National Office for Veterans and Victims of War

French governmental agency

National Office for Veterans and Victims of WarOffice national des anciens combattants et victimes de guerre

Agency overview
Preceding agencies|

* Office national des mutilés, combattants, victimes de la guerre et pupilles de la nation
* Office National des Mutilés et Réformés

Motto| Memory and solidarity
Agency executive|

* Véronique Peaucelle-Delelis, Director General

Parent department| Ministry of the Armies
Website| www.onac-vg.fr

The National Office for Veterans and Victims of War (French: Office national des anciens combattants et victimes de guerre (ONACVG) ) is a French governmental agency under the Ministry of the Armed Forces. Its purpose is recognition and support of the nation's war veterans and victims, and directing national policy about war memorials and remembrances.

The current agency is the successor to the veteran's organisation first set up in 1916 during the First World War. It underwent several mergers with related veterans and war victims organisations. Its charter was expanded to include victims of terrorist incidents following the November 2015 Paris attacks.

## History[edit]

A general inspects French veterans, 1917

The first office to be created was the National Office of Disabled and Discharged War Veterans created by ministerial decree on 2 March 1916, during the First World War.[1] At the outset the latter was an interagency autonomous public institution managed by a board of directors. The law of 2 July 1917 established the National Office of Wards of the Nation [fr][a] and that of 19 December 1926 created the National Soldiers Office. During the years 1933 and 1934, successive mergers of the three organisations created the National Office of Veterans, Disabled, War Victims, and Wards of the Nation. In 1946 this organisation took over the management of social services of the Ministry of Prisoners, Deportees and Refugees and was renamed the National Office of Veterans and Victims of War. Since 1991, it also handles assistance to victims of terrorism.

## Goals and responsibilities[edit]

WW I Memorial to French soldiers lost at Charleroi

The Office has three goalsː[3]

* Recognition on behalf of the Nation towards people affected by the war. It allocates recognition of their status and to the entitlements that go along with it via local services, id cards, and documents.
* Social action, as expressed by administrative assistance, by implementation of the status of Ward of the Nation by financing the cost of professional retraining, and by assistance for French citizens living abroad.
* Operation of the policy of memorials and historical preservation developed by the Armed Forces. The actions of the Office are geared towards celebrating, sharing, and conveying the memory of contemporary conflicts and the values of the Republic.

It carries out these goals by handling applications, assigning honors, and disbursing allocations according to the rights established by the law,[4] including handling applications and requests for

* veterans id cards, and for other statuses such as victimes of war
* certificates of the Nation's gratitude, and honors such as MPF (French: Mort pour la France, Died For France) and MED (French: Mort en déportation, Died as a deportee [fr])
* reimbursement for trips to gravesites and sites of crimes related to deportation

as well as disbursing funds owed to constituents via departmental branches, as part of reparations for

* awarding veterans' pensions
* gratitude to Harkis and their widows
* management of the veterans disability card
* managing policy regarding benefits to orphans of deportation and victims of antisemitic persecution.

## Operation[edit]

The agency is constituted as a legal person (établissement public à caractère administratif) with financial autonomy. It maintains delegates in every French department.[citation needed]

It has a board of directors whose role it is to define institutional policy. The board chair is appointed by the Council of Ministers. The board consists of 40 members[5] divided into four colleges. The first one has eight members representing the assemblies and the administrations to which they belong and serve for four years. The second college has 2 members and represents veterans and war victims selected from among the different citizen categories. The third college consists of six members representing the foundations and national associations that work for memorials and citizenship. It is chaired by the Minister Delegate for Veterans Affairs. Finally the council includes two representatives from the staff of the national office.

## See also[edit]

* France portal

* Bleuet de France
* Military history of France
* France in World War I
* France in World War II

## References[edit]

Notes

1. ^ Ward of the Nation is a French civil status with certain attendant rights allocated by the State to those who have a parent who was injured or killed in war, or (since the November 2015 Paris attacks) during a terrorist incident, or while carrying out certain public services. Partly symbolic as "adoptees of the Nation" and partly remunerative, it goes beyond and is not to be confused with Ward of the State [fr] which in France is a minor person, such as an orphan, under the care and responsibility of the French state.[2]

References

1. ^ "Office national des anciens combattants et victimes de guerre (ONAC) 1917-1998 (FranceArchives)" [National Office for Veterans and Victims of War (ONAV) 1917-1998]. FranceArchives (in French). Service interministériel des Archives de France. 2005-02-06. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
2. ^ McHugh, Jess (16 June 2016). "ISIS In Europe: Orphans Of Terrorism 'Adopted' By France After Charlie Hebdo And Paris Islamic State Attacks". IBT. New York: International Business Times. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
3. ^ "Présentation de l'ONACVG". ONACVG (in French). Ministry of the Armed Forces (France). 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
4. ^ "Recognition and reparation | ONACVG, official website". ONACVG. Ministry of the Armed Forces (France). 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
5. ^ "Décret n° 2011-1658 du 29 novembre 2011 relatif au conseil d'administration de l'Office national des anciens combattants et victimes de guerre" [Decree no. 2011-1658 of 29 November 2011 regarding the board of directors of the National Office of Veterans and Victims of War]. Legifrance (in French). République française. 30 November 2011. p. 20149. Retrieved 2019-04-06 - via Textes publiés au Journal officiel de la République française.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in French)
* ONACVG, from French consulate, Boston (in English)

