What Anfh does

ANFH (Association Nationale pour la Formation permanente du personnel Hospitalier) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1974 and headquartered in Paris. It operates as the officially approved OPCA (Organisme Paritaire Collecteur Agréé) for the French public hospital system, holding an AGRÉMENT granted by the French Ministry of Health. ANFH collects a mandatory 0.2% payroll contribution from French public healthcare establishments and redistributes these funds for continuing professional training and skills development, with a coverage scope of over 950,000 public hospital agents (Fonction Publique Hospitalière) reached through 16 regional delegations and 26 territorial offices across metropolitan France and overseas territories. The organization is supported by approximately 370 employees.

ANFH's core product portfolio centers on its proprietary SaaS training management platform Gesform Evolution, complemented by the La ForMuLE e-learning platform, the Plateforme e-formations, and a set of dedicated portals including dpc.anfh.fr (continuing professional development), metiers.anfh.fr (careers), and handicap.anfh.fr, alongside a training purchasing platform. Service offerings include training plan management, Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience (VAE) support, bilan de compétences (skills assessments), formation entretiens (training interviews), and the Passeport formation (training passport). Communications are supported by the bi-monthly La Lettre de l'ANFH newsletter and active presence at healthcare sector events such as SantExpo.

The business model is anchored in mandatory employer contributions: ANFH collects a statutory 0.2% of payroll from public healthcare establishments, administers the funds, and disburses them to finance approved training actions. Commercial activity therefore has effectively zero churn within its designated perimeter, and customer acquisition cost is structurally zero by regulatory design. ANFH also pursues strategic partnerships (notably with France Travail) and operates under a 2025-2028 Strategic Project that includes the development of new management training programs targeted at FPH managers.

Name

Anfh

Legal name

Association Nationale pour la Formation permanente du personnel Hospitalier

Website

https://anfh.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ANFH is the French Ministry of Health-approved OPCA that collects mandatory 0.2% payroll contributions and manages training fund disbursement, proprietary SaaS platforms (Gesform Evolution), and competency development services for over 950,000 French public hospital employees across 16 regional delegations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Workforce Training & Training Fund Management

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Health and Welfare Funds (525120)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Development & Training Grants (Public Health) (HLAJALAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB)

Keywords

• Professional training funds
• Public hospital workforce
• Continuing professional development
• Competency management software
• OPCA training fund management

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Formation fund management (Cotisations de formation): ANFH collects contributions from public healthcare establishments (0.2% of payroll) and manages these funds for financing training plans, professional training leave (CFP), VAE, skills assessments, promotional studies, continuing professional development for medical staff (DPCM), and training for disabled workers in ESAT establishments.
2. Training management services: ANFH provides software tools (Gesform Evolution) and support services to healthcare establishments for managing their training activities and employee competency development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ANFH collects and manages mandatory training fund contributions (0.2% of payroll) from French public healthcare, social, and medico-social establishments, and disburses these funds for employee training plans, professional training leave, VAE, skills assessments, and continuing professional development. It delivers these services through a proprietary SaaS platform (Gesform Evolution) and a network of 16 regional and 26 territorial delegations serving over 950,000 public hospital employees across France.

Product overview

ANFH operates as a unified service platform offering multiple interconnected digital tools and support services for the French public hospital function. The core product is Gesform Evolution, a SaaS training management system, supplemented by specialized portals including La ForMuLE and Plateforme e-formations for digital learning, dpc.anfh.fr for continuing professional development, metiers.anfh.fr for career guidance, and handicap.anfh.fr for disability support. These digital platforms are complemented by direct services including training plan management, VAE support, skills assessments, training interviews, and a training passport. ANFH serves over 950,000 agents across 16 regional delegations with 26 territorial offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gesform Evolution: SaaS software designed, developed, installed, and hosted by ANFH for managing training and skills for member establishments
• La ForMuLE
• Prix ANFH

