What COFRADE does

COFRADE (Conseil Français des Associations pour les Droits de l'Enfant) is a French non-profit umbrella federation founded in 1990 and headquartered at 14, rue Mondétour, 75001 Paris. It coordinates approximately 50 member associations working on children's rights and runs a portfolio of recurring programs: the annual Marche pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse (MEJ), the États Généraux des Droits de l'Enfant (EGDE) congress, the Débats d'Ados youth-deliberation format, La Nouvelle Agora public deliberation program, Sensibilisation conferences on the concept of "infantism" (coined jointly with the CNCDH), the "Bonne Nuit, Bon Jour" sleep-and-screen campaign, and UN Alternative Reports on France's compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Its operational model is that of a loi 1901 advocacy federation rather than a commercial enterprise: COFRADE funds itself through donations processed via the HelloAsso crowdfunding platform and pursues its objectives through policy work, public mobilization, and supranational legal channels. It holds formal recognition as co-rapporteur of CNCDH opinions (notably the 2026 opinion on minors in "No Kids" spaces), maintains standing interlocutor status with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, and operates alongside named partners including Kids Empowerment, UNICEF France, Human Rights Watch, Médecins Sans Frontières, Utopia 56, the Théâtre de la Bastille, and the Fondation Jeunesse et Patrimoine. Governance is led by Présidente Armelle Le Bigot-Macaux and Délégué général Arthur Melon.

COFRADE does not commercialize a product or service; its "outputs" are policy opinions, public events, advocacy reports, and the codification of analytical concepts such as "infantism." Revenue mechanics are donation-only via HelloAsso, with no disclosed pricing, membership fees, or grant instruments, and customer relationships are reframed as institutional partnerships and a federation-based membership of associations.

Name

COFRADE

Legal name

Conseil français des associations pour les droits de l'enfant (COFRADE)

Website

https://cofrade.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

COFRADE is a French non-profit federation of ~50 child-rights associations founded in 1990 that advocates for children's rights through public events, UN reporting, and policy work, including the MEJ march, the EGDE congress, and coining the analytical concept of "infantism."

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Child and Youth Services (62411), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG), Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Children's rights advocacy
• Non-profit federation
• Child welfare policy
• Youth civic participation
• Human rights monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and public support: COFRADE relies on public donations and membership contributions to fund its advocacy activities. The organization operates as a loi 1901 association and accepts donations through its HelloAsso platform. No commercial revenue streams are present.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

COFRADE (Conseil Français des Associations pour les Droits de l'Enfant) is a French non-profit federation of approximately 50 children's rights member associations founded in 1990. The organization advocates for the rights of children in France through awareness campaigns, public events (such as the annual Marche pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse), policy dialogue forums (États Généraux des Droits de l'Enfant), and periodic alternative reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Its activities cover all domains of childhood including education, health, digital rights, leisure, sports, violence prevention, unaccompanied minors, family life, and citizenship.

