FUNDING

The Compte Personnel de Formation – CPF (‘Personal Training Account’, formerly known as DIF)

This scheme was set up in 2019, and allows all workers to collect training allowance credits up to €5,000 (€500 in credits per year, full-time equivalent). This amount rises to €8,000 in some cases (for unqualified workers, or employees with a disability).

CPFs can be used directly by each employee to fund recognised certificate courses and higher certificate courses (as most of our programmes are).

The Projet de Transition Professionnelle – CPF de transition (‘Career Transition Scheme’, formerly known as CIF)

This scheme enables employees to enrol on corporate training programmes (generally long courses) during their work hours in order to develop their skills. The training cannot be related to their current role.

To be eligible for this scheme:

– Employees on permanent contracts must have worked for a minimum of 24 months (whether consecutively or not), including 12 months in their current company.

– Employees on temporary contracts must have been employed for a total of two years over the past five years (including four months minimum on a temporary contract over the past 12 months).

Employees must seek their employer’s approval beforehand, and then submit their application to Transitionspro.

Find out more about the steps to follow

The Plan de Développement des Compétences (the ‘Skill-set Development Scheme’, formerly known as the Plan de Formation)

This is an umbrella scheme, bringing together all training opportunities put in place by an employer to build up employees’ skills in line with company strategy. If you’d like your chosen course or training programme to be incorporated into the Plan de Développement des Compétences, you’ll need to contact your company’s HR or training department and prepare a presentation, demonstrating how the training and your goals fit in with your career trajectory.

Please note that companies with fewer than 50 employees may contact their OPCO to request that their employer contributions be reduced, thereby significantly lowering the actual cost of the training.

The Compte Personnel de Formation – CPF (‘Personal Training Account’, formerly known as DIF)

This scheme was set up in 2019, and allows all workers to collect training allowance credits up to €5,000 (€500 in credits per year, full-time equivalent). This amount rises to €8,000 in some cases (for unqualified workers, or employees with a disability).

CPFs can be used directly by each employee to fund recognised certificate courses and higher certificate courses (as most of our programmes are).

Pôle Emploi – AIF (Aide Individuelle à la Formation, ‘Individual Training Aid’)

You’ll need to contact your personal adviser at Pôle Emploi to talk them through your reasoning. The course must make sense in the context of your career trajectory, and be of assistance in getting you back into work.

The Brittany Region

The Region can offer assistance to job-seekers for some training programmes (such as our Profit Centre Manager and EMBA certificate courses and diplomas).

The Compte Personnel de Formation – CPF (‘Personal Training Account’, formerly known as DIF)

The training aid reform means you also enjoy access to the CPF.

This scheme allows all workers to collect training allowance credits up to €5,000 (€500 in credits per year, full-time equivalent). This amount rises to €8,000 in some cases (for unqualified workers, or employees with a disability).

CPFs can be used directly by each employee to fund recognised certificate courses and higher certificate courses (as most of our programmes are).

OPCO (OPérateur de COmpétences) Training Budget

Depending on your line of business, you’re assigned to one of 11 OPCOs. Every year, you’re allocated a training budget (non-cumulative year on year). To unlock this budget, you’ll need to contact your OPCO and put together a funding application at least one month before the course starts (average processing time).

The Compte Personnel de Formation – Joint

This scheme was set up in 2019, and allows all workers to collect training allowance credits up to €5,000 (€500 in credits per year, full-time equivalent). This amount rises to €8,000 in some cases (for unqualified workers, or employees with a disability).

CPFs can be used directly by each employee to fund recognised certificate courses and higher certificate courses (as most of our programmes are).
Companies can ask employees to use their CPF credits for a specific course. Employers will then pay any outstanding amounts and/or free up employees’ schedules to allow them to attend their classes.

The Projet de Transition Professionnelle – CPF de transition (‘Career Transition Scheme’, formerly known as CIF)

This scheme enables employees to enrol on corporate training programmes (generally long courses) during their work hours in order to develop their skills. The training cannot be related to their current role.
To be eligible for this scheme:

– Employees on permanent contracts must have worked for a minimum of 24 months (whether consecutively or not), including 12 months in their current company.

– Employees on temporary contracts must have been employed for a total of two years over the past five years (including four months minimum on a temporary contract over the past 12 months).

Find out more about the steps to follow

The Plan de Développement des Compétences (the ‘Skill-set Development Scheme’, formerly known as the Plan de Formation)

This is an umbrella scheme, bringing together all training opportunities designed to build up employees’ skills in line with company strategy.

OPCO contributions – Companies with fewer than 50 employees.

Please note that companies with fewer than 50 employees may contact their OPCO to request that their employer contributions be reduced, thereby significantly lowering the actual cost of the training.