Centre EPIDE de Lyon-Meyzieu

What Centre EPIDE de Lyon-Meyzieu does

Centre EPIDE de Lyon-Meyzieu is one of 20 residential centers operated by EPIDE (Établissement pour l'insertion dans l'emploi), a French public establishment created by statute in 2005 under the joint supervision of the ministries of employment, city policy, and armed forces. EPIDE's functional mandate is the social and professional integration of young people aged 17 to 25 who are neither in employment, education, nor training (NEETs), with a documented 69.6% durable insertion rate at exit and a cumulative base of more than 50,000 youth supported since inception. The service is delivered through a residential boarding model (Monday-Friday internat with weekend accommodation available for adults), combining individualized pedagogical remediation, sports, civic education, driving licence preparation, health/social support, and internship placements across partner companies. There is no proprietary technology — EPIDE is a human-intensive public service institution rather than a technology platform.

The operating model is non-commercial: the service is entirely free to volunteers, including accommodation, meals, and a €460 monthly allowance plus €101.68 monthly savings paid upon program completion. EPIDE generates no fee revenue; its operations are funded by French state budget allocations (described as the majority of operational funding) and direct subsidies from the European Social Fund (FSE+) — €50M for the 2014-2020 programming period and €35.3M for the 2022-2024 convention. Average parcours duration is 10 months (initial contract 8 months, extendable to 24 months), with a 3-month post-employment support contract layered on. Distribution is exclusively through the 20 physical centers across metropolitan France (including Lyon-Meyzieu for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region), with referrals sourced from Missions Locales, France Travail, and youth associations, plus direct online application via jeune.epide.fr.

Go-to-market is essentially community-led / referral-based, anchored by an employer-partner network spanning logistics (GEODIS, AFTRAL), retail (Auchan, McDonald's), construction (Eiffage), automotive (Stellantis), and vocational training bodies (AFPA, CMA). EPIDE also uses the apprenticeship tax (taxe d'apprentissage) as a fundraising and B2B outreach mechanism. Leadership comprises Karima Silvent (Présidente du conseil d'administration, concurrently DRH of AXA groupe), Camille Tubiana (Directrice générale), and Irène Fasseu (Responsable communication). A 21st center in Angers-Avrillé is slated to open in 2025, indicating continued incremental geographic expansion under the existing public funding model.

Name

Centre EPIDE de Lyon-Meyzieu

Legal name

EPIDE (Établissement pour l'insertion dans l'emploi)

Website

https://epide.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centre EPIDE de Lyon-Meyzieu is one of 20 French public residential centers providing free social and professional integration services — boarding, education, civic training, and employer placements — for disadvantaged NEET youth aged 17-25, funded by the French state and EU FSE+ with a 69.6% insertion rate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Workforce Development Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Charter Alternative & At-Risk Schools (Continuation, Credit Recovery, Juvenile) (EDAJACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Adult Learner Support Services (Advising, Case Management, Wraparound Supports) (EDAAABAJ), Attendance, Engagement & Truancy Intervention Services (EDAJAIAI)

Keywords

• Youth employment integration
• Vocational training programs
• Social reintegration services
• Professional skills development
• Boarding school education

Headquarters

HQ city

MEYZIEU

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. European Social Fund (FSE+) financing: EPIDE receives direct subsidies from the European Social Fund (FSE+) covering a portion of volunteer parcours costs. For the 2022-2024 period, a convention was signed for 35.3 million euros across all centers. For the 2014-2020 programming period, EU support totaled 50 million euros. This represents public/social financing rather than commercial revenue.
2. State (French government) funding: EPIDE is a public establishment under the ministries of employment, city policy, and the armed forces. The majority of operational funding comes from French state budget allocations alongside European FSE+ financing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EPIDE operates a residential (boarding school) social and professional integration program for disadvantaged youth aged 17-25 in France. The individualized parcours combines remedial education, sports, driving licence preparation, citizenship development, health/social support, vocational training discovery, and internship placements in partner companies. Volunteers receive free boarding, meals, and a monthly allowance of 460 euros (plus 101.68 euros saved monthly), and benefit from a 3-month post-employment support contract. Centre EPIDE de Lyon-Meyzieu is one of 20 operational centers delivering this service.

Product overview

EPIDE (Établissement Pour l'Insertion dans l'Emploi) is a French public establishment founded in 2005 that provides social and professional integration services for young people aged 17-25. The organization operates 20 centers across metropolitan France, including the Centre EPIDE de Lyon-Meyzieu (69), offering an individualized boarding program that combines general education, sports, mobility training (including driving school preparation), citizenship development, and health/social support. Volunteers receive a monthly allowance of 460-500+ euros and benefit from a 3-month post-employment support contract. The program focuses on sectors including services to individuals and businesses, hospitality, transport, logistics, retail, industry, construction, and more.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individualized social and professional integration program (Parcours EPIDE) Residential (boarding Monday-to-Friday) social and professional integration program for disadvantaged youth aged 17-25, combining individualized pedagogical support, remedial education, sports, driving licence preparation, citizenship development, health and social support, vocational training discovery, and internship placements in partner companies. Includes a monthly allowance of 460 euros (plus 101.68 euros saved monthly and paid upon completion) and a 3-month post-employment follow-up contract. Initial contract of 8 months, extendable to 24 months.

