Cité de l’Économie et des Métiers de Demain

What Cité de l’Économie et des Métiers de Demain does

The Cité de l'Économie et des Métiers de Demain (CEMD) is a public prospective laboratory created in 2020 by the Région Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée and operated through the GIE AD'OCC, headquartered at 132 Boulevard Pénélope in Montpellier. Its core activity is structuring experimentation around the future of work — covering AI adoption, climate transition, demographic shifts, meaning-seeking, and the transformation of professions — for enterprises, public decision-makers, young people, and cultural and creative industries across the Occitanie region. The CEMD does not develop proprietary technology products; instead it operates a proprietary 5-step methodology (weak-signal monitoring, exploration, experimentation design, in-company testing, capitalization and dissemination) to translate prospective theory into concrete, measurable, and reproducible experiments.

Its portfolio of programs includes the Longues Vues prospective conference series, MasterClass Métier sessions featuring resident personalities such as philosopher Gabrielle Halpern and documentary filmmaker Samuel Durand, the Parcours Jeunesses youth program, 6–12-month co-constructed experimentation programs with regional enterprises (over 100 enterprises engaged, producing ~100 prototyped "jobs of tomorrow"), and the Cahiers Inspirants publication series disseminated to over 20,000 copies. The organization reaches an active community of roughly 10,000 members and 18,000 participants within a regional/national ecosystem of 300 actors, and distributes content via YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, newsletters, and free public events.

Commercially, the CEMD generates no direct revenue from its beneficiaries: all events and resources are free and open to the public upon registration, and operations are funded through public regional financing allocated by the Occitanie Region. Distribution occurs through direct enterprise engagement, free public events, digital content, and ecosystem partners. The organization has no disclosed funding rounds, no commercial pricing tiers, and no venture capital; ownership and control rest with the regional public authority, which makes the CEMD a policy instrument rather than a market-vending entity.

Name

Cité de l’Économie et des Métiers de Demain

Legal name

Cité de l'Économie et des Métiers de Demain

Website

https://citedeleco.laregion.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Public prospective laboratory in Montpellier, created in 2020 by the Région Occitanie, that experiments on the future of work with regional enterprises, public decision-makers, youth, and cultural and creative industries through conferences, co-designed experimentation programs, and publications, funded by regional public financing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montpellier

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Regional Funding: As a public initiative created by the Occitanie Region, the CEMD is funded through public regional financing. The organization provides free services (conferences are free and open to all) to businesses and stakeholders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The CEMD is a public prospective laboratory that helps enterprises, public decision-makers, and young people anticipate the future of work. It sells structured experimentation programs (6–12 months), prospective conferences (Longues Vues, MasterClass), youth career-exploration programs (Parcours Jeunesses), design workshops (Atelier Design de Métier), and inspirational publications (Cahiers Inspirants) — all delivered free of charge in the Occitanie region.

