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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In just over twenty years, the vocational baccalauréat has gradually become an established part of the range of qualifications available to French youths. However, the modes whereby this diploma has been integrated into the landscape have differed considerably from one occupational sector to another. Those responsible for applying the recent reforms to occupational paths will have to take this…

Training and Employment 4 p. p

Since the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957, it has been generally agreed that harmonising the systems of certification used in the European member countries is liable to facilitate employees'personal mobility. Various approaches have therefore been launched on these lines and re-activated by the Lisbon summit and the Bruges-Copenhagen process. The French system of vocational training was long…

Training and Employment 4 p