Initially, from January 1, 2015, the CEP was issued by five networks of operators supposed to address all beneficiaries indiscriminately. These were Pôle emploi, Apec, Missions locales, Cap emploi, as well as FONGECIF and OPACIF (Uniformation was an Opacif and then provided this service. This is no longer the case today) also responsible for managing the implementation of individual training leave replaced, since January 1, 2020, by professional transition projects deployed within the framework of the CPF.
Supported by the “Professional future” law of September 5, 2018, the latest training reform has reshuffled the cards by reserving the support of CEP candidates in a job search situation to the first four networks of organizations. From now on, working people, that is to say employees, but also self-employed workers, can apply to new operators selected through calls for tenders launched by France Compétences, the public establishment ensuring the regulation. and the financing of the vocational training system. Incidentally, the CEP was provided with dedicated funding, which was not the case previously.