Over the past 30 years, the FNSF network has gained extensive expertise on issues of domestic violence, acknowledged by both public authorities and professionals. However, the network needs to pursue its own training and to train young professionals, in order to preserve its intervention capacities and its values.
In 2007, FNSF created a single department combining its training and observatory activities, called Service Formation-Observation-Recherches-Études (F.O.R.E).
The training department is intended to build the network professionals’ capacities to act in favour of the women victims, in liaison with partners and social players (welfare services, health professionals, elected officials, police force).

The FNSF Training Department offers training sessions adapted to the reality of the field to professionals from its member associations, on the following topics: coordination of awareness initiatives, understanding of the domestic violence process, support to victimised women, health and marital violence.

In addition, the Training Department:
- trains trainers within the FNSF network, providing for multiple extensions of the capacities of network member associations;
- coordinate a think-tank on the linkage between professional identity and network identity;
- contributes to scientific watch on expertise and training on domestic violence issues (health, support & guidance, shelter, processes, knowledge of domestic violence phenomenon);
- trains other social stakeholders dealing with issues of domestic violence: judges, elected officials, health professionals, police officers, social workers…