Question 17789 — vocational training and apprenticeship

Summary

Mr. Roger Chudeau questions the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Labor and Solidarity and the Minister of National Education, responsible for vocational education and training and apprenticeship, on the particularly significant reduction in resources allocated to the regions to support the operation and investment of apprentice training centers (CFA). After amounting to approximately 268 million euros in 2024 and in 2025, the national envelope of the apprenticeship support fund allocated to the regions was set at 134.05 million euros by the decree of April 1, 2026. Less than two months later, the decree of May 28, 2026 repealed this text and reduced this envelope to only 33 million euros, including 11 million for the operation of the CFA and 22 million for their investment expenditure. The level now retained represents thus a reduction of almost 88% compared to the 268.2 million euros mobilized in 2024 and 2025 and a further reduction of more than 75% compared to the amount which was set by the decree of April 1, 2026. This reduction arouses serious concern among apprenticeship stakeholders. In Center-Val de Loire, the general assembly of the Chamber of Trades and Crafts unanimously adopted, on June 22, 2026, a motion requesting the Government to return, at a minimum, to the funding level of 134 million euros previously set. In a region where crafts represent more than 74,000 companies and nearly 90,000 employees, apprenticeship constitutes an essential tool for transmitting know-how, for the professional integration of young people and for responding to the recruitment difficulties faced by many companies. The reduction in capacity intervention by the regions risks in particular compromising the maintenance of local training in rural areas, the financing and modernization of technical platforms, as well as the sustainability of sections with low staff numbers which are nevertheless essential for certain professions in tension. It is also likely to accentuate territorial inequalities in access to training. In Center-Val de Loire, the CFA of crafts provide training for several thousand apprentices in trades essential to the local economy, particularly in the food, construction, production, services and arts and crafts sectors. The reduction in resources devoted to their investments appears all the more worrying as craft businesses are already experiencing significant recruitment difficulties. He therefore asks him if the Government intends to re-examine the amount of credits allocated to the regions under the apprenticeship support fund and return, at a minimum, to the level of 134 million euros set by the decree of April 1, 2026. It also wishes to know the measures it intends to take in order to sustainably guarantee the regions and CFAs sufficient financial visibility to preserve the necessary investments, maintain a local training offer and ensure the sustainability of learning in rural areas.

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