Managing office space rationally in the face of declining staff numbers is becoming a growing concern for property departments. In response, and particularly in the case of new locations outside London, they have decided to rent shared workspaces from the country's leading provider in a dozen cities.

Drawing several lessons from the health crisis, the "Building Momentum" agreement was presented to trade union representatives. The Administration is committed to entering into discussions and negotiations on a number of points: a framework for flexible working, alignment of technical grades with their administrative counterparts, increased mobility, professionalisation (HR and ICT) and a learning plan.

On the initiative of inspection officers in the Gard département, a software application has been adopted and developed by the IT Public Interest Group of the management centres. IOTA (which stands for "Inspection, Observation, Territory, Improvement") contains an up-to-date regulatory database and allows users to enter their statements and findings with the help of a grid, so that they can concentrate on making recommendations.