The devolution of public policies lies in the modes of government of each State. In France, it takes the shape of a gradual transfer of competence to regional councils. This devolution has a number of consequences which remain difficult to identify. As a result, it is within this framework that the national policies of vocational training have gradually been questioned since 1982 on account of the split into local policies. The different levels of decision have restraining and contradictory effects, hence the difficulty for local agents to take concerted action. The development of initial training, apprenticeship or insertion measures for the young varies according to each regional council. Their decisions are made on various criteria such as the social and economic history of the area, the situation of each degree course, the influence of local agents in negotiation and even cronyism. The consequences of devolution are thus hardly measurable because of the growing atomisation of indicators and the difficulty to assess the effectiveness of training. What is at stake is to know whether this transfer of competence allows greater equity in, broader access to and the redistribution of the training offer.
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