The ALFIZ (Association of the Lycée Français International de Zurich) manages the school’s finances, and all parents of enrolled students are members. The association meets at least once a year in a general assembly to vote on tuition fees, approve the previous school year’s accounts, and approve the budget for the upcoming year. Extraordinary general assemblies are organized if necessary.
As a non-profit organization, the association is led by a Board committee, elected during the general assembly, which oversees the school’s financial and operational management.
ALFIZ is the school’s governing body and is legally responsible under Swiss law. It also employs staff under local contracts. The school’s revenue is primarily based on tuition fees paid by families.
It is the executive body of the parents’ association. It is composed of six to nine volunteer parent members, elected from among the association’s active members, as well as three ex-officio members with advisory roles: the head of the school, the Consul General of France, and the Cultural and Cooperation Attaché at the French Embassy in Bern. Working groups within the Board committee oversee non-academic matters, including investments, human resources, communications, and family services.
The Board committee oversees the administrative, financial, and legal management of the school, in partnership with the school leadership. It discusses and makes decisions on operational, financial, and strategic matters. Its responsibilities include setting the budget, determining tuition fees, managing school property and assets, and recruiting local staff in collaboration with the school leadership.
It supports the school’s strategic development in close coordination with the management teams.
It acts in the best interests of families, ensuring rigorous and balanced management in a spirit of mutual support.
It promotes transparency
and open dialogue.
It ensures the school’s operations run smoothly to maintain a high standard of education.
