Background information

The Just Transition Fund (JTF) is part of the initiatives of Horizon Europe FEDER/FSE+/FTJ Regional Program 2021-2027. In France, the fund is implemented through 6 regional economic programmes, and 1 national programme, managed by the state, to increase employment and training of employees in declining sectors. The 6 French regions that are economically deeply dependent on industrial sectors of metallurgy, chemicals and petrochemicals and manufacture of other nonmetallic mineral products (industrial sectors that are the highest emitters of CO2).

Content of measure

The 6 regions that will benefit from the measure are: Hauts-de-France region; Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region; Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region; Grand-Est region; Normandie region and Pays-de-la-Loire region. These regions were eligible because they concentrate the workers estimated to bear the highest impact of the green transition. The national JTF‘Employment and Skills’ programme, managed by the State, aims to support the retraining or professional development of workers and to provide social support for this transition and anticipate economic change. The National JTF represents €297 million of JTF for €443 million of investment, of which :
119 millions for access to employment 89 millions for the transformation of the labour market 89 millions for lifelong learning. The programme is consistent with the National Just Transition Plans defined by the State and the regions eligible for the JTF, and in close coordination with the JTF branches of each of the regional programmes concerned.

Use of measure

These 6 regions account for more than 500,000 jobs in the industrial sector, or more than 18% of industrial employment. They account for 69.5% of France's CO2 emissions, and more than 76% of national emissions in the four industrial sectors concerned. For these areas, which are characterised by an over-representation of workers from the secondary sector whose situation on the labour market is already fragile, the green transition means that their chances of finding employment are probably limited. Anticipated job losses at national level in the most exposed sectors represent 65,000 jobs by 2030 (metallurgy: -9%, plastics and non-metallic minerals: -13%, chemicals: -8%, coking and refining: -20%).

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Employees in standard employment Older people in employment (aged 55+) Workers in essential services	Sector specific set of companies Larger corporations	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
Local / regional government EU (Council, EC, EP)	European Funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Unknown	Unknown
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• Unknown
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

The involvement of social partners was not requested in the development of this measure.

Views and reactions

There is no data available about social partners reaction's to this measure.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not sector-specific.

Sources

• 14 April 2024: SYNTHESE DU PLAN TERRITORIAL POUR UNE TRANSITION JUSTE 2021-2027 Fiche territoriale Bouches-du-Rhône (www.europe-en-france.gouv.fr)
• 14 April 2024: SYNTHESE DU PLAN TERRITORIAL POUR UNE TRANSITION JUSTE 2021-2027 Fiche territoriale: Nord Pas-de-Calais (www.europe-en-france.gouv.fr)
• 14 April 2024: SYNTHESE DU PLAN TERRITORIAL POUR UNE TRANSITION JUSTE 2021-2027 Fiche territoriale: Normandie Axe Seine et Bresle (www.europe-en-france.gouv.fr)
• 14 April 2024: SYNTHESE DU PLAN TERRITORIAL POUR UNE TRANSITION JUSTE 2021-2027 Fiche territoriale Pacte de Cordemais (www.europe-en-france.gouv.fr)
• 14 April 2024: SYNTHESE DU PLAN TERRITORIAL POUR UNE TRANSITION JUSTE 2021-2027 Fiche territoriale Rhône-Isère (www.europe-en-france.gouv.fr)
• 01 August 2024: Le programme national du fonds de transition juste - Emploi et compétences (fse.gouv.fr)
• 11 June 2025: Fonds de transition juste : un outil clé pour accompagner la transition des emplois BLUESKY Fonds de transition juste : un outil clé pour accompagner la transition des emplois (reseauactionclimat.org)