Genevese cantonal Administration

The Genevese cantonal administration employs 15.729 people représenant the equivalent of 13.522 stations (state with the December 31st 2005). It includes/understands the chancellery of State and seven departments.

The chancellery of State

The chancellery of State includes/understands:

  • the general secretary, on which depend:
*le administrative service of the Council of State,
*le department Protocol,
*le service of the communication of the Council of State,
*le service of information and the publications,
*le service of human resources,
*la coordination with the Large Council;
  • direction of the legal affairs, on which depend:
*le legal department,
*la section of the recourse to the Council of State,
*le service of the legislation;
  • the administrative office and financial, on which depend:
*le service of logistics,
*le finance department,
*le cantonal register of the partnership;
  • direction of the organization, the information systems and the centralized examination, on which depend:
*le service of the information systems,
*le examination centralized of the elections;
  • service of translator-sworn;
  • the control of management.

The department of Finances

The department of finances includes/understands:

  • the general secretary, on which depend:
*le legal department,
*la communication,
*la direction of human resources and logistics,
*le finance department;
  • the organization and the information system;
  • administration of the public purses;
  • the budget and financial planning;
  • cantonal tax authorities;
  • the office of the personnel of the State on which depend:
*le training center
*les human resources
*la direction of finances
*le service Health
*le service of information of human resources
  • the common power station of purchases;
  • the cantonal office of the statistics.
The following organizations are attached administratively to the department, that is to say for him with the general secretary:
  • the cantonal inspection of finances;
  • external commission of evaluation of the public policies;
  • security service of the foundations and the institutions of precaution;
  • direction of Ge-pilot project.
The following organizations are placed under the monitoring of the department:
  • is for him security service of the foundations and institutions of precaution:
*les Genevese Revenues - insurances for old age;
  • is for him office of the personnel of the State:
*les public cases of professional precaution. The office of the personnel manages administratively:
  • personnel of the service of the Large Council on delegation of the office of the Great Council;
  • magistrates and personnel of the judicial power on delegation of the agency fee of the judicial power.

The department of the state education

The department of the state education includes/understands:

  • the general secretary, on which depend:
*le research center in education,
*le engineering service buildings school buildings,
*le service of private education,
*le service of the cultural affairs,
*le cantonal service of the funds of contemporary art;
  • administrative services and financial;
  • primary school education, including/understanding:
*la head office,
*les schools and institutions grouped in districts;
  • secondary education:
*le cycle of orientation (obligatory secondary education or secondary I), including/understanding:
*la head office,
*les colleges,
*l' secondary education postobligatoire or secondary II, including/understanding:
*la head office,
*le college of Geneva and the college for adults,
*l' school of general culture,
*les vocational schools:
*l' business school,
*l' school of technical education of school of engineers de Genève,
*le center of technical and artisanal vocational training,
*l' school of applied arts of the school of decorative arts,
*l' school of horticulturists and the school for florists of the center of Lullier;
*l' training institute of the Masters and mistresses of the secondary education which depends on the two head offices of secondary education;
  • the health-social professional training center;
  • the office for the orientation, professional training and continues, including/understanding:
*le service of school and professional information,
*le service of school and professional orientation,
*le department of professional training,
*le department of continuing education,
*le service of the allowances of studies and training;
  • the High school of Geneva (HES) including/understanding:
*la head office,
*les schools of formation HES including/understanding:
*l' school of engineers HES of Geneva,
*l' school of engineers de Lullier,
*la high school of management and documentary information of Geneva,
*la high school of applied arts of Geneva,
*la high school of social work,
*la high school of health,
*l' university of the fine arts;
  • university education;
  • the office of youth including/understanding:
*la head office, on which the secretariat at the institutions depends,
*le department of health of the youth and the dental private clinic of youth,
*le médico-teaching service,
*le protection service of the minors,
*le service of the leisures. The following organizations are placed under the monitoring of the department:
  • is for him the general secretary:
*les schools and institutions of the field of the music, the dance and the dramatic art, except for the professional dies;
  • is for him head office of the office of youth:
*la Genevese foundation for sociocultural animation,
*la official foundation of youth;
  • is for him head office of secondary education postobligatoire or secondary II:
*la “Genevese Company for the professional integration of teenagers and adults”;
  • is for him head office of the High school of Geneva:
*la foundation of the school of care male nurses and the wise women “the Good Help”,
*la foundation of the institute of social studies,
*les institutions of the artistic field: professional dies,
*la Foundation of the High school of management and documentary information (HEGID).

