Regional Governance in Education: The Example of the Outaouais/la Gouvernance Regionale de L'education: L'exemple de L'outaouais (Part II : Decentralisation: A Fundamental Trend/Partie II: L'indispensable Mouvement de Decentralisation‪)‬

Abstract This paper focuses on regional educational governance in the particular context of Quebec, where few powers are granted to regions in the supply management of training programs, necessary for responding to the economic, social and cultural development needs of their territory. Using the concepts of learning region and social innovation as a starting point, we attempt to demonstrate that regardless of the institutional and legislative constraints, it is possible, in education, to put in place a horizontal governance that is both flexible and shared while emphasizing learning, skills and knowledge. The example of the Outaouais Region, which for more than ten years has managed to mobilize the actors around the core of the education/training/employment relationship on key issues regarding its development, supports our analysis.