* v
* t
* e

Établissement public à caractère administratif

Ministry of Armed Forces|

* Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace
* ENSTA ParisTech
* École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées Bretagne
* École Polytechnique
* Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service
* Établissement de communication et de production audiovisuelle de la Défense
* Établissement public d'insertion de la défense
* Musée de l'Armée
* Musée national de la Marine
* Musée de l'Air
* Académie de Marine
* Etablissement public national des fonds de prévoyance militaire et de l'aéronautique
* National Office for Veterans and Victims of War

Ministry of the Interior|

* Right of Asylum in France
* Conseil national des activités privées de sécurité

Ministry of Labour, Employment
and Economic Inclusion|

* Agence Nationale pour l'Amélioration des Conditions de Travail

Ministry of Economy and Finance|

* Mines ParisTech
* École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne
* École des Mines de Douai
* École des mines d'Alès
* École des mines de Nantes
* École des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux

Ministry of Higher Education,
Research and Innovation|

* Groupe Concours Polytechniques
* 3 of the 4 Groupe des écoles nationales d’ingénieurs
* École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest
* École nationale d'ingénieurs de Metz
* École nationale d'ingénieurs de Tarbes
* 7 of the 9 Institut d'études politiques
* École Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique et de ses Applications
* École nationale supérieure d'informatique pour l'industrie et l'entreprise
* École nationale supérieure de la nature et du paysage
* École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre
* Louis Lumière College
* Côte d'Azur Observatory
* Jean-François Champollion University Center for Teaching and Research
* Institut national supérieur de formation et de recherche pour l'éducation des jeunes handicapés et les enseignements adaptés

Ministry of National Education,
Youth and Sports|

* Centre international d'études pédagogiques
* National Centre for Distance Education
* Ward of the Nation

Ministry of Agriculture and Food|

* Établissement national des produits de l'agriculture et de la mer
* Agence de services et de paiement
* Institut français du cheval et de l'équitation
* Inventaire Forestier National

Ministry of Ecological Transition|

* Agence nationale de l'habitat
* Agence de l'eau
* École des Ponts ParisTech
* École nationale de l'aviation civile
* Institut Géographique National
* Météo-France
* French Office for Biodiversity

Ministry of Europe and
Foreign Affairs|

* Agency for French Teaching Abroad

Ministry of Culture|

* Bibliothèque nationale de France
* Bibliothèque publique d'information
* Centre des monuments nationaux
* Centre Georges Pompidou
* Centre national des arts plastiques
* National Center of Cinematography and the moving image
* Centre national du livre
* Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration
* CNSAD
* Conservatoire de Paris
* Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon
* École du Louvre
* Écoles nationales supérieure d'architecture
* École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise
* École nationale supérieure de la photographie
* École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
* École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
* Établissement public des musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie \- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
* Opérateur du patrimoine et des projets immobiliers de la culture
* Institut national du patrimoine
* Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
* Palace of Fontainebleau
* Guimet Museum
* Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner
* Sèvres – Cité de la céramique
* Musée du Louvre
* Musée national Gustave Moreau
* Musée Picasso
* Musée Rodin
* Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles

Ministry of Solidarity
and Health|

* École nationale supérieure de sécurité sociale

Ministry of Territorial Development|

* Institut national des études territoriales

Not classified|

* IAE Paris
* Institut des hautes études de défense nationale
* French Academy of Technologies
* Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale
* Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail
* Agence Nationale de la Recherche
* AD Isère Drac Romanche
* Centre d'études et de recherches sur les qualifications
* National Computer Center for Higher Education
* Institut national supérieur de formation et de recherche pour l'éducation des jeunes handicapés et les enseignements adaptés
* Centre national des œuvres universitaires et scolaires
* Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires
* Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie
* Centre de ressources, d'expertise et de performance sportives
* Chamber of Commerce and Industry
* Service départemental d'incendie et de secours
* Île-de-France Mobilités
* Association syndicale autorisée

* v
* t
* e

France topics

History|

| Overviews|

* History
* Timeline
* Political history
* Military history
* Language
* Economic
* Foreign relations
* Journalism
* Liberalism and radicalism in France

|

Regions|

* History of Brittany
* History of Normandy

Ancient|

* Prehistory
* Greek colonies
* Celtic Gaul
* Roman Gaul

Middle Ages|

* Visigothic Kingdom
* Francia
* West Francia
* Middle Ages
* Kingdom of France
* Fundamental laws

