Agence Locale pour l’Emploi asbl

What Agence Locale pour l’Emploi asbl does

Agence Locale pour l'Emploi de Villers-la-Ville ASBL is a statutory non-profit local employment agency established by the commune of Villers-la-Ville in the Walloon region of Belgium. It operates inside the Belgian Dispositif ALE framework, intermediating between unemployed or socially excluded workers and local residents, associations, agricultural operators, and public entities that require assistance with activities such as garden maintenance, childcare, elderly care, pet care, small home repairs, administrative support, and school tutoring. The underlying transactional mechanism is the ALE cheque (chèque ALE) issued by Pluxee at €7.45 per hour, which funds worker compensation and operational costs; ALE workers can earn up to €4.10/hour net on top of unemployment benefits, capped at €287/month and €2,583/year.

The organization also runs a Forem-accredited training program covering English (A1-B2 via the "English for Life" method), Dutch, IT (Microsoft Office, Canva, cloud storage, QR codes, AI literacy, privacy/security), photography, and job-search workshops delivered by named instructors at its Sart-Dames-Avelines headquarters. Training is free for job seekers and social-welfare recipients, and priced at modest annual rates (€120/year for English, €100/year or €5/module for IT) for workers and pensioners. Distribution is purely local and direct: a community website, a Facebook page, phone/email intake, and in-person service delivery at the user's location.

The commercial model is community-led and structurally capped: there are 9 employees, no parent company, no funding rounds, and statutory geographic restriction to the Villers-la-Ville commune with all activities required to be performed in Belgium. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; a September 2025 pricing reset covering both ALE cheques and course fees signals active commercial stewardship, and a job-listings RSS feed (aggregating References.be) extends the support surface for job seekers.

Name

Agence Locale pour l’Emploi asbl

Legal name

Agence Locale pour l'Emploi de Villers la Ville ASBL

Website

https://alevlv.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Agence Locale pour l'Emploi de Villers-la-Ville ASBL is a Belgian statutory non-profit local employment agency that matches long-term unemployed workers with Villers-la-Ville households needing garden, childcare, elderly, and administrative services paid via Pluxee-issued ALE cheques, and runs Forem-accredited language, IT, and job-search training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Employment Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Care & ADL Assistance (bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility) (HLADAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Local employment services
• Community employment agency
• Workforce reintegration
• Vocational training programs
• Household assistance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sart-Dames-Avelines

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. ALE voucher services: Users pay for services using ALE vouchers (chèques ALE) priced at 7,45€ per hour, issued by Pluxee. The vouchers fund worker compensation and operational costs.
2. Training course fees: Language and IT training provided at 120€ per year (English) or 100€ per year / 5€ per module (IT) for workers and pensioners. Free for job seekers and social welfare recipients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Agence Locale pour l'Emploi de Villers-la-Ville ASBL is a communal non-profit agency that connects unemployed workers with local residents, associations and public services for authorized household and care tasks (gardening, childcare, elderly assistance, pet care, small repairs, administrative help), paid via Pluxee-issued ALE vouchers at €7.45/hour. It also delivers Forem-accredited language, IT, photography and job-search training, free for job seekers and at modest fees for workers and pensioners.

