GAIA PARIS

Name

GAIA PARIS

Legal name

Association Gaïa-Paris

Website

https://gaia-paris.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Addiction and Harm Reduction Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Other Individual and Family Services (62419), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Substance Use, Addiction & Harm Reduction Health Departments (HLAJAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

Keywords

• Harm reduction services
• Addiction treatment
• Medico-social care
• Supervised consumption facility
• Social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris, Îledefrance

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Health Funding: Gaïa-Paris operates as a medico-social establishment agréé and financé by the Agence Régionale de Santé Île-de-France. The organization receives government funding to operate CAARUD and CSAPA establishments, as well as various harm reduction programs.
2. Training Revenue: Professional training programs for healthcare and social workers in harm reduction and addictology. Training is offered in inter (shared locations) and intra (on-site, customized) formats. Pricing ranges from 300€ to 950€ per participant.
3. Institutional Partnerships: Funding and support from public institutions including ARS Île-de-France, MILDECA, Ville de Paris, and local municipalities for specific programs such as the Plan Crack.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gaïa-Paris is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) that operates medico-social establishments providing harm reduction services, addiction treatment, and social support to drug users in precarious situations in Paris and Île-de-France. Core services include CSAPA (addiction care and opioid substitution treatment), CAARUD (harm reduction equipment distribution), and the only Halte Soins Addictions (HSA) supervised consumption facility in Île-de-France. The organization also delivers professional training programs (QUALIOPI certified) to healthcare and social work professionals.

Product overview

Gaïa-Paris is a non-profit association (loi 1901) operating as a multi-service harm reduction and addiction care organization. The association provides eight complementary services organized around two medico-social establishments (CSAPA and CAARUD), including mobile and fixed facilities. Core services include: CSAPA Bus for addiction treatment and substitution therapy, CAARUD for harm reduction equipment distribution, HSA (Halte Soins Addictions) - the only supervised consumption space in Île-de-France, and SPIDH for mobile screening services. Support services include: LaboFabrik and Lab'Expair for professional insertion, CARE for therapeutic redynamization, hotel accommodation, and the Rest Space at Porte de La Chapelle. The association also offers QUALIOPI-certified professional training programs in harm reduction and addiction fields.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CSAPA Bus Medico-social establishment providing addiction care, opioid substitution treatments (methadone and buprenorphine), medical consultations, social support, and mobile outreach services for people with substance use difficulties. Features both fixed and mobile facilities with no appointment required.
• CAARUD Centre d'Accueil et d'Accompagnement à la Réduction des risques pour Usager·es de Drogues. Medico-social establishment offering unconditional and global harm reduction approach, distributing sterile injection equipment, providing nursing care, and conducting outreach via mobile unit in northeast Paris.
• Halte Soins Addictions (HSA) – Espace Jean-Pierre Lhomme Supervised consumption space (injectable only) and health service for drug users in precarious situations, providing medical consultations, psychiatric care, harm reduction services, and social support. The only HSA in Île-de-France.
• SPIDH Mobile Screening Service Mobile intervention service providing screening for hepatitis B and C, HIV, and liver fibrosis using FibroScan® technology across addiction and harm reduction structures throughout Île-de-France.
• LaboFabrik Professional Insertion Program Professional insertion program providing redynamization workshops creating useful objects from recycled materials, aimed at drug users, sex workers, and transgender people in precarious situations.
• Lab'Expair Peer Knowledge Program Project launched to valorize experiential knowledge of drug users through training and professional practice placements within associative and medico-social structures.
• CARE – Centre Ambulatoire de Rétablissement Innovative therapeutic facility offering therapeutic workshops, craving management, group dynamics, and support for drug users wishing to distance themselves from consumptions. Operated jointly with Aurore association.
• Hotel Accommodation (Hébergement hôtelier) Hotel accommodation service providing 70 places for crack users in precarious situations, with home visits, food aid, social support, and harm reduction services. Partnership with Aurore association's ASSORE program.
• Espace de Repos Porte de La Chapelle 24/7 unconditional welcome service for crack users providing rest space, hygiene, nutrition, harm reduction services, nursing care, social support, and resocialization activities. Partnership with Aurore association.
• Professional Training Programs (Formations) QUALIOPI-certified professional training programs covering harm reduction, addiction, medical care, social insertion, and accommodation topics. Includes inter (group) and intra (on-site customized) training formats, with 21 courses priced from 300€ to 950€ per participant.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4 out of 5 people reduced their consumption after inclusion in hotel housing program (ASSORE study, 2022)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• 15 AHI structures in Île-de-FrancemajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2022Advanced addictology consultations project. Teams support these housing and insertion structures in integrating harm reduction into their activities.
• Association AurorecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Joint management of multiple programs including: CARE (Centre Ambulatoire de Rétablissement, opened 2024), Espace de Repos Porte de La Chapelle (opened 2019), and ASSORE hotel housing program (70 places). Combines Aurore's housing expertise with Gaïa-Paris's harm reduction expertise under Plan Crack.
• AREMEDIA / Médecins du MondeminorOthers · 1 January 2019Regular health screening permanences at Espace de Repos. HIV, hepatitis, and STI testing services.
• Dispositif Premières Heures - Ville de ParismajorOthers · 1 January 2016LaboFabrik is a partner of this Paris employment program for people in precarious situations since November 2016.
• 57 CSAPA and CAARUD structures across Île-de-FrancemajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2011SPIDH mobile testing service partners with structures that lack capacity for FibroScan® or TROD testing. Provides equipment, expertise, and advanced consultations to these partner locations.
• Médecins du MondecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Historical partner. Gaïa-Paris was founded by former Médecins du Monde professionals and took over their Paris harm reduction programs in 2006. Continued collaboration in harm reduction advocacy.
• ARS Île-de-France (Agence Régionale de Santé)coreOthersPrimary institutional funder and regulator. Provides agréé and financement for CAARUD and CSAPA establishments. Supports various harm reduction programs.
• MILDECA (Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre les Drogues et Conduites Addictives)majorOthersInterministerial mission coordinating French drug policy. Provides funding and institutional support for harm reduction initiatives.
• Ville de ParismajorOthersCity of Paris government. Supports programs through Plan Crack and Dispositif Premières Heures. Multiple municipal offices (10e, 11e, 14e, 18e arrondissements) partner on local initiatives.
• AP-HP (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris)minorOthersParis public hospital system. Collaboration on healthcare access and referral for drug users.
• SNCF Gares & ConnexionsminorOthersPartnership for harm reduction activities around train stations, particularly Gare du Nord area.
• Fédération AddictionmajorOthersNational federation of addiction-focused organizations. Gaïa-Paris participates in this professional network.
• Correlation European Harm Reduction NetworkmajorOthersEuropean network for harm reduction. Gaïa-Paris participates in international harm reduction community.
• Collectif GaliléeminorOthersFrench harm reduction collective. Gaïa-Paris participates in this advocacy network.
• Analyse ton prod'minorOthersDrug checking network. Gaïa-Paris collects product samples for analysis through this network.
• France Terre d'AsileminorOthersRights access permanences at Espace de Repos for foreign nationals.
• Centre de santé sexuelle Le 190minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for chemsex training courses. Provides trainer Dr Thibaut Jedrzejeski who directs the center and has worked at Gaïa-Paris.
• PHI-CHU du Marais - Groupe SOSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for housing and drug use training. Suzy Faucherand, assistant social at CHRS du Marais, co-facilitates training sessions.

