Association Nationale des Élus des Littoraux

What Association Nationale des Élus des Littoraux does

The Association Nationale des Élus des Littoraux (ANEL) is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) headquartered at 22 boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It serves as the national representative body for elected officials of French coastal territories, bringing together more than 600 member municipalities, inter-municipal structures, departmental councils, regional councils, and parliamentary members across both metropolitan France and overseas territories (including Mayotte, Martinique, and Guadeloupe). The association is led by President Jean-Charles ORSUCCI, Mayor of Bonifacio.

ANEL operates as a membership association that generates revenue through recurring annual membership fees. Its core service offering comprises a Guichet juridique (legal assistance desk), quarterly newsletter Liaisons-littorales, monthly webinars, regional encounters, an annual national congress (the 45th edition is scheduled for September 2026 at Baie du Mont Saint-Michel), and a member-only documentation library covering legal guides, deliberation models, webinar replays, and presentation materials. Its strategic agenda includes initiatives such as the 'Charte Plages sans déchet plastique' (Beach without plastic waste charter) and ad hoc advocacy resolutions on emerging coastal issues, exemplified by the July 2026 joint resolution with Interco'Outre-mer on sargassum seaweed in the Antilles-Guyane.

The association's technology footprint is limited to a membership website (www.anel.asso.fr), social media channels (Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram), and an RSS feed, with no proprietary AI/ML, software products, or technology platforms. ANEL's strategic value is grounded in its institutional recognition as the principal interlocutor with the French Government, the European Parliament, and the European Commission on coastal policy, and in a partner ecosystem that includes IGN, Conservatoire du littoral, Ifremer, Cerema, Banque des Territoires, Régions de France, the Association des Maires de France, and corporate partners such as Suez, Veolia, and TotalEnergies.

Name

Association Nationale des Élus des Littoraux

Legal name

Association Nationale des Élus des Littoraux

Website

https://anel.asso.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ANEL is a French non-profit association representing more than 600 elected officials from coastal municipalities, inter-municipal structures, and regional councils across metropolitan and overseas France, providing legal assistance, advocacy, events, and documentation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coastal Advocacy Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Coastal & Marine Resources Administration (Oceans, Fisheries, Shorelines) (BPAIAMAI)

Keywords

• Coastal elected officials
• Littoral municipal advocacy
• Coastal policy representation
• Marine coastline governance
• Beach coastal management

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: ANEL generates revenue through annual membership fees paid by coastal municipalities, communities, departmental councils, regional councils, and parliamentary members. Members receive access to legal assistance services, surveys, webinars, documentary resources, and regional meetings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ANEL is a French national non-profit association that represents and serves coastal elected officials from more than 600 member municipalities, inter-municipal groupings, departmental and regional councils, and parliamentary members across metropolitan and overseas France. Its core offering consists of membership services, including a legal assistance desk (Guichet juridique) specializing in littoral law, an annual national Congress, regional encounters, webinars, the "Liaisons-littorales" newsletter, and a documentary and bibliographic resource base on coastal and maritime policy.

Product overview

ANEL operates a membership association website for elected officials from French coastal territories. The organization provides members with a member portal featuring legal assistance services (Guichet juridique), webinar recordings (Replay des webinaires), documentary resources (guides, legal notes, deliberation models, activity reports), regional meetings information, and a beach waste reduction initiative (Charte Plages sans déchet plastique). The site serves as an information hub with news, an events agenda, and a quarterly newsletter subscription. ANEL is not a technology product company; it is a professional association representing coastal elected officials across French metropolitan and overseas territories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Association Membership (Adhésion ANEL)

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IGN (Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIGN is a public administrative institution under the supervision of the ministries of ecology and forestry. It produces and disseminates open data and representations (online and paper maps, geovisualization) relating to knowledge of the national territory and French forests.
• Conservatoire du littoralcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 1975, the Conservatoire du littoral has been actively engaged in the preservation and sustainable management of the French coastline. Its action aims at the acquisition, protection, and restoration of coastal natural spaces, including wetlands, beaches, dunes, cliffs, and islands.
• Plateforme Climat Océan (Ocean Climate)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ocean Climate Platform unites more than 100 members, including research institutes, NGOs, private companies, national and international institutions, and territorial communities, in a joint effort to intensify ocean protection.
• EUCC - Coastal & Marine UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEUCC is an association of significance bringing together actors from coastal and maritime regions of 40 European coastal states. Its mission is to promote coastal and marine management combining biodiversity conservation, landscape and cultural heritage protection, and safeguarding of coastal communities.
• Suez EnvironnementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSuez, a major player in wastewater and waste treatment in France, promotes sustainable development of territories by proposing tailor-made solutions for environmental and energy transition.
• Interco'Outre-mercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation representing overseas inter-municipalities, collaborated on a joint resolution regarding sargassum seaweed affecting Antilles-Guyane.
• TotalEnergiesminorOthersEnergy company listed as a partner of ANEL
• VeoliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental services company listed as a partner
• CeremacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic establishment for studies on risks, environment, mobility and development
• TérégaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy infrastructure company listed as a partner
• CitéominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization for waste reduction and recycling
• Deme GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarine engineering and environmental services company
• IfremercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench research institute for exploitation of the sea
• Régions de FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation representing French regions including those with coastal territories
• Gouvernement françaiscoreOthersFrench government represented by various ministries including Ministry of Ecological Transition, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Overseas Territories
• Parlement européencoreOthersEuropean Parliament partner
• Commission européennecoreOthersEuropean Commission partner
• Association des Maires de FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of French mayors - national municipal association
• SNBSM - Sauveteurs en MerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSea rescuers association - lifeguard and rescue organization

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Intercommunalités de France (AdCF): National association representing French intercommunalités (communautés de communes, communautés d'agglomération, métropoles). It mirrors ANEL's inter-municipal member segment with analogous advocacy and capacity-building services for French local-government structures.
• Régions de France: National association representing France's regional councils. It is comparable to ANEL as a French sub-national government membership association advocating for territorial interests at national and EU level; Régions de France is also listed as an ANEL partner.
• Association des Maires de France (AMF): The primary national association representing French mayors and municipal officials. It is comparable to ANEL as both are membership-based associations serving French local-government elected officials with advocacy, training, and resource services, although AMF operates at a much larger, generalist scale and is also a listed ANEL partner.
• Association Nationale des Élus de la Montagne (ANEM): National association representing elected officials from French mountain territories. It is directly comparable to ANEL as a parallel territorial-caucus association structure for elected officials outside the littoral, serving similar members with similar advocacy, networking, and congress-based engagement models.
• Association des Maires Ruraux de France (AMRF): National association representing rural French mayors. It is comparable to ANEL as a constituency-specific elected-official membership association offering advocacy, training, and networking services to a defined territorial segment of French local government.
• Interco'Outre-mer: Association representing inter-municipalities in French overseas territories. It is a close peer of ANEL given shared overseas-territory members and joint advocacy work, exemplified by the ANEL/Interco'Outre-mer joint resolution on sargassum in the Antilles-Guyane.

Broad incumbents

• EUCC - Coastal & Marine Union: European-level association bringing together actors from coastal and maritime regions across 40 European coastal states. It is comparable to ANEL as a coastal/marine stakeholder association focused on integrated coastal zone management and is also an ANEL partner.

Others

• Association Française du Conseil des Communes et Régions d'Europe (AFCCRE): French section of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, representing French local and regional authorities at European level. It is adjacent to ANEL through overlapping local-government advocacy and EU-level engagement but operates at a broader, non-coastal remit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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