Ausiris

What Ausiris does

Ausiris (formally A.U.S.I.R.I.S – Associations Unies en Services, en Ingénierie, et en Ressources pour l'Intervention Sociale) is a French non-profit union of associations (Loi 1901) headquartered in Nîmes, founded as a coordinating entity in 2018 with member-association roots extending back to 1868 through Association Coste. It operates as a mutualized services platform that delivers shared administrative, human resources, financial, information systems, technical direction, and communication services to four member associations—Association Coste, Samuel Vincent, Angéline Cavalié, and CPEAGL—that collectively provide child protection (AEMO, MECS), therapeutic education (ITEP Le Grézan), early childhood services, family support, and medico-social intervention across the Gard and Lozère departments of the Occitanie region.

The organization's core product is Gestion Mutualisée, a shared back-office platform enabling member associations to consolidate non-mission-critical functions while preserving local governance. Its research arm, Lab'AU, functions as an action-research laboratory and project incubator, developing proprietary therapeutic and educational methodologies such as psychoboxe (therapeutic boxing as mediation), réseau therapeutic work, and socio-genogram techniques, while running monthly Café Lab'AU and Midi Lab'AU practitioner-researcher events. Member-association services are delivered through institutional facilities including MECS, ITEP, SESSAD, crèches, and family support sites, with the Maison de l'Enfant et de la Famille representing an integrated early childhood and family support innovation co-developed with CAF.

The business model is non-commercial: revenue is derived from public institutional funding rather than fees for service. Primary funding streams include Conseil Départemental du Gard departmental contracts for Aide Sociale à l'Enfance (ASE) and medico-social provision, CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales) family allowance funding for early childhood and parental support, Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse referrals, and supplementary donations and mécénat. Pricing is not commercially disclosed as services are delivered at no direct cost to beneficiaries; member associations contribute through management mandates, cooperation conventions, and resource-sharing agreements. The go-to-market motion is event-driven and relationship-driven, anchored by the annual Rencontres AUSIRIS seminars (8th edition in 2025) and ongoing Café Lab'AU convenings that engage professionals, policymakers, families, and academic researchers.

Name

Ausiris

Legal name

A.U.S.I.R.I.S (Associations Unies en Services, en Ingénierie, et en Ressources pour l'Intervention Sociale)

Website

https://ausiris.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ausiris is a French non-profit union of associations headquartered in Nîmes that delivers shared administrative, HR, finance, and IT services to four member associations (Coste, Samuel Vincent, Angéline Cavalié, CPEAGL) providing child protection, therapeutic education, early childhood, and family support services across the Gard and Lozère departments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nîmes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and institutional grants: As a Loi 1901 non-profit association operating in child protection and social intervention, AUSIRIS and its member associations derive revenue from public subsidies, departmental council (Conseil Départemental) funding, CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales) allocations, and government contracts for social services including child welfare, early childhood support, and medico-social services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ausiris is a non-profit associative union (Loi 1901) that provides shared administrative, human resources, financial, IT, and technical direction services to its member associations operating in child protection and medico-social intervention. It coordinates service delivery through member facilities including MECS (children's homes), ITEP (therapeutic educational institutes), crèches, AEMO, and family support services across the Gard and Lozère departments. The Lab'AU research laboratory runs practitioner-researcher action-research projects and knowledge-sharing events on social intervention practices.

Product overview

Ausiris is a union of social work associations (Associations Unies en Services, en Ingénierie, et en Ressources pour l'Intervention Sociale) operating as a mutualized services platform for its member associations. The organization provides shared infrastructure including HR services, administrative/financial services, information systems, and technical direction through its Gestion Mutualisée platform. Its research arm, Lab'AU, conducts action research and organizes knowledge-sharing events (Café Lab'AU/Midi Lab'AU) with practitioners and researchers. Member associations include Samuel Vincent, Coste, CPEAGL, and ANCA, offering services ranging from MECS (children's homes), ITEP (therapeutic educational institutes), childcare, and AEMO (educational support). Notable innovative methodologies include Psychoboxe (therapeutic boxing) and network therapeutic work. The organization hosts annual Rencontres AUSIRIS seminars on child protection themes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Le Lab'AU: The social research laboratory of AUSIRIS, conducting research-action projects involving professionals from member associations and academic partners, hosting regular 'café lab'AU' and 'midi lab'AU' events.

