What Coordination humanitaire et développement - CHD does

Coordination Humanitaire et Développement (CHD), founded in 1983 and headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France, is a non-profit association (loi 1901) and one of the principal collectives of French international solidarity NGOs. It coordinates 57 member organizations that collectively run 4,394 international humanitarian emergency, reconstruction, and development projects, employing 8,883 French staff and 14,919 local staff, with combined 2023 budgets of €2.16 billion. CHD's mission is twofold: regroup and encourage field actors across the humanitarian cycle (prevention, emergency, reconstruction, development), and collectively represent member NGOs before private and public partners to promote balanced partnerships, mobilize financing, and influence public policy at French, European Commission, and UN levels.

CHD's core offerings are structured around five thematic working groups (Enfance, Santé, ONG Support, Formation et Insertion Professionnelle, and the Cercle RH), a website and newsletters for member communications, and an online project mapping platform (chdmap.org) that visualizes member activity. The organization also produces sector studies, including a 2022 salary and benefits study with Deloitte covering 58 NGOs and 8,557 employees. CHD is a founding member of Coordination SUD, the larger French international solidarity umbrella, and facilitates double-adhesion so members access both CHD coordination and CSUD services. CHD is not a technology company; it does not develop or sell software products, and its operational infrastructure consists of standard digital channels (website, LinkedIn, Facebook, X) and internal management tools.

CHD's revenue model is recurring membership dues from its member NGOs; it does not sell commercial products or services. It is governed by a Board of Directors (6–14 members) elected by the General Assembly, with a Bureau currently presided by Anouchka Finker and Xavier Boutin, and a Director (Matthieu de Bézé, appointed February 2025) representing CHD on the Coordination SUD board. The organization is independently owned, with no parent entity, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity disclosed.

Name

Coordination humanitaire et développement - CHD

Legal name

Coordination Humanitaire et Développement

Website

https://c-hd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CHD is a French non-profit association founded in 1983 that coordinates 57 member international solidarity NGOs, collectively running 4,394 humanitarian and development projects with combined 2023 budgets of €2.16 billion. It provides collective representation, thematic working groups, and advocacy services to French NGOs before public and private partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian NGO Coordination Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

Keywords

• Humanitarian coordination services
• NGO collective representation
• International solidarity advocacy
• Thematic working groups
• Humanitarian development sector

Headquarters

HQ city

Levallois-Perret

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues / Associative Contributions: CHD is a non-profit association (loi 1901) funded primarily through membership dues from its ~57–59 member NGOs. As a founding member of Coordination SUD, it also facilitates access to CSUD services and co-adhesion for member organizations. CHD does not sell products or services commercially.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CHD is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) that coordinates, represents, and advocates on behalf of approximately 57 member NGOs engaged in humanitarian emergency, reconstruction, and development work worldwide. It convenes members through thematic working groups (Enfance, Santé, ONG Support, Formation et Insertion Professionnelle, and Cercle RH), provides collective representation to public and private partners, and produces studies and analyses to strengthen the French international solidarity sector.

Product overview

CHD operates as a coordination body for French international solidarity NGOs, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of coordination services, working groups, networking platforms, and research publications. The core offerings include specialized thematic working groups (Enfance, Santé, ONG Support, Formation et Insertion Professionnelle), the HR Circle (Cercle RH) for HR professionals, the CHD Map project mapping tool, newsletters, and studies/analyses. These services facilitate coordination, expertise sharing, advocacy, and collective representation for 51-59 member NGOs engaged in humanitarian and development work worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CHD Coordination and Representation Services Core coordination, advocacy, and collective representation services delivered to the ~57 French member NGOs, including engagement with Coordination SUD, public and private partners, and influencing public policies related to international solidarity.
• Groupe Enfance (Childhood Working Group)

Quantifiable outcome

• 57 member NGOs coordinating 4,394 international projects with combined budgets of €2.16 billion (2023)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• AFD (Agence Française de Développement)coreOthers · 1 November 2015Since November 2015, AFD has supported the Formation et Insertion Professionnelle (FIP) working group, enabling it to move into a knowledge-production phase. AFD funding allows the group to publish practical notes and tools for operators of vocational training and youth insertion in developing countries.
• Coordination SUDflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHD is a founding member of Coordination SUD, the main collective of French international solidarity NGOs. CHD represents its member NGOs through Coordination SUD and facilitates double-adhesion, giving members access to CSUD services, commissions, and decision-making bodies. CHD actively participates in CSUD financing commissions and governance.
• Groupe FIP partner organizationsminorOthersThe Groupe FIP (Formation et Insertion Professionnelle) is composed of five founding NGO members: Acting For Life, Apprentis d'Auteuil, ESSOR, Gret, and IECD. Three of these (Apprentis d'Auteuil, Acting for Life, IECD) are CHD members. The group meets quarterly to share expertise on vocational training and youth insertion.
• ONG Support member organizationsminorOthersFour specialized 'ONG Support' organizations — Aviation Sans Frontières, CartONG, Résonances Humanitaires, and La Voûte Nubienne — initiated a joint working group within CHD to improve recognition of the support NGO model and address challenges related to their non-profit status and institutional funder engagement.
• The Lancet / Global Surgery 2030minorOthersThe CHD Groupe Santé participates in global surgical health monitoring and analysis, drawing on Lancet publications and the Global Surgery 2030 initiative to advocate for integrating surgery into global public health policy and increasing funding for surgical care in developing countries.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Coordination SUD: Coordination SUD is the main French international-solidarity NGO collective and CHD is a founding member. Both are membership-based coordination bodies that advocate with French/European/UN policymakers on behalf of French NGOs — the closest functional peer.
• Coordination Asmae: Coordination Asmae is another French coordination body of international-solidarity NGOs with a similar membership-and-advocacy model, making it a directly comparable peer to CHD in the French ecosystem.
• ICVA (International Council of Voluntary Agencies): ICVA is a global network of humanitarian NGOs focused on influencing humanitarian policy and coordination; it parallels CHD's coordination/advocacy function but at the international humanitarian-policy level.

Emerging players

• NetHope: NetHope is a membership consortium of ~60 international NGOs focused on technology and digital transformation for humanitarian work. It is an emerging peer to CHD, with overlap in the digital/data agenda (e.g., project mapping) CHD pursues via CHD Map.

Regional players

• NANGO (National Association of NGOs Australia): NANGO is the Australian peak body for NGOs, providing coordination, advocacy and capacity-building analogous to CHD's mandate in the Australian development sector.
• InterAction: InterAction is the largest US-based coalition of international NGOs and operates with a near-identical coordination, advocacy and research mandate to CHD, though it primarily serves American NGOs rather than French ones.
• Fingo (Finnish NGGO platform): Fingo is the Finnish platform of civil-society organizations engaged in international development, sharing CHD's coordination, advocacy and capacity-building mandate within the Finnish context.
• Bond (UK NGO network): Bond is the UK membership body for international-development NGOs, offering advocacy, learning and policy influence analogous to CHD's offering but for the British international-solidarity sector.
• VENRO (German NGO network): VENRO is the German umbrella association of development and humanitarian NGOs and parallels CHD's role as national-level coordinator for German international-solidarity NGOs.

Broad incumbents

• Concord (European NGO confederation): Concord is the European-level confederation of NGOs and civil-society platforms, including French members. CHD operates one rung below Concord in the same value chain (national NGO coordination advocating to EU institutions).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coordination-humanitaire-et-developpement

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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M&A

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