The national harmonisation provided for in article R. 212-10-18 is based on:
-the regional directors of youth, sport and social cohesion, who are responsible for drawing up regional schedules of prerequisite tests ;
-national coordinators appointed for a period of three years by the Director of Sport following a call for applications and after receiving the opinion, for sports disciplines, of the national technical director of the federation that has been delegated responsibility for the discipline concerned.
Members of one of the following bodies may be appointed as national coordinators, if they are in a normal position of activity within a department and have expertise in sport, youth or vocational training:
Inspectors-General for Youth and Sport ;
-youth and sports inspectors ;
-senior technical and educational advisors.
Under the authority of the Director of Sport, the national coordinators participate in :
-drawing up reference texts for the professional diplomas they are responsible for monitoring;
-coordinating the range of prerequisite tests for entry to training courses throughout France;
-the harmonisation of complementary selection procedures;
-harmonising the implementation of these diplomas;
-evaluating the certification system.