Coubertin Foundation – Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, November 18, 2025
After five years of existence, Euro App Mobility (EAM) sought to examine its future. To this end, it organized a seminar for all its members and partners this Wednesday, November 18, using a foresight methodology at the Coubertin Foundation in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse.
Led by Philippe Durance, Professor and holder of the CNAM Foresight Chair, this working day gathered around forty participants, including representatives of public authorities and OPCOs, heads of training centers and networks, and economic stakeholders. The purpose of this seminar, titled “STOP or continue?”, was to evaluate the association’s achievements, anticipate future challenges, and outline a shared vision for apprentice mobility.
Benjamin Maurice, from the DGEFP, present at the opening of the seminar, delivered encouraging remarks that gave a very positive direction to the discussions, which concluded at 5:30 PM with a unanimous wish for continuity.
A key player reaching a decisive stage
Since 2020, EAM has established itself as a pivot between public authorities, training centers, and businesses to remove legal, financial, organizational, and pedagogical barriers to mobility.
Its main achievements include:
- The implementation of the “Mona” experiment (My Apprenticeship in Europe), supported by France 2030, with over 12,000 mobilities completed;
- The professionalization, through the MOBLT scheme, of nearly 300 mobility referents, representative of the great national diversity of stakeholders;
- The creation of the Employers’ Club for a European Apprenticeship Area, now present in 5 regions;
- The launch of a European coalition bringing together 11 organizations in 8 European countries;
- The simplification of the legal framework for mobility by participating in the drafting of the Maillard Law.
This seminar was a continuation of this collective work, while initiating a new phase of strategic reflection on the association’s positioning, governance, and action priorities.
Jean Arthuis, President of EAM, highlighted the challenges and objectives of this reflection session:
“The momentum is underway. Barriers have been lifted where there was a will. Public authorities have set objectives. The President of the Republic aims for 15% of apprentices in mobility by 2030. The European Council also aims for 12%, in line with the Union of Skills proclaimed by the President of the Commission.”
“The question now is whether the initiated dynamic is sufficient to spread to the point of making the EU an area of free movement for apprentices.”
Three strategic pillars at the heart of the discussions
Participants focused on three priorities for EAM’s future:
- To evolve the governance and economic model to strengthen the association’s representativeness and autonomy;
- To strengthen cooperation between the economic sector, training organizations, and public institutions, in order to establish mobility as a sustainable lever for quality and integration in apprenticeship;
- To broaden the supported publics, by including trainers, HR managers, and economic stakeholders involved in mobility.
Key orientations for the coming years
The discussions identified several priority avenues:
- To increase the visibility of the benefits of international apprentice mobility among businesses to encourage their commitment;
- To continue European cooperation, through a coalition bringing together institutional stakeholders, in order to build an inclusive European apprenticeship area in line with European values;
- To strengthen the network’s structure and open membership to new partners: CFA, OPCO, vocational high schools, local authorities, and employer networks;
- To expand the support mission to new audiences, support the recognition of the mobility referent role, and make mobility a quality criterion;
- To prioritize the development of statistical tools to materialize and mobilize data, in order to demonstrate and justify the benefits of international mobility;
- To develop a “studies, observation, and analysis” function aimed at equipping mobility stakeholders and better measuring the impact of mobility on youth professional integration.
A new collective momentum
The seminar also provided an opportunity to present the next version of EAM’s website, which will offer new educational resources and various tools to support mobilities and share feedback.
The very positive conclusions of this day will form the basis for strategic reflection for the coming years.
