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Implementing in france the green transition roadmap of the general delegation for employment and professional training

Supporting reforms to improve the quality of education and training systems and ensure equal access to it

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  • 2024

Implementing in France the green transition roadmap of the general delegation for employment and professional training

With its national low-carbon strategy, France seeks to promote green jobs that cannot be relocated, but this transition requires a profound change in the economic sectors concerned for companies and workers. The Ministry of Labour (DGEFP) called for TSI support to develop its roadmap for the green transition to adapt the continuing training system, to promote professional retraining and the greening of jobs.

Context

This project is at the crossroads of European priorities, namely competitiveness, the Green Deal and the European Skills Agenda. The green transition is having a direct effect on the French labour market: some jobs disappear, new opportunities arise and, more importantly, many existing professions and tasks are being transformed.

To face these changes, the General Delegation for Employment and Professional Training of the French Ministry of Labour (DGEFP) has been developing a roadmap since 2022 to facilitate a green and just transition regarding employment and training policies. This roadmap will allow the Ministry of Labour, including its local branches, to better support businesses, jobholders and jobseekers to navigate the green transition. The DGEFP requested the support of the European Union’s Technical Support Instrument to consolidate and implement its future roadmap in France.

Support Delivered

The European Commission selected the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to implement the project for 18 months until January 2026. The project assessed the readiness for the green transition of selected employment and vocational training schemes under the responsibility of DGEFP and reviewed good practices of countries having introduced or adapted their policies to foster the green transition. 

This first phase ended with a peer-exchange workshop bringing together national stakeholders and international experts. The second phase was devoted to the development of a proposal for an action plan, a methodology for conducting change, monitoring progress and evaluating impact, a contribution to a training plan for DGEFP’s and deconcentrated services’ staff and a toolbox to support implementation of the action plan. It ended with a final event to present these outputs to stakeholders. Both phases relied on strong stakeholder engagement, including with regional services.

Result achieved

At the end of the project, the beneficary authority was provided with tools to make its policy schemes fit for the green transition and to monitor their impact on companies and individuals. It is expected that the DGEFP staff will have an increased capacity to design and implement these schemes.

In the longer term, the French employment and training policies should be up to the challenges entailed by the green transition and French businesses and individuals are expected to use DGEFP’s instruments to navigate the changes on the labour market linked to the green transition.

Useful links

OECD’s publication :

More about the project

You can read the documents related to the project here: