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Published on: 08/09/2020Updated on: 08/09/2020
In 2020, IPERIA's two French-language improvement training programs for professional environments will receive funding from the Ministry of Interior through the European FAMI (Asylum Migration Integration Fund) program.
This marks IPERIA's first request to this fund, created in 2015 in response to the migration crisis to support the integration of non-European residents in France. As the EU's fourth-largest receiving country, France has seen annual residence permits increase by 4.8% on average over six years.
Though no official statistics exist, domestic work occupations (personal carer, family assistant, childminder, childcare provider) managed by IPERIA's professionalization offering facilitate professional integration. In 2016, over 87% of sector employees were women, mostly with immigration backgrounds. Initially accessible to non-French speakers, these person-centered occupations provide language learning opportunities. However, language quickly becomes a barrier to professional development and job security. That's why IPERIA created its "Professional French Competency" training program over 10 years ago, now financially supported by FAMI.In 2018, 1,632 non-European domestic workers completed these programs, more than doubling in three years. 8,000 learners (including French and EU nationals) have benefited from these programs since 2014, representing 15,000 training enrollments."
Goal of 2,088 FAMI-Eligible Employees
Trained Over 12 Months In 2020, IPERIA aims to train 2,088 FAMI-eligible domestic workers in French—non-EU nationals employed by individual employers or registered with reduced activity at employment centers. This represents 3,132 training sessions that start in 2020, as individuals can attend two training sessions annually.About fifteen training organizations across France offer two 35-hour "Professional French Competency" modules:
- Basic level: establishes foundations for reading, understanding, and reformulating written and oral comprehension
- Advanced level: enables expressing professionalism, professional boundaries, and written activity reporting
European employees with limited French continue accessing these training programs through annual renewed training rights.
Potential for 1 Million Jobs by 2030
Given growing needs in aging and dependency home support, individual employer occupations offer significant professional integration opportunities for recent immigrants. Moreover, the sector must prepare for massive renewal of its current 1.4 million employees: to offset 2030 retirements, IRCEM, the sector's social protection group, estimates 1 million new professionals needed by then.
