Régie de quartiers Diagonales

What Régie de quartiers Diagonales does

Régie de quartiers Diagonales is a French non-profit association (Association loi 1901) founded in 1993 and headquartered at 41 av Danton, La Rochelle, France. It operates as a social and professional integration enterprise (Insertion par l'Activité Économique) in three working-class neighborhoods — Villeneuve les Salines, Mireuil, and Port Neuf — and is a member of the national Mouvement des Régies (CNLRQ) network of 131 Régies de Quartier. The organization employs 33 staff and is directed by Jean-Paul Buton (Directeur de publication), with embedded project leadership across services.

Its service portfolio is organized around six interconnected core offerings: Emploi (employment support via DEFI Points at Mireuil and Villeneuve les Salines), Mobilité (transportation advice, the Cycl'occase used-bicycle program, and the '10 de conduite' solidarity driving school), Formation (QUALIOPI-certified professional training), Numérique (Net SOLIDAIRE digital mediation since 2018), Canin (canine education founded in 1995), and Nature (community composting, shared gardens, and the Dunes Fertiles urban micro-farm project). Sub-brands DEFI, Net SOLIDAIRE, and Dunes Fertiles give each service its own community identity.

The revenue model is characteristic of French IAE associations: dominated by public grants and subsidies from a concentrated set of funders — ANCT (formerly CGET), ANRU, Ville de La Rochelle, Agglomération de La Rochelle, and Département de Charente-Maritime — supplemented by private foundation grants (Fondation Léa Nature, Fondation Bruneau) and nominal own-revenue (€8 annual membership, solidarity-priced vegetable sales at Dunes Fertiles with a -20% tier for households with CAF family quotient below €650). Marketing and outreach are community-based: physical presence in neighborhoods, Facebook/X/LinkedIn pages, the Diagoblog content hub, and festival participation (48H de l'Agriculture Urbaine). No e-commerce, API, or platform technology exists; the underlying tech stack is a WordPress website plus basic digital mediation tools.

Name

Régie de quartiers Diagonales

Legal name

La Régie de Quartiers Diagonales

Website

https://diagonales.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Régie de quartiers Diagonales is a 1993 La Rochelle non-profit association delivering social and professional integration services — employment, mobility, QUALIOPI training, digital mediation, canine education, and urban agriculture — to residents of three working-class neighborhoods, funded primarily by public grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Integration Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Community social integration
• Workforce development services
• Digital inclusion training
• Urban agriculture project
• Mobility assistance programs

Headquarters

HQ city

La Rochelle

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Régie de quartiers Diagonales is a non-profit association (loi 1901) that delivers social and professional integration services to residents of popular housing neighborhoods in La Rochelle. Its service portfolio spans employment support, mobility assistance (including a solidarity driving school and bicycle program), QUALIOPI-certified vocational training, digital mediation (Net SOLIDAIRE), canine education, environmental/nature programs (composting, shared gardens), and the Dunes Fertiles urban micro-farm social insertion project. It operates as both a service provider and an employer of insertion workers on socio-economic activities in Villeneuve les Salines, Mireuil, and Port Neuf.

Product overview

Régie de quartiers Diagonales is a social integration association (loi 1901) operating since 1993 in popular housing neighborhoods of La Rochelle (Villeneuve les Salines, Mireuil, Port Neuf). The organization offers a portfolio of six interconnected core services: Employment (Emploi) with recruitment support for insertion programs; Mobility (Mobilité) including the solidarity driving school and Cycl'occase bicycle program; QUALIOPI-certified Training (Formation); Digital Mediation (Numérique) through Net SOLIDAIRE; Canine Education (Canin) founded in 1995; and Nature/ecology services including composting and shared gardens. The Dunes Fertiles urban agriculture micro-farm project represents a major initiative combining market gardening with social insertion. DEFI employment assistance points and various community programs complete the service ecosystem, all oriented toward social and professional integration of inhabitants in social housing areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dunes Fertiles: Urban agriculture micro-farm project located in the Parc Condorcet area of Villeneuve les Salines, serving as a social integration workspace for vegetable cultivation.
• DEFI
• Net SOLIDAIRE

