This observatory is managed by the National Institute for the Development of Continuing Vocational Training (Institut national pour le développement de la formation professionnelle continue - INFPC). This is a public institution under the authority of the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth (Ministère de l’Education nationale, de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse). Its central mission is to promote continuing training. It is also responsible for reviewing requests from companies seeking financial support from the government for their training plans. Finally, the institute manages and coordinates the lifelong-learning.lu portal and has a training monitoring and development role through its training observatory (Observatoire de la Formation).

The observatory of training meets the aim of the government and social partners to build a detailed statistical knowledge and to produce reliable qualitative analysis on the link between work and training. This mission is being carried out through studies which aim to provide useful insights into public policies and private strategies in order to optimise the quality of skills offered on the labour market. It particularly analyses training practices related to the companies which have submitted a government co-funding request in the area of Continuing Vocational Training (Formation Professionnelle Continue - FPC). These requests contain a qualitative and quantitative description of the training plans implemented by the companies. The indicators provided each year include the profile of companies seeking financial support from the state by size and business sector, numbers of people in training, the business sectors in which the most training takes place, the average hourly cost of training courses and the amount of the financial contribution from the government. Otherwise, based on the observation that there is little data available on continuing training provision, particularly as regards the training offered by private providers, the training observatory conducts a regular survey (every 3 years) on training providers.