ConfluencES Project

ConfluencES supports higher education and research institutions in transforming their educational programs, learning environments, and research activities to align them with the socioeconomic needs of industries and regions.

Launched in 2024 and led by the CNAM as part of the France 2030 plan “Excellence in All Its Forms,” the ConfluencES project aims to align educational offerings with the needs of a constantly evolving economy. With a budget of €13.3 million granted by the ANR over eight years, the project seeks to improve career readiness by evolving the educational offerings of its partner institutions—from the first year of higher education through the doctoral level—to address the digital, ecological, and demographic transition challenges facing regions.

With close ties to the French industrial sector, ConfluencES meets the needs of all regions for both initial and continuing education through blended learning programs (online courses, project-based learning, etc.), and offers flexibility by combining new skills with existing credentials.

Organize training into four main areas of focus

ConfluencES aims to continuously rethink training—in terms of its content, formats, and learning environments—to better respond to rapid changes in the workplace, through four main areas:

Innovating in the development of training programs
Identifying the skills, training, and job needs of each region to improve lifelong employment integration and career transitions.
Transforming Educational Spaces
Creating new, flexible, and immersive learning spaces that combine digital visualization, hands-on tools, experimentation, and accessibility for diverse audiences.
Encouraging new research initiatives
Developing research on training issues tailored to the local needs of high-demand sectors, based on data provided by the Octopilot tool.
Developing new learning methods
Expanding the range of training programs in key areas covered by the consortium (digital transition, sustainable development, training for support professionals) and tailored to the challenges of the future.

Reinventing Learning Spaces Through Evolutive Learning Factories

As coordinators of ConfluencES’s Axis 2, Arts et Métiers to transform learning spaces through the development of Evolutive Learning Factories ELF)—connected school-factories—across all campuses.

To support France’s reindustrialization, these small-scale factories encompass the various stages of a production chain—from design to material recycling—while incorporating new technologies

ConfluencES thus contributes to the modernization of buildings and their facilities, the design of these new spaces, and the training of engineers by emphasizing two key elements: an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research within these structures, and their accessibility to a broad audience (from schools to businesses) in order to address the challenges of raising awareness about careers in industry and their socio-economic needs.

To strengthen the research dimension provided by ConfluencES and in collaboration with ENSAM and ESAPLV, Loris Préaud is dedicating his thesis to studying the impact of ELFs on pedagogy and the link between artisanal know-how and industrial production.

Project partners

Coordinating institution

Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

Partners

National School ofArts et Métiers ENSAM), CESI, National School of Architecture Paris-La-Villette (ENAPLV), Association Ouvrière Compagnon Devoir Tour Franc (AOCDTF), French Institute of Fashion, Duperré Technical High School, Cap Métiers Nouvelle-Aquitaine