Education is a means of growing both professionally and personally. Young people from all backgrounds and in every country deserve to have the same opportunities to succeed.

On the strength of this conviction, Renault is committed to supporting educational projects worldwide, wherever the Group is present. These programs, managed in partnership with local government, encourage an open-minded attitude and responsible citizenship.

• The Group is a founding partner of the South African Valued Citizens Initiative NGO. This initiative, set up in multi-cultural, public schools, aims to foster a sense of responsible citizenship and respect for differences. The program has already been delivered to more than 420,000 pupils and 3,500 teachers and is making a concrete contribution to strengthening a democratic culture in South Africa.
• Renault also supports the Women for Education program, launched by the Women’s Forum and ELLE magazine. This initiative to support projects for the training of women in developing countries received a €100,000 donation from the Renault Nissan Alliance. In 2010 the prize went to ten Haitian students who had made individual contributions to the country's recovery after the  earthquake. Each will receive a grant financed by the Alliance to enable them to continue their studies and carry out their projects for helping to rebuilt Haiti.
• Introducing students to the world of industry at Renault and sharing skills: these are the ambitions of Renault Experience, a unique initiative launched by Renault Brazil and the Catholic University of the State of Paraná (PUCPR). In 2009, 1,200 Brazilian students had the opportunity to discover the processes used to create, manufacture and sell a new vehicle. And at every step along the way, they were accompanied by Renault’s professional experts.
• Some 98 children from 12 countries and four continents met in Paris from 17 and 26 July 2011 for the second Fraternity Cup gathering organised by the federative charity La Voix de l’Enfant and its member associations. On the agenda were ten days of shared activities: including sport, art and culture and fun. The event ended with the presentation of the sports awards in Paris. Renault has been involved in this adventure since Valued Citizens Initiative (VCI) joined La Voix de l’Enfant.

Education for all according to Renault: this long-standing commitment also covers the social integration of young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.

• At the beginning of the 1990s, Renault signed a framework agreement that has already enabled more than 3,200 young people to follow training and receive a qualification in the Group’s workshops.

• Course en cours is more than just a competition. It is a complete educational programme bringing together three spheres that are traditionally kept separate: school education, university education and the business world. In addition to raising awareness for careers in engineering, this program aims to promote equal opportunities, with particular attention paid to colleges from the social and cultural backgrounds with fewer opportunities to stimulate talent and to encourage pupils to go on to higher education in science and technology.

Since 2008, Renault and Dassault System, founding members of the association Course en Cours, were joined by Renault F1 team, an essential partner embodying the spirit of competition and challenge. This initiative received official approval from the French Ministry of Education in 2009, acknowleding its educational (rather than commercial) goals. It was already recognised by Sporsora, the Institute for Sponsorship and Solidarity and the Creativity and Innovation Star Awards.

In 2009, Course en cours, brought together more than 7,500 pupils from 350 secondary schools all over France, monitored by 1,500 teachers and 600 higher education students.

• In 2009, the Group also entered a new partnership in France with Un Avenir Ensemble. This project sponsors promising pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are supported and advised by Renault employees in the long term.