Product overview

Agence Locale pour l'Emploi de Villers-la-Ville ASBL is a non-profit local employment agency that operates as a single-service community organization rather than a platform product. The core offering consists of ALE Work Services connecting authorized workers with users for household and care services (garden maintenance, childcare, pet care, elderly assistance, administrative help), payable via the Pluxee-issued ALE Check System. Complementary training services include English and Dutch language courses (A1-B2 levels using 'English for Life' method), Computer Training modules (Microsoft Office, Canva, AI usage, digital security), Photography Courses, and Job Search Workshops. Academic Support tutoring is also offered. The Job Listings RSS Feed aggregates external employment opportunities for job seekers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ALE Work Services Local employment service connecting authorized ALE workers with local residents, ASBLs, public services and farms for household and care tasks such as garden maintenance, small home repairs, childcare, elderly assistance, pet care, administrative formalities and school support. Activities are paid via ALE vouchers (chèques ALE) at €7.45/hour plus €7.45 annual insurance.
• English Language Courses Forem-accredited English language training covering A1 to B2 levels using the 'English for Life' method, delivered by instructor Olivier via group sessions and conversation tables. Free for job seekers and social welfare recipients; €120/year for workers and pensioners.
• Dutch Language Courses Beginner Dutch language courses and conversation tables available on request, taught by instructor Olivier. Free for job seekers and social welfare recipients; fee based on annual training pricing for workers and pensioners.
• Computer Training IT training modules covering computer basics, cloud storage, AI usage, CV creation, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Canva, QR codes, and privacy/security awareness, taught by instructor Jérôme on Tuesdays 14h-16h. Free for job seekers and social welfare recipients; €100/year or €5/module for workers and pensioners.
• Photography Courses Photography instruction covering framing, composition, lighting, focus, simple photo retouching, and video editing, integrated into the computer training courses.
• Job Search Workshops Employment assistance workshops covering job search tools, remote job management, professional CV writing, job market resources, and the voice-confidence workshop 'A la découverte de la voix' facilitated by Jonathan Neefs. Free for job seekers and social welfare recipients.
• Academic Support Tutoring School support tutoring delivered at home for children, priced at €6.20/hour and tax-deductible, payable via ALE vouchers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Workers can earn up to 287€ per month supplement working 70 hours
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ForemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Forem is the Walloon public employment service. ALE training programs are accredited by Forem and provide participants with official attendance certificates. The organization operates within the Forem framework for ALE voucher services.
• PluxeecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPluxee issues ALE vouchers (chèques ALE) that users purchase to pay for services. Workers receive payment through these vouchers. The voucher system enables subsidized service rates.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Senior Compagnie: French franchise network delivering in-home personal care and daily-living assistance to elderly clients. Comparable target customer (elderly households needing ADL help) and overlapping service catalogue with ALE's elderly-assistance offering.
• O2 Care Services: Franchised home-services provider offering household help, childcare and elderly care across France and Iberia. Comparable product/customer overlap with ALE's home and personal-care services, but operating as a private commercial franchise rather than a public-employment agency.
• Petits-fils: French franchise network specializing in private in-home assistance for elderly people. Comparable in that it sells the same kind of personal/household services to households, though it operates as a private franchised business rather than a subsidized non-profit.

Direct peers

• ASD (Aide et Soins à Domicile): Belgian non-profit providing home care, household help and elderly assistance across Belgium's regions, including subsidized personal-care services. Direct peer in the same country, delivering an overlapping catalogue of non-medical in-home services to households and elderly clients.
• ADMR (Aide à Domicile en Milieu Rural): French federation of associative home-help providers delivering in-home personal services (household help, elderly care, childcare) in rural communes via regulated frameworks. Closely comparable operating model to ALE: community-rooted, non-profit, subsidized personal services for local households.

Broad incumbents

• Fédération wallonne des ALE: Umbrella federation representing Walloon ALEs at the regional level, providing coordination, training and political representation. Comparable because every individual ALE (including Villers-la-Ville) is part of this network and operates under its collective agreements and advocacy.
• Manpower Belgium: Large private staffing and employment-services firm operating in Belgium. Comparable in matching workers with employer demand and offering workforce-reintegration services, though operating as a commercial agency rather than a subsidized non-profit.
• Forem: Walloon public employment service that accredits ALE training programs and oversees the broader Dispositif ALE. Comparable because it operates the regulatory and accreditation framework within which the Villers-la-Ville ALE functions, and itself provides training and reintegration services to job seekers across Wallonia.
• Adecco Belgium: Global staffing and HR-services group with a Belgian operation providing temporary placement, training and outplacement. Comparable workforce-placement and employability-services overlap with ALE's job-seeker reintegration and training activities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/aledevlv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agence-locale-pour-l%E2%80%99emploi-asbl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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