Mission Locale des 3 Vallées

What Mission Locale des 3 Vallées does

Mission Locale des 3 Vallées is a French non-profit association (Loi 1901) established in 1990, headquartered in Brétigny-sur-Orge, Essonne. It operates as a member of the French public employment service (service public de l'emploi) under articles L322-4-17-1 to L322-4-17-4 of the French Labor Code, with a mandate to support the social and professional integration of young people aged 16-25 (up to 29 for those with disabilities). The organization delivers services primarily through 7 physical antennes — Brétigny-sur-Orge (headquarters), Dourdan, Arpajon, Briis-sous-Forges, Montlhéry, Limours, and Ballancourt-sur-Essonne — covering 70 communes and 35% of the Essonne department across 7 Établissements Publics de Coopération Intercommunale.

The service offering is human-delivered and non-technological. Core services include individualized career guidance, training placement, apprenticeship (alternance) matching, CV and interview preparation, job search assistance, and employer recruitment support. The organization also addresses holistic barriers to employment including health, mobility, housing, citizenship, and rights access. There is no proprietary technology platform, API, or digital product; service delivery is conducted through scheduled appointments with Conseillers en Insertion Socioprofessionnelle (C.I.S.P.) at local branches, supplemented by a website launched in 2021 and social media presence on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. In 2025, the organization accompanied approximately 3,000 young people, facilitating 1,600 employment entries, 400 training entries, and 200 apprenticeship placements, while engaging 600 partner enterprises.

The business model is entirely public funding-based. Revenue derives from the French Republic, the Île-de-France region, the Essonne department, the European Social Fund (FSE), and the European Union. All services are provided free of charge to young people and employers. The organization has 11-50 employees and is governed by a board of directors (conseil d'administration) comprising state services, territorial authorities, and socio-economic actors. There is no commercial revenue model, no funding rounds, no parent company, and no M&A activity.

Name

Mission Locale des 3 Vallées

Legal name

MISSION LOCALE DES 3 VALLÉES

Website

https://ml3v.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mission Locale des 3 Vallées is a French non-profit association providing free career guidance, training, and employment support to young people aged 16-25 across 70 communes in Essonne, funded entirely by public sources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Employment Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Job Readiness Support Services (BPAGAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth & Young Adult Workforce Programs (Out-of-School Youth) (EDAAAOAD)

Keywords

• Youth employment support
• Career counseling services
• Vocational training placement
• Apprenticeship matching services
• Public employment guidance

Headquarters

HQ city

Brétigny-sur-orge

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: As a member of the French public employment service (service public de l'emploi), the Mission Locale operates with public funding from government sources including the French Republic, Île-de-France region, Essonne department, and European Union funds. No commercial revenue model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mission Locale des 3 Vallées is a public-employment non-profit that provides free, personalized career guidance and socio-professional integration support to young people aged 16-25 (up to 29 for those with disabilities) across 70 communes in Essonne. It also advises and supports local employers in recruiting and integrating young candidates, operating through 7 local antennes with dedicated advisors. Services cover career orientation, job-search assistance, training placement, apprenticeship (alternance) matching, and holistic support addressing barriers such as health, mobility, housing, and citizenship.

Product overview

Mission Locale des 3 Vallées operates as a unified public employment service organization rather than a technology product platform. The organization provides a single, integrated service offering centered on youth employment support and employer services, delivered through seven local branches across 70 communes in Essonne. Core services include career guidance, job search assistance, training support, and employer partnerships. The organization publishes annual activity reports documenting outcomes including the number of young people supported (3,000+), job placements (1,600+), training entries (400+), and apprenticeship placements (200+). There is no modular product architecture or distinct software platform—the organization functions as a service-based public institution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accompagnement vers l'emploi (Youth Employment Support)

Quantifiable outcome

• 1600 young people found employment in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• République Française (French Republic)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational government backing the Mission Locale network as part of the French public employment service. Provides legislative framework and funding support under the Labor Code provisions.
• Région Île-de-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional council providing funding and support for youth employment and training initiatives in the Essonne department.
• Département de l'EssonnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal department government providing funding and institutional support for the Mission Locale's operations in its territory.
• FSE (Fonds Social Européen / European Social Fund)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Social Fund providing additional funding support for youth employment initiatives under European regional development programs.
• European UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU-level funding and policy framework supporting the Mission Locale network through various employment and social inclusion programs.
• 600 Partner EnterprisescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal businesses that partner with Mission Locale for recruiting young talent. These employers benefit from candidate sourcing, recruitment support, and integration assistance. The 'Ambassador' program allows employers to actively promote youth employment.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Maison de l'Emploi et de la Formation de l'Essonne: Essonne-level coordination platform for employment and training actors. ML3V is one of the operator members on the same territory; both coordinate employer relationships and youth pathways under the same departmental policy framework.
• PLIE (Plans Locaux pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi) - Essonne: EU-co-funded local insertion plans operating in Essonne to support long-term unemployed and disadvantaged adults into employment. Overlaps with ML3V's holistic accompagnement global model and shares the same FSE funding channel.

Broad incumbents

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): France's national public employment agency that registers and supports all job seekers, including youth, with placements, training referrals, and benefits. Mission Locale is explicitly complementary to Pôle Emploi/France Travail within the service public de l'emploi and serves the same youth segment in parallel.
• APEC (Association Pour l'Emploi des Cadres): Manages employment services for executive/managerial profiles in France. While APEC targets a different segment (cadres), it shares the public-employment-service membership and provides overlapping career-guidance and recruitment-support services that ML3V's older youth beneficiaries may also access.

Emerging players

• Réseau information jeunesse (CRIJ / BIJ): National network of youth-information centers providing orientation, training, and employment information to young people under 30. ML3V's Orientation referents and espace-jeunes content overlap with CIDJ/BIJ services for the same age band and geography.
• Epide (Établissement pour l'Insertion dans l'Emploi): Public civilian-volunteer-service operator with residential and non-residential tracks for 18-25 year-olds furthest from employment. Provides complementary (and sometimes competing) insertion pathways to ML3V's youth cohort, particularly for dropouts and NEETs.
• CIDFF (Centre d'Information sur les Droits des Femmes et des Familles) de l'Essonne: Provides rights, employment, and training support—in particular to women—within the same Essonne territory. ML3V's Droit des étrangers and Citoyenneté referents partially overlap with CIDFF's social-rights and integration mandate for young residents.

Others

• UNML (Union Nationale des Missions Locales): National umbrella association representing the ~4,400 Mission Locale branches across France. ML3V is a member of the UNML network; the umbrella negotiates national funding frameworks, methodology, and Politique de la Ville linkages that flow down to ML3V's operations.

Direct peers

• CAP Emploi: National network of specialized employment agencies dedicated to workers with disabilities. Mission Locale des 3 Vallées already extends its age range to 29 for disabled youth and names a Handicap referent, directly overlapping with CAP Emploi's mandate on the same territory.
• Mission Locale de Paris: Operates under the same Labor Code framework (L322-4-17-1 to L322-4-17-4) as a public employment service for 16-25 youth in Paris. Same target population, same funding structure (State/Region/Department/EU), same service mix (employment, training, alternance, holistic support). The clearest direct comparable.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCiI6xSE7Htw5XDnH5Y1X40w
• Facebookfacebook.com/missionl3vallees
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mission-locale-des-trois-vall%C3%A9es
• Instagraminstagram.com/ml3vallees
• Xx.com/manu3vallees

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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