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Bilan de compétences (Skills Assessment)

Support offer

The “skills assessment” is a space-time dedicated to the appropriation of its own trajectory. It allows to analyze your aptitudes, your skills and your motivations. It helps you to manage your personal resources and organize your priorities for a career development, a professional reconversion (desired or undergone), a recovery of activity after a period of rest, a reflection on the opportunity to engage a training or validation of prior learning.

Who can access this offer?

Every people who is looking for an assessment of himself for the future

Further information/useful links

  • https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/formation-professionnelle/evoluer-professionnellement/article/le-bilan-de-competences
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VAE (Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience)

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Acquisition of a professional certification by validating the acquired experience, particularly professional experience.

Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience (VAE) is provided by the French government (Ministry of Labour) . The aim is to obtain a certification and to have skills recognized. It is a multi-stage process, and it is coordinated by a tutor. The VAE allows you to obtain, in whole or in part, a diploma, title or certificate of professional qualification registered in the National Professional Certification Register (RNCP). The candidate must complete a file detailing his professional experience and the skills acquired. He then appears before a jury that decides to validate all or part of the diploma in question. In the event of partial validation of the acquired knowledge, prescriptions are proposed to the candidate in order to obtain the entire diploma.

Who can access this offer?

Any person, no matter his age, nationality, status, education level, who already had at least one year of working experience.

Further information/useful links

  • http://www.vae.gouv.fr/la-vae/
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ADICE Association

Support offer

This is a voluntary commitment of six to twelve months for the accomplishment of a mission of general interest in one of the nine areas recognized as a priority for the nation, within non-profit organizations or legal persons governed by public law in France or abroad.

The objectives are:

Mobilizing youth to address the magnitude of social and environmental challenges.

To offer young people aged 16 to 25 a new framework for engagement in which they can mature, gain self-confidence, develop and acquire new skills and take the time to reflect on their own future, both as citizens and as professionals.

To be a stage of life during which young people from all social and cultural backgrounds can come together and become aware of the diversity of our society.

Who can access this offer?

For anyone who has never done a civic service before, French, European or who have lived in France without interruption for a whole year. The young person should be aged 18-25 and 18-30 for people with disabilities.

Further information/useful links

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OFQJ

Support offer

It contributes to bringing French and Quebec youth closer together through the implementation of mobility programs focused on professional development in the economic, cultural, academic and social sectors, while promoting intercultural discoveries and networking.

Who can access this offer?

people from 18 to 35 years with a mobility project

Further information/useful links

  • http://www.ofqj.org/
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CPI

Support offer

The CPI is an entrance exam preparatory class. It offers to assist students or jobseekers, who are from humble background, to prepare for external competitive exam and third competitive exam in the public service by providing them with reinforced pedagogical support, financial support and the competence of a tutor.

Who can access this offer?

people from 18 years old, wishing to integrate public service

Further information/useful links

  • https://www.fonction-publique.gouv.fr/score/preparations-aux-concours/classes-preparatoires-integrees-preparations-concours
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EUROGUIDANCE

Support offer

Euroguidance is responsible for informing about education systems and training systems in Europe, and encouraging the mobility of young people and adults. It is co-financed by the European Commission.
The aim is to develop the European dimension in educational and professional actions.

Who can access this offer?

Students, employees, jobseekers, young people in training

Further information/useful links

  • http://www.onisep.fr/Equipes-educatives/Mobilite-internationale/Mobilite-europeenne-des-eleves/Euroguidance-informer-et-conseiller-sur-la-mobilite-en-Europe
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AFPA (National Agency for Adult Professional Training)

Support offer

AFPA supports jobseekers and employees without discrimination at all periods of their professional life: integration, reconversion, and professionalization. They also serve the economic development, growth and competitiveness of businesses by training the skills they need.

AFPA has four main missions :

  • Certification: for the Ministry of Labour and other ministries
  • Anticipating tomorrow’s trades and skills: repeating emerging skills, designing and experimenting with tomorrow’s training
  • Supporting skills development: studying the needs of new skills on the labour market
  • Support to operators in charge of professional development consulting activities, in particular through the discovery of professions on Afpa’s technical platforms.

Who can access this offer?

Adults looking for an employment training

Further information/useful links

  • https://www.afpa.fr/afpa/connaitre-l’afpa/la-mission-de-l-afpa-vous-former-pour-l-emploi
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CFA (apprentice training center)

Support offer

The CFA helps you in your orientation, trains you by work/study training program, accompanies you throughout the training and prepares you for professional insertion. CFA also offers a matching candidate-company service, a pre-apprenticeship coaching service and a personalized support before, during and after the training.

Who can access this offer?

Anyone wishing to join the professional work by way of apprenticeship

Further information/useful links

  • http://www.cfa-nord.fr/
  • https://www.cfajeanbosco.fr/
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CRESS

Support offer

CRESS is an organisation that groups the structures of the ESS.

CRESS created a program called “Réseau tremplin”. This program is composed of regional or local structures, generalists or specialists. These structures are giving common activities of support to the project holders of the ESS through their functions of reception, orientation, accompaniment and follow-up. These actors guide, accompany, train and / or finance SSE projects or structures.

Who can access this offer?

All project holders of the Social and Solidarity Economy

Further information/useful links

  • https://cresshdf.org/
  • https://tremplin-hdf.org/
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URSCOP

Support offer

URSCOP is specialized in the creation and support of cooperatives.

URSCOP offers individual reception of project leaders and support for creation: legal support, assistance to the economic and financial feasibility

Also, a personalized follow-up post-creation and support in all phases of cooperative development conducting audits (legal, financial, tax, organizational, cooperative and strategic), cooperative review, collective information conducting training courses for entrepreneurs, etc…

Who can access this offer?

People looking for a democratic business model

Further information/useful links

  • https://tremplin-hdf.org/les-scop-hauts-de-france/