Citroën progresses at the same time of 62 anticipates Pierre Olivier Beffy ExaneBehind meat and fish suffer no criticism4 according to Médiamétrie and Italy 12Gattégno readers know humour of grave diggerAppeal to children is also important that seduce adultsThe followup to this debate remain unclearrecovery will be long and painful but it will bear its fruitBut this rally has been of short durationIt put the system at the service of employmentThe legal framework. Established by the Act of 14 March 2000, the life, or international volunteering in business, is aimed at young people, men or women, aged eighteen to twenty-eight years. It allows French companies wishing to develop abroad to offer a professional mission for a maximum duration of two years. To take advantage of the device, companies must obtain an approval issued by the Ubifrance Agency. Valid for five years and renewable, it allows the company to use the life without limitation of the number of volunteers. At the same time, is also an international volunteering in administration (VIA).
The mission. The candidate can find himself his mission, canvassing the companies or by visiting the offers available on the site of Ubifrance. The duration of the mission of a life is variable, from six months to two years, with a single possible renewal within twenty-four months. Missions may not be split. Companies can use one or more life in structures abroad and entrust them any mission in the internationalization of their activities: studies and exploration of new markets, reinforcing technical or commercial local implementation teams, followed by projects, search for partners, agents or distributors, participation in the establishment of a local structure...
The editing of the record. Once the project has been defined and the candidate identified is Ubifrance who heard the record of the life, before the beginning of his mission. It takes an average of six to eight weeks between the filing of the record and the beginning of the. But times may be longer, according to procedures taking into, for example, to obtain a visa.
The cost. Enterprises employing a life are exempt from social expenses related to these positions. They perform with Ubifrance of monthly, variable lump-sum compensation depending on the destination of the young, and of the costs of management and protection social decreasing function of the number of life employees. The volunteers, who receive a public status, are not integrated in the workforce of the company, nor in its payroll. It is Ubifrance the monthly payment of life and their social protection. Remain the responsibility of the business travel of the young and the transportation of baggage, and the costs related to the functioning of the Office of the undertaking in the host country.
The award of the volunteer. It depends on the country of assignment, the turnover of the undertaking and is adjusted every three months. Non-negotiable, it consists of two parts: a fixed, around 630 euros; the other variable, which allows to take into account the evolution of prices and exchange rates in the host country. Thus, currently, this allowance varies between while and 2.740 euros. In theory, it is not subject to income tax.
SMEs. If an SME is not yet fixed implantation abroad for the life, it can use the "portage" or "tutoring" by a large group. It may also apply for the sponsorship of the volunteer by an advisor to the trade or share it with other companies. In terms of financing, SMEs can benefit from regional aid (ranging up to half of the cost of a mission support) and integrate the cost of the life in an insurance-prospecting of Coface. Especially, the use of a volunteer gives entitlement to tax export credit, that helps SMEs engaging international prospecting expenses to deduct from their taxable income up to 40,000 euros (or 80,000 for participation in a consortium).
