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  • Partners: ENSAM (Leader), CESI, CNAM, Paris School of Business, University of Burgundy, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, Normandy Region, Dijon Métropole, Creusot Montceau Urban Community, Cap-Digital, Pôle TES, and NAE – Normandie AeroEspace.
  • Call for projects: France 2030 AMI Skills and Jobs of the Future Season 1
  • Project budget: €12.9 million
  • CESI budget for the project: €5 million
  • Project launch: September 2023
  • Project duration: 60 months

Jobs are undergoing or will undergo significant changes in the short term due to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) systems into everyone’s personal and professional lives. However, the technological and societal disruptions made possible by AI require new skills and can generate risks related to misuse or reluctance if we do not have the knowledge to understand them properly. It is therefore essential to provide extensive training in how AI systems work, while developing the critical thinking skills of the various stakeholders. The aim is both to promote the conscious and informed use of AI in all professions and sectors of activity and to encourage people to move into this fast-growing field of employment.

The CAIRE project aims to contribute to the acculturation of professionals in a wide range of fields by developing training courses that address these issues. CAIRE thus aims to equip learners with a set of knowledge and skills that will enable them to embrace AI and support its integration within companies. While students in initial training at the five partner institutions are the primary target audience for the project, staff at the consortium’s institutions, professionals in the private and public sectors, job seekers, and citizens undergoing professional retraining are also eligible for these training courses. CAIRE aims to train 28,000 people across the country throughout the duration of the project.

The learning data collected, as well as the practices and uses identified during the project, will be scientifically evaluated at the international level in the fields of education sciences and organizational management, notably through research conducted by CESI. Feedback from partners on the implementation and evaluation of such a training program will be shared in a white paper. CAIRE stands out for its transdisciplinary approach, its integration of ethical and sustainability concepts, and its ability to reach a large and diverse audience. The project will thus make a significant contribution to the development of the skills needed to accelerate the nationwide rollout of the controlled use of AI.

Achievements as of December 31, 2024:

  • Production of educational content for the first level, “Professional Awareness.”
  • Testing and rollout of the first level of training for 1,000 students in CESI‘s integrated preparatory cycle.
  • Testing and training of CESI trainers for the rollout of training on different campuses.
  • Launch of research led by Solveig FERNAGU on AI in training through the project’s inter-institutional working group and Agathe HELL’s thesis.