France

Office of the Prime Minister
Division(s) within the Office of the Prime Minister with a role or interest in biosecurity:

National Defence General Secretariat (SGDN)
The SGDN, as an interministerial secretariat, focuses on research, preparing decisions and monitoring their implementation. It coordinates and runs working groups, set up in collaboration with all ministries concerned, the most important of which are the Ministries of Defence, Foreign affairs, Home Office, Economy, Finance and Industry, Health, Research and Transport.


Ministry of Defence


Ministry of Research
Division(s) within the Ministry of Research with a role or interest in biosecurity:

Science and Technology
The mission of the scientific and technical information and documentation network is responsible for proposing national policy on scientific and technical information and contribute to its implementation. Its activities fall into three main areas: 1) Valuing the French scientific output in the digital space including European and international levels and enhance its reputation 2) Provide the means of French research information to develop powerful and effective scientific production and its access and 3) Promoting information literacy for intelligence.


Specialized Institutes/Centers:

National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research) is a government-funded research organization, under the administrative authority of France’s Ministry of Research.