Description
Country
Focus area
The Competences Investment Plan (CIP) 2018-2022 mobilizes nearly 15 billion euros for the following measures: - finance actions aimed at developing the skills of low-skilled job seekers and unqualified young people, including people with disabilities and people from priority urban neighbourhoods and areas of rural revitalization. - meet the recruitment needs of companies, particularly for shortage jobs; - contribute to the transformation of skills: qualification of the workforce to respond to changes in skills, particularly in connection with digital transformation and ecological transition. Purpose: to train 1 million low or unskilled job seekers and 1 million young people removed from the labour market. Another objective is to promote the transformation and modernisation of the VET system, including pedagogical aspects as well as skills governance aspects
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Implementation level
At what level is the initiative implemented?
National
Regional
Regional PICs are signed with the state. The PIC as a national programme has a national subprogramme as well as regional programmes. In addition, a third budget line is dedicated to experimental projects.
Legal base
Legal base (E.g. Law, regulation, implementing provision, other)
It is an investment plan decided by the government, as part as the Grand plan d'investissmenet 2018-2022
Starting period
TIMESPAN: In what year did the initiative commence?
The plan is for the period 2018-2022. The plan became operational in 2018.
Perspective
PERSPECTIVE: is the initiative based on evidence derived from skill forecasts or foresight activities?
There is a bulk of knowledge indicating the poor labour market prospects of vulnerable groups and low-skilled.
Policy area
To which POLICY AREAS(s) does the initiative apply?
The PIC targets upskilling, including education of low-skilled
The PIC targets upskilling, including training of low-skilled
People in employment, and in particular vulnerable groups participating in ALMP are targeted by the PIC.
People with a migration background, and in particular refugees are among the target groups of the PIC.
Social inclusion is one of the objectives of the PIC
Funding
How it is funded?
Funded by national government
Skill mismatch
Skill mismatch target
What type(s) of skills MISMATCH does the initiative aim to addresses?
Skill shortages (employers cannot fill their vacancies due to a lack of skills in the labour market)
Skill gaps (worker's skills are below the level of proficiency required by their employers and jobs)
Skills obsolescence (some or all of an individual's skills are no longer relevant to the current employer or in the labour market generally)
Other
The national programmes that can be funded through the PIC include e.g.: assessing and certifying basic digital competences, assessing transversal competences; certifying vocational competences, developing French language skills of refugees and asylum seekers; validation of prior learning; VET in occupations in demand; training for low-skilled youth in ICT occupations; vocational guidance and follow-up of young people; support to labour market integration for young people through targeted active labour market programmes; job-search training; second chance schools; vocational rehabilitation. The PIC also supports regional actions as well as innovative and experimental projects.
Skills matching focus
How does the initiative address skills mismatches?
The PIC does finance a wide variety of measures and programmes. Upskilling adults, in particular low-skilled adults, is one of the priority
The PIC does finance a wide variety of measures and programmes. Upskilling unemployed is one of the priority
The PIC does finance a wide variety of measures and programmes. Training and upskilling for promoting the transition to a sustainable employment is priority.
Single measures can be used for addressing shortage, although this is not a priority of the programme
Labour market inclusion of in active as well as of disadvantaged groups is a focus of the PIC
Skills delivered
What types of skill does the initiative deliver?
Basic literacy and numeracy skills
Basic digital skills
More advanced digital skills
General employability skills (team working, communication, etc.)
Job search skills
Career management skills
Methods
Methods
What methods of undertaking skills assessments and / or skills anticipation does the policy instrument utilise?
The PIC is built on available main skills forecasts, as well as on research on the labour market situation of disadvantaged groups
Other
The PIC is not a skills anticipation instrument. Analysis of skills mismatch and skills anticipation may be an element in a specific programme. In particular the identification of competences and skills needs of an individual, and new methods to design transition paths are among key priorities.
Use of skills intelligence
How is labour market information / skills intelligence used within the initiative?
There is no insights yet on how exactly the LMI has been used in PIC. In principle, information should have been used for the indicated items
Stakeholders
Main responsible body
Main body or organisation with overall responsibility for the initiative.
National ministry
Ministry of Labour (Ministère du travail, de l'emploi et de l'insertion)
Other involved organisations
Which other organisations have a role in the initiative?
Regional ministry
They are concluding and implementing regional pacts (regional PICs)
National agency
Regional agency
Through regional pacts
Social partner: employer organisation
Social partners are included in the negotiations for pluriannuel budgeting with the regions.
Social partner: trade union
They are involved in the implementation or for consultation of the programmes at national and regional level.
National PES
They play a role within the specific programmes and measures
Regional PES
They play a role within the specific programmes and measures
Chambers of Commerce
They may play a role within the specific programmes and measures
Training Providers
Implementing training
Research centres, universities
They may be involved in related research activities on skills needs, they are involved in the evaluation of the PIC
Beneficiaries
Who are the intended beneficiaries?
Young people making the transition from education into work
PIC contains guidance and counselling dimensions to help people to develop professional career at different stages of life.
Young people with low levels of basic skills /early leavers from education or training
PIC contains training and support dimensions
Adults with low basic skills
PIC contains training and support dimensions
Adults in employment with upskilling potential
PIC contains guidance and counselling dimensions to help people to develop professional career at different stages of life.
Adults in employment with reskilling potential
PIC contains guidance and counselling dimensions to help people to develop professional career at different stages of life.
Employed adults at risk of job displacement
PIC contains an inclusion dimension
Minority groups in the population
PIC contains an inclusion dimension
Groups under-represented in certain sections of the labour market
PIC contains training and support dimensions
People with disabilities
PIC contains an inclusion dimension
Sustainability
Success factors
SUCCESS FACTORS in the implementation
Not know yet. A large evaluation of the PIC will be carried out. : https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/dares_evaluer_une_exigence_tradu…; https://dares.travail-emploi.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/dares_pic_…
Monitoring and evaluation
MONITORING and EVALUATION: Is progress measured regularly? What are the indicators used to measure progress of the policy instrument? Have any evaluations been conducted?
Key results published by the Ministry of employment in October 2020 show that in 2019, 1340000 people enrolled in training and counselling/guidance/follow-up financed by the PIC. About 964,000 unemployed participated in PIC training measures in 2019 (and increase of 18% compared to the previous year). There is an increase in take up of training as compared to 2017 and 2015 (but not 2016, as another large programme was run in that year). Monitoring data show a clear increase in enrolling in skills adaptation measures (as compared to 2015). 55.7% of participants were low skilled in 2019, and 22.9% were under the age of 25. The take up rate of training increased as compared to 2015 (from 7 to 10%), in all age groups (with strongest relative increase among the 50+). https://dares.travail-emploi.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/dares_pic_… A large evaluation of the PIC will be carried out. : https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/dares_evaluer_une_exigence_tradu…; Mid-term monitoring results have been published by the Ministry of employment. https://dares.travail-emploi.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/dares_pic_…
Updates
UPDATES: whether there have been any major updates of the initiative since it has been implemented?
No
Effectiveness
EVIDENCE ON EFFECTIVENESS: How effective is the policy instrument?
Not know yet. A large evaluation of the PIC will be carried out.
Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY: How sustainable is the policy instrument? Do you expect the instrument to continue over the next few years and why?
The investment plan is limited in time. It is too early to assess the long-term effects of the PIC.
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