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Regulation · 12 October 2026

# AI training: the State co-funds career transitions but overlooks youth employment

Original title, in French: “Formation à l’IA : l’État cofinance les reconversions, mais oublie l’emploi des jeunes”

**Publication**

Alliancy (France)

**Author**

Fiona Slous

**Published on**

12 October 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 12 October 2026

## Summary

On 29 September, the Ministry of Labour opened a call for expressions of interest for professional branches and their OPCOs (skills operators) to design projects adapting jobs and skills to AI, with 50% State co-funding, under the Impulsion IA 2027 plan (€80 million announced in total, with no dedicated budget for this call). Particular attention is paid to micro-businesses and SMEs with fewer than 50 employees. The first projects will not start until 2027. According to the Ministry of Labour, only 21% of French employees have received AI training in a professional setting, while companies' use of AI tripled between 2023 and 2025. A Banque de France study of 8 October shows a 28% fall in permanent-contract (CDI) hiring of 21-29 year-olds in the occupations most exposed to generative AI, compared with 8% elsewhere, without concluding that jobs are being destroyed.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on Alliancy →](https://alliancy.fr/formation-a-lia-letat-cofinance-les-reconversions-mais-oublie-lemploi-des-jeunes-2e04e8dc-9c49-488f-9a53-883d72442ee5)

## Figures cited

-   3 x
    
    Increase in companies' use of AI between 2023 and 2025
    
    France, companies, 2023-2025
    
    > « Les entreprises ont multiplié par trois leur recours à l'intelligence artificielle entre 2023 et 2025. »
    
-   21 %
    
    Share of French employees trained in AI in a professional setting
    
    France, employees
    
    > « Seuls 21 % des salariés français en ont bénéficié dans un cadre professionnel, selon le ministère du Travail. »
    
    Source: Ministère du Travail
    
-   80,000,000 EUR
    
    Announced budget for the Impulsion IA 2027 plan
    
    France, whole Impulsion IA 2027 plan
    
    > « Aucun budget global propre à cet appel n'est toutefois précisé, malgré les 80 millions d'euros annoncés pour l'ensemble du plan. »
    
    Source: Ministère du Travail
    
-   50 %
    
    State co-funding rate for branch projects
    
    France, EDEC IA projects of professional branches and OPCOs
    
    > « Les branches professionnelles et leurs opérateurs de compétences (OPCO) sont invités à concevoir des projets cofinancés à 50 % par l'État. »
    
    Source: Ministère du Travail
    
-   28 %
    
    Fall in permanent-contract (CDI) hiring of 21-29 year-olds in the occupations most exposed to generative AI
    
    France, 21-29 year-olds, occupations most exposed to generative AI, November 2022 to March 2026
    
    > « les embauches en CDI des 21-29 ans ont reculé de 28 % entre novembre 2022 et mars 2026 dans les métiers les plus exposés à l’IA générative, contre 8 % pour les moins concernés »
    
    Source: Banque de France
    
-   8 %
    
    Fall in permanent-contract (CDI) hiring of 21-29 year-olds in the occupations least exposed to generative AI
    
    France, 21-29 year-olds, occupations least exposed to generative AI, November 2022 to March 2026
    
    > « les embauches en CDI des 21-29 ans ont reculé de 28 % entre novembre 2022 et mars 2026 dans les métiers les plus exposés à l’IA générative, contre 8 % pour les moins concernés »
    
    Source: Banque de France
    

## Classification

**Country**

France

**Company size**

SMEs, Large companies, All sizes

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified

**Companies**

Ministère du Travail (cited), Banque de France (study author)

**Keywords**

vocational training, career transition, youth employment, opco, professional branches, generative AI

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Alliancy and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.