Financing of life-long training : regional policies from 1986 to 1992 After a reminder of the economic justification of decentralization, this paper presents the main institutional elements of the life-long trainings'decentralization in 1983. The period 1986 to 1992 is examined. The analysis process is structured on two main lines : to present the financial commitments'nature of the County concils ("Conseils régionaux") ; to compare expenditure of life-long training, realized as well by the government as by the enterprises as by the County concils.