Testimonials
This section includes interviews with people who have used our services (organization, exchange, reception, accommodation, etc.). We hope these first-hand accounts, by students, researchers, experts, members of foreign delegations, and people attending conferences, will give you a good idea of our service quality, response capacity and efficiency, backed by a genuine sense of hospitality.
Caio Bonadia Anibe, Brazilian student
Eiffel scholarship-holder Caio, on a postgraduate course at the Sciences Po University in Paris, is delighted: “Compared to students who are not on grants, I realize I’m very lucky”. Caio is particularly appreciative of the support provided by Égide, especially as regards accommodation assistance and personal attention.
Yassine El Kovac, Moroccan student
Yassine El Kovac, a Moroccan student on a three-year scholarship, is nearing the end of his course at the ENST telecommunications school in Brittany. He is highly appreciative of the three-year record of support from Égide, and was even able to arrange a one-year postponement of his final-year grant instalments, to do a gap year.
Françoise Sellier, head of the student exchange office at the International Cooperation and Development Department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
As head of the student exchange office with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Françoise Sellier appreciates Égide’s “very definite know-how” in managing students’ grants.
Marie-Laure Gibert, executive training director, Nouvelle Calédonie
Marie-Laure Gibert heads the executive training unit GIP Formation Cadres Avenir, which runs yearly training courses in France for around sixty local businesspeople from the French Pacific Ocean territory of Nouvelle Calédonie. She appreciates the “trust-based relationship we’ve woven with Égide over some twenty years now”, and the precious help provided by Égide in managing these specially tailored grant programmes.
Véronique Yatéra, grants, missions and invitations coordinator at the French Embassy in Mauritania
Véronique Yatéra —grants, missions and invitations coordinator at the French Embassy in Mauritania— liases with Égide “on a practically daily basis”. She appreciates the “very good working relationship”, and the fact that her Égide correspondents are “always available, and ready to tackle any specific difficulties that might arise”.
Fanny Lessous, Égide correspondent and project support manager at IRD (Research & Development Institute)
Every year, IRD awards some 150 thesis or scientific exchange grants, managed by Égide. For head of department Fanny Lessous, “Égide means efficiency guaranteed, which is especially important on complex matters such as health insurance for grantholders.”
Jean-Claude Manuguerra, research coordinator at Institut Pasteur
Overseas missions are a regular feature of working life for Jean-Claude Manuguerra, research coordinator and head of the emergency biology intervention unit at Institut Pasteur. When Égide takes charge of travel arrangements, advance access to per diem allowance proves highly convenient.