Scale indicators23 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Sidaction: French funder and advocacy organization focused on HIV/AIDS research and community programs. Thematically related through hepatitis/HIV work and SPIDH screening, but operates as a fundraising/grant-making entity rather than a direct harm reduction service provider.
• Fédération Addiction: National federation of French addiction-focused organizations, of which Gaïa-Paris is a member. Indirectly comparable as a peer network/ecosystem organization rather than a direct service provider.

Direct peers

• Association Addictions France (formerly ANPAA): France's largest prevention and care association for addictive behaviors, operating a national network of CSAPAs, prevention services, and therapeutic programs. Most direct structural peer in terms of CSAPA-style addiction care delivery and French regulatory footprint.
• Médecins du Monde: International medical NGO running harm reduction, addiction, and healthcare-access programs for marginalized populations. Directly comparable as Gaïa-Paris was founded by former MdM professionals and took over MdM's Paris harm reduction programs in 2006.
• Emmaüs Solidarité: Paris-based association providing emergency accommodation, day centers, and harm-reduction-oriented services for people experiencing homelessness and substance use. Operates in overlapping territory and target populations in Île-de-France.
• Aurore: Paris-based association providing shelter, housing, and social reintegration services for vulnerable populations. Directly comparable because Aurore co-manages Gaïa-Paris's CARE, Espace de Repos, and ASSORE hotel housing programs, combining complementary expertise under Plan Crack.
• Oppelia: Federation of medico-social associations running CSAPAs, CAARUDs, and harm reduction services across multiple French regions. Highly comparable in service mix (addictology, harm reduction, therapeutic communities) and in relying on ARS funding.
• Aides: France's leading community-based NGO on HIV/AIDS and hepatitis, with harm-reduction, screening, and outreach services targeting drug users and other at-risk populations. Closely mirrors Gaïa-Paris's CSAPA, CAARUD, and SPIDH-style screening work.

Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge française: Large French humanitarian organization running a broad portfolio including health, social, and harm reduction programs (including a CSAPA/CAARUD network). Overlaps with Gaïa-Paris in service types but operates at much larger scale and across many other verticals.

Emerging players

• SAFE: French drug-user advocacy and self-support association (formerly linked to Act Up-Paris). Comparable as a harm reduction and drug-user-rights organization with partial overlap in advocacy, peer support (Lab'Expair-style), and hepatitis/HIV screening.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Profiles10 records

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