Emploi et Handicap Grand Lille

What Emploi et Handicap Grand Lille does

Emploi et Handicap Grand Lille is a French non-profit association (loi 1901), founded in 2000 and headquartered in Marcq-en-Baroeul with a second site in Douai, specializing in the professional integration and job retention of people with disabilities across the Lille Métropole Douaisis territory in the Hauts-de-France region. The organization operates a portfolio of specialized services including Cap Emploi Lille Métropole Douaisis (employment support and job maintenance), Activ'Alternance (apprenticeship and professionalization contract support, successor to the 3APH dispositif), RévélatHeur (student career guidance), Etude Ergonomique (workplace accommodation assessments), Bilan de Compétences Adapté (adapted skills assessment), and HANDY' ACTION (fragile-person inclusion support), serving individual beneficiaries, students, RSA recipients with disabilities, private and public employers, and occupational health physicians.

The technology stack is conventional and service-delivery-oriented rather than product-oriented: a WordPress-based website with Google Analytics and Matomo tracking, YouTube and Vimeo embeds, Cloudflare security, CookieYes GDPR consent management, Microsoft Teams and Skype for remote accompaniment, and the Orange Confort+ open-source accessibility layer providing 20 display customization options for users with visual, cognitive, or motor disabilities. A free regional mobile application, Cap Emploi Hauts-de-France, is co-developed across 7 Cap Emploi organizations in the region to support beneficiary self-service job search. The association holds RGPD compliance certification, and the website infrastructure is hosted by OVH in Roubaix, France.

The business model is that of a social economy actor: all services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries (people with disabilities, employers, occupational health physicians). Operating funding comes from institutional grants and partnerships with AGEFIPH (private-sector occupational disability fund), FIPHFP (public-sector disability fund), the Departmental Council (for RSA beneficiaries), and apprenticeship tax contributions. Revenue is therefore not transaction-based but grant-based, with delivery structured around individual accompaniments, group sessions, and direct employer engagement. The organization shares direction with Cap Emploi Lille Métropole Douaisis (which it previously managed independently for 20 years), bringing combined headcount to approximately 71-80 collaborators, and is governed by President Sylvie Cheynel and Director Isabelle Lecerf.

Name

Emploi et Handicap Grand Lille

Legal name

EMPLOI ET HANDICAP GRAND LILLE

Website

https://emploi-et-handicap.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Emploi et Handicap Grand Lille is a French non-profit association providing free employment support, job retention, apprenticeship, and skills assessment services to people with disabilities, employers, and occupational health physicians across the Lille Métropole Douaisis territory, funded primarily through institutional disability-employment grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Employment Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Employment & Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Programs (EDAAAOAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG), Employment & Job Readiness Support Services (BPAGAEAJ), Accessibility, Accommodations & Assistive Services (EDALAFAN)

Keywords

• Disability employment services
• Vocational rehabilitation support
• Workplace accommodation services
• Job placement assistance
• Ergonomic workplace assessments

Headquarters

HQ city

Marcq-en-baroeul

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding and Grants: Association operates as a non-profit in the social economy sector, funded through institutional partnerships with AGEFIPH (occupational disability fund), FIPHFP (public sector disability fund), the Departmental Council (for RSA beneficiaries), and financed through apprenticeship tax contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Emploi et Handicap Grand Lille is a French non-profit association that delivers personalized employment support services for people with disabilities across the Lille Métropole and Douaisis territory. Its core offerings span vocational guidance, apprenticeship and alternance support (Activ'Alternance), workplace ergonomic assessments (Etude Ergonomique), adapted skills assessment (Bilan de Compétences Adapté), student orientation (RévélatHeur), and Cap Emploi job placement and retention services. The association also advises private and public employers on hiring, integrating, and maintaining employment of people with disabilities.

Product overview

Emploi et Handicap Grand Lille offers a comprehensive portfolio of services for professional inclusion of people with disabilities. The core offerings include: Activ'Alternance for apprenticeship support, HANDY' ACTION for disability inclusion, Etude Ergonomique for workplace adaptations, Bilan de Compétences Adapté for skills assessment, and RévélatHeur for student support. The organization also provides Cap Emploi services for job placement and maintenance, supported by digital tools including an online reporting system, mobile application, and web accessibility features like Orange Confort+.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cap Emploi Lille Métropole Douaisis: Employment service for people with disabilities providing support for job access and job retention.
• Activ'Alternance
• RévélatHeur
• HANDY' ACTION
• Bilan de Compétences Adapté

