Under its remit to investigate the relationship between education and employment, Céreq is involved in the process of designing vocational qualifications and is therefore both actor in and observer of the institutional system put in place to manage the offer of public and private certifications. It is an actor through its participation in the consultative bodies that make up this system, supporting the dialogue between the stakeholders with the results of the various types of studies conducted within the establishment. From this position, Céreq is able to observe how the social compromise on the levels of qualification required to carry out the various types of jobs, as well as the desirable degree of matching between training and jobs, is negotiated over time. In a changing context, the question of the regulation of this certification policy and the roles of the various stakeholders is at the heart of Céreq’s deliberations.
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Since 2005, European companies’ training effort has been growing and practices have been diversifying. French companies, which were initially among those providing the most training, have shown great stability over time, having for the most part retained a model based on classroom-based training. The act on “The Freedom to Choose One’s Professional Future” (la loi Avenir professionnel), which…
Work at the heart of firm-based learning
For most employers, employees acquire competences less by taking part in organised training programmes than by carrying out their work tasks. The training and employee trajectory surveys show that employees whose work dynamics offer the best opportunities for informal learning are also the ones who enjoy the highest levels of access to organised training. This is particularly true for…
The first strand of the French training and employee trajectory surveys (dispositif d'enquêtes sur les formations et itinéraires des salaries/Defis), carried out in 2015, provides a more detailed picture of firms' use of continuing vocational training. The data collected on new dimensions, such as the extent of statutory training provision and the use of outside expertise in developing…
Vocational training at the workplace during working hours is an essential aspect of lifelong learning, which has been adopted as a priority in European development policy. However, the continuing vocational training uptake rates vary considerably from one country to another. Considerable differences also exist depending on the size of firms. Beyond these cleavages, firms' continuing vocational…
In France, adults have generally undergone continuing vocational training during their working hours so far and the aim has not usually been to obtain a diploma. The way the educational system and the labour market are set up has resulted in a sharper divide occurring here than else wherein Europe between the age at which people undergo their studies and that at which they pursue their careers…