The Fédération nationale des caisses d’épargne et de prévoyance is constituted in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1 July 1901 relating to the contract of association. It brings together all the caisses d’épargne et de prévoyance represented by three members of their Orientation and Supervisory Board, including the Chairman, and by two members of their Management Board, including the Chairman.
The Fédération nationale des caisses d’épargne et de prévoyance is responsible for :
1. Coordinating the relations of the savings and provident institutions with their members and representing their common interests, in particular with the public authorities;
2. Participating in the definition of the network’s strategic orientations;
3. Defining, coordinating and promoting the social responsibility actions of the savings banks and provident societies in line with the commercial and financial guidelines of the central body of the savings banks and banques populaires;
4. To contribute to the definition, by the central body of the caisses d’épargne et des banques populaires, of national guidelines in terms of social relations in the network;
5 Organising, in conjunction with the central body of the savings banks and banques populaires, the training of managers and members through the regular organisation of free information sessions on economic matters in the broadest sense of the term;
6. To ensure compliance with ethical rules within the savings bank network;
7. To contribute to the cooperation of French savings banks with foreign institutions of a similar nature.
The Fédération nationale des caisses d’épargne et de prévoyance is consulted by the central body of the caisses d’épargne et des banques populaires on any reform project concerning the caisses d’épargne et de prévoyance.
The Fédération Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne et de Prévoyance calls for contributions from the savings and provident institutions to finance its operating budget.