Products and services

• HANDY' ACTION A core support service for promoting the inclusion of fragile persons through employment, specifically targeting people with disabilities and employers in the private and public sectors.
• Activ'Alternance (Alternance et Handicap) A work-study apprenticeship program supporting people with disabilities in finding apprenticeship contracts and maintaining them throughout their training, with personalized accompaniment, employer prospecting, and workplace adaptation support.
• Etude Ergonomique Ergonomic workplace assessment service analyzing work activity and recommending technical, organizational, and human solutions for maintaining employment of people with disabilities.
• Bilan de Compétences Adapté (BCA) Skills assessment adapted for people with disabilities, conducted over 24 hours across three phases (preliminary, investigation, conclusion) to help define realistic professional projects aligned with health conditions and disabilities.
• RévélatHeur Student support device for people with disabilities on the Lille metropolitan area, helping students choose compatible careers, prepare CVs, practice interviews, and navigate disability-related workplace adaptations; won the 'coup de coeur du public' prize at Lauréats de la Diversité 2023.
• Cap Emploi Lille Métropole Douaisis Employment support and job maintenance service for people with disabilities, providing personalized accompaniment, employer relations, and access to disability compensation aids.
• Signalements maintien dans l'emploi en ligne Online form system for reporting employment maintenance and professional reconversion situations, enabling employers, employees, and doctors to submit requests for support.
• Application mobile Cap Emploi Hauts-de-France Free mobile application developed by the 7 Cap Emploi organizations in Hauts-de-France to help job seekers with disabilities search for employment opportunities.
• Orange Confort+ Accessibility Solution Open-source web accessibility solution integrated into the website, providing 20 customization options including font size adjustment, color contrast, and display adaptations for users with visual impairments, dyslexia, or motor difficulties.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% success rate - 75% of students accompanied found a stage, employment, or training
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Cap Emploi Lille Métropole DouaisiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShared management and direction with the association; the association managed Cap Emploi for 20 years and continues to carry the service offering under shared leadership, forming the primary service delivery vehicle for disability employment support in the territory.
• Université de LillecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal convention signed to favor future professional insertion of students with disabilities. The partnership with RévélatHeur device provides career guidance, internship support, and disability disclosure assistance to students.
• GEIQ Emploi et HandicapmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroupement d'Employeurs pour l'Insertion et la Qualification specializing in supported employment for people with disabilities, mentioned as partner for customized professionalization contracts.
• CHEOPS Hauts-de-FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of Cap Emploi organizations in Hauts-de-France region coordinating on disability employment issues and prevention of professional disengagement.
• France Travail (Pôle Emploi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperational partnership in daily activities, coordinating job seeker support and sharing job offers for people with disabilities.
• Réseau AlliancesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of 65 associative actors working for inclusion and equal opportunities in employment, organizing the Lauréats de la Diversité awards where RévélatHeur was recognized.
• Entreprises et CitésmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional business network participating in Duoday events and hosting workplace discovery days for people with disabilities.
• VilogiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial housing company hosting Duoday participants for workplace immersion experiences.
• IRD InvestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional investment fund participating in Duoday as employer hosting workplace discovery for people with disabilities.
• Cap Emploi (network logo shown)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of Cap Emploi organizations specialized in employment support and job maintenance for people with disabilities.
• CFPPA Douai WagnonvillemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural training center providing BTS Anabiotech training, with dedicated disability referral coordinator supporting apprenticeship contracts.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): France's national public employment service and a core operational partner of the subject association — not a direct competitor (the association receives referrals from France Travail) but the dominant incumbent against which the specialized disability offer must differentiate.
• AFPA: Agence nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes — the French national vocational training agency, broadly comparable on the skills assessment and reskilling leg (e.g., Bilan de Compétences Adapté) but operating at national scale and across all populations, not specialized in disability.

Others

• Coorace: National network of social-economy enterprises in work integration (Insertion par l'Activité Économique) — adjacent peer within the French social economy, sharing the loi 1901 non-profit DNA and the workforce inclusion mission, though Coorace's members are broader than disability-specific.
• Agefiph: Main French occupational-disability fund and the primary financial partner of the subject association — not a competitor, but a key ecosystem counterpart that funds disability employment actions and shapes the policy environment in which the association operates.

Direct peers

• LADAPT: Major French association (loi 1901) operating across disability employment, vocational training, and adapted enterprises — the closest national-scale peer given the parallel mission of supporting professional integration of people with disabilities through personalized accompaniment, training, and employer engagement.
• ARPEJEH: French association connecting students with disabilities to higher education and professional opportunities — directly comparable to the RévélatHeur program in targeting disabled students for career guidance, internship search, and employer matching.
• APF France handicap: National disability rights and inclusion association running employment support services, advocacy, and adapted services — comparable as a French non-profit providing employment accompagnement and workplace accommodation guidance for people with disabilities.
• Hanploi: Specialized French job board and recruitment platform for people with disabilities, partnering with employers to source disabled candidates — directly competitive on the employer-matching leg of the subject association's value chain.
• Cap Emploi (national network): National network of Cap Emploi organizations of which the subject association is a member and co-manager — the other 100+ Cap Emploi structures deliver the same vocational rehabilitation and job retention mandate under shared public conventions, making them the most direct operational peers.

Emerging players

• UNEA: Union Nationale des Entreprises Adaptées representing France's network of adapted enterprises (entreprises adaptées) employing people with disabilities — adjacent rather than directly competitive, since UNEA organizes supply-side adapted employment while the subject association focuses on open-market placement and retention.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EmploiH
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCAsoqOzw9sWizU7I-oBJHTQ/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/EmploiH
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emploi-et-handicap-grand-lille

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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