What FÉDÉRATION ANCREAI does

FÉDÉRATION ANCREAI is the national federation of regional CREAI (Comités régionaux d'Études, d'Actions et d'Informations) organizations operating across France, governed as a nonprofit association under French law (loi de 1901). It coordinates a network of 18+ regional CREAI entities that serve persons in situations of vulnerability — persons with disabilities (intellectual, motor, sensory, psychic), elderly persons in vulnerable situations, and children in child protection — through studies, training, methodological tools, and federal projects. Its flagship technology assets include ARSENE, an internal-evaluation software for ESSMS (Établissements et Services Sociaux et Médico-Sociaux) aligned with ANESM/HAS good-practice referentials, with Word/PDF reporting; the Solidaires-Handicaps.fr digital platform for solidarity initiatives (63,000+ users, 263,468 page views in six months of active operation in 2020–2021); the Nos Droits Aussi citizenship serious game for persons with intellectual disabilities; and the D-Pistons toolbox for organized cancer screening. Federal projects include START (national neurodevelopmental-disorder training network launched 2021 with five partner associations), EPoP (peer-intervention methodology, deployed 2021–early 2024, contributing to a 2024 national peer-intervention policy), and HANDIRECT (cancer-screening access project for persons with disabilities aged 50–74 across four regions).

The federation operates a hybrid institutional and program-based revenue model rather than commercial sales. Funding flows from ARS (Regional Health Agencies) commissions, CNSA, DGCS, and other public authorities for territorial diagnostics and studies; from project-specific sponsorships (INCa, FIRAH, CCAH); from training revenue enabled by Qualiopi certification (obtained in 2021) and channeled through OPCO Santé and sector OPCOs; and from publications (notably the bimonthly DECRYPTAGE journal) and national conference events. The go-to-market is direct institutional — services are delivered through the regional CREAI network rather than third-party resellers — with the ARSENE software distributed via its dedicated microsite arsene-evaluation.fr. Customers are institutional: ARS and other public authorities, hundreds of ESSMS establishments as end-users of tools and training, and sector professionals (social workers, healthcare professionals, managers, administrators). Geographic coverage spans metropolitan France (all 12+ mainland regions) plus overseas territories (Guyane, Océan Indien), with leadership under Federal Delegate Antoine Fraysse and President Jacques Nodin.

Name

FÉDÉRATION ANCREAI

Legal name

Fédération nationale des Comités régionaux d'Etudes, d'Actions et d'Informations en faveur des personnes en situation de vulnérabilité

Website

https://ancreai.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FÉDÉRATION ANCREAI is the national federation coordinating 18+ regional CREAI organizations across France, delivering studies, training, methodological tools (including ARSENE evaluation software), and federal projects serving vulnerable populations — persons with disabilities, elderly persons, and children in child protection.

Ownership category

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Product category

Social and Medico-Social Sector Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Other Services (except Public Administration) (81)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

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Workforce & Career Transition Noncredit Programs (EDAAAEAC)

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Accessibility, Accommodations & Assistive Services (EDALAFAN)

Keywords

• Social and medico-social services
• ESSMS quality evaluation
• Disability sector research
• Professional training programs
• Nonprofit federation coordination

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ANCREAI is the national federation coordinating 18+ regional CREAI organizations that deliver commissioned studies, continuing professional training, internal evaluation tools (notably the ARSENE software), and federal projects (START, EPoP, HANDIRECT) for the French social and medico-social sector (ESSMS). Its core activities serve establishments supporting persons with disabilities, elderly vulnerable persons, and children in protection, providing quality-improvement methodologies, research, publications (DECRYPTAGE), and digital platforms such as Solidaires-Handicaps and Nos Droits Aussi.

Product overview

FÉDÉRATION ANCREAI offers a suite of products and services centered on supporting people in vulnerable situations. The core product is ARSENE, an internal evaluation software for ESSMS that helps establishments conduct evaluations compliant with ANESM best practices. Other offerings include digital tools like 'Nos Droits Aussi' (a citizenship game for people with disabilities) and the Solidaires-Handicaps.fr platform for solidarity initiatives. The federation also manages federal programs including START (neurodevelopmental disorder training), EPoP (peer intervention), and HANDIRECT (cancer screening access for disabled persons), along with research publications and the DECRYPTAGE bimonthly journal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ARSENE: Internal evaluation software for ESSMS (social and medico-social establishments and services) that allows conducting internal evaluations with a reference framework compliant with ANESM best practice recommendations.
• START
• HANDIRECT
• EPoP
• Solidaires-Handicaps

