The European and International actions of CMA Pays de la Loire

CMA Pays de la Loire has been involved at the international scale for many years through 3 main actions :

• Cooperation with vocational training centres, consular chambers and other organisations abroad
• Internationalisation of the training offer with the mobility of apprentices and staff
• Partnerships and twinnings
  

CMA Pays de la Loire sets up and develops international cooperation and mobility projects. Each site of CMA Pays de la Loire training centre also has a mobility referent.

BENIN

• Mobility, mutual reinforcement and structuring of the mechanical engineering and bakery sectors

        


   










 Learners and trainers from the CMA Pays de la Loire training centre, and artisan mechanics and bakers from the municipalities of Abomey Calavi and Lokossa in Benin.

 

• FEF + project in Bénin 

As part of the FEF+ Benin programme, led by CMA Benin in partnership with CMA France and funded by the French Embassy in Benin and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, CMA des Pays de la Loire has trained several dozen Beninese trainers and craftspeople in the fields of automotive mechanics and fuel injection systems.















Training for trainers and mechanical engineers specialising in injection pumps (Djougou, Benin).

 

• Pilot project on the green transition in the automotive maintenance sector in Bénin 

This project has enhanced the employability of young people in Benin and supported the creation of sustainable jobs in the vehicle maintenance sector, through a partnership between the CMA organisations of the Pays de la Loire and Benin and the INSTI in Benin. The project has enabled the implementation of a training programme covering new hybrid technologies, cleaner diesel engines and entrepreneurship. 

CMA Pays de la Loire helped to build the capacity of Beninese trainers in mechanics and in supporting business start-up projects. These trainers, in turn, trained their own learners.










Trainers and trainees from Benin mechanics undergoing training at the Lokossa municipal garage and a trainer from the CMA Pays de la Loire.

 

• Organisational development and capacity-building for the artisans of the Court of King Glélé, Royal Palaces of Abomey 

• Capacity-building initiatives and train-the-trainer programmes for businesses and training centres

CMA des Pays de la Loire regularly calls upon experts to deliver training and capacity-building programmes for learners, trainers and craftspeople, particularly in the mechanical engineering sector (cars, agricultural vehicles, etc.), the bakery sector, and entrepreneurship...















Formations en mécanique automobile, à Parakou, Lokossa, Bénin ​​​​​​.

 

REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

• Digitalisation and sustainability of apprenticeships in the automotive and entrepreneurship sectors

The aim of this project is to support the development and digitisation of training courses in entrepreneurship and automotive professions at higher levels. Through this project several training reference sources and modules have been developed in mechanics and entrepreneurship. Further initiatives linked to FONEA to support the development of vocational training and labour market integration are being considered.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 



   









 Entrepreneurship training and support for the development of the BAC Pro mechanics course in Pointe Noire.

 

TOGO

• Project to support the development of a vocational training centre

As part of our cooperation with the Togo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), a number of capacity-building and training missions are being carried out by experts from the Pays de la Loire Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CMA) in various fields (management and administration of vocational training centres; automotive mechanics) to support them in setting up their vocational training centre. 














 

INDIA

• Support and training in the beauty and hairdressing sectors

CMA Pays de la Loire has begun a partnership with the Indian national beauty and hairdressing agency B&WSSC with a view to developing training programmes for trainers, trainees and craftspeople in these sectors.
















 

• Training programmes for international learners 

CMA Pays de la Loire can develop training programmes and work placements for international learners and trainers. These may include training programmes across a wide range of sectors (catering, mechanics, hairdressing and beauty therapy, construction, arts and crafts, sales and management, floristry, etc.), comprising theoretical and practical training modules (in workshops) and/or work placements with local businesses in the region.















Twenty students from Taiwan have arrived in the Pays de la Loire region for a six-month course in tourism management (three months of classroom-based training plus three months of work placement).

 

OTHER PROJECTS REALIZED

• Development of vocational training in mechanics and construction in Ivory Coast 
• Development of the Malian private sector through vocational training for young people in Mali 
• Strengthening the Nigerien craft sector in Niger 
• Youth & Gender Connect in Cameroon 

The aim of these projects was to support training and job creation in various countries by building the capacity of staff at chambers of commerce and partner organisations, and by setting up a range of training programmes: 

• Dual technical apprenticeship schemes in sectors identified as priorities for young people, 
• Training for trainers and apprenticeship supervisors, 
• Entrepreneurship training.

Young Nigerien learners on a work-based learning programme in dressmaking 

 

European cooperation

CMA Pays de la Loire is involved in a number of European cooperation projects with partners organisations in different countries to exchange and develop new skills, tools and practices linked to mobility and our apprenticeship sectors.

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If you want to know more about international and European cooperation projects developed by CMA Pays de la Loire, contact Eudes BASTID : International Affairs Responsible : ebastid@cma-paysdelaloire.fr 

 

International mobility 

The Skilled Craft Chamber is working to develop international mobility projects as a means of enhancing the skills of its apprentices, staff, organisations and regions.
 

• Learners can take part in international mobility projects lasting from 1 week to 12 months during or at the end of their apprenticeship.
• Staff and apprenticeship supervisors can carry out mobility projects lasting a few days in order to exchange ideas and discover professional practices.
   

The aim is to offer high-quality cooperation projects, as well as European and international mobility projects, in order to contribute to the enhancement of individual skills and career paths, and thus facilitate professional integration.

       


   





(Staff from the CMA Pays de la Loire visiting the Ulm Chamber of Trade in Germany)

      


   




(CMA Formation Pays de la Loire apprentices hairdressers travelling to Senegal)

                       

Whether you are an apprentice, a staff member of a CMA Pays de la Loire training centre or from another vocational training centre abroad, find out more about our international mobility opportunities!

If you want to know more about international and European cooperation projects developed by CMA Pays de la Loire, contact Eudes BASTID : International Affairs Responsible : ebastid@cma-paysdelaloire.fr 


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