IFME

What IFME does

IFME (Institut de Formation aux Métiers de l'Éducation et du Social) is a French vocational training center headquartered at 2117 Chemin du Bachas, Nîmes, with satellite sites in Alès and Ganges, operating under SIRET 422 658 625 00047. The institution delivers state-recognized Diplômes d'État across the social and medico-social sector, including DEAES (Accompagnant Éducatif et Social), DEME (Moniteur Éducateur), DEJE (Éducateur de Jeunes Enfants), ES (Éducateur Spécialisé), ASS (Assistant de Service Social), DEJEPS (Animation Sociale), BPJEPS, and CAP AEPE. It serves individual learners entering or advancing in social-work careers, apprentices employed by social and medico-social establishments, and experienced professionals seeking diploma recognition via VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience).

The business operates four intake pathways: voie initiale (initial training, Region-funded), alternance via CFA IFME (apprenticeship, OPCO-funded), formation continue (continuing education, employer/CIF/CPF-funded), and VAE. Qualiopi certification is held across Formation, VAE, Bilan de Compétences, and CFA activities, granting access to public and mutualized funding. Technology infrastructure is intentionally lean: Microsoft Teams for blended/distance learning, Office 365 access for students, and standard WiFi on premises — there is no proprietary platform or software product. International mobility is delivered through membership in the Erasmus+ Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée consortium (20+ institutions) and bilateral partnerships with schools in Belgium, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Lebanon, Senegal, and other countries.

Documented outcomes include an 88% AES diploma pass rate (Jan 2025), 100% AES insertion rate (2023), 81.25% ME pass rate (2025, vs. 85.91% regional average), 78.3% ME 6-month insertion (2025), and 100% DEJEPS pass rate (2022). The payer mix is structurally public: the Occitanie Region funds initial training and co-funds mobility, OPCOs fund apprenticeships, and employers/CPF fund continuing education. There is no disclosed revenue, no parent company, and no commercial tuition-bearing program; the center operates as a private non-listed training organization within the French regulated education ecosystem.

Name

IFME

Legal name

IFME

Website

https://ifme.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IFME is a French vocational training center in Nîmes delivering state-recognized diplomas in social work, child education, and medico-social professions via initial training, apprenticeship (CFA IFME), continuing education, and VAE pathways, primarily serving the Occitanie region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Training and Professional Education Services

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Educational Services (611), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce & Career Transition Noncredit Programs (EDAAAEAC)

Keywords

• Social work education
• Vocational training programs
• Professional certification programs
• Apprenticeship training
• Continuing education services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nîmes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Initial Training Funding (Voie Initiale): Training costs for initial training (voie initiale) are covered by the Occitanie Region. Students only pay registration fees and selection fees. Job seekers receiving unemployment benefits are managed by France Travail.
2. Apprenticeship (Alternance): Training through apprenticeship contracts is funded by the employer's OPCO (Opérateur de Compétences). No advance payment is required from apprentices. Contact CFA IFME at [email protected] for apprenticeship enrollment.
3. Continuing Education and Salary Continuing: For employees in career transition (salariés en reconversion) or those in professionalization contracts, IFME provides custom quotes for training costs. Financing options include CIF (Congé Individuel de Formation), employer-sponsored training plans, and CPF (Compte Personnel de Formation).
4. Regional Bursaries: Students in continued studies may receive bursaries from the Occitanie Region. Job seekers without unemployment allocations have their remuneration covered by the Region.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IFME delivers state-recognized diploma programs (DEAES, DEME, DEJE, DES, ASS, DEJEPS Animation Sociale, BPJEPS ASEC, CAP AEPE) for the social, medico-social, and child education sectors. Training is delivered via four pathways: initial training (voie initiale, funded by the Occitanie Region), apprenticeship (via CFA IFME, funded by employer OPCOs), continuing education, and VAE for experienced professionals.

