Pursuant to Law n° 2014-288 of 5 March 2014 on vocational training, employment and social democracy, decentralisation to the regions is regulated by allocating competences, which were previously a responsibility of the central State, in the field of vocational training, apprenticeship and guidance. This reform strengthens the power of regional councils in this area, by integrating lifelong guidance issues into their competences, with limited action on pupil and student guidance policy.