| Location | France |
| Initiative | The Compte personnel de formation (“Personal Training Account”) |
| Program snapshot | The Compte personnel de formation is a quasi-universal system that encourages all French working-age adults to engage in lifelong learning and skills development as part of a national strategic plan for anticipating labour market changes, including changes resulting from the net-zero transition. Workers are credited with an annual training allocation in a personal account that is managed by the state but funded through mandatory employer levies. Credits in the account can be redeemed for certified training. The digital delivery platform is also starting to enable workers to document and certify their skills and training as well as develop personalized learning plans to anticipate future career changes. While not specific to so-called green-task jobs, at least one region has used the program infrastructure to incentivize retraining for high-priority occupations in the green economy. Available data do not permit any conclusions on the take-up of training related to net-zero transition occupations, nor do data permit analyses of relative participation by workers in sectors that are more or less exposed to the impacts of the net-zero carbon commitments made by the French government. However, the program infrastructure and data systems offer a national model for monitoring and influencing workers’ training decisions and their alignment with demand during the net-zero transition. |
| Sector focus | The Compte personnel de formation is not sector specific but is adaptable as a tool to promote green-task jobs. |
| Time frame | The Compte personnel de formation was launched in 2018, building on an older program, with programmatic updates since. |
