GEOFFRAY, Patrick

Le financement de la formation profissionnelle - Paris : ENA, 2002

Contrary to other European states in which individual companies bear the responsibility for carrying out continuing education, in France, companies share the responsibility for the overall cost of continuing education. This system creates financial solidarity among companies and gives all social partners the responsibility for informing employees of their right to continuing education. The continuing education system remains however unsatisfactory, due to the fact that although France spends at least as much as the average European country on training, the management of funds by consular and collective intermediaries does not ensure efficient distribution of financial resources. This suggests the need for an overhaul of funding circuits in view of improved management of mutual funds