Quantifiable outcome

• 69.6% of young people who exit the EPIDE program access a durable employment or training solution
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Eiffage Route Nord-EstcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEiffage Route Nord-Est has a regional partnership with the 4 EPIDE centers in the Hauts-de-France region (Doullens, Saint-Quentin, Cambrai, and Compiègne). A dedicated partnership day was organized bringing together Eiffage representatives and the 4 centers to discover the professions offered by the company. A former EPIDE volunteer (Chahid Al Ain) from Doullens is now employed at Eiffage Route Nord-Est as a Maçon VRD, having evolved within the company for 6 years. HR representative Henri Carlier from Eiffage Routes Nord-Est participated in testimonial videos.
• AuchanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer EPIDE Strasbourg volunteer Mlle Subothan completed an internship and CDD in large-scale retail distribution before signing a professionalization contract (contrat de professionnalisation) with Auchan, aiming for a CQP Employé de commerce certification. Represents an employer partnership for professional integration.
• StellantisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDuring the insertion week at EPIDE Strasbourg, volunteers visited Stellantis (via Stellantis & You France) as part of the professional discovery program. Stellantis is a key employer partner in the automotive sector providing internship and employment opportunities for EPIDE volunteers.
• GEODISminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDuring the insertion week at EPIDE Strasbourg, volunteers visited GEODIS for logistics work experience. Former volunteer Bel Hadji performed logistics missions at GEODIS, receiving strong praise from his supervisors before joining the fire service.
• AFPA (Agence nationale pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adults)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFPA centers partner with EPIDE to provide vocational training discovery visits for volunteers. EPIDE Alès-La Grand'Combe volunteers visited the AFPA center in Nîmes to explore building trades (concreting, plastering, masonry, civil engineering).
• AFT and AFTRALminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDuring the insertion week at EPIDE Strasbourg, AFT (Association pour le Développement de la Formation Professionnelle dans les Transports) and AFTRAL (organisme de formation professionnelle en transport et logistique) conducted collective information sessions on career opportunities in transport and logistics.
• Chambre des Métiers et de l'Artisanat (CMA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPIDE Alès-La Grand'Combe volunteers visited the Chambre des Métiers de Nîmes for a multi-trade artisan discovery day covering food trades, photography, electricity, air conditioning, floral art, and more.
• Quibacor AcademyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPIDE Val-de-Reuil volunteers participated in MMA and wrestling discovery sessions with Quibacor Academy (led by Stéphane Gomis). Some sessions were attended by company recruiters and covered by France 3 Normandie.
• France 3 NormandieminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFrance 3 Normandie covered the Quibacor Academy MMA discovery session at EPIDE Val-de-Reuil, where EPIDE volunteers were featured on the local news (JT). Media coverage serves as a promotional channel for the organization.
• L'Entrée des Artistes (EDA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDA (L'Entrée des Artistes) is a training organization specialized in seasonal professions based in Le Grau-du-Roi. EPIDE Alès-La Grand'Combe has a partnership with EDA for seasonal trades training in animation, maintenance, and catering. A former EPIDE volunteer (Mme BOILEAU) now continues her journey with EDA as an animateurLoisir Tourisme trainee.
• Les Jardins de la Montagne Verte (ACI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDuring the insertion week at EPIDE Strasbourg, volunteers visited the ACI (Atelier et Chantier d'Insertion) Les Jardins de la Montagne Verte, a social/professional integration workshop focused on market gardening.
• Alsacienne de RestaurationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDuring the insertion week at EPIDE Strasbourg, volunteers visited Alsacienne de Restauration's central kitchen as part of professional discovery activities in the hospitality/catering sector.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): France's national public employment service and a key referral source for EPIDE. Operates at far greater scale and provides complementary job-matching services to EPIDE's longer-duration residential insertion programs.
• Croix-Rouge française: Largest French humanitarian organization with substantial youth insertion, training, and social reintegration programs across France. Operates at much greater scale and scope than EPIDE but overlaps on vulnerable-population employment pathways.
• Emmaüs France: Federation running insertion activities (chantiers d'insertion, ACI) addressing economic exclusion through work reintegration. Comparable on social/professional insertion mission for disadvantaged adults, though focused on broader populations than EPIDE's 17-25 NEET target.

Direct peers

• Missions Locales: National network of local youth missions providing guidance, training referrals, and social support to 16-25 year-olds. Functions as EPIDE's primary referral partner while also delivering parallel insertion services, making it both collaborator and adjacent provider to the same NEET population.
• AFPA: Agence nationale pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes - France's primary public adult vocational training operator. Provides skills discovery visits and pre-qualification pathways to EPIDE volunteers (e.g., Nîmes building trades sessions) and addresses an overlapping beneficiary pool.
• Apprentis d'Auteuil: French foundation running residential and educational programs for vulnerable children and youth, including professional insertion for 16-25 year-olds. Comparable on the boarding model, social/professional integration mission, and French public-interest positioning.
• Écoles de la 2ème Chance (E2C France): Network of écoles offering integrative pathways for 18-25 year-olds without qualifications, combining remedial education, work placements, and individualized follow-up. Nearest comparable model to EPIDE's boarding-style insertion program, with the key distinction of being school-based rather than internat-based.

Regional players

• Year Up: US-based nonprofit providing skills training and corporate internships to low-income young adults aged 18-30, with a strong employer partnership model. Comparable outcome-driven training-to-employment approach; not relevant as a French competitor but useful as a model reference.

Others

• INJEP: Institut National de la Jeunesse et de l'Éducation Populaire - French state research and policy institute supporting youth policy design and evaluation. Indirect peer as the institutional ecosystem that funds, evaluates, and shapes programs like EPIDE's, rather than as a service provider.

Emerging players

• Generation: Global nonprofit tackling youth unemployment through employer-aligned training programs in 17+ countries. Closest international analogue to EPIDE's mission and outcome-driven model (similar placement-focused approach), though operating at smaller scale per country and without the residential boarding format.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@epidevaldereuil
• Facebookfacebook.com/centreEPIDE.Toulouse
• Instagraminstagram.com/epide_officiel
• TikToktiktok.com/@epidestrasbourg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-epide-lyon-meyzieu

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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