Another reconversion for the former Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer.
The former member of the government of Édouard Philippe, then of Jean Castex, will chair Terra Academia, an “ecological transformation” school created by the company Veolia, whose first “campus” was inaugurated this Monday in Arras.
The school, which has the status of a non-profit association, currently supports existing training in the public and private sectors and will eventually develop diplomas and training with partners or on its own.
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According to the general director of Veolia, Estelle Brachlianoff, accelerating the deployment of technical solutions for the problems of water resources, depollution or local energy production presupposes respecting two postulates: “the fact that these solutions do not can only be deployed on a territorial scale, and the fact that we need people to deploy them, so we must attract them to our professions and train them.
Raise awareness among 100,000 young people
Problem is, these professions are often unknown, according to her: across her group, 2,000 jobs are open, which do not necessarily find takers: for example electromechanic for the management of water networks or maintenance technician.
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To raise awareness among 100,000 young people about these issues and train 60,000 people (from short training to master's degrees, from young people without qualifications to executives undergoing retraining) by 2030, "we need coalitions at the territorial level", in collaboration with National Education, Pôle emploi and local elected officials, she added.
Among the partner companies that joined the project, EDF, Adeo (formerly Leroy Merlin) and Dassault Systèmes.
Jean-Michel Blanquer wants to “contribute to ecological transformation by accelerating training in ecological transition professions”, he indicated during an interview with AFP.
After the opening of the Arras campus, Terra Academia plans to open one in Paris, before “an international deployment within two years and a presence in all French regions within five years”.