Les partenaires et intervenants des événements 7.0 et du Congrès EAPM nous font partager leur expertise.  The partners and speakers of the 7.0 events and of the EAPM Congress share their expertise. Deuxième volet de cette série : le Volontariat en Entreprise par Business France. Second paper of this series: the V.I.E International Intership Program by Business France.

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The V.I.E International Internship Program: the Human resources solution to support your international expansion with young European talents.

WHAT IS THE V.I.E PROGRAM?

The V.I.E is a French international postgraduate internship program managed by Business France, the national agency supporting the International development of the French Economy.

This program enables French companies to give 18- to 28-year-old candidates a temporary professional assignment abroad for a flexible period of 6 to 24 months. The assignment can be renewed once, but may not exceed 2 years in total. The scheme is open to candidates of all qualification levels not only from France, but also from any other country in the European Economic Area*.

THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK

The V.I.E scheme was created under the French law by the Act of March 14, 2000 on civilian voluntary service, established by article L.111-2 of the National Service Code and various measures relating to the reform of the National Service.

This program aims to reinforce the international development of French-based companies while offering dynamic young graduates an opportunity to benefit from a formative experience abroad.

KEY POINTS OF THE V.I.E PROGRAM:

• The program is designed to create a talent pool for the growing international HR needs with a wide range of highly qualified profiles that range from engineers to IT specialists, salespeople or accountants
• The possibility of a regional V.I.E assignment for a more global approach
• Under a tripartite relation, Business France is the official employer of all V.I.E recruited by companies: once selected by the client company, each V.I.E is hired by Business France under a “public employment commitment” with a tax-exemption and social contribution regime.
• The company can exclusively look after all operational aspects
• Business France provides administrative and logistics support to the companies for their recruitment: visa application, transport, domiciliation services when needed
• An attractive cost compared to expatriate personnel cost

Since the V.I.E was established in 2000, more than 66 000 young professionals were sent abroad and worked for 6 700 companies, assisting in their international development and training the future talents needed in the French economy.

*28 countries members of the European Union as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway

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