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The Schéma régional d’éducation pour la santé (SREPS) in Nord Pas-de-Calais (France) gave the Direction régionale des affaires sanitaires et sociales (DRASS) a chance to initiate and engage in a process of reflection on the development of health education training. The Comité Régional d’Education pour la Santé (CRES) has developed and led a regional project on health education training since 2005, financed by the Institut National de Prévention et d’Éducation pour la Santé (INPES). At the request of the INPES, this three-year project was evaluated in 2008. The results provide an opportunity to conduct analyses and draw valuable conclusions such as constructing profiles of the 572 people trained, evaluating the impact of such training on health actions implemented locally as well as on actors’ skills, and analyzing the educational process developed through the sessions. This work leads to a new regional questioning and exploration of continuing education in the field of health education and promotion.