Product overview

IFME (Institut de Formation aux Métiers de l'Education et du Social) is a French vocational and professional training center located in Nîmes, France, offering initial education, apprenticeship (via its CFA IFME), and continuing education programs in social work, healthcare, and child education professions. The institution does not offer a software product or SaaS platform; its core offering consists of state-recognized diploma programs including the Diplôme d'État d'Accompagnant Éducatif et Social (DEAES), Diplôme d'État de Moniteur Éducateur (DEME), Diplôme d'État d'Éducateur de Jeunes Enfants (DEJE), Diplôme d'État d'Éducateur Spécialisé, Assistant de Service Social, DEJEPS Animation Sociale, and BPJEPS Animation Socio-Éducative et Culturelle. Programs are delivered through classroom-based initial training, apprenticeship contracts, and VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Diplôme d'État d'Accompagnant Éducatif et Social (DEAES)

Quantifiable outcome

• AES diploma pass rate: 88.00% overall (Jan 2025), with Nîmes at 90.47%, Alès at 94.74%, Ganges at 66.67%-90%
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• POCTEFA (Spain-France-Andorra Cross-border Cooperation Program)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018European cross-border cooperation project funded by Occitanie Region. 25 students from 4 Occitanie schools (IFRASS Toulouse, La Rouatière, ETES Marvejols, IFME) traveled to Pamplona, Spain for collective 2-4 week internships.
• Erasmus+ Consortium Occitanie Pyrénées-MéditerranéecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFME is a member of the national Erasmus+ consortium of health and social training establishments in the Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée region. The consortium includes 20 member institutions: CPFP La Rouatière, CRFMS ERASME Toulouse, ETES Marvejols, IFMS Albi, IFME, IFRASS Toulouse, IFSI (various), IRFSS Croix-Rouge, IRTS Montpellier, IRTS Perpignan, Institut Saint-Simon, PREFMS Toulouse. This consortium facilitates student and staff mobility across the region.
• Haute École Léonard de Vinci (Bruxelles, Belgium)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner institution for student mobility and exchange programs.
• Haute École de Louvain en Hainaut (Belgium)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBelgian partner institution. IFME students have visited as part of study trips, and the school sends students to IFME for internships.
• Université de Zagreb, Faculty of Law (Croatia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCroatian partner for international mobility. 2017 study trip destination for ASS students. Exchanges with students and professors.
• Université de Granada, Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas (Spain)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish partner institution for social work exchanges and mobility programs.
• Centro de Enseñanza Secundaria S. Ramon Cajal (Granada, Spain)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish secondary education partner for educational exchanges.
• Université de Navarre (Pampelune, Spain)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish university partner for international mobility in the framework of POCTEFA cross-border cooperation project with 4 Occitanie schools.
• École Libanaise de Formation Sociale - ELFS (Beyrouth, Lebanon)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLebanese partner institution for international social work education exchanges.
• Jizzakh State Pedagogical Institute (Uzbekistan)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentral Asian partner institution for international mobility.
• Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRomanian university partner for social work student mobility.
• École Nationale des Travailleurs Sociaux Spécialisés - ENTSS (Dakar, Senegal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSenegalese partner. 2018 study trip destination. Students from Senegal project to come to Nîmes for internships in partnership with IFME.
• Haute École de Travail Social - HETS-FR (Fribourg, Switzerland)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss partner institution for international exchanges. IFME students have done individual mobility to Switzerland.
• Haute École de Travail Social et de la Santé - HETSL (Lausanne, Switzerland)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss partner institution. Destination for individual student mobility.
• OFAJ (Office Franco-Allemand pour la Jeunesse)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBilateral French-German youth office that funds trilateral exchanges between student moniteurs-éducateurs from Viersen (Germany), Granada (Spain), and IFME. Each center hosts one week per year. Publication of travel diary (carnet de voyage).
• Colège Laflèche (Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanadian (Québec) partner institution. Individual student mobility destination.
• École de Travail Social, Université de Saint-Boniface (Winnipeg, Canada)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerManitoba university partner for social work exchanges.
• Université de Lund (Sweden)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwedish university visited in 2019 study trip. Exchanges around the PowerUs network working on 'Gap Mending'.
• APAFASEminorOthersAssociated organization of IFME, listed in the site's organizational structure and footer.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IFME30
• Facebookfacebook.com/IFME30
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ifme-apafase

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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