Miresem

Name

Miresem

Legal name

Miresem asbl

Website

https://miresem.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Services (5613), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce & Job-Seeker Services (Community-Based) (EDAAAFAM)

Keywords

• Employment intermediation
• Job placement services
• Workforce development
• Regional employment mission
• Social employment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Philippeville

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Public subsidy / government funding: Miresem is a non-profit association (ASBL) financed primarily by the Walloon Region and the European Social Fund (FSE). It operates under a results-based funding model where subsidies are tied to the number of job seekers supported and employment outcomes achieved. It is one of 11 Missions Regionales (MIRE) recognized by the Walloon Region. The organization also generates revenue indirectly through negotiated conventions with employers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Miresem is a non-profit regional employment mission that provides free employment intermediation services to job seekers and employers in the Sud Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region of Wallonia, Belgium. It connects unemployed or underemployed individuals with local hiring opportunities, while supporting employers in finding suitable candidates through counseling, matching, and workforce integration activities.

Product overview

Miresem (Mission Régionale pour l'Emploi du Sud de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse) is a regional employment service organization operating in Wallonia, Belgium. Rather than a technology product, it provides employment intermediation services connecting job seekers with employers. Core services include Candidate Support (Accompagnement des Candidats), Company Support (Accompagnement des Entreprises), and Recruitment Intermediation. The organization employs the ACE (Approche Convergence Emploi) methodology it developed, which avoids candidate competition by presenting one candidate per job opening. Miresem also manages two European Social Fund co-funded programs: A.L.A.D.In (for vulnerable populations) and J.A.S.M.In.E. (for young job seekers).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Intermediation Services Free job matching and intermediation service connecting job seekers with employers in the Sud Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region of Wallonia, Belgium. Targets unemployed individuals and local SMEs.
• Job Seeker Counseling and Workforce Integration Personalized counseling, skills assessment, and workforce integration support for unemployed and underemployed individuals in the region, helping them prepare for and obtain employment.
• Employer Recruitment Support Free candidate sourcing, pre-screening, and matching service for local employers and SMEs in the Sud Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region seeking to fill open positions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 237 job seekers newly accompanied in 2025
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

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

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Intermire (Wallonia-wide coordination body)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntermire is the umbrella and support structure for all 11 regional Missions Regionales in Wallonia. It coordinates MIRE activities, supports methodological development (including the ACE methodology), and represents the MIRE network.
• Mire BWminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission for Employment in Walloon Brabant. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia collaborating on the ACE methodology and sharing best practices.
• MirecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission for Employment in Charleroi area. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia collaborating on the ACE methodology.
• Mirel (Liège)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission for Employment in Liege. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia.
• Mirelux (Libramont)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission for Employment in Libramont area. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia.
• Mirena (Namur)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission for Employment in Namur. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia. Adjacent territory to Miresem.
• Mirev (Verviers)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission for Employment in Verviers. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia.
• Mirewapi (Tournai)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission for Employment in Tournai. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia.
• Mirhw (Waremme)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission for Employment in Waremme. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia.
• MRC (Regional Mission of Charleroi)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission of Charleroi. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia.
• MRMB (Frameries)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Mission for Employment in Mons-Borinage area. One of 10 other MIRE organizations in Wallonia.
• Forem (Public Employment Service of Wallonia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic employment service of Wallonia. Since 2018, Miresem works exclusively with candidates referred by Forem, deepening the quantitative and qualitative relationship with the public employment service.
• Training centers and CISP operators (Centres d'Insertion Socio-Professionnelle)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of local training centers and socio-professional insertion operators who help Miresem's candidates develop skills and access training needed for job placement.
• CPAS / OIP (Public Social Welfare Centers and Public Interest Organizations)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal social welfare organizations and public interest bodies that work with Miresem to address the social barriers (mobility, housing, finance) that prevent job seekers from accessing employment.
• Cities, communes and local administrations of the Sud Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse territoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal municipal authorities that collaborate with Miresem in serving job seekers and employers across the territory.
• ASBL Carrefour (training partner)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining organization that partnered with Miresem to provide cleaning certification training to candidate Sabine, enabling her placement at Delhaize Chimay.
• Belgian DefenceminorOthersBelgian Defence partners with Miresem to hold information sessions about Defence's 4,500 job openings (2025), leveraging Miresem's territorial presence to reach local job seekers.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Forem (Office wallon de la Formation professionnelle et de l'Emploi): Walloon public employment service that is Miresem's primary institutional partner and the exclusive source of candidate referrals since 2018. Operates broader employment services (training, benefits, job board) across all of Wallonia, of which Miresem is a specialized niche adjunct.
• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): French national public employment service and parent framework of the Missions Locales model that Miresem was patterned on. A broader incumbent that operates the public unemployment insurance and job-matching function at national scale, against which Miresem plays a specialized community-based role.
• Actiris (Office régional bruxellois de l'Emploi): Brussels-Capital Region's public employment service with a mandate and tools analogous to Forem's. Functions as a broader incumbent in the Belgian PES landscape alongside Forem and VDAB, with Miresem operating as a niche specialist in a similar ecosystem.
• VDAB (Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding): Flemish public employment service, the Flemish counterpart to Forem. Comparable public-funded employment intermediation function at a broader scale, useful as a structural analog to Miresem's parent PES ecosystem in a different Belgian region.

Others

• Intermire: The umbrella and coordination body for all 11 Walloon MIREs (including Miresem). Coordinates methodological development including the ACE framework, represents the network to the Walloon Region, and functions as the ecosystem enabler rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Mire BW (Mission Régionale pour l'Emploi du Brabant wallon): MIRE for Walloon Brabant and co-developer of the ACE methodology with Miresem. Same institutional status, same subsidy regime, same placement methodology, serving a comparable low-qualified long-term-unemployed population.
• Mirena (Mission Régionale pour l'Emploi de Namur): Adjacent MIRE covering the Namur territory; one of the 9 co-developers of the ACE methodology with Miresem. Directly comparable in mandate, funding model, and target population, with geographic adjacency to Miresem's zone.
• Missions Locales (France): The French model that inspired Miresem's creation in 1993 (Miresem's founders studied French Missions Locales). Operates the same community-based youth and adult employment integration mission under public funding, serving disadvantaged job seekers with local employer intermediation.
• Mirel (Mission Régionale pour l'Emploi de Liège): MIRE for the Liège area and co-developer of the ACE methodology with Miresem. Identical operating model, funding structure, and target population; one of the 10 peer MIREs in the Walloon network coordinated by Intermire.
• Mirec (Mission Régionale pour l'Emploi de Charleroi): The original Regional Employment Mission created in Charleroi in 1991, from which Miresem was modeled. Operates the same MIRE accreditation framework, ACE methodology collaboration, and target population of low-qualified long-term unemployed in an adjacent Walloon territory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@miresemasbl
• Facebookfacebook.com/asblmiresem
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asbl-miresem

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