Early Modern|

* Early modern era
* House of Bourbon
* Absolute monarchy
* Ancien Régime
* French Wars of Religion
* Thirty Years' War
* Peace of Westphalia
* Second Hundred Years' War
* Louis XIV
* War of the Spanish Succession
* Diplomatic Revolution of 1756
* Seven Years' War

Revolution|

* French Revolution
* Napoleonic era
* First Republic
* First Empire

Late Modern|

* Long nineteenth century
* Bourbon Restoration
* July Monarchy

* French Revolution of 1848
* Second Republic
* 1851 French coup d'état
* Second Empire
* Government of National Defense
* Third Republic
* Belle Époque
* France in World War I
* France in World War II
* Vichy France
* Free France
* Liberation of France
* Post-liberation 1944-1946

Contemporary|

* Fourth Republic
* Algerian War
* Fifth Republic
* 1900 to present
* French protests of 1968
* 2005 riots
* Great Recession
* 2015 Paris attacks
* 2017 presidential election
* Coronavirus pandemic
* 2021 French labor protests
* 2022 presidential election

Geography|

* Administrative divisions
* Cities
* Climate change
* Borders
* Islands
* Lakes
* Mountains
* National parks
* Rivers
* World Heritage Sites

Politics|

* Constitutions
* Elections
* presidential
* Foreign relations
* Politics
* Human rights
* Intersex
* LGBT
* Judiciary
* Law
* history
* enforcement
* criminal law
* Military
* Parliament
* Political parties

Economy|

* Agriculture
* Automotive industry
* Banking
* Central bank
* Economic history
* Energy
* Euro
* Exports
* Franc (former currency)
* French subdivisions by GDP
* Mining
* Stock exchange
* Science and technology
* Taxation
* Telecommunications
* Tourism
* Trade unions
* Transport

Society|

* Abortion
* Birth control
* Crime
* Demographics
* Education
* Health care
* Homelessness
* Immigration
* Life expectancy
* People
* Poverty
* Religion
* secularism
* Racism
* Social class
* Welfare

Culture|

* Anthem
* Architecture
* Art
* Coat of arms
* Cinema
* Cuisine
* Cultural icons
* Fashion
* Flag
* Gardens
* Language
* Literature
* Media
* Music
* Philosophy
* Public holidays
* Sport
* Symbols
* Theatre

* Outline

* Category
* Portal
* WikiProject

* v
* t
* e

World War I War Memorials in France

* Monuments aux Morts
* World War I
* World War I casualties
* World War I memorials

Articles by department|

* Aisne
* Eastern Somme
* Oise
* Western Somme

Memorials|

| Australia|

* Australian Memorial Park
* Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial
* V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial
* Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial

|

Canada|

* Bourlon Wood Memorial
* Canadian National Vimy Memorial
* Courcelette Memorial
* Dury Memorial
* Le Quesnel Memorial

France /
French & German|

* Douaumont Ossuary
* Glade of the Armistice
* Hartmannswillerkopf
* L'Âme de la France
* Notre Dame de Lorette
* Verdun Memorial

India|

* Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial

Newfoundland|

* Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
* Gueudecourt (Newfoundland) Memorial
* Masnières Newfoundland Memorial
* Monchy-le-Preux (Newfoundland) Memorial

South Africa|

* Delville Wood South African National Memorial

United States|

* Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial
* Château-Thierry American Monument
* Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
* Montfaucon Monument
* Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
* St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial
* Somme American Cemetery and Memorial
* Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial

United Kingdom /
Commonwealth|

* 51st (Highland) Division Monument (Beaumont-Hamel)
* Arras Flying Services Memorial
* Arras Memorial
* Hohenzollern Redoubt Memorial
* La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial
* Le Touret Memorial
* Loos Memorial
* Mametz Wood Memorial
* McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial
* Pozières Memorial
* Quéant Road Cemetery
* Soissons Memorial
* Thiepval Memorial
* Ulster Tower
* Vis-en-Artois Memorial

Related organizations|

* Commonwealth War Graves Commission
* The War Graves Photographic Project

Designers and sculptors|

* Herbert Baker
* Reginald Blomfield
* Alfred-Alphonse Bottiau
* Edgar-Henri Boutry
* Lucien Brasseur
* Robert Coin
* William Harrison Cowlishaw
* Camille Debert
* Louis Dejean
* Edmond Delphaut
* Félix-Alexandre Desruelles
* Charles Desvergnes
* Émile Fernand-Dubois
* Paul Gasq
* Charles Holden
* Raoul Josset
* Augustin Lesieux
* Edwin Lutyens
* Frederick William MacMonnies
* George Henry Paulin
* Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles

Features|

* Bas-relief
* Cenotaph
* Commemorative plaque
* Cross of Sacrifice
* Crypt
* Epitaph
* Obelisk
* Statue
* Stone of Remembrance
* War grave

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Catalonia
* Israel
* United States
* Czech Republic

Other|

* IdRef

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template