CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes does

CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the statutory regional consultative assembly for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, created on January 1, 2016 following the merger of the former Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes regions under the NOTRe law of 2015. It brings together approximately 190 counselors designated by social, economic, cultural, and environmental organizations — including labor unions, employer federations (MEDEF, CPME, U2P, SYNTEC), associations, and educational bodies — to provide structured civil society input into regional policy. The assembly is organized into 10 thematic commissions, 3 working groups, and specialized sections covering industry and prospective analysis, and is led by President Antoine QUADRINI with a bureau of vice-presidents.

The organization's "products" are publications rather than commercial offerings: formal Avis (opinions requested by the Regional President), self-initiated Contributions on topics of regional interest, concise Notes on specific issues, and supporting reports. It also operates the annual Prix du CESER award (now in its 6th edition, 2026), the CESER des Jeunes youth engagement program (launched January 2020 and expanded in the 2024-2029 mandate), and the C'TV video channel broadcasting assembly proceedings. Distribution is via the institutional website (ceser.auvergnerhonealpes.fr), email newsletter, Calameo, live webcasts through the regional TV platform, and social media — all at no charge to users.

CESER is funded entirely through appropriations from the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, whose overall budget reached approximately €5 billion in 2026; the CESER's own operational budget is not disclosed separately. It employs 71 staff across two offices in Lyon (headquarters) and Clermont-Ferrand, and is not a commercial entity — it has no revenue, no pricing model, and operates under a public mandate to advise the Regional Council on budgets, territorial planning, education, employment, environment, health, mobility, and culture.

Name

CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Legal name

CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Conseil Économique, Social et Environnemental Régional

Website

https://ceser.auvergnerhonealpes.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the statutory regional consultative assembly for France's Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, where approximately 190 civil society counselors produce advisory opinions and policy contributions for the Regional Council.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the regional economic, social and environmental council of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It advises the Regional Council by issuing formal opinions (Avis), written contributions, and analytical notes on economic, social, and environmental policy, and by operating programs such as the Prix du CESER award and the CESER des Jeunes youth engagement initiative.

Product overview

CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a regional advisory assembly (Conseil Économique, Social et Environnemental Régional) that serves as a consultative body for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region. The organization produces formal publications including Avis (opinions on regional policy matters), Contributions (self-initiated analyses), Notes (concise issue briefs), and manages the Prix du CESER annual award program recognizing innovative regional initiatives. Additional programs include the CESER des Jeunes youth engagement initiative and the CTV video platform broadcasting assembly proceedings and conferences.

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Brands

• CESER des Jeunes: A youth engagement program where young people from the region participate in citizenship discussions and work on societal topics. The program was expanded in the 2024-2029 mandate to include diverse participants beyond just lycées.
• Prix du CESER
• La Chaîne C'TV

Products and services

• Avis (Advisory Opinions) Formal advisory opinions issued by the assembly and addressed to the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council on regional economic, social, and environmental matters.
• Contributions Written contributions produced by the assembly to enrich regional policy debates and consultations.
• Notes Shorter analytical notes published by the assembly on specific topics within its remit.
• Prix du CESER Award program run by the assembly to recognise contributions to the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• CESER des Jeunes Youth engagement program that brings young people into the assembly's advisory work on regional policy.
• Canal TV du CESER (CTV) Audiovisual channel publishing video content related to the assembly's work and regional policy topics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Produced hundreds of publications including avis, contributions, notes, and reports on regional policy topics between 2015 and 2026.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Agences Régionales de Santé (ARS)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 November 2025CESER has collaborated with the ARS on health-related contributions, including responses to the Regional Health Project (Projet Régional de Santé).
• Région Auvergne-Rhône-AlpescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCESER operates as the consultative assembly of the Region. The Region is the institutional mandator and primary recipient of CESER's opinions and contributions. The Region funds CESER's operations and provides the physical venue (Hôtel de Région, 101 cours Charlemagne, Lyon) for assembly sessions.
• Académie de Lyon / RectoratcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe rectorat collaborates with CESER on the CESER des Jeunes program, which brings together young people from the academic region to work on citizenship topics. The program was officially launched on 21 January 2020 in the presence of the rector.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• CESER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: PACA's regional CESER, performing the same advisory role on economic, social, and environmental matters for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional council.
• CESER Grand Est: Grand Est's regional consultative assembly, also formed under the 2016 NOTRe regional reform and operating under the same statutory framework as CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• CESER Île-de-France: Regional consultative assembly for the Île-de-France region, performing the same statutory function as CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (mandated avis and contributions on regional policy) but serving the Paris-region territory.
• CESER Bretagne: Brittany's regional consultative assembly, advising the Breton regional council on economic, social, and environmental matters through the same statutory process used by CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• CESER Hauts-de-France: Hauts-de-France's regional CESER, another post-2016 merger assembly performing identical consultative functions for its regional council.
• CESER Pays de la Loire: Pays de la Loire's regional CESER, an additional French regional consultative assembly providing avis, contributions, and civil-society representation analogous to CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• CESER Occitanie: Occitanie's regional consultative assembly, also formed following the 2016 French regional mergers and operating under the same framework as CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• CESER Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Regional consultative assembly for Nouvelle-Aquitaine, with the same legal mandate, multi-stakeholder composition, and avis/contributions publishing model as CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Broad incumbents

• European Economic and Social Committee (EESC): The EU-level consultative body that, like CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, aggregates employer, worker, and civil-society voices to advise on legislation and policy — only at the supranational level.
• Conseil Économique, Social et Environnemental (CESE): The national-level French consultative assembly that assembles civil-society representatives to advise the government. It is the statutory parent structure for regional CESERs and the closest analogue to CESER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at the national level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CESERAURA
• YouTubetv.auvergnerhonealpes.fr/ceser
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ceseraura

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

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