BAFA: help for 20,000 young people unlocked by government

This 200 euros aid will be paid, in 2022, to 20,000 young people to partially finance their training in the businesses of the animation, which suffer from a lack of labor.

Le Monde with AFP

Faced with the lack of facilitators, some associative structures and local authorities have been forced to close recreation centers. That is why the State Secretariat for Youth and the Announcement Announces, Monday, October 25, an aid of 200 euros will be paid, in 2022, to 20,000 young people to partially finance their trades training animation, which suffer from a lack of labor.

This exceptional assistance will be paid as a condition of resources to young people who want to pass the patents of aptitude to the functions of the facilitator and the functions of director (BAFA-BAFD) to work in recreation centers or holiday colonies.

The cost of training is around 800-900 euros, which can reduce community aid or family allowance fund. This government assistance will be funded by the mobilization of the holidays support fund, said the State Secretariat.

In a daily interview The cross , Secretary of State Sarah El Haïry added that it also intends to bring together the representatives of local authorities and Employee associations on the issue of remuneration and part-time, which weigh on these very poorly paid trades, as well as on the lowering of the age of access to the Bafa from 17 to 16 years. In a survey published on Monday, 82% of the employers structures report having recruitment difficulties, especially in the animation (74%).

🎯 EN 2022, 50,000 jobs in the animation sector will be available.
To receive the help of 200 € for pass … https://t.co/znsfn1t83j

– Sarahehairy (@sarah el haïry)

The 1,182 structures surveyed report 5,245 posts not provided to date, accounting for 10% of their total workforce, according to the hexopy professional organization and the Youth Cooperation Fund and Popular Education (Fonjep), co-authors of the study. According to Sarah El Haïry, “there are fewer and fewer Holders of BAFA. In 2011, this patent was awarded to 53,000 people. In 2019, this figure fell to 43,000. And the CVIV-19 crisis has come complicate things, preventing the holding of many training sessions. “

/Media reports.