France - CléA certificate of key competences in demand among jobseekers and employees

CléA is developed around a common core of basic knowledge and skills that an individual, whatever their profession or sector of activity, must master to support employability and access vocational training. This common core is divided into seven areas (further broken down into 28 sub-areas and evaluated according to 108 assessment criteria):

1. ability to communicate in French;
2. ability to use basic rules of calculation and mathematical reasoning;
3. mastery of common digital information and communication techniques;
4. ability to work as part of a group with clearly defined rules;
5. capacity to work independently and to reach an individual objective;
6. ability to acquire lifelong learning skills;
7. good physical demeanour and ability to follow elementary hygiene, safety and environmental rules.

The name CléA was chosen to avoid confusion with the Ministry of National Education’s ‘common base of knowledge and skills’ (socle commun de connaissances et de compétences) national scheme which sets out seven basic skills that pupils must have acquired by the end of compulsory education. More...