Public Establishment in charge of the conservation and restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, provided for by the law of July 29, 2019, was created on December 1, 2019.
Our missions
To ensure the project management of the operations
To promote the worksite and the skills involved
To raise new donations
To regularly inform the public and donors of the progress
Organisation
Chaired by Philippe Jost, president of the Public Establishment, the Board of Administration comprises representatives of all the bodies involved in the project: the State, the Diocese of Paris, and the City of Paris, as well as qualified independent figures chosen for their experience in the Establishment’s areas of competence.
In addition to the president of the Public Establishment, the members of the Board of Administration are:
- The secretary general of the Ministry of Culture or a representative thereof
- The director general of heritage and architecture or a representative thereof
- The director of the budget or a representative thereof
- The director general for globalisation, culture, teaching and international development or a representative thereof
- The general delegate for employment and professional training or a representative thereof
- The Prefect of the Ile-de-France region or a representative thereof
- The Mayor of Paris or a representative thereof
- The Archbishop of Paris or a representative thereof
- Three qualified figures: Christine Albanel, Bruno Racine, Jean-Pierre Weiss
- An elected representative of Establishment personnel: Frédérique Meyer
Attending board meetings in an advisory capacity:
- The delegate director general: Maryline Guiry
- The financial controller and accountant for the Ministry of Culture: Bernard Geoffroy
- The accountant of the Public Establishment: Sabine Laubertin
Working in an advisory capacity alongside the Board of Administration, to which it presents a yearly analysis of the Establishment’s financial and economic position, the committee monitors the financing and implementation of expenses and assesses the quality of internal control of budgets, accounting and risk management.
The committee is chaired by: Jean-Pierre Weiss
The other three members of the committee are:
- The director of the budget or a representative thereof
- The director general of heritage and architecture or a representative thereof
- Jean Gautier, outside expert, honorary master counsellor at the Cour des Comptes
Two statutory participants:
- Bernard Geoffroy, financial controller and ministerial accountant for the Ministry of Culture or a representative thereof
- Sabine Laubertin, accountant of the Public Establishment or a representative thereof
Working alongside the president of the Public Establishment, the Scientific Board is consulted on studies and operations concerning the conservation and restoration of the cathedral. It comprises fourteen members appointed by the Minister of Culture from candidates recommended by the president of the Public Establishment on the basis of their expertise.
- Christophe d’Alessandro, organist and research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Damien Berné, chief heritage curator in charge of sculpture at the Musée de Cluny
- Gisella Capponi, honorary director of the Higher Institute of Conservation and Restoration in Rome
- Philippe Dillmann, research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, coordinator of research on behalf of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
- Anne Dion, chief heritage curator, deputy director of the Decorative Arts Department at the Musée du Louvre
- Père Gilles Drouin, director of the Theology Institute at the Institut Catholique de Paris, appointed by the Archbishop of Paris to lead reflection on the liturgical reorganisation of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
- Christine Gouzi, professor of art history at Sorbonne Université, religious painting specialist
- Jean-Michel Leniaud, director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, honorary director of the École des Chartes, president of the Société des Amis de Notre-Dame de Paris
- François Loyer, honorary research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, honorary director of the Commission du Vieux Paris, specialist on 19th-century architecture and urbanism
- Benjamin Mouton, chief architect for historic monuments, former vice-president of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
- Charles Personnaz, director of the Institut national du patrimoine
- Dany Sandron, professor of art history at Sorbonne Université, director at the Centre André Chastel
- Marie-Anne Sire, general inspector of historic monuments
With no equivalent in any other public establishment, the Committee of Donors, chaired by General Jean- Louis Georgelin, is a place of exchange and dialogue where the representatives of donors can be informed about the progress of work and the use of gifts.
As of 30 November 2022, alongside the president of the Public Establishment, the members of the Committee of Donors and their representatives are:
- Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Advisor to the Chairman of Artémis Group
- Antoine Gosset- Grainville, Chairman of the Axa Group
- Jean Lemierre, Chairman of the BNP Paribas Group
- Nicolas Namias, Chairman of Groupe BPCE
- Marie Lavandier, President of the Centre des monuments nationaux
- Olivier Brault, Director general of the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller
- Mr. Max Coslov, Director of the Fondation Edmond J. Safra
- Pierre Sellal, President of the Fondation de France
- Guillaume Poitrinal, President of the Fondation du Patrimoine
- Robert Leblanc, vice-president of the Fondation Notre Dame
- Ms. Namita Shah, President of the TotalEnergies Foundation
- Mr. Michel Picaud, President of the Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris
- Jean-Sébastien Decaux, Chief Executive Officer of JCDecaux Holding
- Christophe Babule, Managing Director of Administration and Finance, L'Oréal Group
- Mr. Jean-Paul Claverie, Advisor to the Chairman of the LVMH Group
- Mrs. Valérie Pécresse, President of the Ile-de-France Region
- Ms. Audrey Derveloy, President of Sanofi France
- Mr. Alexis Thaler, CEO of SCDM
- Mr. Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman of the Société Générale Group
- Mr. Alexandre Benais, Deputy Managing Director of Téthys