Grants for training centers
In brief
A training center does not receive any of these grants directly: they finance the business or employee taking the training, through their sector OPCO or their Personal Training Account. Knowing about them helps ease your clients' purchasing decision. This page lists the schemes currently validated, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
None of the grants listed here are paid to the training center itself: they all finance the business or employee taking the training.
Most are run by an OPCO (skills operator), each dedicated to a specific professional sector — AFDAS for culture, OPCO EP for craft trades, OPCO Atlas for banking and insurance, OPCO Santé for healthcare and social care, and so on: the right contact depends on your client's sector, not yours.
The CPF (Personal Training Account) and the FIF-PL finance directly the employee or self-employed professional taking the training, independently of their employer.
Knowing about these schemes allows you to mention them to prospective clients, and so ease their purchasing decision.
Run a personalised scan to identify the public grants and funding your company may be able to access.
Who actually receives these grants?
The client business or the employee taking the training, never the training center.
The funder depends on your client's sector of activity (their sector OPCO) or their status (CPF for an employee, FIF-PL for a self-employed professional).
What amount can be obtained?
Observed amounts range from €2,500 to €20,000 depending on the scheme, where the maximum amount is known.
The amount actually paid depends on the client business's sector, the type of contract (skills development plan, work-study), and the balance available on the employee's account for the CPF.
How can you use this information with your customers?
Identifying your prospective client's sector OPCO before a quote lets you indicate possible funding, and so ease their decision.
The right scheme depends entirely on your client's sector and status, never on yours as a training center.
Grants that can be used by a training center's clients
OPCO — Prise en charge des coûts de formation en alternance (apprentissage et contrats de professionnalisation)
OPCO (Opérateurs de Compétences) — France Compétences
Up to €20,000
OPCO Santé — Plan de développement des compétences secteur sanitaire et médico-social
OPCO Santé (OPCO Établissements sanitaires et médico-sociaux)
Up to €20,000
AFDAS — Financement de la formation pour les secteurs culture, médias, loisirs et sport
AFDAS (OPCO Culture, Médias, Loisirs, Sport)
Up to €15,000
OPCO Atlas — Financement de la formation dans la banque, l'assurance et le conseil
OPCO Atlas (OPCO Banque, Assurance, Finance, Conseil)
Up to €15,000
OPCO 2i — Financement de la formation dans l'industrie
OPCO 2i (OPCO Industries chimiques, matériaux, textile, plasturgie)
Up to €12,000
UNIFORMATION — Financement de la formation dans l'ESS et l'animation
UNIFORMATION (OPCO ESS, Animation, Sport, Tourisme Social)
Up to €10,000
CPF — Compte Personnel de Formation (Mon Compte Formation)
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations — France Compétences
Up to €8,000
OPCO EP — Financement de la formation dans l'artisanat et le commerce de proximité
OPCO EP (OPCO Entreprises de Proximité — artisanat, commerce, professions libérales)
Up to €8,000
FIF-PL — Financement de la formation continue des professionnels libéraux réglementés
FIF-PL (Fonds Interprofessionnel de Formation des Professionnels Libéraux)
Up to €2,500
OPCO — Plan de développement des compétences (PDC) pour TPE/PME
OPCO (Opérateurs de Compétences — 11 opérateurs selon branche)
Human-validated links (AideTagLink, VALIDATED status only — unreviewed proposals are never shown here). Sorted by amount, highest first (then by internal identifier to break ties between the many identical titles).
Frequently asked questions about grants for vocational training
Are these grants paid to the training center or to its client?
None of these 10 grants are paid to the training center: they all finance the business or employee taking the training.
The full list is shown above on this page, with the funder and the maximum amount for each grant where known.
Which OPCO should I contact for my client?
This depends entirely on your client's sector of activity: AFDAS for culture and media, OPCO EP for craft trades, OPCO Atlas for banking and insurance, and so on depending on their sector.
This page does not presume which OPCO applies to a given client; a personalized diagnostic checks it against their actual criteria.
Can the CPF finance training at my center?
Yes, if your training center is registered for the training in question and the employee has a sufficient balance on their Personal Training Account.
This page does not presume the eligibility of a specific training course for the CPF.
How does my client apply for this type of grant?
The process is carried out with the client business's sector OPCO, or directly on Mon Compte Formation for the CPF.
A personalized diagnostic identifies the schemes that are genuinely relevant to your client's project, before starting the process.
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This page lists the schemes associated with this sector. The personalised report applies your real criteria — industry, size, location, project — before drawing any conclusion on eligibility.
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