Discrimination is unequal treatment based on a criterion defined by law (sex, age, state of health, etc.) and in a field recognized by law (access to a service, employment, etc.). To date, nearly thirty discrimination criteria have been set by law.

Any distinction made between natural persons on the grounds of their origin, their sex, their marital status, their pregnancy, their physical appearance, their surname, their state of health, their disability, their their genetic characteristics, their customs, their sexual orientation or identity, their age, their political opinions, their trade union activities, their belonging or not belonging, real or supposed, to an ethnic group, a nation, a specific race or religion.

Any distinction made between legal persons on the basis of origin, sex, marital status, physical appearance, patronymic, state of health, disability, genetic characteristics, also constitutes discrimination. morals, sexual orientation or identity, age, political opinions, trade union activities, belonging or not belonging, real or supposed, to an ethnic group, a nation, a race or a specific religion of the members or of certain members of these legal persons.

Any distinction made between people because they have suffered or refused to suffer acts of sexual harassment as defined in article 222-33 or testified to such facts constitutes discrimination, including, in the case mentioned in I of same article, if the comments or behaviors were not repeated.

For more info :

http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do;jsessionid=40BE0AA08CD9677CC329E37FC9A3CAC7.tpdjo10v_3?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006165298&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070719&dateTexte=20120820

http://hauts-de-france.drjscs.gouv.fr/spip.php?rubrique467

The nursery school welcomes children at the start of compulsory education, which begins at age 3. Kindergarten is an essential step in the students’ journey to guarantee their academic success. Its main mission is to make children want to go to school to learn, assert and develop their personality.

It is a school where children will learn together and live together. They develop their oral language and begin to discover writing, numbers and other areas of learning. They learn by playing, thinking and problem solving, practicing, recalling and memorizing.

Elementary school welcomes children aged 6 to 11.

The programs are national and compulsory for all teachers and students.

The courses are designed by cycle, lasting three years:

• Cycle 2, or fundamental learning cycle, includes the preparatory course (CP), the first year elementary course (CE1) and the second year elementary course (CE2);
• Cycle 3, or consolidation cycle, includes the first year average course (CM1) and the second year average course (CM2); the consolidation cycle continues in college, in the sixth grade.

The college is the secondary level establishment which, at the end of elementary school, welcomes all school children. They attend four years of schooling there.

The college accepts all pupils at the end of primary school without a passing exam. It allows all students to be educated in a single setting.

College education has four years: 6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd.

Compulsory education is organized in three-year cycles, which give the time needed to learn better. In college, the sixth is the last year of cycle 3, the other levels make up cycle 4.

At the end of middle school, students can continue their education in a general and technological school or in a vocational school. Schooling takes place in three years: the second, the first and the final.For more info :

https://eduscol.education.fr/cid103171/ecole-maternelle.html

The Education Code recognizes that activities (salaried, self-employed, voluntary) allow the acquisition of skills and knowledge which have the same value as those acquired through a traditional training system.

Obtain a diploma or title through VAE

The validation of acquired experience (VAE) makes it possible to obtain, on the basis of professional experience or activities, volunteers in particular, all or part of a professional certification (diploma, title or certificate of professional qualification ) registered in the National Directory of Professional Certifications (RNCP).

The candidate must complete a file in which he describes the main activities that he exercises or has exercised, their contexts of exercise and the resources mobilized.

The evaluation of this file is followed by an interview with an independent jury and including professionals. The achievements of these experiences, in connection with the certification concerned, are evaluated by the jury which decides to validate all or part of the diploma concerned.

In the event of partial validation, recommendations are made to the candidate with a view to obtaining the full diploma.

VAE is an opportunity for adults: training is no longer the only way to obtain certification. VAE is also a tool at the service of the forward management of jobs and companies’ skills.

VAE at National Education

The academic systems for the validation of prior learning (DAVA) control the VAE. They provide information to the public, a key function of any VAE approach. They offer candidates a diagnosis upstream of any commitment to the process as well as support throughout their VAE course to increase the chances of success.

Finally, the DAVA contribute to the development of partnerships with the economic world, in particular with the branches and companies which use the VAE in the forward management of jobs and skills.