Products and services

• Gesform Evolution A SaaS-based training management software designed, developed, installed, and hosted by ANFH, provided to member public healthcare establishments for managing training plans, budgets, and agent training records.
• La ForMuLE An e-learning platform offering digital training resources and courses for public hospital function agents.
• Plateforme e-formations Online training platform providing access to digital training courses and educational content for agents of the French public hospital function.
• metiers.anfh.fr Career and professions portal providing information about healthcare jobs, skills development, and career paths in the public hospital function.
• handicap.anfh.fr Dedicated portal addressing disability and workplace inclusion topics for public hospital employees.
• dpc.anfh.fr (DPC Portal) Continuing Professional Development (CPD/DPC) portal for healthcare practitioners to fulfill their mandatory training obligations.
• Plateforme d'achat de formation Purchasing platform for training services, connecting member establishments with training providers.
• Plan de formation Annual training plan management service for member establishments, covering needs assessment, budget allocation, and training action coordination.
• VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience) Service supporting agents in obtaining professional certifications through experience validation, including funding for methodological support and VAE leave.
• Bilan de compétences Skills assessment service allowing agents to analyze professional and personal competencies, aptitudes, and motivations to define career projects. Duration of 24 hours, financeable every 5 years.
• Passeport formation Professional training journal/certificate allowing agents to record knowledge, skills, abilities, and professional achievements throughout their career.
• Entretien de formation Annual training interview service where agents present training wishes and supervisors establish training objectives for coherent professional development.

Quantifiable outcome

• 950,000+ public hospital employees covered by training fund management services

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SantExpominorOthers · 1 January 2025ANFH participates as an exhibitor at SantExpo, the annual trade show for healthcare professionals held at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. At the 2026 edition, ANFH presented a first assessment of new management training programs for FPH managers.
• France Travail (Pôle Emploi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with France Travail on regional initiatives, specifically mentioned for the Bourgogne / Franche-Comté region, indicating strategic cooperation on employment and professional development programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AKTO: Inter-professional OPCO formed from the merger of several OPCAs (including FAF.TT), serving a wide range of sectors. Comparable to ANFH as a paritary training-fund operator but operating at much larger scope across multiple industries.
• OPCO EP (formerly AGEFOS PME): OPCO covering proximity enterprises (small businesses across many sectors). Uses the same paritary training-fund collection and management infrastructure as ANFH but is far broader in sector scope and lacks ANFH's single-sector specialization.
• OPCO 2i: OPCO for industry (manufacturing, materials, chemicals). Another structurally similar paritary training-fund manager in the French OPCO landscape, but serving industrial rather than healthcare sectors.
• OPCO Atlas: OPCO for the services sector (financial services, consulting, temporary work back-office functions). Comparable to ANFH through the same OPCO-based training-fund collection mechanism, but focused on services industries rather than public healthcare.
• OPCO Mobilités: OPCO for transport, mobility, logistics, and automotive services. Same OPCO training-fund management business model as ANFH, but covering mobility-sector employers and employees.

Direct peers

• Uniformation (OPCO Uniformation): OPCO for the French social economy (associations, cooperatives, mutuals), including many healthcare and medico-social nonprofits. Operates the same OPCA/OPCO training-fund model as ANFH and frequently serves the same end-beneficiaries in non-public health establishments.
• OPCO Santé: The Opérateur de Compétences (OPCO) for the private healthcare, medical-social, and home-care sectors. Closest functional twin to ANFH in the French OPCO landscape: same paritary training-fund collection and disbursement model, but covering private rather than public healthcare employers.
• CNFPT (Centre National de la Fonction Publique Territoriale): France's paritary training fund for the territorial (local government) civil service. Operates with a near-identical business model to ANFH — collecting payroll-based contributions and funding training plans for public-sector employees — but serves municipalities, départements, and regions rather than hospitals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anfh/jobs
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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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