La France est engagée, particulièrement depuis 1983, dans un lent processus de décentralisation de la formation professionnelle. Une étape significative a été franchie, en 1993, avec le transfert aux régions de la responsabilité de « mise en cohérence de l'offre de formation...

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Au début de l'année 2001, les organisations d'employeurs et les syndicats français avaient ouvert une négociation sur la formation professionnelle continue. Cette négociation, initiée par le Medef (la principale organisation d'employeurs) était partie intégrante d'un projet plus large,...

Dans les vingt dernières années, le système français de formation professionnelle initiale et continue a connu de profonds changements. L'hypothèse générale de ce texte est celle d'une évolution du modèle éducatif français qui, sans rompre la dépendance de sentier à la convention «...

The hospital industry could be characterised on the one hand as under “industrial constraints” (just in time, 24 hours opening, and on the other hand as a service activity with, in departments, a high degree of patient oriented activities. Very similar pressure are exerted on hospitals in...

The French hospitals sector is split between sub-sectors, with different employment status (civil servant versus private employment contract). Industrial relations differs. Nevertheless, differences between the sub-sectors are not very important. Quality rules and health regulation could explain...

At the start of 2001, French unions and employers began negotiations on continuing vocational training. These negotiations, launched by Medef (the main employers' organisation), were part of a more wide-ranging project to reorganise labour relations with, as Medef's objective, a view to changing...

In this article, we propose the hypothesis that “the Learning society” is more a political slogan and prospect than a social reality (In France, as in most OECD countries, public investment in formal education and training has actually decreased since the OECD started talking about lifelong...