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Page 1: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

AFPA

The first training provider in France

Page 2: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE

21/04/23 Presenting our organization / 2

AFPA BRINGS TOGETHER …• 5 000 expert instructors and trainers

• 270 specialists in education and job training engineering

• 600 staff members in charge of accommodation and catering services

• 200 staff members to facilitate trainee experience

• 130 social advisers

AFPA ADRESSES … 4 major fields of expertise Training development: designing and delivering job specific training

programs to enhance professional qualifications and secure certifications

Professional training for adults Management consulting in designing training policies Support to adaptation of labor to major economic changes

Page 3: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

AFPA

• 186 AFPA training campuses are available in France for job training and skills certification

• 57% of trainees will find a job in less than 6 months after the training program

• Our participants: 60% are job-seekers, 30% of trainees are under 26 years old, 21% are over 45

• We have developed specific expertise to address the needs of specific populations with a disability

21/04/23 / 3/ Presenting our organization

Page 4: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

Alain Bessou – A short biography

• Sales Manager at IBM-EDS-UNILOG until 1990

• Training Adviser until 1996• Training Consultant in sales

sector since 1997 at AFPA• [email protected]

Page 5: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

My job description

• Project coordinator – training and certification resources for national vocational diplomas

• Support to adaptation of labor to major economic changes in the campuses

Page 6: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

The French National Qualification Framework

• 1969: A French NQF with a five-level structure is introduced

• 2002 : A national committee on vocational qualifications (CNCP) supported by a register of vocational qualifications and the system for validation of non-formal and informal learning (VAE) is set up

Page 7: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

The French National Qualification Framework

• A strong focus on skills (« compétences »)• The involvement of stakeholders: cooperation

between all the relevant ministries and other stakeholders

• Use of learning outcomes within VET fully accepted• Emphasis on transparency: active use of the

Europass certificate supplement

Page 8: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

French policy on qualifications & the EQF

• Work on referencing to the EQF is ongoing since 2006

• Process involving all the stakeholders, ministries, social partners and other stakeholders (under the auspices of the CNCP)

• A report was presented to the French Prime Minister last autumn

• A report is to be presented to the EQF AG in 2010

Page 9: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

Quality assurance at AFPA

• 12 Afpa regions carry the ISO 9001 label thus confirming that the quality management system set up by Afpa guarantees the conformity of our services to our clients

• All the training centres organising validation sessions leading to qualification are audited by external, independant auditors

Page 10: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

Recognition of prior learning

• A French Google search on the term « VAE » produces 120 million results

• Implemented by law in France in 2002• More than 7 000 candidates in the VET system in

2008 (79 000 for people in training)• Success rate of 72% (against 79% for people in

training)• Integration into the labour market is 47%

Page 11: AFPA The first training provider in France. AFPA, HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDING VALUE TO PEOPLE 20/10/2015 Presenting our organization / 2 AFPA BRINGS

Some useful Web links

AFPA official web site www.afpa.fr

Official web site of the French ministry for VET

www.travail-solidarite.gouv.fr

Official website on the recognition of prior learning

www.vae.gouv.fr

French ministry for education www.education.gouv.fr

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Questions?