Everyone has the right to have their experience recognized:

• employees ;
• self-employed;
• job seekers, compensated or not;
• people who have carried out social activities, volunteers, etc .;

The only requirement is to have carried out an activity lasting at least one year in relation to the content of the diploma concerned.

From the professional aptitude certificate (CAP) to the higher technician’s certificate (BTS): contact the academic systems for the validation of prior learning (DAVA). There is one per academy.
For more info :

https://www.education.gouv.fr/la-validation-des-acquis-de-l-experience-vae-3077

https://eduscol.education.fr/pid23196/validation-des-acquis-de-l-experience.html

http://prfc.scola.ac-paris.fr/spip/?-validation-des-acquis-de-l-

http://www.fongecif-idf.fr/les-dispositifs-de-formation/la-validation-des-acquis-de-lexperience-vae/

http://www.ciep.fr/enic-naric-page/reconnaissance-diplome-etranger-documents-delivres

Access to social housing or Moderate Rent Housing – HLM

To obtain social housing (or HLM = Habitation à Loyer Modéré), it is necessary to apply for it.

Only requests from people who meet the award conditions are likely to be met. An unmet demand for social housing must be renewed each year. Otherwise, the request is canceled.

The application is submitted:

• either from a social landlord or a state service (possibly the town hall);
• either with the social service of your administration, if you are a civil servant;
•  or with an integrated reception and guidance service (SIAO), if you are accommodated in a support structure.

The registration of the application then gives rise to the issuance of a registration number and a registration certificate. The registration certificate is given to you on site or sent to you as soon as possible 1 month to the address indicated on the form, if you have sent the completed form by post accompanied by a copy of the requested documents.

This certificate mentions the following elements:

• Registration number of the request;
• Date of filing of the first request or renewal of this request;
• Mode of communication on the progress of your request
  Documents to be provided:

For the installation formalities in France, you must:

• Proof of resources
• Proof of identity
• RIB
• Family record book
• Proof of address

Registration fees : free

Duration of residence documents:

Appeal procedures :

RECOURS :

In certain cases, if no accommodation is offered to you, an appeal is possible under the enforceable right to housing (Dalo).

https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F18005

Specimens of the necessary forms :

Social housing application form:

https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/R149

List of documents for the examination of an application for social housing accessible on:

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000037365505#JORFSCTA000037365517

For more info:

https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F10007

You can also get information at one of the branches of the Departmental Housing Information Agency – North

Tél : 03 59 61 15 00 ou sur  http://www.adilnord.fr 

Created in 1945, social security is a real revolution. It financially covers part of the drugs, part of the fees of doctors and specialists and part of the health costs (hospitalization, surgery, etc.) of French residents. To benefit from more comprehensive protection, it will be necessary to contact other organizations, private or not, which will offer additional protection.

In some cases, it also allows you to receive daily work accident or sickness indemnities to compensate for lost wages.

If you have been in France for less than 3 months:

You must have health insurance from your country of origin

If you need treatment, you will have to pay.

In the event of a “vital emergency”, if you cannot pay, you can benefit from the urgent care system (Cf “Médecins du Monde”)

If you have been in France for more than 3 months:

If you do not have a job, you will need to have health insurance, you will not be able to benefit from Universal Health Coverage. If you have very low resources, you can benefit from AME (State Medical Aid)

If you work, you are entitled to French health insurance.

Registration

Registration is done by registering with the Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie (CPAM) of the department of residence and it allows the person concerned to appear on the list of insured persons.

A 13-digit social security number will be issued by the CPAM once the identification of the insured has been made. This number is unique and invariable.

Documents to be provided:

• A copy of your identity document (passport is also accepted)
• A copy of your employment contract or your last pay slip.
• Proof of address for more than 3 months if you are not an employee
• a RIB (Bank Identity Statement)
• Registration fees : free

Specimens of the necessary forms : Formaulaire de demande d’ouverture de droits Sécurité sociale:

 

https://www.aide-sociale.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/demande-ouverture-securite-sociale.pdf

For more info:

A single telephone number is used to reach the Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie (CPAM), 36 46 (price of a local call) or on the CPAM website:  https://www.ameli.fr

https://www.medecinsdumonde.org