What Archipelago does

Archipel ASBL is a Belgian non-profit socio-professional integration organization founded in 1989 and headquartered in Monceau-sur-Sambre, Belgium. It serves job seekers, employers, and vulnerable populations in the Grand Charleroi region through a portfolio of human-delivered training, coaching, and outplacement programs, including MOVE (professional mobility), CARE+ (care-sector support), CompYOUter (digital literacy), OCR (orientation/reconversion at €350 per participant), Outplacement (employer-funded), and RAP (rapid integration). The organization operates as an accredited CISP (Centre d'Insertion Socio-Professionnelle) under the Walloon Region's FOREM framework.

The organization has between 11 and 50 employees and delivers services through in-person coaching, classroom training, and socio-professional diagnostics rather than a technology platform. There is no proprietary software product, no data infrastructure, and no AI/ML capability. Service quality is grounded in a multilingual, multidisciplinary staff combining HR, education, psychology, and IT backgrounds.

Revenue is generated through three primary channels: (1) public subsidies from FOREM tied to accredited CISP program volumes, which constitute the dominant funding stream; (2) fee-for-service OCR charges at €350 per participant; and (3) employer-funded outplacement contracts. The organization also participates in EU-funded programs including Erasmus+ (ArchipelAGO project) and cooperates with partners such as Aeres (Italy), FUNOC, MIREC, and INAMI. As a Belgian ASBL, Archipel does not raise equity capital; funding is exclusively public subsidies, grants, program fees, and employer contracts.

Name

Archipelago

Legal name

Archipel ASBL

Website

https://archipel-asbl.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Archipel ASBL is a Belgian non-profit founded in 1989 that delivers employment, training, and outplacement services to job seekers and employers in the Grand Charleroi region through FOREM-accredited CISP programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Services / Professional Orientation

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services (EDAAAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce & Career Transition Noncredit Programs (EDAAAEAC), Internships, Externships & Work-Based Learning Placement (EDAMAKAB), Mentorship & Coaching (Career, Academic, Industry-Specific) (EDAMAKAA)

Keywords

• Employment orientation services
• Professional insertion programs
• Outplacement services
• Career counseling Belgium
• Digital skills training

Headquarters

HQ city

Monceau-sur-sambre

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Subsidies and FOREM Funding: Core programs (MOVE, CARE+) are funded through the Walloon Region's CISP (Centre d'Insertion Socioprofessionnelle) decree framework, with subsidies from FOREM (Walloon public employment service). Job seekers must be registered with FOREM to access these free services.
2. Individual Program Fees (OCR): The OCR (Orientation et Conseils de Recherche) program generates direct revenue from participants at 350€ per person. This individual accompaniment service targets both job seekers and employees seeking career guidance.
3. Employer-Funded Outplacement: Outplacement services are fully funded by employers as required by Belgian law for workers over 45 years old or those with pre-notice periods of at least 30 weeks. Employers bear the full cost and may deduct up to 4 weeks of compensation to pay for the service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Archipel ASBL delivers professional orientation, career counseling, and employment-insertion programs to job seekers in Belgium's Grand Charleroi region. Its portfolio of five programs (MOVE, CARE+, CompYOUter, OCR, Outplacement) plus RAP covers collective orientation, mental-health-aware return-to-employment, basic digital skills, individual career coaching, and employer-mandated outplacement, delivered primarily in person at its Monceau-sur-Sambre office.

Product overview

Archipel ASBL operates as a multi-program employment orientation and insertion organization offering five distinct but complementary programs: MOVE (general unemployment insertion, 12 weeks with enterprise internship), CARE+ (mental health-focused return to employment, 60 hours), CompYOUter (digital skills training, 5 weeks), OCR (individual career counseling, 12 hours), Outplacement (employer-funded dismissal support, up to 60 hours/1 year), and RAP (active job search for highly qualified individuals). The organization also participates in the Erasmus+ ArchipelAGO project for professional development. These programs serve job seekers and employees in the Grand Charleroi region of Belgium, ranging from no-diploma to university-level qualifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MOVE: Mobilisation et Orientation Vers l'Emploi - A 12-week program for unemployed job seekers to develop professional orientation and insertion socioprofessionnelle.
• CARE+
• CompYOUter
• OCR
• Outplacement