The department of the institutions

The department of the institutions includes/understands:

  • the general secretary, on which depend:
*le service of human resources,
*la departmental management of finances,
*les general services,
*le service of organization, planning and the information systems;
  • the body of police force, including/understanding:
*la judicial police,
*la gendarmerie,
*le police station,
*la police force of international safety,
*les operational services,
*les general services,
*le press service,
*le service of the infringments,
*le personal auxiliary equipped with capacities of authority attached to the various police services,
*le administrative staff attached to the various police services;
  • cantonal service of the found objects;
  • the office of the continuations and the office of the bankruptcies;
  • service of the cars and navigation;
  • the cantonal office of the population;
  • service of the passports and nationality,
  • cantonal direction of the civil statue;
  • the penitentiary office, including/understanding:
*la prison of Field-Dollon,
*le service of the establishments of detention,
*le service of the application of the sorrows and measurements,
*le service of probation and insertion;
  • cantonal service of protection of the population;
  • the delegate with the relations of Geneva international;
  • service for the promotion of the equality;
  • the office of integration;
  • service of the votings and elections;
  • cantonal service of naturalizations,
  • Files of State;
  • service of the international solidarity.
The following organizations are placed under the monitoring of the department:
  • board of examiners of the private security agents;
  • professional board of examiners of arms manufacturer;
  • offices of the civil statue;
  • the cantonal civil staff of defense;
  • the reception center for Geneva international;
  • the Swiss Club of the press.
The department assures the secretariat of the following commissions:
  • commission of monitoring of the notaries;
  • board of examiners of the notaries;
  • commission of the bar;
  • board of examiners of lawyers;
  • commission of monitoring of the legal ushers;
  • board of examiners of the legal ushers;
  • commission of tax on the legal ushers;
  • commission of monitoring of the business men;
  • board of examiners of the business men;
  • commission of tax on the business men;
  • commission of tax on the intermediate agents;
  • commission of monitoring of the agents in goodwills.
The department assures the secretariat of the following organizations:
  • authority of monitoring of patronage;
  • commission of release on parole;
  • Audit Board of the data processing of the State.

The department of constructions and information technologies

The department of information constructions and technologies includes/understands:

  • the general secretary, on which depend:
*la division of the information systems,
*la division of human resources including/understanding:
*le service of logistics;
  • direction of the financial resources, on which depend:
*le service of the budget,
*la division finances and accountancy including/understanding:
*le general accounting department,
*le accounting department of housing,
*le service of the land operations;
  • direction of the police force of constructions, on which depend:
*la legal division including/understanding:
*le legal department,
*la division authorizations including/understanding:
*le service production,
*le inspection department of construction,
*la logistic division,
*le service of the inspection of the building sites,
*le service safety-healthiness;
  • direction of the buildings, on which depend:
*la division of the studies and constructions including/understanding:
*le service of university and hospital constructions,
*le service of school and various constructions,
*la division of maintenance including/understanding:
*le service maintenance and transformations,
*le service heating and ventilation,
*la division of management and the caretaker's lodge including/understanding:
*le service of management,
*le service of the caretaker's lodge,
  • direction of the civil engineering, on which depend:
*la division of the roads including/understanding:
*le service of the cantonal roads,
*le service of the trunk roads,
*le service of the cleansing of the road noise,
*la division of works of art including/understanding:
*le service construction of works of art,
*le service maintenance of works of art,
*le service of railway installations,
*la division of the cantonal roadway system including/understanding:
*le service of the maintenance of the cantonal roads,
*le operations department of the trunk roads,
*le service workshops and garage;
  • direction of the inheritance and the sites, on which depend:
*le service of the monuments and the sites,
*le service of archeology;
  • direction of the housing, on which depend:
*la cell development of projects,
*la legal cell,
*le engineering service,
*le real service,
*le service tenants,
*le service information and logistics;
  • the center of information technologies;
  • the civil security;
  • the land register;
  • the field of the sport.
Are attached administratively to the department:
  • the cell “safety” attached to the committee “safety”,
  • the room of the architects and the engineers.
Are placed under the monitoring of the department:
  • real foundations;
  • the foundation of the buildings for international organizations (FIPOI).

