Résumé
The question of small firms' access to continuing vocational training (FPC) in France provides a good example of how territorial links tend to be overestimated. Since the FPC system has not significantly improved the situation for workers at small firms by giving them greater access to vocational training, it might seem sufficient to increase the numbers of local employment & vocational training mediators & to advocate the good practices adopted at the firms dispensing the most vocational training. However, the author explains that this would mean neglecting the specificities of small firms & their diversity, as well as overlooking the importance of affinities (which are not necessarily based on spatial proximity alone) for forming links at small traditional firms (which correspond by far to the majority of small firms). References. Adapted from the source document.