Subsection 3: Vocational training

I.-In each overseas region, a public industrial and commercial establishment with responsibility for vocational training may be created.

The establishment is created by the deliberative assembly and placed under the authority of the local authority.

The establishment is created by the deliberative assembly and placed under the authority of the local authority. The establishment is created by the deliberative assembly and placed under the authority of the local authority.

II - As part of the vocational training policy defined by the local authority, the public body contributes to the proper implementation of the regional public vocational training service, to equal access for men and women to this training and to the promotion of a mix of occupations. To this end, it implements, in line with the guidelines of the regional employment, training and vocational guidance committee, in cases where local private provision is unable to meet the needs of the region:

1° Training initiatives to develop skills, promote professional integration and maintain or return to employment, accompanied if necessary by accommodation or catering facilities;

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2° Any other action relating to guidance, vocational training and access to qualifications, including communication and information initiatives and the carrying out of studies. Where local private provision is available to meet the needs of the area, the public body may only implement actions of the nature mentioned in 1° and 2° of this II by means of subsidiaries created under the conditions mentioned in VII.

III. III -The public establishment is administered by a Board of Directors. The composition of the board is such that the difference between the number of men appointed and the number of women appointed is no greater than one. IV -The public institution is managed by a Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Board.

Under the authority of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Board of Directors. Under the authority of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer of the public institution is responsible for the administrative and financial management of the institution. V.-The board of directors is made up of:

1° The chairman of the deliberative assembly or his representative, ex officio chairman;

2° Councillors of the deliberative assembly, appointed by the latter;

3° Qualified personalities, chosen by the deliberative assembly for their expertise in economic, social, training or educational matters;

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4° A representative of the school's staff;

The Chief Executive Officer and any other person whose presence is deemed useful by the Chairman attend meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity.

VI. VI-The resources of the public institution are made up of grants from the local authority, fees for services rendered and income from sales and rentals, as well as loans, donations and legacies and miscellaneous income.

The grants from the local authority are calculated on the basis of the number of years of service provided by the public institution. The grants from the local authority are calculated to compensate, at most, for the financial burden resulting from the public service missions and requirements mentioned in the first three paragraphs of II.

VII. VII -The public institution may create subsidiaries or acquire holdings in companies, groupings or organisations with a view to carrying out any operation useful to its missions.