The department of the territory

The department of the territory includes/understands:

  • the general secretary, on which depend:
*le service of the information systems and geomatic,
*les finance departments;
  • interior, including/understanding:
*le security service of the communes,
*le service of the external businesses,
*le service of information and the communication,
*le service of the military businesses,
*la cantonal direction of official measurement;
  • agriculture, including/understanding:
*le service of agriculture,
*l' cantonal veterinary office;
  • town and country planning, including/understanding:
*le service of the cantonal master line,
*le service of public space and the infrastructures,
*le service of the located master lines,
*le service of the plans of assignment,
*le service of the information of the territory,
*le service of the notices;
  • nature and landscape, including/understanding:
*la nature conservation,
*l' inspection of the forests,
*l' inspection of fauna and fishing,
*la cantonal harbor office;
  • mobility, is:
*l' cantonal office of mobility;
  • environmental protection, including/understanding:
*le cantonal service of protection of the air,
*le cantonal service of environmental intervention,
*le cantonal service of protection against the nonionizing noise and radiations,
*le cantonal service of industrial toxicology and protection against interior pollution,
*le cantonal service of geology,
*le cantonal service of management of waste,
*le cantonal service of energy,
*le cantonal service of impact study on the environment,
*le administrative service,
*le legal department;
  • the field of water, including/understanding:
*le service of the planning of water,
*le service of renaturation of the rivers,
*le service of the ecology of water,
*le service of the drainage,
*le service of environmental constructions,
*le site of Châtillon. The following organizations are placed under the monitoring of the department:
  • industrial Services of Geneva (SIG);
  • the Foundation of the industrial grounds of Geneva (FTI);
  • the Foundation of carparks (FP);
  • Genevese public Transport (TPG);
  • bodies of music of Elite and Landwehr;
  • cantonal commission of shooting.

The department of solidarity and employment

The department of solidarity and employment includes/understands:

  • the general secretary, on which depend:
*le service communication,
*le secretariat of the compensation funds of the maternity benefits,
*le secretariat of the compensation funds of the family benefits;
  • the departmental management of finances and the general services, on which depend:
*le service finances and accountancy,
*le service of the organization and information systems,
*le service of the control of management,
*le service of human resources;
  • direction of the legal affairs;
  • head office of the social action, which includes/understands:
*l' cantonal office of the elderly,
*le service of the health insurance,
*le cantonal service of advances and covering of the alimonies;
*le service of the supervisions of adults;
  • direction of the job market, on which depend:
*l' cantonal office of employment, including in particular:
*la Genevese cantonal case of unemployment,
*l' cantonal office of the inspection and the business acquaintances,
*l' office of foreign labor. The following organizations are placed under the monitoring of the department:
  • is for him head office of the social action:
*l' cantonal office of the Social Security, including/understanding:
*la Genevese cantonal case of compensation (state pension scheme and survivors, disablement insurance, allowances for loss of profit; cantonal service of the family benefits; family allowance offices of the administrations and cantonal institutions),
*l' cantonal office of the disablement insurance,
*l' general Old people's home,
*les socioeducational public corporations for mental handicapped people,
*le center of professional integration;
  • the International airport of Geneva;
  • the Foundation of the Exhibition center (Palexpo);
  • the Foundation for market 6;
  • the Foundation for the promotion and the organization of exposures and congress-Geneva (Orgexpo);
  • Free ports and Warehouses of Geneva SA.

The department of the economy and health

The department of the economy and health includes/understands:

  • the general secretary, to which are attached:
*le finance department,
*le service of human resources,
*la administrative office,
*la direction of the legal affairs,
*le service of sustainable development;
  • head office of the economic affairs, on which depend:
*l' office of economic promotion,
*l' cantonal office of the inspection of the trade, including/understanding:
*le service of the inspection of the trade, the price control and professional lender,
*le service of metrology;
*le service of the authorizations and licenses,
*le trade register and matrimonial modes,
*l' cantonal office of the economic provisioning of the country;
  • head office of the centers of social action and health, including/understanding:
*les centers of social action and health and their services of reception,
*le service of social data processing;
  • head office of health, including/understanding:
*le service of the cantonal pharmacist,
*le protection service of consumption,
*le Clerc's Office of the commission of monitoring of the professions of health,
*le Clerc's Office of the commission of monitoring of the medical activities;
  • head office of the hospitals.
The following organizations are placed under the monitoring of the department:
  • is for him head office of the economic affairs:
*la Foundation for tourism;
*Genève Tourism;
*l' Office for the promotion of industry and technologies (OPI);
  • is for him head office of the centers of social action and health:
*la Foundation of the services of assistance and home care;
  • is for him head office of health:
*les medico-social establishments (EMS);
  • is for him head office of the hospitals:
*les University hospitals of Geneva,
*les clinical Genevese of Pretty-Mount and Montana. The following organization is attached administratively to the department:
  • the psychiatric board of trustees.
The department assures the secretariat of the following commission:
  • board of examiners for the certificate of competence of café owner and restorer.

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