Products and services

• MOVE (Mobilisation et Orientation Vers l'Emploi) A 12-week collective orientation and insertion program for unemployed job seekers, including self-awareness and labor-market knowledge development, enterprise internships, and operating under the Walloon CISP decree. Targeted at FOREM-registered job seekers with education below CESS or CESS holders with 18+ months of inactivity; free of charge.
• CARE+ (Coordination et Accompagnement vers le Retour à l'Emploi) An average 60-hour professional orientation and return-to-employment program for FOREM-registered job seekers facing mental health challenges such as depression, burn-out, anxiety disorders, OCD, agoraphobia, bipolarity, ADHD, or PTSD. Focuses on capabilities and coordinates healthcare-to-employment pathways. Free of charge.
• CompYOUter (Développement des compétences digitales) A 5-week basic digital skills training program offered five times per year in small groups of 6-8 people, combining theoretical and practical instruction to develop basic digital competencies for FOREM-registered job seekers. Free of charge.
• OCR (Orientation et Conseil de Recherche) A 12-hour individual orientation and job search coaching program priced at €350 per participant, targeting individuals aged 18+ with a minimum CESS diploma, whether employed or unemployed, who need to redefine career needs and objectives.
• Outplacement Guidance and career transition services for workers in dismissal phase, providing up to 60 hours of accompaniment over one year. Fully funded by the employer under Belgian law for workers over 45 years old or with pre-notice of 30+ weeks; employer may deduct up to 4 weeks of compensation.
• RAP (Recherche Active et Proactive d'Emploi) Active and proactive employment search program providing targeted job placement assistance for highly qualified individuals.

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Erasmus+coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023European Union Erasmus+ program funding the ArchipelAGO project. Supports international mobility for Archipel staff to learn from Italian partner Aeres. Enables knowledge exchange on disability management and innovative pedagogical approaches for employment integration. The project involves team visits, job-shadowing periods, and collaborative development of new methodologies.
• Aeres (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Aeres is an Italian network working with people with disabilities in the Venice area. The Erasmus+ ArchipelAGO project involves collaboration since 2022, including job-shadowing visits in December 2023 and February 2024, with planned mobilities through November 2025. Archipel aims to learn Aeres's pedagogical approaches for disability inclusion, focusing on professional didactics, workplace integration, and social participation methods.
• Institut National d'Assurance Maladie Invalidité (INAMI)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance. Archipel's pedagogical coordinator received training in disability management from INAMI to better support persons with disabilities in their professional integration journey.
• FOREMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFOREM is the public employment service of Wallonia, Belgium. Archipel operates CISP (Centre d'Insertion Socioprofessionnelle) programs under FOREM's regulatory framework. Most Archipel programs require participants to be registered with FOREM. The CARE program was developed with FOREM's support. This is a fundamental partnership enabling Archipel's core operations and participant referrals.
• FUNOCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFUNOC is a formation organization in the Charleroi region that refers students to Archipel's programs. Testimonials indicate that some participants first attended FUNOC before joining Archipel for specialized orientation services.
• MIRECminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMIREC provides job coaching services and is mentioned in trainee testimonials as a referral pathway. Former Archipel trainees may transition to MIREC for additional employment support services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• VDAB: VDAB is the Flemish public employment service delivering orientation, training and placement services in Flanders. A regional counterpart with a comparable employment-services mandate, focused on the Flemish region.
• IFAPME: IFAPME is the Walloon public service for alternance-based entrepreneurship and vocational training. Operates in the same Walloon employment-formation ecosystem as Archipel, with overlapping target audiences but a stronger apprenticeship focus.
• Bruxelles Formation: Bruxelles Formation is the Brussels-Capital Region public vocational training operator. Comparable in mission (professional orientation, workforce integration, continuing education) but serves the Brussels region rather than Wallonia.
• CEFORA: CEFORA is a Belgian sectoral training fund focused on employment support and career transition services, similar to Archipel's outplacement and orientation work. Comparable in employment-services mission but serves employer-funded sectoral training rather than publicly subsidized insertion.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad Belgium: Randstad is a global staffing and employment-services group operating in Belgium. Overlaps with Archipel's outplacement and employer-side services but at much larger scale and with a commercial (rather than subsidized) model.
• Le Forem: Le Forem is the Walloon public employment service that both funds Archipel's CISP programs and offers its own orientation and placement services. Functions as the dominant broad incumbent in the same geography and beneficiary population.
• Adecco Belgium: Adecco is a global staffing and workforce-solutions provider with Belgian operations offering outplacement, career transition, and employment services. A broad incumbent overlapping with Archipel's outplacement and OCR segments.

Others

• FEBISP: FEBISP is the Brussels federation of insertion socioprofessionnelle (CISP) organizations. Not a direct service peer but a sectoral body representing the same CISP regulatory and funding framework that Archipel operates within, making it a relevant ecosystem comparator.

Direct peers

• MIREC: MIREC is a Belgian non-profit that provides job coaching and employment support services, specifically referenced in Archipel's trainee testimonials. Operates in an adjacent employment-insertion niche with overlapping beneficiary populations.
• FUNOC: FUNOC is a Charleroi-region formation organization that delivers adult training and orientation programs. Documented in Archipel's own data as a partner that refers students, indicating overlapping service lines and customer base in the same Walloon territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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