultures du développement humain: résistance, régulation, utopie”, Éditions Odile Jacob, March 2002
”Le retour des exclus”, chapter of book edited by Roger Fauroux and Bernard Spitz, “État d’urgence”, Éditions Robert Lafont, 2004.
”Le chômage, à qui la faute ?”, Nicolas Baverez, JB de Foucauld, Alain Minc, collection Questions de vie edited by Rev. Houziaux, Éditions de l’Atelier, 2005.
Articles:
“Une citoyenneté pour les chômeurs”, Droit Social, July-August 1992.
”Réflexion sur la réforme des retraites” Droit Social, April 2004.