Product overview

Cité de l'Économie et des Métiers de Demain (CEMD) is a public prospective laboratory and experimentation center created by the Occitanie Region, not a traditional product company. It offers a portfolio of interconnected programs: MasterClass Métier and Conférences Longues-Vues for knowledge sharing; Programme Jeunesse for youth engagement; Programmes d'Expérimentation for hands-on business testing; and Cahiers Inspirants for dissemination. Services include Explorer & Comprendre (research), Tester & Expérimenter (experimentation), Co-construire & Faire Agir (collaboration), and Diffuser & Faire Agir (dissemination), all focused on future of work topics including AI, climate, rurality, and management challenges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MasterClass Métier (MasterClass) A conference format in which reference personalities share their expertise, career path, and vision with the CEMD community. Current cycle centers on cultural and creative industries professionals exploring imaginaries, territory, and transformative narratives. Designed for businesses, students, and the wider public interested in future professions.
• Conférence Longues Vues (Prospective Conference) A prospective and inspiring conference format offering audacious readings of major upcoming challenges and possible future trajectories. Features thought leaders and experts on future-of-work topics and is open to all upon registration, with some sessions accessible via streaming.
• Programmes d'Expérimentation (Experimentation Programs) Structured, co-built experimentation programs with companies across Occitanie, running typically 6–12 months, that produce deliverables, learnings, and measurable impacts. Over 100 enterprises have participated, prototyping 'jobs of tomorrow' and testing future work models including AI integration and organizational transformation.
• Parcours Jeunesses (Youth Program) A program creating bridges between young people and tomorrow's professions through dedicated exploration activities, helping youth discover careers that did not exist a decade ago. Includes the Atelier Design de Métier workshops and the 47 prototyped services/professions in the Objectif 2031 initiative.
• Cahiers Inspirants (Inspirational Notebooks) Inspiration booklets documenting experimentation results and collaborative work. Transforms learnings from CEMD programs into actionable insights for business leaders. Eight notebooks have been disseminated to over 20,000 economic actors.
• Atelier Design de Métier (Job Design Workshop) A prospective workshop format where business leaders co-construct and prototype future services and professions, notably through the Objectif 2031 initiative that produced 47 prototyped services and professions for the Occitanie region.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Région Occitanie / Pyrénées-MéditerranéecoreOthersThe CEMD was created by and is supported by the Occitanie Region. The organization serves as a tool to inspire regional public policies and engage businesses in the transition toward a sustainable economy.
• AD'OCC (Agence pour le Développement économique de la région Occitanie)coreOthersThe GIE AD'OCC manages the CEMD website and operations. Located at 3840 avenue Georges Frêche, 34477 Pérols Cedex, the agency serves as the economic development arm of the Region.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• France Stratégie: State strategic planning body attached to the French Prime Minister, producing long-term prospective studies and policy recommendations. Comparable in prospective intent and public-policy orientation, but operating at the national level rather than regionally.
• France Travail (ex-Pôle Emploi): French national public employment agency with significant regional services, including career guidance and labor-market intelligence. Comparable in addressing future-of-work and skill-mismatch concerns for Occitanie workers, especially youth, though serving a different primary mandate.
• L'Institut Montaigne: Major French independent think tank producing policy and economic research with strong prospective and enterprise-facing content. Comparable in publishing-style dissemination and policy orientation, though operating at national scale across multiple verticals.

Direct peers

• Institute for the Future (IFTF): US-based nonprofit future-of-work and foresight research organization with a 50-year track record. Closest international peer in combining foresight research, enterprise experimentation, and content/publication dissemination for future-of-work topics.
• Futuribles: French prospective and foresight research organization founded in 1960, dedicated to analyzing medium- and long-term futures. Most direct peer to CEMD in combining prospective analysis with publications and events aimed at informing economic and policy decisions.
• Nesta: UK innovation foundation that combines futures research, experimentation with enterprises, and dissemination of insights. Highly comparable to CEMD's combination of foresight, experimentation programs, and publicly accessible publications.
• Institut pour la Prospective et l'Innovation (IPI): French prospective and innovation think tank focused on long-term economic and societal transformations. Comparable to CEMD in its prospective orientation and its role advising enterprises and public actors on future of work and economic change.

Emerging players

• Atelier de Recherche et de Prospective (ARP): French consulting boutique specialized in prospective and strategic foresight for enterprises and territories. Comparable in providing foresight-driven experimentation and methodology to public and private actors, though serving commercial clients rather than operating as a public initiative.

Others

• La Fabrique de l'Industrie: French think tank focused on industrial and economic transformation, with prospective research and enterprise engagement. Comparable in producing actionable futures research for French enterprises and policymakers, though narrower in industry focus.
• AD'OCC: The Occitanie regional economic development agency that operates CEMD as a GIE. Directly comparable as the parent organization: both are public regional economic development actors, with AD'OCC providing direct enterprise support and CEMD providing prospective and experimentation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@citedeleconomieetdesmetier7721
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cit%C3%A9-de-l%E2%80%99%C3%A9conomie-et-des-m%C3%A9tiers-de-demain
• Instagraminstagram.com/cemd_occ

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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