Which scheme can finance my training?

Measures and aids for professional training

The financing of continuing training is numerous. They depend on the financial situation of the candidates (employee, job seeker, etc.), who can be guided in their research by the university services of continuing education.

For employees

The different devices can be activated at the initiative of the employer or the employee.

Employee initiated

The personal training account (C.P.F.)

The personal training account (CPF) allows people to acquire training rights that can be used throughout their professional lives. It has a universal vocation and is intended for all working people.

Since January 1, 2019, under the law for the Freedom to choose one's professional future, the CPF is credited in euros and no longer in hours.

Who can use the Personal Training Account (CPF) ?

anyone aged 16 and over
by way of derogation, 15 year olds who have signed an apprenticeship contract are also concerned
the Personal Training Account (CPF) is closed on the date on which the holder has claimed all of his or her retirement rights, with the exception of voluntary activities carried out by the employee.
From the age of 65, the CPF account is automatically closed for employees who have liquidated their retirement rights and have not resumed paid employment.
If, after this age, the retired person wishes to resume a professional activity, the active retiree has the possibility of requesting a reopening of his or her CPF account with the customer service on MonCompteFormation.gouv.fr

How to consult your Personal Training Account (CPF)?

On the official website moncompteformation.gouv.fr, each person has a secure personal space where they can identify themselves on their Personal Training Account (CPF).

This site also allows them to :

access information concerning him/her (for example: the credit in euros registered on his/her account);
obtain information on the training courses to which he/she can have recourse within the framework of the Personal Training Account (the training courses eligible for the Personal Training Account);
to have a first level of information on the financing of training;
to have access to digital services related to career guidance such as the [free service of the career development advisor (CEP). Learn more about mon-cep.org.

What is the personal training account (CPF)?

The Personal Training Account (CPF) enables all active people, from the moment they enter the job market until the date they claim all their retirement rights, to acquire training rights that can be used throughout their working life. The aim of the Personal Training Account (CPF) is to contribute, at the initiative of the individual, to maintaining employability and securing a career path.

Funding from a Regional Council

In some regions, employees can benefit from financial aid to follow a university course outside working hours (for example the D.A.E.U. -diploma of access to university studies- or distance learning)

At the initiative of the employer

The training plan

The training plan: in which the cost of the training is covered by the company.

Training FNE 2021

The scheme has been implemented as of January 1, 2021, with retroactive effect for eligible applications submitted since that date.

Since March 2020, thanks to the reinforced FNE-Formation, the State has been financing training for employees of companies in partial activity following the crisis. The aim is to intensify support for all companies affected by the current situation, so that they can anticipate their skills issues and develop the employability of their employees. In 2020, the FNE-Formation supported 180,000 companies and 366,000 employees, for some 7 million hours of training and 333 million euros committed... (Source DGEFP, January 2021). Within the framework of the "France Relance" plan, a budget of 1 billion euros is planned for the FNE-Formation.

For job seekers

*The financing of the training concerns job seekers receiving unemployment benefits and whose training project, intended to promote a return to employment, is validated by the employment center.

*The financing of the training by the Regional Council. The aid schemes may vary from one region to another: each region defines its policy in terms of training funding.

*The professionalization contract allows young people (aged 16 to 25) and job seekers (aged 26 and over) to acquire a professional qualification and promotes professional integration or reintegration.

Other financing arrangements

For non-salaried workers (liberal professions, farmers, craftsmen, shopkeepers, self-employed workers, etc.) the conditions of access to continuing professional training are set by specific rules. In the general scheme, they are based on three training insurance funds :

Fonds interprofessionnel de formation des professions libérales (F.I.P.-P.L.) ;
Association de gestion du financement de la formation des chefs d'entreprise (AGEFICE);
Fonds d'assurance formation des professions médicales libérales (F.A.P.-P.L.).
Disabled people can apply to AGEFIPH (Fund for the professional integration of disabled people).

Some pension funds (especially for executives) can sometimes cover part of the cost of training according to their own criteria.

It is also possible to personnaly finance your own training.

Do you have a question about financing your training? Register your details on this page and we will contact you as soon as possible.

Updated on: 14/09/2021