GIP-FCIP GUYANE

What GIP-FCIP GUYANE does

GIP-FCIP Guyane (Groupement d'Intérêt Public — Formation Continue et Insertion Professionnelle de l'Académie de Guyane) is a publicly chartered education and workforce development organization founded in 2015 under the Rectorat de Guyane, part of the French Ministry of Education. It operates as the sole public training platform covering the full professional training spectrum in French Guiana through five integrated sub-brands: CFA Éducation Nationale (apprenticeship, levels 3–6, via 8 partner lycées), CAFOC (continuing education), DAVA (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience / VAE), DABM (competency assessment and career mobility), and PSAD (school dropout follow-up). Program offerings include BTS-level specializations in medical imaging (DTS IMRT), tourism with ecotourism specialization, vehicle maintenance, transport logistics, electrical trades, and pharmacy technician training (DEUST).

The organization does not develop proprietary technology products; it relies on standard third-party platforms — Yparéo for training administration and Microsoft Forms for data collection — and operates an institutional website plus organic social presence (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn). Its GTM combines enterprise field sales (EDF Guyane, GBH/Carrefour, CHU de Guyane apprenticeship and VAE agreements), event-driven outreach (Salon de l'Alternance, Village de l'Insertion, monthly videoconference information sessions), and a community-led model deploying local counselors across three geographic basins to support school dropouts and adult learners.

Revenue is generated entirely through institutional funding rather than commercial sales: public subsidies from the French State, the Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane, the European Union, OPCO sectoral operators, and Pôle Emploi. Individual beneficiaries do not pay direct fees. The organization reports 263 CFA EN apprentices in 2024 (+22.32% YoY), 268 trainers, and 163,499 training hours delivered; it holds the EDUFORM quality label (renewed December 2024, valid through 2027) and automatic QUALIOPI certification.

Name

GIP-FCIP GUYANE

Legal name

GIP-FCIP Guyane (Groupement d'Intérêt Public - Formation Continue et Insertion Professionnelle de l'Académie de Guyane)

Website

https://gip-fcip.ins.ac-guyane.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GIP-FCIP Guyane is a public training organization under the French Ministry of Education, delivering apprenticeship, continuing education, VAE, skills assessment, and dropout support across French Guiana through five integrated sub-brands and a network of eight lycées.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Training and Professional Education Services

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (61151), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADAAAH

TVET/Skills & Workforce Education Authorities

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Ministries, Departments & Regulatory Agencies

SECONDARYEDANAIAE

Project, Process & Quality Certification Prep (PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, ITIL)

Education/Tutoring & Test Preparation/Professional Certification & Licensure Exam Prep

Keywords

• Vocational training services
• Apprenticeship programs
• Continuing education
• Validation of acquired experience
• Skills assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Cayenne

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public funding and subsidies: As a Groupement d'Intérêt Public (GIP) under the French Ministry of Education, GIP-FCIP Guyane is funded through public subsidies from the French government, regional authorities (Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane), and the European Union. Revenue is not generated from direct sales to customers but through institutional funding mechanisms.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

GIP-FCIP Guyane is a public training organization that delivers apprenticeship programs (CAP through BTS via CFA Éducation Nationale), continuing education for adults (CAFOC), competency assessments (DABM), Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience (DAVA/VAE), and dropout re-engagement support (PSAD). Its offerings are delivered across 8 partner lycées throughout French Guiana and are publicly funded by the French Ministry of Education, the Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane, the European Union, OPCO, and Pôle Emploi. The organization also runs specific diploma pathways such as BTS Tourisme with Amazonian ecotourism, BAC PRO MELEC, DTS IMRT medical imaging, and Titre Professionnel Formateur Professionnel d'Adultes.

Product overview

GIP-FCIP Guyane is a public interest grouping for Continuing Education and Professional Integration in the Guyane academy, operating as a platform of interconnected services rather than a single product. The core offerings include: the Centre Académique de Formation Continue (CAFOC) for adult professional development; the CFA Éducation Nationale (CFA EN) for apprenticeship from levels 3 to 6; the Dispositif Académique de Bilan et de Mobilité (DABM) for competency assessments; the DAVA for Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience (VAE); and the PSAD for supporting school dropouts. These are complemented by specific training programs (BTS, BAC PRO) including BTS Tourism with ecotourism specialization, BAC PRO MELEC, DTS IMRT in medical imaging, BTS GTLA, and BTS Maintenance des Véhicules. The organization also delivers VAE accompaniment services and the TP FPA professional title. A key innovation is the 'apprentissage en mixité de public' model allowing different trainee categories to share the same classes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CFA Éducation Nationale: Centre de Formation d'Apprentis de l'Éducation Nationale - apprenticeship training center offering programs from CAP to BTS level (levels 3-6) across 8 lycées in French Guiana.
• CAFOC
• DAVA
• DABM
• PSAD