Products and services

• ARSENE ARSENE is an internal evaluation software for ESSMS (social and medico-social establishments and services) that enables conducting internal evaluations using a referential compliant with ANESM best practice recommendations, comparing results year-over-year, and exporting reports in Word or PDF formats for dialogue with administrators and guardians.
• Nos Droits Aussi Nos Droits Aussi is a digital citizenship game designed by, for, and with people with intellectual disabilities, produced by the association Nous Aussi in partnership with ANCREAI. The first game path focuses on voting rights and participation in municipal elections for people with disabilities.
• START (Service Territorial d'Accès à des Ressources Transdisciplinaires) START is a cross-training program supporting the care pathway of children and adults with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD), offering integrative training that addresses all NDDs without dismissing their specificity.
• EPoP (Empowerment and Participation of Persons with disabilities) EPoP is a national initiative testing a methodology to develop peer intervention for persons with disabilities, deployed across multiple French regions.
• HANDIRECT HANDIRECT is a study-project aiming to improve access and participation in organized cancer screening for people with disabilities aged 50-74 in medico-social establishments, coordinated by ANCREAI in collaboration with CREAI and CRCDC in four French regions.
• Solidaires-Handicaps.fr Solidaires-Handicaps.fr is a digital platform launched during the COVID-19 crisis to share solidarity initiatives nationwide for people with disabilities and their families, allowing the identification of local aid services including groceries, housekeeping, homework help, and support resources.
• D-Pistons D-Pistons is a toolbox for organized cancer screenings developed within a research project to better understand why people with disabilities over 50 participate twice less in national cancer screening programs.
• DECRYPTAGE DECRYPTAGE is the bimonthly publication of the CREAI network providing analysis of quality reform and its consequences for social and medico-social establishments and services.
• Formations (Qualiopi-certified training programs) Qualiopi-certified continuing professional development training programs for professionals in the social and medico-social sector, funded through OPCO Santé and other sector OPCOs.
• Studies and territorial diagnostics (Études) Commissioned sector studies and territorial diagnostics delivered by the network of regional CREAI for public authorities and institutional clients, covering disability, aging, child protection, neurodevelopmental disorders, and cancer screening.
• Journées nationales (Annual national conferences) Annual national conferences organized by the ANCREAI network on thematic issues such as child protection, aging of vulnerable persons, MAS-FAM-FV-FH, and SESSAD services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Solidaires-Handicaps.fr platform: 450 solidarity actions documented, 285 published, 63,000+ users, 263,468 pages views in 6 months of active operation (2020-2021)
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge française: Large French humanitarian organization operating in social, medico-social, and health sectors. Comparable to ANCREAI in serving vulnerable populations and in operating training activities, but on a much broader scale and with international reach.
• UNIOPSS: National union of social, medico-social, and health nonprofit and cooperative actors (URIOSSS regional bodies). Closely comparable to ANCREAI in national federation function, social sector focus, and policy/research activities, with a broader social-services remit.

Direct peers

• ANDICAT: National federation of directors of medico-social establishments and services for people with disabilities in France. Directly comparable as a federation targeting the same ESSMS management and quality-improvement audience as ANCREAI.
• ORSB / ORS (Observatoire Régional de la Santé) network: Network of regional health observatories in France producing regional health studies and diagnostics. Directly comparable to ANCREAI in the regional study/research function serving ARS and other public commissioners, with similar reliance on institutional public-health funding.
• NEXEM: Federation of French social and medico-social employers (formerly Adessadomicile and autres). Directly comparable to ANCREAI as a national federation representing and supporting private nonprofit medico-social establishments, with similar training, lobbying, and policy-analysis functions.
• APF France Handicap: Major French disability advocacy and service association. Comparable to ANCREAI in mission (defending rights and providing services to persons with disabilities), regional structure, and reliance on public funding and member ESSMS.
• FEHAP: Federation of private nonprofit hospitals, clinics, and medico-social establishments in France. Comparable as a national federation in the same ESSMS ecosystem, providing training, studies, advocacy, and member services to social/medico-social actors.
• UNAPEI: National federation of associations supporting persons with intellectual disabilities in France. Directly comparable to ANCREAI as a national umbrella body advocating for and coordinating services to vulnerable populations, with overlapping institutional ties to French public authorities.

Others

• CNSA (Caisse Nationale de Solidarité pour l'Autonomie): French public agency funding and supporting policies for autonomy, disability, and aging. Comparable to ANCREAI in the disability/medico-social ecosystem as a key funder and partner; included as an ecosystem participant rather than competitor.
• FIRAH (Fondation Internationale de Recherche Appliquée sur le Handicap): Foundation funding applied research on disability. Comparable to ANCREAI as a research-funding ecosystem participant in the same disability sector and is listed as one of ANCREAI's funding sources; not a direct competitor but a closely related ecosystem actor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

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