Recruitment challenges, retirements, and changes in the workforce have made training a top priority for companies in the graphic arts industry. In this context, ImpriFrance is taking a stand on the consequences of funding cuts to apprenticeship programs and vocational training centers (CFAs). The network of printers is circulating an open letter from its president, Frédéric Barbey, calling for the preservation of a program considered essential to ensuring the renewal of skills in the industry.
Open Letter: Let's Not Sacrifice the Future of Our Industries' Skills
For several weeks now, numerous stakeholders in the training sector?including companies, regional authorities, and professional organizations?have been warning about the consequences of the budget cuts currently affecting apprenticeships and Apprentice Training Centers (CFA).
As President of ImpriFrance, I would like to share a simple belief:
? Training isn't an expense. Training is an investment.
An investment in our youth.
An investment in our businesses.
An investment in our regions.
An investment in our country's future.
In our graphic arts industry, companies are already facing recruitment challenges, retirements, and rapid changes in the nature of their work. We need new generations of professionals to keep our expertise alive and develop the skills of tomorrow.
However, behind the numbers and budget decisions lies a concrete reality:
?? young people who choose an apprenticeship to build their future;
?? companies that are committed to welcoming and training them every day;
?? vocational training centers (CFAs) that invest in modern equipment tailored to our trades;
?? regions that need to maintain their industrial capabilities.
Within ImpriFrance, our member GRAFIPOLIS (AFIIG)?a century-old leading institution in the graphic arts industry?has alerted us to the consequences of these cuts for certain strategic training programs: printing, finishing, screen printing','www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy');" class="lien-auto-article" href="https://www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy">screen printing, signage... all of which are professions already facing recruitment challenges.
This is not a battle for a single school.
This is not a struggle for a single profession.
? It's the role of all fields that need to impart skills, train young people, and prepare for the future.
Regional authorities, vocational training centers (CFA), the FNADIR, employers' organizations, and several members of parliament have already expressed their concern: apprenticeships are one of the most effective tools for promoting employment and the competitiveness of our economy.
Today, we call for maintaining a stable and sustainable path for the funding of apprenticeships and CFA training centers.
Because without training, there are no skills.
Without skills, there is no industry.
And without industry, there is no sustainable economic future for our regions.
? I urge stakeholders in the graphic arts industry, professional organizations, companies, elected officials, and training partners to take action to ensure that apprenticeships remain a national priority.
Educating today means building the France of tomorrow.
Frédéric Barbey, President