Products and services

• Centre Académique de Formation Continue (CAFOC) Continuing education center for training professionals and adults seeking to develop new skills or advance in their professional domain. Provides ongoing pedagogical and professional development programs under the public training mandate.
• CFA Éducation Nationale (CFA EN) Apprenticeship training center delivering alternating training programs from level 3 (CAP) to level 6 (BTS) across 8 partner lycées in French Guiana, integrating school students, apprentices, and continuing education trainees through the mixité de public model.
• Dispositif Académique de Bilan et de Mobilité (DABM) Competency assessment and mobility service offering individualized competency assessments to help individuals construct solid professional projects and plan career transitions or reconversion.
• Dispositif Académique de Validation des Acquis (DAVA) Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience (VAE) service welcoming, advising, and accompanying candidates for diplomas from CAP to BTS, health and social diplomas, and professional titles. Achieved 89% validation rate in 2023.
• Plateforme de Suivi et d'Appui aux jeunes Décrocheurs (PSAD) Platform for tracking and supporting school dropouts, federating all actors to provide personalized follow-up and orientation toward adapted training solutions for out-of-school youth aged 16-25 across all geographic basins of French Guiana.
• Accompagnement VAE Individualized VAE support service including 10 to 14 individual sessions with a VAE advisor (15 to 21 hours), group workshops (1 to 2 gatherings of 3 hours), and jury interview preparation workshop (3 hours), delivered over an average period of 6 months.
• DTS IMRT (Diplôme de Technicien Supérieur en Imagerie Médicale et Radiologie Thérapeutique) Three-year higher technician diploma in medical imaging and therapeutic radiology (equivalent to a licence degree), training future Medical Electroradiology Technicians for hospital and private practice. First promotion of 16 learners launched 2021-09-13 with 85% first-attempt success rate, co-financed by ARS, CTG, and Pôle Emploi.
• BTS Tourisme (Option Écotourisme en Milieu Amazonien) BTS Tourism program with specialization in Amazonian ecotourism, offered in alternating training format at Lycée Léopold Elfort (Mana), featuring student mobility to Greece under Erasmus.
• BAC PRO Métiers de l'Électricité et de ses Environnements Connectés (MELEC) Professional baccalaureate training in electrical trades and connected environments, offered in apprenticeship format with EDF Guyane partnership. 8 apprentices currently integrated at EDF.
• BTS Gestion des Transports et Logistique Associée (GTLA) BTS Transport Management and Associated Logistics training program with 7 apprenticeship contracts funded by OPCO Mobilités, taught at LPO Lama Prévot.
• BTS Maintenance des Véhicules BTS Vehicle Maintenance training program, option A (Particular Vehicles), taught at Lycée professionnel Jean-Marie Michotte, with 12 apprenticeship contracts funded by OPCO Mobilité.
• Titre Professionnel Formateur Professionnel d'Adultes (TP FPA) Professional title training for adult trainers, offered through monthly information sessions and certification preparation for adults seeking to qualify as vocational trainers.
• DEUST Préparateur Technicien en Pharmacie Diplôme d'Études Universitaires Scientifiques et Techniques for pharmacy technician preparers, with first graduation ceremony held December 3, 2025 at CFA Éducation Nationale, Guyane Academy.

