CMA Pays de la Loire has been involved at the international scale for many years through 3 main actions :
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.
International Cooperation
BENIN
- Mobility, mutual reinforcement and structuring of the mechanical engineering and bakery sectors.
The first objective of this project in the municipalities of Lokossa and Abomey Calavi is to
combine the mobility of learners in mechanics and bakery to and from Benin. The aim is also to
strengthen the skills of each group,
promote education in citizenship and international solidarity, and structure vocational training in these two sectors.
(CMA Formation Pays de la Loire learners and mechanics members of UGPB, Municipal Garage of Lokossa, March 2023)
- Continuing education programme to strengthen the technical skills of teachers
The aim of this project is, on the one hand, to teach and familiarise vocational training teachers in mechanics with the teaching tools of animation. Secondly, to train them regarding the latest developments in automotive technology (for example, the operation and management of petrol and diesel engines, or control, measurement and diagnostic tools). This project is part of the
FORCE programme.
(Training Beninese teachers, Parakou, June 2024)
- Training and certification programme for Beninese mechanics
The aim of this project is to enhance the professional and technical skills of car mechanics by improving their training and creating teaching materials with a view to awarding them a quality label that meets manufacturers' standards. This project also aims at developping distance online training.
(Training Beninese mechanics, Lokossa, October 2023)
- Training programme for young people in hybrid technologies, common rail, entrepreneurship and professional integration in Benin.
The aim of this programme is to train the trainers and to prepare tomorrow's Beninese business leaders in automotive mechanics, and to train young mechanics in the changes brought by the technological, digital and energy transition. We also support young people in their plans to set up their own business or in their search for employment in the automotive engineering sector.
(Beninese mechanic undergoing training at the municipal garage in Lokossa and trainer from CMA formation Vendée, October 2023)
- Structuring and capacity-building for craftsmen from the Glélé Court, Royal Palaces of Abomey
The aim is to support the artisans of the Glélé Court in organising themselves into an association and strengthening their management, governance, entrepreneurial and technical skills as part of the wider project including the Museum of the Danxomè Kings and Amazons project
(MuRAD).
(Craftmen from the Glélé Court and the CMA Pays de la Loire experts, Abomey, January 2024)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.
(Company visits with mechanical engineering instructors from CEFA Jean-Pierre DAUNAY in Pointe-Noire and experts from CMA Pays de la Loire, October 2023)
IVORY COAST
- Structuring vocational training in mechanical engineering and construction
The cooperation set up in Ivory Coast aims to boost with BSTP the craft industry by building capacity, structuring the training offer, supporting the creation of service centres and transferring technology and expertise in several sectors in Construction and mechanics.
(Representatives of the Fonds de Développement de Formation Professionnelle (Professional Training Development Fund), Head of the Association des industriels du bâtiment (Building Industry Association) and building / mechanics trainers from the CMA Formation Pays de la Loire, October 2023)
MALI, NIGER ET CAMEROON
- Developing Mali's private sector through vocational training for young people
- Strengthening Niger's craft sector
- Youth & Gender connect project in Cameroon
The aim of this programme was to support training and job creation in the Sahel and Lake Chad region by building the capacity of the staff of consular chambers partners and setting up a number of training courses.
- Dual apprenticeship technical training for young people in sectors identified as priorities,
- Training for trainers and apprenticeship masters in food industry, mechanics, art and crafts sectors,
- Entrepreneurship training.
(Young nigerians learners in work-linked training in sewing, November 2022)
TAIWAN
- 6-months training programme
This is a training programme in the business management sector (marketing, tourism, HR, etc.) offered by the CMA Pays de la Loire. For around 6 months, we welcome Taiwanese students to our vocational training centres for training and internships in local companies.
More information
(Launching event in La Roche sur Yon for the promotion in 2023)
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.
More information
(Mobilitimeline project seminars in AFOL Como and HWK Flensburg training centres in Como, Italy and Flensburg, Germany)
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, 2023)
(CMA Formation Pays de la Loire apprentices hairdressers travelling to Senegal, 2023)
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!
Our partners and supporting institutions :
Cooperation with vocational training centres, consular chambers and other organisations abroad
