Formadores y usuarios frente al doble vínculo de la formación para la empleabilidad

Abstract

This paper describes a field study carried out in three European countries (Belgium, France and the United Kingdom ) on the training of people in long-term unemployment. It throws light on what is involved in transforming vocational training organizations into labour market mediators, as advocated in the literature on transitions and the official discourse about activating social protection. In particular, this study shows the contradictory requirements weighing on the training organisation responsible for assisting the most vulnerable unemployed persons and reintegrating them into the world of work, since these organizations have had to classify jobseekers as either «employable» or «unemployable». Training organizations therefore occupy one of the