Trace Academia is the new application foredutainment thought up by the Trace television channel. To launch this training system, the company has partnered with big names like Google, Orange and the Canal+ group.
Training those who have left the school system, this is the objective of Trace with its Trace Academia project. The National Observatory of Urban Policy has highlighted the impressive unemployment rate in QPV (priority neighborhoods for urban policy). Among those under 30, it rises to 33%. And it is to address this audience, but also young talents in Africa, whose unemployment rate is 80% among 16-34 year olds, that Trace has joined forces with big names like Canal+ or Google.
Everything you need to know about Trace Academia
Trace Academia offers online training with free and unlimited access to several hundred courses. To create this educational content, the media teamed up with experts from very large French companies and public organizations from all sectors. We thus find the L’Oréal Foundation, UNESCO, Orange, Canal+, Google, Schneider Electric, Visa, SACEM, the Ford Foundation, Bain & Co and even Leroy Merlin.
The training offered by Trace Academia is made up of short videos supplemented by tests, quizzes, but also job presentations. Trace goes even further by allowing learners to complete an internship or complete their training with experience with one of the partners mentioned above. “ In France, Trace media has been close to new urban generations for almost twenty years, particularly from Africa, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. Many of these young people struggle to train and find a job. With Trace Academia, we provide them with a new, free tool to support them in their professional success. », explains Olivier Laouchez, co-founder and executive president of the Trace group.
Trace’s ambitions in education
Trace Academia has already launched in Africa where the application has been downloaded more than 380,000 times. From now on, the channel is launching on the French market, with the ambition of helping 26 million young people around the world, including 1 million in France, by 2026. Trace has also joined forces with committed French institutions, such as Second Chance Marseille.
If the group thinks of helping so many young people, it is also because the training offered on Trace Academia meets the needs of companies in professions in tension. In addition to training and professional opportunities, a mentoring system will also be offered to help young people who have dropped out of school find their way back to employment.
“ Trace Academia allows young people, especially those who have encountered difficulties or who are gradually moving away from the professional world, to learn differently and awaken their attention and curiosity. It is never too late to train and the fact of offering, on a single application, courses on a very wide range of professions raises awareness among young people of multiple professional horizons and opens up their field of possibilities. » declares Élisabeth Moreno, former Minister of Equal Opportunities and supporter of the project.