Product overview

COFRADE (Conseil Français des Associations pour les Droits de l'Enfant) is a non-profit advocacy organization representing approximately 50 member associations dedicated to promoting and enforcing children's rights in France. Rather than offering a unified technology product, COFRADE operates a portfolio of advocacy programs and platforms including the annual Marche pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse (MEJ) protest march, the États Généraux des Droits de l'Enfant (EGDE) dialogue forum held at the Senate, regional Débats d'Ados debate sessions, and La Nouvelle Agora conference-show initiative. Additional offerings include sensitization conferences on infantism, UN advocacy through alternative reports, and thematic campaigns such as the 'Bonne Nuit, Bon Jour' sleep rights campaign. The organization covers all topics related to childhood including education, health, digital rights, leisure, sports, violence prevention, unaccompanied minors, family life, citizenship, and civil liberties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Marche pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse (MEJ) Annual public march organized by COFRADE in May across multiple French cities, bringing together children, adolescents, and adults to defend children's rights and demand visibility for children in society.
• États Généraux des Droits de l'Enfant (EGDE) Annual dialogue platform held on International Children's Rights Day (November 20) where children debate and propose solutions on themes chosen by youth with policymakers at the Senate or other institutional venues.
• Débats d'Ados Regional debate sessions organized across several French regions, giving young people the opportunity to discuss topics relevant to their daily lives.
• La Nouvelle Agora First conference-show for children and adolescents in France, developed jointly with the Les Adultes de Demain podcast, where young people take the stage through theater, humor, song, and personal storytelling.
• Sensibilisation Conferences on Infantism Awareness conferences initiated by COFRADE to raise awareness about infantism (discrimination against children based on age), aiming to spark debate and promote paradigm shifts in how childhood is perceived.
• Alternative Reports to the UN Committee on Children's Rights COFRADE publishes an alternative report every 5 years on France's implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CIDE), based on the expertise of member associations.
• Bonne Nuit, Bon Jour (Right to Sleep Campaign)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 1,300 participants across 9 cities in the MEJ 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• CNCDH (Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 July 2026COFRADE is a member of the CNCDH and served as co-rapporteur alongside Renée Koering-Joulin (Vice-présidente of CNCDH) on an official CNCDH avis regarding 'No Kids' spaces and children's place in public space. The avis was adopted in plenary assembly on July 2, 2026, and officially presented to the Haute-Commissaire à l'Enfance Sarah El Haïry on July 6, 2026.
• Kids EmpowermentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2020COFRADE and Kids Empowerment jointly filed a 'communication' (formal complaint) with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in November 2020, supported by the Alliance des Avocats pour les Droits de l'Homme (lawyers Camille Oberkampf and Delphine Mahé). The complaint alleged 'serious and systematic violations' of the rights of unaccompanied minors in France. In March 2022, the UN Committee opened a formal inquiry into France. The two NGOs collaborated with Human Rights Watch, Médecins sans frontières, Sorosa, UNICEF France, and Utopia 56 on an 80-page report.
• Théâtre de la BastillemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Nouvelle Agora, COFRADE's first-ever conference-show of children and adolescents, premiered at the Théâtre de la Bastille in June 2024. The theater provided the venue for this inaugural event under the theme 'Quand hier rencontre demain' ('When yesterday meets tomorrow').
• Les Adultes de Demain (Stéphanie d'Esclaibes)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOFRADE and the Les Adultes de Demain podcast, led by Stéphanie d'Esclaibes, jointly developed and co-produced La Nouvelle Agora over a two-year period. The podcast brings a media audience and complementary expertise to the project.
• DiddlminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDiddl is listed as a partner of La Nouvelle Agora, contributing to the first edition of the conference-show at Théâtre de la Bastille.
• Ville de ParisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe City of Paris is listed as a partner supporting La Nouvelle Agora.
• Plus Plus, Kakoro, Vitabio Cool, Les Sherpas, Les Douces MaternellesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVarious commercial partners listed as supporters of La Nouvelle Agora, providing sponsorship or in-kind support.
• Fédération Française des Industries Jouet Puériculture (FJP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOFRADE partnered with the FJP for the International Day of Play (Journée internationale du jeu, June 11), jointly producing a press dossier and calling for play to be placed at the heart of children's and families' daily lives.
• Aquarela (batucada company)minorOthersThe Aquarela batucada company provided live musical accompaniment for the MEJ 2025 march in Paris, bringing festive energy to the procession.
• Collectif EnfantisteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that ran a makeup and drawing workshop at the MEJ 2025 associative village.
• Scouts et Guides de FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation member that ran a 'bientraitance' game workshop at the MEJ 2025 associative village. Also represented at the CNCDH avis presentation table round.
• ANACEJ (Association nationale des conseils d'enfants et de jeunes)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANACEJ participated in the CNCDH table round and is a key partner in children's civic participation initiatives including children's municipal councils.
• Protéger l'EnfantminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation that animated a children's rights quiz at the MEJ 2025 associative village.
• MéduzminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation with an information stand at the MEJ 2025 associative village.
• Caméléon AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation that conducted digital literacy and awareness activities at the MEJ 2025 associative village.
• Droit au CorpsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation that held an exchange session at the MEJ 2025 on the fight against sexual mutilations.
• Collectif des Jeunes Militant·es du Planning FamilialminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVaena Lesage and Ada Roland from this collective served as facilitators/interveners at the Débats d'Ados Île-de-France 2024.
• CAMELEON Association FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEglantine Cami from CAMELEON Association France served as a facilitator/intervener at the Débats d'Ados Île-de-France 2024 on the topic of education to affective, relational, and sexual life (EVARS).
• Human Rights WatchmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuman Rights Watch collaborated with COFRADE and Kids Empowerment on the 80-page joint report submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child documenting 'serious and systematic violations' of unaccompanied minors' rights in France.
• UNICEF FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNICEF France collaborated with COFRADE and Kids Empowerment on the joint NGO report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding unaccompanied minors in France.
• Médecins sans frontièresmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMédecins sans frontières collaborated with COFRADE and Kids Empowerment on the joint NGO report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding unaccompanied minors in France.
• Utopia 56majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUtopia 56 collaborated with COFRADE and Kids Empowerment on the joint NGO report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding unaccompanied minors in France.
• CNCDH (co-rapporteur — adultism research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOFRADE launched its research on infantism (adultism) in 2023 with the participation and support of the CNCDH, culminating in a public symposium (colloque) held on November 29, 2023.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• SOS Villages d'Enfants France: French affiliate of the international SOS Children's Villages network; comparable federation structure and donor-funded advocacy model, focused primarily on alternative child care rather than rights-policy, but competes for similar donor mindshare.

Direct peers

• France Terre d'Asile: Specialised French NGO advocating for and providing services to unaccompanied foreign minors — overlaps directly with one of COFRADE's primary advocacy verticals (MNA rights) and a likely coalition partner.
• Human Rights Watch (Children's Rights Division): International human-rights organization with a dedicated children's rights division that co-authored UN communications with COFRADE; competes for the same UN-level advocacy narrative on French child rights violations.
• La Voix de l'Enfant: Federation of ~80 French associations protecting children's rights — virtually the same operating model as COFRADE (membership federation, advocacy, awareness campaigns, institutional representation), making it the most structurally comparable peer.
• UNICEF France: French national committee of the UN children's fund; closest comparable peer — both are membership/donor-funded French organizations that advocate for children's rights domestically, engage UN mechanisms, and partner on joint UN reports (including the 2020 communication to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child).
• Enfance et Partage: Historic French association defending children's rights against violence, maltreatment, and abuse — operates with a similar advocacy-meets-direct-service model and comparable scope to COFRADE on protection issues.
• Défense des Enfants International (DEI) France: French branch of the international child-rights NGO network; engages the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and advocates on systemic violations — directly comparable to COFRADE's UN-reporting and ombudsperson role.

Emerging players

• ANACEJ (Association nationale des conseils d'enfants et de jeunes): French association promoting children's councils and civic participation — operates an adjacent part of the child-participation market (ANACEJ runs Débats d'Ados together with COFRADE) and is itself a member of the COFRADE coalition.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (Access to care for migrant children): Co-author of the joint UN report on unaccompanied minors in France; partial overlap with COFRADE on MNA rights and the regulatory/advocacy dimension of child welfare.

Broad incumbents

• ATD Quart Monde: Established French anti-poverty movement with strong child-focused programming; broader scope than COFRADE but competes for the same institutional advocacy channels (CNCDH, UN reporting, public campaigns).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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