Funding options

• The Personal Training Account (CPF) enables anyone in employment to earn training credits that can be used throughout their working life.

• This scheme is open to employees who wish to retrain while taking professional leave. It covers 100% of the cost of the training and ensures that they continue to be paid for the duration of the course.

Applications must be submitted and approved 3 months before the start of the course.

• Further information: transitionspro.fr

• Apply through your France Travail adviser.
• Further information: pole-emploi.fr

• The vocational training contract is a work-study contract between a private-sector employer and an employee who meets certain criteria. It enables the trainee to earn a vocational qualification (RNCP curriculum) as part of a continuing education programme.

It is intended for young people aged 18 to 25 and jobseekers over 26.

• Further information: travail-emploi.gouv.fr

• The skills development plan lists all the training initiatives put in place and financed by the employer for its employees.
• Please contact your HR department to discuss how your project fits in with your company’s needs.
• Further information: travail-emploi.gouv.fr

• Pro-A comes in addition to the company’s skills development plan and the personal training account (CPF). The list of professional qualifications eligible for Pro-A and covered by your OPCO (a French government-approved organisation responsible for overseeing vocational training) is laid down in an industry-wide collective agreement.
• Pro-A is a joint project between the company and the employee. Please contact your HR department to discuss your project.
• Further information: travail-emploi.gouv.fr

• This contract is designed to redeploy employees affected by redundancy.
• All our diploma courses are eligible for the CSP.
• Further information: service-public.fr

• This scheme is aimed at young people aged between 16 and 29 (30 minus 1 day) and confers the status of apprentice.
• Further information: travail-emploi.gouv.fr

• ESSCA offers solutions through a monthly payment schedule for the duration of the course for diploma programmes.
• Your training fees are deductible from your taxes if you are an employee or a job seeker registered with the French Unemployment Office (Pôle Emploi), as long as they are incurred with a view to improving your professional situation or moving into a new profession.
• You can also take out a student loan.