But the drafting of this part should give rise to debates

The State will fill the blanks left by the agreement of January 7 on vocational training, announced yesterday the President of the Republic, in a move to Alixan (Drôme). The Bill transposing the text signed by all the social partners, which will be tabled in Parliament "before mid-April", will in effect impose a drastic concentration of training funds. The State will set a minimum threshold of EUR 100 million from 2011 collection. "It would be desirable to have ten or fifteen of OPCA professional licensed collection agencies, Editor's note instead of the 100 that currently exist", said the head of State, who also wished that the Bill "go further to develop the training in the TPE and SMEs".

This text also entérinera the creation of the joint fund for securing of career paths, emblematic of the agreement on 7 January, he confirmed. But the drafting of this part should give rise to debates. Employers and unions wish to remain masters of the 900 million euros which will feed into the Fund in 2010 and get the State that it also contributes to common actions. The head of State, he, made no financial contribution, but on the other hand, he wants public power have its word to say about the "priorities" of the Fund.

Nicolas Sarkozy also said yesterday the contours of the Fund for social investment announced on 18 February. There will be no act iconic on this structure designed as "a tool for sharing and coordination" and supposed to materialize the social component of the stimulus package. A law would have returned the actual creation of the Fund in July, however, "the economic crisis we are fighting a race against the clock", was it justified.

1.5 billion will come from the State

The head of State announced that the Fund will be put in place by a "Charter to submit to employers and trade unions". But this may well be construed as an endorsement to the social component of the stimulus, which all unions criticize the shortcomings. "The problem is not trap them in a political operation but that all employment and training actors arrive to work together to provide concrete solutions", temper in the Elysee Palace.

The President of the Republic confirmed yesterday that the State will contribute 1.5 billion to the social investment fund, which will be equipped with 2.5 to 3 billion euros. This sum, 800 million match new expenses and will be at this title in the budget collective presented today by the Council of Ministers. They will be added to the 500 million boost for employment policy announced the beginning of December in the recovery plan, the 150 million of the Fund of experimentation for the youth of Martin Hirsch and balances from the ESF. The Fund will finance the partial unemployment and formations that may to be associated with, the bonus of 500 euros for the unemployed who contributed little, the extension of the experimentation of the contract of professional transition and upgrading custom convention, as well as the end of training allowance.