CREDE - Centre de Ressources en Education De l'Enfance

Name

CREDE - Centre de Ressources en Education De l'Enfance

Legal name

Centre de ressources en éducation de l'enfance

Website

https://crede-vd.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early Childhood Education Resource Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAGACAA

Early Literacy & Pre-Reading (Phonics, Letter Knowledge)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Early Childhood Learning Content

SECONDARYMPAJAFAF

Children’s Educational & Curriculum Publishing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Children’s Publishing (Picture Books, Middle Grade, YA)

SECONDARYEDAGAMAB

Differentiated Instruction & Scaffolded Materials

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Instructional Materials for Special Education

SECONDARYMPACALAI

Certification & Credentialed Creator Programs

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/Online Learning Content Platforms (Creator-Led Courses)

Keywords

• Early childhood education
• Educational resource center
• Professional training
• Children's literature
• Media library services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Publication Sales: Sale of publications including books (CHF 15-22), brochures, kamishibaï stories (CHF 10-30), and DVD films (CHF 15-19). Some publications are exclusively available at CREDE.
2. Continuing Education Training: Professional development training courses offered to childcare professionals, with pricing such as CHF 960 for advanced 4-day courses. Training provided by specialist pedagogical advisors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CREDE is a Swiss non-profit foundation that operates a specialized médiathèque (educational media library) holding over 19,000 documents focused on early childhood education (0-12 years). It delivers continuing education and training programs for early childhood professionals, and runs a boutique selling curated publications including children's books, kamishibaï tales, and DVDs.

Product overview

CREDE operates as a unified resource center providing three interconnected services: a médiatheque (media library) with over 19,000 documents including specialized works, articles, documentary films, and children's literature unique in French-speaking Switzerland; formation continue (continuing education) programs for early childhood education professionals including courses on pedagogical approaches; and a boutique selling publications (books, brochures, kamishibaï stories, and films/DVDs) produced or curated by CREDE.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Médiathèque (Educational Media Library) A specialized lending library containing over 19,000 books, kamishibaï stories, DVDs, and other educational resources focused on early childhood education (ages 0-12). Serves early childhood professionals, childcare institutions, and educators in Canton of Vaud.
• Continuing Education and Training Programs Professional development courses and training sessions designed for early childhood educators, childcare workers, and educational professionals working with children ages 0-12 in Canton of Vaud.
• Boutique / Publication Sales A retail outlet offering curated children's books, kamishibaï (Japanese picture-card stories), DVDs, and educational publications targeted at parents, educators, and early childhood professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 19,000+ documents accessible through the mediaclass

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and moderate.

• Fondation pour l'accueil de jour des enfants (FAJE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Since 2009, FAJE subsidizes CREDE to extend pedagogical services to all Vaudese early childhood reception networks. Works in coordination with PEP to form a resource platform.
• École supérieure en éducation de l'enfance (esede)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005One of the three founding partners of the CREDE Foundation in 2005. Esede wanted to offer its students documentary resources, as well as a space for work and meetings with professionals. The foundation continues to broadly utilize CREDE services, contributing to its development.
• Ville de LausannecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005One of the three founding partners of the CREDE Foundation in 2005. The city aimed to provide all municipal and subsidized reception structures with an interactive pedagogical resource space and a place for exchange and sharing of ideas. Provides annual financial support.
• Association des centres d'accueil de l'enfance (ACAE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005One of the three founding partners of the CREDE Foundation in 2005. Through the donation of its documentation center, ACAE perpetuated its mission of pedagogical support for Lausanne early childhood reception structures.
• Partenaire Enfance et Pédagogie (PEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPEP and CREDE form a resource platform (Plateforme PEP-CREDE) that provides pedagogical and documentary services to Vaudese educational teams. The platform organizes conferences and study days several times per year.
• BibliomediamoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn partnership with Bibliomedia, CREDE is involved in the 'Institutions Ambassadrices Né pour lire' program which encourages daycare centers to implement deep reflection on early book awareness in their pedagogical project. CREDE participates in colloquia in interested daycares and supports their démarches.
• Ville de Lausanne - Délégation à l'enfancemoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCREDE participates in the reference group created by the Délégation à l'enfance for the UNICEF 'Commune amie des enfants' label. CREDE gathers useful documentation to feed ongoing reflections. Lausanne was the first city in French-speaking Switzerland to receive this UNICEF label in 2012.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne (BCUL): Cantonal library serving the Vaud public with academic and cultural collections. While broader in scope, BCUL overlaps with CREDE in serving Vaud-based educational professionals and provides programmatic reference for library-based public services.

Emerging players

• Éditions Loisirs et Pédagogie (ELP): Swiss Romand educational publisher that distributes some CREDE-published kamishibaï and books. The two organizations are co-distribution partners addressing the same professional educator audience with overlapping content catalogs.

Broad incumbents

• Stiftung Kinderdorf Pestalozzi: Swiss foundation focused on children's education and rights. Shares the broader Swiss child-welfare and education mission and operates relevant international pedagogical programs, though with a different geographic and demographic focus.
• Fondation pour l'accueil de jour des enfants (FAJE): Cantonal foundation subsidizing childcare in Vaud and a key CREDE funder since 2009. FAJE coordinates the broader Vaud childcare network to which CREDE provides pedagogical resources, making it both a sponsor and a structurally adjacent peer.
• Haute École de Travail Social et de la Santé Lausanne (HETSL): Higher education institution offering social work and childhood education programs in Lausanne. HETSL shares the Vaud ECE professional audience and indirectly supports the same workforce that CREDE serves.
• École Supérieure en Éducation de l'Enfance (esede): Higher-education institution training early childhood educators in French-speaking Switzerland; CREDE's founding partner. Esede addresses the same population (trainee and practicing ECE professionals) through degree programs rather than continuous training and resource lending.

Direct peers

• Bibliomedia Suisse: Swiss nationwide library network that maintains specialized collections and supports literacy programs. CREDE partners with Bibliomedia on the 'Nés pour lire' early-literacy initiative, and both serve as resource hubs for educational and cultural professionals.
• Partenaire Enfance et Pédagogie (PEP): Vaud-based pedagogical partner that co-runs the Plateforme PEP-CREDE resource platform. PEP provides complementary pedagogical services and conferences to the same Vaudese childcare audience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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