ECVET - Application to mobility projects

Most of qualifications are issued by the Ministry of Education but also other Ministries can elaborate their certifications; the employers associations and the private organizations can also set out their certificates. In 2002 the RNCP was created and currently it includes 4121certificates.

In France several bodies are in charge of awarding the certificates. Some certifications depend on 6 Ministries; they are automatically registered in the RNCP while their contents are defined and validated by a tripartite board. All other certificates awarded by the Ministry of Education should be validated by the CNCP.

The diploma are elaborated, changed or deleted with the cooperation of the social partners which are represented in the CPC: in particular, the employers, the employees, the workers, the public authorities and the experts.
CNCP is a national board with members by the Government, the social partners and the Regions. It is in charge of controlling the qualifications before recording them in the RNCP.