CRIPEL asbl

Name

CRIPEL asbl

Legal name

CRIPEL ASBL

Website

https://cripel.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Liège

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Subsidies and Grants: CRIPEL operates as a publicly-funded non-profit organization receiving subsidies from the Walloon Region, European Social Fund (FSE), Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), and Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. Services JOBWAY and ASOS are co-financed by the European Social Fund. HYMA project is funded by AMIF.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

CRIPEL asbl is one of 8 Regional Integration Centers (CRI) in Wallonia, delivering integration services to foreign persons and persons of foreign origin across the 55 communes of the Liège-Huy-Waremme territory. Its core offerings include the mandatory Parcours d'intégration (DIPA), socio-professional insertion via JOBWAY, social accompaniment via ASOS, specialized support for unaccompanied foreign minors (HYMA), professional training programs, and awareness tools (exhibitions, films, podcast, magazine). All services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries and are funded by the Walloon Region, European Social Fund, AMIF, and Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Product overview

CRIPEL asbl operates as a multi-service organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of integration support programs. The core services include JOBWAY (professional insertion) and ASOS (social insertion), both cofinanced by the European Social Fund. The organization manages the mandatory Parcours d'Intégration (DIPA) for newly arrived foreigners in Wallonia. Specialized programs include HYMA for unaccompanied foreign minors (MENA) and Discovery Job for intensive employment support. The organization also provides educational and awareness resources including the Mosaïque documentary center, traveling exhibitions, films/videos, podcasts, and the Migr'Actions magazine. Training services target both professionals (12-module foreigner's law training, interculturality, anti-racism programs) and the general public through animations and sensitization activities. The ILI Support service assists local integration initiatives with legal, pedagogical, and communication guidance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Parcours d'Intégration (DIPA) The mandatory integration pathway for newly arrived foreign persons aged 18-65 in Wallonia, organized by the DIPA service, including axes such as French language learning and citizenship education.
• JOBWAY Service A service cofinanced by the European Social Fund (FSE) that helps foreign persons with professional insertion, offering support in job search, FLE-coaching, training search, diploma equivalence, and digital accompaniment.
• ASOS Service A service cofinanced by the European Social Fund (FSE) for social insertion of foreign persons, covering housing, residence permits, family reunification, healthcare access, nationality requests, and administrative accompaniment.
• HYMA Project A project funded by AMIF (Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund) of the FSE that aims to improve support for Unaccompanied Foreign Minors (MENA/MeNA) through hub meetings, focus publications, and specific training programs.
• Training Programs Professional training programs for social sector workers covering interculturality, anti-racism, mental health, project management, gender and migration, youth and migration, citizenship, French as a foreign language, and foreigner's law.
• 12-Module Foreigner's Law Training Comprehensive annual training cycle covering all aspects of foreigner's rights including residence, asylum, social aid, healthcare, employment, nationality, and integration pathway.
• Centre Mosaïque Documentary Center A documentary center offering hundreds of resources including games, pedagogical tools, films, and materials for children, youth, and adults, targeting trainers, social workers, and students.
• Discovery Job An intensive employment pathway program within the Forem call for projects (2022-2024), designed to support job seekers through targeted interventions.
• Animations Service Participative animation services for organizations, schools, businesses, and associations to raise awareness about interculturality, cultural diversity, migration, stereotypes, and integration.
• ILI (Initiatives Locales d'Intégration) Support Accompaniment services for local integration initiatives and other actors in contact with immigrant populations, covering legal advice, FLE support, communication, and pedagogical guidance.
• Territoire Interculturel Program Partnership program with cities and municipalities to obtain 'Intercultural Territory' status through a charter and convention, offering training, methodological support, and visibility benefits.
• Magazine Migr'Actions Quarterly magazine covering integration and interculturality topics, published regularly with multiple editions available for download.

Quantifiable outcome

• Newsletter reaches 1,300+ recipients monthly
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• DISCRIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDISCRI is the support and consultation service for all 8 Regional Integration Centers (CRI) in Wallonia. It provides pedagogical, methodological, analytical, formative, and communicational support to CRI teams and directions. CRIPEL participates in DISCRI activities for concerted regional policies.
• Other 7 CRI (CRVI, CRIBW, CAI, CRIC, CRILUX, CeRAIC, CIMB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of 8 Regional Integration Centers covering all of Wallonia, collaborating on coherent integration policies across the French-speaking region.
• Théâtre de LiègesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for cultural access sessions targeting foreign persons, presenting cultural programming accessible to language learners.
• Les Chiroux, Centre culture de LiègesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural center partnership for integration activities and accessibility to culture for foreign populations.
• Initiatives Locales d'Intégration (ILI)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNetwork of locally-based integration initiatives that CRIPEL accompanies, coordinates, and supports through training, methodology, and resources.
• Acteurs de l'ombre and Alternative ThéâtresecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerTheater companies collaborating on documentary production 'On demande pas la lune' about identity in migration.
• Cultures&Santé, Bataclan, MayasecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for pedagogical tools development, including mental health awareness cards for exiled persons.
• CEDEM (Centre d'Études de l'Ethnicité et des Migrations)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch center at ULiège collaborating on immigration history exhibition and academic projects.
• MNEMAsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for conference on war injuries and reconstruction as part of podcast launch event.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Caritas International Belgium: Larger Belgian NGO network providing refugee support, integration services, and social accompaniment nationally. Overlaps with CRIPEL on socio-professional insertion (ASOS-equivalent) and unaccompanied minor support, but operates across all of Belgium rather than one Walloon territory.
• Fedasil (Agence fédérale pour l'accueil des demandeurs d'asile): Federal Belgian agency responsible for the reception of asylum seekers. The upstream institutional counterparty to CRIPEL: Fedasil handles initial reception while CRIPEL handles post-reception integration parcours, making them functionally adjacent in the same beneficiary flow.

Direct peers

• CeRAIC (Centre Régional d'Intégration de La Louvière): CRI for the La Louvière area, delivering the same JOBWAY-style professional insertion and Parcours d'Intégration services under the 2014/2016/2024 Walloon decrees.
• CIRÉ (Coordination et Initiatives pour Réfugiés et Étrangers): Brussels-based coordination platform serving refugees and foreigners in Belgium. Closely comparable mission to CRIPEL (integration support, training, advocacy) but operating at federal/national scope rather than regional.
• CIMB (Centre d'Intégration Mons-Borinage — Saint-Ghislain): CRI serving the Saint-Ghislain / Mons-Borinage territory. Comparable mission, funding sources, and service catalog to CRIPEL, making it a structural twin.
• CRILUX (Centre Régional d'Intégration de Luxembourg — Libramont): CRI for the Libramont / Belgian Luxembourg territory, operating under the same regulatory framework as CRIPEL with FSE and AMIF co-financing.
• CRIBW (Centre Régional d'Intégration du Brabant wallon — Nivelles): CRI for the Nivelles arrondissement operating the identical mandate. One of the 7 sister centers with which CRIPEL co-develops coherent Wallonia-wide integration policy via DISCRI.
• CRIC (Centre Régional d'Intégration de Charleroi): One of the 7 other Centres Régionaux d'Intégration in Wallonia, holding the same regulatory mandate as CRIPEL but covering the Charleroi territory. Both organizations coordinate through DISCRI to deliver the mandatory Parcours d'Intégration.
• CAI (Centre d'Action Interculturelle — Namur): Namur-based CRI offering the same integration parcours and socio-professional insertion services under the same Walloon decree. Direct competitor for ILI coordination and beneficiary services in its territory.
• CRVI (Centre Régional d'Intégration de Verviers): Sibling CRI covering the Verviers arrondissement, sharing the same Walloon mandate and FSE/AMIF funding architecture. The most direct structural peer given the identical operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/cripel_asbl/?hl=fr

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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