The French government plans to reform the Personal Training Account (CPF) to align funded training with professional projects, via a questionnaire or third-party verification, despite assurances from the ministry to preserve freedom of choice and criticism from the CFDT.
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The French government wishes to reform the Personal Training Account (CPF) to better align funded training with professional development, access to employment and the adaptation of skills, while claiming to preserve users' freedom of choice.
The government wishes to reform the Personal Training Account (CPF) so that the training financed is “consistent with the professional development project” of the person, we learned on Tuesday from the ministry, which denies wanting to restrict the freedom of users. “The CPF constitutes a major step forward in giving everyone the freedom to choose their training. This freedom is preserved,” assured the ministry to AFP. “On the other hand, one thing is clear: not all funding sufficiently meets the initial objective of the system, which is to promote professional development, access to employment and the adaptation of skills,” underlines the ministry.
Thus, “before each mobilization of the CPF, the holder will be invited to specify their professional project via a brief automated questionnaire”, which “will make it possible to offer training adapted to the professional project, and to verify that the training requested is consistent with this project”. “In the event of inconsistency between the training requested and the professional project envisaged, the training applicant can rely on professional development advisors to guide them,” we add, without further details at this stage.
An attack on freedom according to the CFDT
On Thursday, Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou explained to Les Échos that before each use of the CPF, “it will be necessary to verify either by the employer if the training takes place during working hours, or by a trusted third party, namely professional development advisors”, adding that “the time is not for profusion, it is for the efficiency of public spending”.
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