Par Paul Santelmann, Responsable de la Prospective de l’AFPA. La formation continue qualifiante concerne des centaines de milliers de personnes qui relèvent de financements différents. Les financeurs (pôle emploi, région, Etat, FONGECIF, OPCA, entreprises) sont maîtres du mode de suivi et d’évaluation du devenir des stagiaires qui relèvent des dispositifs qu’ils ont financé. La part des formés qui obtiennent une certification ou un diplôme professionnels demeure pourtant une nébuleuse qui ne permet ni d’objectiver l’impact de la réussite en formation sur les parcours professionnels, ni de comparer les dispositifs entre eux…

Toute la formation initiale est dominée par le critère d’acquisition d’un diplôme. Étrangement la formation des adultes ne semble pas être évaluée par ce critère… N’est-il pas temps de mettre en place une enquête interrégionale qui dépasse les segmentations de dispositifs et de financements et apporter un éclairage qualitatif national sur les trajectoires des personnes ayant acquis une validation professionnelle dans l’un des dispositifs qualifiants ou dans le cadre de la VAE?
Une telle enquête annuelle permettrait d’abord de quantifier par dispositif et par région le nombre de personnes ayant obtenu une certification ou un diplôme au regard des flux d’entrées mais aussi des données liées à la population active (l’effort de qualification des adultes est loin d’être équitable sur le plan territorial). Elle permettrait d’établir le poids respectifs des différents systèmes de validation (Education Nationale, titres du Ministère de l’Emploi, titres RNCP, CQP) en formation des adultes. Elle permettrait enfin, en partant du statut et de l’origine professionnelle des stagiaires et de la situation dans l’emploi à 6 mois après l’obtention d’une validation, d’analyser leurs trajectoires socioprofessionnelles et l’impact des certifications obtenues sur celles-ci.. Cette enquête regrouperait les publics ayant bénéficié:
1. De la VAE
2. Des formations qualifiantes
- sur financement région
- sur financement OPCA (périodes ou contrats de professionnalisation)
- sur financement FONGECIF/OPACIF (CIF)
- sur financement Pôle Emploi
- sur financement Etat (dispositifs spécifiques)
- sur financements autres.
Complémentairement aux données relatives aux taux de réussite des stagiaires des différents dispositifs, cette enquête permettrait d’avoir un éclairage transversal et interrégional sur l’effort et l’impact de la qualification des actifs. Enfin il serait enfin possible, en partant des informations sur les diplômés, de cerner le périmètre de l’appareil de formation qualifiant dédié aux adultes… Comment objectiver et évaluer le système de formation professionnelle continue à finalité qualifiante sans un tel éclairage?

By Paul Santelmann, Head of Forecasting of the AFPA. Continuing education qualifying for hundreds of thousands of persons under different funding. Funders (employment center, region, state, FONGECIF, OPCA, companies) are masters of the mode of monitoring and assessment of the fate of students who are devices that they have financed. The proportion of trainees who obtain a professional certification or a diploma remains a nebulous yet that does not objectify the impact of successful training career paths or devices to compare them... Any initial training is dominated by the criterion of degree acquisition. Strangely adult education does not seem to be evaluated by this test... Is not it time to set up an investigation that goes beyond inter-segmentations of features and financing and shed light on national qualitative trajectories of people with acquired a professional validation in one of the qualifying devices or as part of EVA? More...

The European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning’s (EUCIS-LLL) Annual Conference: “Social Innovation for Active Inclusion: Lifelong Learning Contribution for a Better Tomorrow”, will take place on 14 May 2012 at KU Leuven University in Belgium.
This event will gather actors coming from the various sectors of education and training all around Europe. It will tackle and propose innovative ways to combat educational disadvantage and fight youth unemployment. The conference will also provide a specific insight on the opportunities of intergenerational learning, in the context of the current European Year 2012 on Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations.
Keynote Speakers
Regina Ebner, President of EUCIS-LLL and Secretary General of the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA)
Regina Ebner has been Secretary General of the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) since 2007 and EUCIS-LLL President since 2009. Before that, she worked as a language assistant in England, a trainer at different adult education institutes and a pedagogical manager for a vocational training institute in Austria. She worked as a project manager at the Council for European professional and managerial staff (EUROCADRES) for more than 5 years. She coordinated numerous European cooperation projects cooperation and headed various associations in the field of adult education.
Androulla VASSILIOU, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism, Youth and Sport
Androulla Vassiliou has been the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth since February 2010. She was previously European Commissioner for Health. Ms Vassiliou studied law and international affairs in London and practiced law in Cyprus for 20 years (1968-1988). During this period she acted as legal advisor to the Standard Chartered Bank and, later, to the Bank of Cyprus. She was President of United Nations Association of Cyprus for many years and in 1996 was elected President of the Cyprus Federation of Business and Professional Women.  
Ides NICAISE, Research manager at the Higher Institute for Labour Studies (HIVA), Catholic University of Leuven
Ides Nicaise has a background in economics and works as a research manager at the Higher Institute for Labour Studies (HIVA), a multidisciplinary research institute specialised in social policy. His main activity is contract research focused on poverty and social exclusion (in rich as well as third world countries). He also teaches at various faculties of the Universities of Leuven. He is a member of the Belgian High Council for Employment, and chairman of the Belgian Resource Centre for the Fight against Poverty, a centre created by law as an interface between the government, the civil society and grassroots organisations defending the interests of the poor.
Ramon FLECHA, Professor of sociology at the University of Barcelona and the founder and former Director of CREA, the Center of Research on Theories and Practices
Ramon Flecha is a professor of sociology at the University of Barcelona and a renowned researcher in social sciences in Europe. He has dedicated his life to the development of theories and practices that overcome social inequalities. He had directed one of the most important studies about the Roma people in Europe, the “Workalo” project. For that he got recognition not only from the academia, but also from the Roma citizens. Currently, Flecha is the principal investigator of the research project INCLUD-ED “Strategies for inclusion and social cohesion from education in Europe” the only integrated project focused on school education in the Framework Programme of Research of the European Union.
Kyriakos COSTEAS, Cyprus representative from the Ministry of Education
Kyriakos Costeas is Counsellor “Education, culture, youth, sport, audiovisual affairs” at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union. The Permanentrepresentation’s mission is to promote the interests of Cyprus in the European Union (EU) and to actively contribute and participate in all community matters.
Pierre MAIRESSE, Director of the Directorate “Lifelong Learning”, DG Education Culture European Commission
Mr. Mairesse is responsible in the European Commission for issues related to the European strategy for Education and Lifelong Learning. An engineer by education, Pierre Mairesse has been working in different areas in the European Commission: information technology and telecommunications, information, culture, youth, sport, citizenship, education and training. He studied in France (Lille) and Canada (Montreal).
Joke van der LEEUW-ROORD, Vice president of EUCIS-LLL and Executive Director of EUROCLIO
Joke van der Leeuw-Roord, Founding President and Executive Director of EUROCLIO, received her degree in history at Groningen University in the Netherlands. She worked as a history teacher, teacher trainer and history advisor. As a leading expert on history education, innovative methodology and trans-national history, she has initiated and coordinated a multitude of national, trans-national projects. She works as consultant for the Council of Europe, UNESCO, OSCE, International Alert and the European Union. She is vice-president of the European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL).