What DDEC-29 does

Direction de l'Enseignement Catholique du Finistère (DDEC-29) is the diocesan directorate governing the Catholic education network in the Finistère department of Brittany, France. Operating under the ecclesiastical authority of the local Bishop and as part of the national Enseignement Catholique de France framework, DDEC-29 oversees a portfolio of Catholic primary and secondary schools associated with the French State through the "contrat d'association" — a contractual arrangement in which state-funded teacher salaries and curriculum compliance are coupled with diocesan governance and project-based religious education grounded in Gospel values. The organisation serves families in Finistère seeking Catholic education for their children, prospective teachers entering the Catholic school workforce, and the broader diocesan school community that requires infrastructure support, particularly in Breton and bilingual pathways.

Operationally, DDEC-29 runs four service poles — Premier Degré (primary), Second Degré (secondary), Pédagogie, and Pastorale — together with a Devenir Enseignant (Becoming a Teacher) service that runs préaccord collégial interviews, manages substitute teachers, and supports continuing professional development. Two operational subsidiaries execute on its mission: Okéoz, a fonds de dotation that funds school infrastructure renovation and expansion via project-based crowdfunding (raising €98,000 in 2024), and UDOGEC 29, which delivers shared administrative services — HR, payroll, accounting, legal/social affairs, and real estate management — to the network's OGEC-run schools. Christophe Geffard serves as Directeur Diocésain with a senior team of five adjointes/responsables de pôle.

Revenue mechanics combine state per-pupil funding under the contrat d'association, locally set school fees retained at the OGEC level, and charitable donations channelled through Okéoz. No commercial revenue model exists; the organisation is a non-profit association under French law of 1901 with no external shareholders, no venture or private equity backing, and no public listing. DDEC-29 markets to families and prospective teachers exclusively through organic diocesan channels — the institutional website and sub-portals (pedagogie.ddec29.org, ecoles.ddec29.org, okeoz.ddec29.org), Teams-based information meetings, pastoral events, and the Okéoz fundraising platform — with no paid acquisition evident. Headcount at the Quimper headquarters is approximately 15 staff; total network operations span the entire Finistère department and include Breton/bilingual educational pathways alongside standard French curricula.

Name

DDEC-29

Legal name

Direction de l'Enseignement Catholique du Finistère

Website

https://ddec29.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DDEC-29 is the diocesan directorate governing Catholic primary and secondary schools in the Finistère department of Brittany, France. Operating under a state contrat d'association, it provides diocesan oversight, teacher recruitment and training, pastoral services, and infrastructure funding via its Okéoz endowment subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Catholic Education Administration

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Support Services (611710), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Information Systems (SIS) & Master Data Management (EDAJAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Approval & Oversight (EDADAJAD), Professional Development / CPD Requirement Administration for Licensure (EDADAJAL)

Keywords

• Catholic school network
• Diocesan education services
• Teacher recruitment services
• School infrastructure funding
• Primary secondary education

Headquarters

HQ city

Quimper

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. State-funded education services: DDEC-29 operates establishments under contract of association with the French State. Teaching is provided in accordance with official national curricula. Funding flows through the государственный contrat, with teachers' salaries covered by the State and operational costs shared with the diocese. This forms the core operating model.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DDEC-29 is the diocesan directorate that governs and administers a network of Catholic primary and secondary schools in the Finistère department of Brittany, France. It delivers Catholic education under a contrat d'association with the French State, provides teacher recruitment, accreditation and career management services through the Devenir Enseignant service, supports pedagogical animation and pastoral life across the network, and channels school infrastructure funding through its Okéoz endowment fund.

Product overview

DDEC-29 (Direction de l'Enseignement Catholique du Finistère) is an educational administration organization, not a technology product company. It provides educational management services including school administration, teacher recruitment and training (Service Devenir Enseignant), pedagogical resources and animations, career management for teachers in both primary (Premier Degré) and secondary (Second Degré) education, pastoral animation services, and school infrastructure support through its Okéoz endowment fund. The organization operates a network of Catholic schools in the Finistère department of France and does not offer software products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Okéoz: Fonds de dotation (endowment fund) of the Catholic Education of Finistère, dedicated to financing school infrastructure projects such as renovations, expansions, and new constructions of schools.
• UDOGEC 29

Products and services

• Catholic Primary Education (Premier Degré)

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• OVHminorOthersOVH serves as the web hosting provider for the Okéoz endowment fund website (okeoz.ddec29.org). OVH is a French cloud and web hosting company providing server infrastructure. The relationship is a standard commercial hosting service.
• ISFEC Bretagne (Institution Supérieur de Formation de l'Enseignement Catholique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISFEC Bretagne is the superior teacher training institution for Catholic education in Brittany. DDEC-29 directs teaching candidates to ISFEC for the Master MEEF (professorat) and for supplementary training. The relationship involves co-developed academic pathways, with DDEC-29 facilitating access to ISFEC training for its network of schools.
• FORMIRIS BretagnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFORMIRIS is the national training body for Catholic education in France, responsible for initial and continuing teacher training. DDEC-29 collaborates with FORMIRIS Bretagne to register teachers for professional development courses and substitute teacher training modules. Training registration is conducted through FORMIRIS's platform, linking diocesan services with national training frameworks.
• State (Rectorat / DSDEN) – Contrat d'AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDDEC-29's schools operate under a 'contrat d'association' with the French State. This partnership covers teacher salary funding, curriculum compliance, and academic oversight. The relationship governs the entire operating model of the Catholic school network, with the Rectorat and DSDEN supervising pedagogical standards and employment management.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Apprentis d'Auteuil: Large Catholic foundation operating schools, social programs, and youth education services across France. Comparable in mission (Catholic education with social/welfare orientation), broader in scale and geographic footprint, and shares donor-funded operating model alongside state contracts.
• Enseignement Catholique de France: National umbrella body for Catholic education in France, of which DDEC-29 is a diocesan member. Operates the same regulatory framework (contrat d'association), shared teacher accreditation standards (préaccord/accord collégial), and Catholic pedagogical project across France — a direct functional ancestor and policy-shaping peer.
• Réseau Lasallien (La Salle France): Network of Catholic schools in France under the La Salle tradition. Directly comparable as a Catholic school network delivering K-12 education under state contract, with similar pedagogy, accreditation, and pastoral orientation, but operating as a separate canonical network from diocesan Catholic education.

Others

• FORMIRIS: National body responsible for initial and continuing training of Catholic school teachers in France. Functions as an enabling ecosystem partner to DDEC-29 (training registration, substitute teacher modules) — adjacent rather than directly competitive, but operating in the same Catholic education value chain.
• ISFEC Bretagne: Regional higher-education institution delivering Master MEEF and pre-service teacher training for Catholic schools in Brittany. Directly comparable in mission (training Catholic teachers) and a co-development partner of DDEC-29, with overlapping geography but distinct delivery scope (higher education vs. diocesan coordination).

Direct peers

• DDEC 22 — Enseignement Catholique des Côtes-d'Armor: Sister diocesan education directorate governing Catholic schools in the neighbouring Côtes-d'Armor department. Most directly comparable peer — identical legal structure (association loi 1901), identical contrat d'association model with the French State, identical préaccord/accord collégial teacher accreditation process — operating in adjacent Breton geography.
• DDEC 35 — Enseignement Catholique d'Ille-et-Vilaine: Diocesan education directorate for Catholic schools in Ille-et-Vilaine, the department containing Rennes. Functionally identical to DDEC-29 — same national Enseignement Catholique framework, same state contract, same teacher recruitment and accreditation services — and a benchmark peer for operational scale in a larger Breton department.
• DDEC 56 — Enseignement Catholique du Morbihan: Diocesan education authority for Catholic schools in Morbihan, the fourth Breton department. Same legal, regulatory, and operating model as DDEC-29, providing a near-clone peer for benchmarking governance, teacher pipelines, endowment fund design (Okéoz analogues), and pastoral coordination within the same regional ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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