CREAI Grand Est

What CREAI Grand Est does

CREAI Grand Est (Centre Régional d'Etudes, d'Actions et d'Information en faveur des personnes en situation de vulnérabilité) is a French non-profit association, founded in 1966, that operates as the regional technical resource for the social and medico-social sector across the Grand Est region. The organization conducts study, consulting, and valorization missions for professionals serving vulnerable populations, and explicitly positions itself as a forum fostering dialogue between decision-makers, funders, managers, professionals, and beneficiaries. It is structured as an association loi 1901 with a membership base (adhérents), an elected Bureau, and three physical offices: headquarters in Châlons-en-Champagne, a Lorraine antenna in Maxéville, and an Alsace antenna in Sélestat, collectively covering the ten departments of the Grand Est region.

The organization's service portfolio comprises five interconnected lines: (1) training programs for sector professionals, delivered under its Qualiopi certification via an annual catalog and a Dendreo online registration platform; (2) animation activities including thematic commissions, study days, and national conferences; (3) studies and observation, publishing department-level analyses; (4) a documentary center producing the @ctu.CREAI newsletter, the Le Colporteur magazine, and the Décryptage publication; and (5) a job exchange board (Bourse d'Emploi) for the sector. The only disclosed software product is ARSENE, an internal-evaluation tool for medico-social establishments. The entity was previously CREAI Champagne-Ardenne with delegations in Lorraine and Alsace, which merged following the Grand Est regional reform to form the current unified organization.

Name

CREAI Grand Est

Legal name

CREAI Grand Est - Centre Régional d'Etudes, d'Actions et d'Information en faveur des personnes en situation de vulnérabilité

Website

https://creai-grand-est.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CREAI Grand Est is a French regional non-profit association providing training, studies, consulting, documentation, and sector animation services to social and medico-social professionals across the Grand Est region's ten departments.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Chalons-en-Champagne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

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Core offering

CREAI Grand Est is a regional non-profit technical organization that conducts studies, consulting, and valorization missions for the social and medico-social sector in the Grand Est region of France. It delivers professional training programs, thematic commissions and study days, research studies and sector observation, a documentary center, a job exchange board, and the ARSENE internal evaluation software, fostering dialogue between decision-makers, funders, managers, professionals, and beneficiaries of vulnerable populations.

Product overview

CREAI Grand Est is a regional technical organization that conducts study, consulting, and valorization missions for the social and medico-social sector, fostering dialogue between decision-makers, funders, managers, professionals, and beneficiaries. The organization operates through a unified structure offering interconnected services including training programs, thematic animation and professional conferences, research studies and observation, a documentary center with publications, and a job exchange board. The products work together as a comprehensive ecosystem serving professionals working with vulnerable populations in the Grand Est region of France.

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Products and services

• Formation CREAI Grand Est Qualiopi-certified professional training programs for individuals and organizations working in the social and medico-social sector, covering themes related to support and care for vulnerable populations; available via annual catalog and online registration through Dendreo.
• Animation et Journées Thematic commissions, study days (journées d'études), and national conferences (journées nationales) bringing together sector professionals for knowledge exchange, professional development, and dialogue on social and medico-social topics.
• Etudes et Observation Research studies, sector observation, and analysis services to characterize practices and support the development of the social and medico-social sector, downloadable by department.
• Documentation Center Documentary center providing resources including the @ctu.CREAI thematic newsletter, Le Colporteur sector magazine, Décryptage in-depth publication, and the online documentary database at creaige.centredoc.fr.
• Bourse d'Emploi (Job Exchange Board) Online job exchange board connecting employers with candidates in the social and medico-social sector across the Grand Est region of France.
• ARSENE (Evaluation Software) Application for Restitution and Synthesis Online of an Internal New Evaluation (ARSENE) — evaluation software tool designed for internal evaluation of medico-social structures.
• Membership Program (Adhérer au CREAI) Annual membership program for organizations and professionals in the social and medico-social sector, granting access to the member space (espace adhérent), services, and benefits from association governance participation.

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Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• CREAI Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Regional CREAI serving Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It offers the same studies, training, animation, and documentation services to social-sector professionals as CREAI Grand Est, making it a structurally identical regional peer.
• CREAI Normandie: Regional CREAI serving Normandy. It performs identical training, study, observation, and animation functions for the social and medico-social sector in its region, structured as a non-profit association under French law.
• CREAI Île-de-France: Regional CREAI serving the Île-de-France region. It offers the same combination of training, studies, observation, and animation services to social and medico-social sector organizations, making it the closest functional peer in the largest French region.
• CREAI Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional CREAI covering the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It carries out studies, training, and animation missions for the social and medico-social sector with an analogous mandate, member structure, and funding base as CREAI Grand Est.
• AFORS (Association pour la Formation en Régions du Social): Network association organizing continuing training for the social and medico-social sector across multiple French regions. Closely comparable to CREAI Grand Est on training catalog, target audience of ESMS professionals, and Qualiopi-style continuing training delivery.
• ANCREAI: National federation of the regional CREAIs in France. ANCREAI directly overlaps with CREAI Grand Est as it coordinates, represents, and federates the regional CREAI network that performs the same kind of studies, training, and animation missions for the social and medico-social sector.
• CREAI Hauts-de-France: Regional CREAI serving the Hauts-de-France region. It performs the same regional studies, training, animation, and documentation missions for social and medico-social sector actors as CREAI Grand Est, but in an adjacent French region.

Broad incumbents

• IRTS Paris Île-de-France: Regional social work training institute delivering accredited diplomas (DEES, DEASS, DEME) and continuing training to social and medico-social professionals. Comparable to CREAI Grand Est in target audience and training mission, but operating a larger accredited higher-education curriculum rather than short-form professional training.

Market position

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Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

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