Products and services

• Gestion Mutualisée (Mutualized Management Services)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Samuel VincentcoreOthersAssociation Samuel Vincent is one of the four founding member associations of the AUSIRIS union. It provides child welfare, early childhood, and family support services in the Nîmes area. It contributed to the Maison de l'Enfant et de la Famille initiative with CAF and participated in shared services including MNA shelter and the Colibris MECS inter-associative 0-3 program.
• Association CostecoreOthersAssociation Coste is a founding member of the AUSIRIS union, established in 1868, celebrating 150 years in 2018. It operates the Maison d'Enfants à Caractère Social, community centers, ITEP Le Grézan, and a network of social services. It pioneered psychoboxe and therapeutic network work within the AUSIRIS ecosystem.
• CPEAGL (Comité de Protection de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence Gard-Lozère)coreOthersCPEAGL is a member association of the AUSIRIS union covering both Gard and Lozère departments. It operates EMO services, ITEP Le Grézan, and contributes to inter-associative initiatives including AIDES (common training) and the Colibris MECS program.
• ANCAcoreOthersANCA is a member association of the AUSIRIS union. It participates in job dating events for sector attractiveness and provided a psychologist for the AUSIRIS professional support platform.
• Angéline CavaliécoreOthersAngéline Cavalié is listed as a member association of the AUSIRIS union alongside Samuel Vincent, Coste, and CPEAGL.
• APAFASE (Association Pour l'Accompagnement Familial et la Sauvegarde de l'Enfance)minorOthersAPAFASE participates in the AIDES shared training initiative alongside Samuel Vincent, Coste, CPEAGL, and APAFASE. It also co-organizes job dating events with AUSIRIS member associations for sector attractiveness and participated in the 8th Rencontres AUSIRIS.
• IFME (Institut de Formation des Métiers de l'Enfance)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIFME co-organized international study days with Coste and AUSIRIS on 'la participation des personnes accompagnées en France et en Europe' in May 2020, featuring presenters from Sweden, Romania, and other European countries.
• AAPHPMminorOthersAAPHPM participated in the 8th Rencontres AUSIRIS and co-organized job dating events with AUSIRIS member associations.
• Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse (PJJ)minorOthersPJJ partnered with CPEAGL for the 'Moi, jeune citoyen' exhibition at Collège Jean Moulin d'Alès in November 2019, as part of the Semaine Gardoise des Droits de l'Enfant.
• CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales)coreOthersCAF provides funding for early childhood services and partnered with Association Samuel Vincent on the innovative Maison de l'Enfant et de la Famille project in Nîmes, recognized by Région Occitanie President Carole Delga.
• Université d'OttawaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessor Jean-Martin Deslaurier from the Université d'Ottawa's School of Social Work serves as tutor and collaborator for AUSIRIS's Lab'AU actor-researcher program, contributing to research on youth trajectories, child protection, and social work practices.
• Université de MontréalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfesseure émérite Claire Chamberland from Université de Montréal's École de travail social participated in the June 2025 Café Lab'AU on child protection and the medico-social sector, contributing to international research exchange.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Sauvegarde du Gard: Departmental child protection association in the Gard. Directly comparable regional peer providing MECS, AEMO, and family support services in the same Gard-Lozère territory as Ausiris member associations.
• URIOPSS Occitanie: Regional federation of private non-profit social and medico-social organizations in Occitanie. Direct regional peer operating the same mutualized representation and support role for associative actors that Ausiris performs at a sub-regional Gard-Lozère level.

Direct peers

• UNIOPSS: National federation of private non-profit social, medico-social, and health organizations in France. Comparable as the apex umbrella structure for associative social actors, operating a similar shared-services and advocacy mandate at national scale.
• Fédération des Acteurs de la Solidarité (FAS): National federation of associations working in social inclusion, accommodation, and child protection. Directly comparable as a membership/union structure coordinating French social associations and representing them to public authorities.
• Nexem: National employers' federation for French personal/social and medico-social associations. Directly comparable as a coordinating and representative body for non-profit social service associations, sharing the mutualized-services and advocacy functions that Ausiris performs regionally.
• ADSEA (national network): Departmental Associations for the Safeguarding of Children and Adolescents (ADSEA) operate across France providing child welfare services comparable to Ausiris member associations' AEMO and MECS service lines, often as founding members of departmental federations.
• Apprentis d'Auteuil: French foundation supporting vulnerable children, adolescents, and families through educational, social, and protective services. Directly comparable for child protection (MECS-equivalent), family support, and educator training service lines intersecting with Ausiris member associations.

Broad incumbents

• GROUPE SOS: Major French social economy group operating child protection, family support, and medico-social services. Comparable for delivering child welfare and social intervention services through an associative/federated structure, though at significantly larger scale and geographic breadth.
• Croix-Rouge française: Large French Red Cross society operating child welfare, family support, and medico-social services across France. Comparable for the breadth of child protection and family services offered, with overlapping funder relationships (departmental councils, CAF).

Others

• Fondation de France: Major French philanthropic foundation funding social, child welfare, and family support causes. Comparable as an enabling ecosystem actor providing grant funding and capacity-building support to associations of the type organized under Ausiris.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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