Products and services

• Emploi (Employment Support Service) Personalized employment assistance including job search support, recruitment into integration programs, CV preparation, interview coaching, and professional pathway guidance for residents of social housing neighborhoods.
• Mobilité (Mobility Assistance Service)
• Formation (QUALIOPI-Certified Training) Professional development and skills acquisition training programs certified under the QUALIOPI quality framework, eligible for public funding for skills development.
• Numérique / Net SOLIDAIRE (Digital Mediation Service) Digital inclusion and mediation service offering training on digital basics, rights access, digital and employment workshops, and LinkedIn training sessions to help neighborhood residents become autonomous with digital tools.
• Canin (Canine Education Service) Dog behavior support and training provided by a canine educator to help residents integrate their dogs into collective housing neighborhoods.
• Nature (Environmental & Gardening Services)
• Dunes Fertiles Urban Micro-Farm Social insertion urban agriculture project featuring 800m² of market gardening in open soil, greenhouse cultivation, orchards, and rainwater basins; employs 3-4 insertion workers (salariés CDDI) and sells vegetables through a solidarity pricing model to association members.
• DEFI / Points Emploi (Employment Assistance Points)
• Auto-école solidaire '10 de conduite' (Solidarity Driving School)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Paysage RobincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 January 2023Landscaping company contracted for Dunes Fertiles site preparation including asphalt removal (debitumage), topsoil and compost delivery, fencing installation, irrigation connection, and ongoing landscape maintenance work. Key partner in setting up the urban micro-farm infrastructure.
• Les Maraîchers de l'AubrecaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal organic plant producer based in St Xandre supplying vegetable and herb seedlings to Dunes Fertiles for the market garden planting season. Ensures local, organic, and quality plant sourcing for the micro-farm project.
• Collectif Rhizome (Jardins et Vergers Partagés Rochelais)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of shared gardens and orchards in La Rochelle. Diagonales contributed to the development of a charter and guide for shared gardens and handed over urban agriculture workshop outputs to this collective. Collaborative relationship for promoting urban gardening on the territory.
• La MatièreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal craft/construction company that custom-built the well cabin structure to house the electrical equipment and pump for the Dunes Fertiles irrigation system.
• La Super FermeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal urban farm network partner that participated in the Dunes Fertiles inauguration event at the 48H de l'Agriculture Urbaine festival, sharing a vegetable and plant stall alongside Dunes Fertiles.
• Carottes et CoccinellesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal organic farming/gardening partner that co-exhibited at the Dunes Fertiles inauguration event at the 48H de l'Agriculture Urbaine festival.
• Social landlords (bailleurs sociaux)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial housing providers partnering with Diagonales for neighborhood initiatives on their housing estates, part of the urban renewal program for Villeneuve les Salines, Mireuil, and Port Neuf.
• Local businesses and employerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal businesses collaborating with Diagonales' employment integration programs to provide job opportunities and practical training for residents of priority neighborhoods.
• CNLRQ (Comité National de Liaison des Régies de Quartier)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of 131 neighborhood governance bodies (Régies de Quartier) of which Diagonales is a member. Provides mutual support, best practice sharing, and collective advocacy for the Régie movement across France. In 2021, Diagonales hosted the CNLRQ Board meeting in La Rochelle.
• Collectif Fermes UrbainesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational association organizing the annual 48H de l'Agriculture Urbaine festival, of which Diagonales is an active participant, hosting workshops and inaugurating the Dunes Fertiles project at the 2024 edition.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Emmaüs Connect: Subsidiary of Emmaüs focused on digital inclusion for people in precarious situations. Directly comparable to Diagonales' Net SOLIDAIRE digital mediation service — same target population, same methodology of training-based digital autonomy for under-connected residents.
• ADIE (Association pour le Droit à l'Initiative Économique): French non-profit providing microcredit and entrepreneurship support to people excluded from mainstream banking. Comparable as a national-scale non-profit tackling social and professional integration via direct economic-action tools, frequently co-funded by ANCT/ANRU.
• Emmaüs France: Major French social-enterprise federation operating insertion activities (recycling, logistics, hosting) to support people in exclusion. Comparable as a national non-profit network monetizing economic activity to fund social integration, with similar hybrid public-grant/earned-revenue model.
• Mouvement des Régies (CNLRQ): The national federation of 131 Régies de Quartiers including Diagonales. Directly comparable mission: social and professional integration of residents in priority neighborhoods via employer-based activity in the Social and Solidarity Economy.
• Missions Locales: National network of 4,300+ local missions supporting youth social and professional integration, often co-located with similar neighborhood-level employment services. Comparable as a peer in employment-first integration services for priority-neighborhood populations, but with a youth-specific focus.
• Fédération des Acteurs de la Solidarité: National federation of associations working on social inclusion, homelessness, and insertion. Comparable as a peer-level federating body for Diagonales' category of social-insertion non-profits across France.
• France Active: Network of 40 territorial associations financing and supporting social enterprises (ESS) and insertion structures. Comparable as a funder and capacity-builder for ESS actors like Diagonales, and operates with similar public-grant + private-foundation revenue blends.

Others

• ANRU (Agence Nationale pour la Rénovation Urbaine): National urban-renewal agency that co-funds Diagonales via the Quartiers Fertiles and PRU programs. Included as a stakeholder and indirect funder/comparator for understanding the policy and funding ecosystem in which Diagonales operates.

Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge française: France's largest humanitarian non-profit, operating insertion, training, and social-services programs at national scale. Comparable as a broad social-services incumbent with multi-service portfolios (employment, training, digital literacy), but operating at substantially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/regiediagonales
• Facebookfacebook.com/regiedequartiersdiagonales
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/regie-de-quartiers-diagonales

Compliance1 record

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Profiles1 record

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