A new milestone for the "Circular Mobility Industries" Campus in Flins, dedicated to training for the professions of the future

- Roland Lescure, French Minister for Industry, CharlineAvenel, Rector of the Versailles Academy, Valérie Pécresse,President of the Ile-de-France Region, Alain Bui, President of theUniversity of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Luc Chatel,President of the Automotive Platform, in the presence of Jean-DominiqueSenard, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renault, and ThibautGuilluy, High Commissioner for Employment and Business Commitment of France,officially launched the "Circular Mobility Industries" (ICM) “Campus desMétiers et des Qualifications” located at the Renault plant in Flins today. Onthis occasion, the ICM received the French ministerial label "Campus ofExcellence" for a period of 5 years, a sign of recognition of thequality of the actions it carries out to strengthen the links between theeducational world and the economic world.

Thanks to a network of academic and industrial partners, the campus willoffer training to 8,000 students and professionals by 2027 inprofessions related to the mobility industries and the circular economy, at theheart of the Renault ReFactory in Flins, and will benefit from funding of up to19 million euros over 5 years.

To meet the challenges of decarbonisation, the automotive industry hasbegun a major transformation of its products and services, but also of itsproduction model, by integrating the fundamentals of the circular economy. Thistransformation is accompanied by new skill requirements.

A unique training centre

The ICM campus will be based on an 8,000 m2 space open to pupils,students and professionals wishing to train in the new mobilityprofessions.It is designed to supportthe transformation of the Renault site in Flins as part of the ReFactory project, but is alsoopen to the outside world, with innovative training content and learning experiences,thus supporting the transition from the linear economy to the circular economy.

The ICM campus has designed - as a Campus des Métiers et desQualifications (CMQ) - an offer in 3 axes:

- in the fundamentals of the circular economy, to understand the keyconcepts of the circular economy, such as the life cycle of a product, thedifference between reuse and recycling, or the understanding of new valuechains.

-to prepare for new professions (vehicle renovation diagnostician,retrofit technician, ecodesign engineer, eco-responsible buyer, etc.).

- to identify these new professions and find one's professional path.

With these programmes, the campus is already helping employees at theFlins plant to retrain and upgrade their skills as the ReFactory's industrialactivities change. The campus is in line with a logic of educational innovation(diversification of trainee profiles, flexibility in the duration of training,adaptation and agility of training modules, etc.).

This will allow, in particular, students from professional high schoolsin the mobility sector to benefit from a campus designed to support them intheir training and professional integration.

Funding to meet the challenges

The financing of the CMQ, estimated at 19 million euros for 5 years,will come in part from public funds, allocated within the framework of theRecovery Plan (DEFFINUM), the Future Investment Programmes (PIA 4 - FutureSkills and Professions), the PIA Leader Regional Call for Projects for LargeInnovation Sites, and financing from the Versailles Academy and theIle-de-France Region.

A network of institutional, academic and industrial partners

- will support the transformation of thesite's technical facilities via a €5 million investment by the SEMIle-de-France Investissements et territoires. It is also strongly committed tothe conversion of the Renault Flins site to make it the leading European hubdedicated to the circular economy in the mobility sector in terms of supportfor innovation, incubation and professional training.

- are strongly committed to adapting and transforming their programmes tosupport access to the jobs of today and tomorrow for all.

- is the host university of the Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications(CMQ), which is closely involved in its governance as well as in the developmentand implementation of training programmes (in particular through its IUT inMantes-en-Yvelines and several research laboratories concerned by the CMQ'sthemes).

- provides the Campus with an experienced operational director to manageit, as well as space on its ReFactory industrial site in Flins (78).

-The PFA (Plateforme Automobile), which plays a leading role in the nationalcoordination of the automotive industry, is also involved in the Campus.