France: Draft national agreement reached on vocational training

France’s main employers’ organisations and trade union confederations reached a draft national cross-industry agreement on vocational training in January 2009, which includes measures aimed at providing training for an extra 700,000 low-skilled or unemployed workers each year.

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The continuing training system
The agreement
Access to training
Individual training rights
Target groups for training
Validation of acquired experience
Governance of training
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