Quantifiable outcome

• 22.32% growth in learner numbers (from 215 to 263) in CFA EN 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SIGUY and SIMKOminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Convention signed for training of building custodians (gardiens d'immeubles) in French Guiana, with SIGUY and SIMKO directors participating in the signing ceremony.
• GBH (Groupe Bernard Hayot) / CarrefourcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 September 2025GBH initiated the TREMPLIN POUR L'EMPLOI program in 2019, partnering with E2C, GIP-FCIP network, and Lycée Max Joséphine to provide intensive alternating training. The program evolved from BAC PRO Commerce to Titre Professionnel Conseiller de Vente (level 4) with intermediate Titre Professionnel Employé de Commerce (level 3). First GBH session 2019-2021 had 20 apprentices. September 2025 ceremony celebrated diploma delivery for 20 young alternants in two teams.
• EDF GuyanecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 February 2025EDF Guyane and GIP-FCIP CFA EN signed partnership conventions for apprenticeship programs in BAC PRO Métiers de l'Accueil (opened September 2024 at Lycée du Larivot) and BAC PRO Métiers de l'Électricité et de ses Environnements Connectés (opened October 2024 at Lycée Jean-Marie Michotte). Currently 15 apprentices integrated at EDF: 8 in MELEC, 5 in MA, and 2 in BTS Électronique. Partnership includes site visits to EDF facilities including the Petit-Saut hydroelectric dam.
• OPCO MobilitécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 January 2025OPCO Mobilité is the Operator of Competences for the mobility sector. Partnership includes financing of 12 apprenticeship contracts in BTS Maintenance des Véhicules (option A - Particular Vehicles) and 7 apprenticeship contracts in BTS Gestion des Transports et Logistique Associée. Meeting held January 21, 2025 at Lycée Jean-Marie Michotte with OPCO Mobilité President Francis Bartholomé and Director Isabelle Mainbourg.
• CHU de GuyaneminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025CHU de Guyane (Center Hospitalier Universitaire) partnered with GIP-FCIP DAVA for collective VAE accompaniment of 10 agents, demonstrating institutional support for professional development of healthcare workers.
• Lycée Max JoséphinecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2025Lycée Max Joséphine integrates the TREMPLIN POUR L'EMPLOI project in collaboration with GBH, E2C, and GIP-FCIP CFA EN. Despite not primarily working with Ministry of Labour professional titles, the establishment adapted to ensure project continuity in its area of expertise.
• EPNAK / PAGOFIP (Plateforme d'Accompagnement Guyanais Orientation Formation Insertion Professionnelle)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 18 November 2024EPNAK PAGOFIP organized sensitization morning for OF and CFA actors during SEEPH (Semaine Européenne pour l'Emploi des Personnes Handicapées), with GIP-FCIP CFA participating. The event provided keys for better welcoming and support of people with disabilities.
• Ressource Handicap Formation (RHF) GuyaneminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 18 November 2024RHF partnered with EPNAK PAGOFIP and GIP-FCIP for SEEPH 2024 events, focusing on accessibility and inclusive support for people with disabilities in training.
• AGEFIPH (Association de Gestion du Fonds pour l'Insertion Professionnelle des Personnes Handicapées)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2024AGEFIPH provides financial assistance for professional integration of people with disabilities, referenced in SEEPH events and disability support activities by GIP-FCIP.
• FIPHFP (Fonds pour l'Insertion des Personnes Handicapées dans la Fonction Publique)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2024FIPHFP provides assistance for insertion of people with disabilities in public service, referenced in disability support framework for GIP-FCIP activities.
• ARS (Agence Régionale de Santé)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 September 2021ARS, along with CTG (Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane) and IFSI, invested in establishing the DTS IMRT (Diplôme de Technicien Supérieur en Imagerie Médicale et Radiologie Thérapeutique) training responding to territory healthcare needs. First promotion of 16 learners included hospital public function agents in promotional studies, young apprentices from private/public structures, and professional training beneficiaries co-financed by Pôle Emploi and CTG.
• CTG (Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 September 2021CTG co-financed DTS IMRT training alongside ARS and contributed to the establishment of this healthcare professional training program. Also involved in financing professional training beneficiaries through apprenticeship and skills development programs.
• IFSI (Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 September 2021IFSI partnered in the opening of DTS IMRT training at Campus Saint-Denis, contributing to the multi-partner effort to establish medical imaging technician training in French Guiana.
• École de la 2ème Chance (E2C) GuyanecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019E2C brings expertise in profiling, support, and preparation of young people for training and employment as part of the TREMPLIN POUR L'EMPLOI program with GBH and GIP-FCIP.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AFPA (Agence nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes): AFPA is France's national public agency for vocational training and adult professional reskilling. It is the most direct functional peer to GIP-FCIP, operating apprenticeship and continuing education programs under public mandate, though at a national scale rather than confined to a single overseas territory.
• GIP-FCIP Académie de Guadeloupe: The GIP-FCIP of Guadeloupe is the third overseas-territory peer operating under the same national GIP-FCIP framework. Its comparable mandate, governance, and service mix (CFA EN, DAVA, CAFOC) make it directly relevant for benchmarking structure and scale.
• GRETA (GRoupements d'ÉTablis publics): GRETA networks are public continuing education groupings attached to French lycées, delivering adult training, VAE, and skills assessment. Like GIP-FCIP, they operate within the Ministry of Education framework and provide comparable services (bilans de compétences, VAE, professional titles), making them structurally analogous.
• GIP-FCIP Académie de Martinique: The GIP-FCIP of Martinique mirrors the Guyane structure and is part of the same national GIP-FCIP framework across overseas academies. It offers an analogous service portfolio (apprenticeship, VAE, continuing education, dropout support) under the Martinique Académie.
• GIP-FCIP Académie de La Réunion: The GIP-FCIP of La Réunion is the closest structural peer: same legal form (GIP), same parent ministry framework (Académie), and same mandate to deliver CFA EN, DAVA, CAFOC, DABM and PSAD services in another French overseas territory facing similar geographic isolation challenges.
• École de la 2ème Chance (E2C) Guyane: E2C Guyane is already a GIP-FCIP partner within the TREMPLIN POUR L'EMPLOI program but also functions as a peer in the dropout reintegration and youth qualification space. Both serve NEET populations in French Guiana through alternating training pathways.

Others

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): France Travail is the French national public employment service that co-finances training programs and refers job seekers to GIP-FCIP. It is an ecosystem partner rather than a direct competitor, sharing the public mandate for workforce integration.
• Akto / OPCO Atlas (other OPCOs active in Guyane): OPCOs (Opérateurs de Compétences) like Akto fund apprenticeships and continuing education across multiple sectors in French Guiana. They are not direct training operators but shape the financing landscape in which GIP-FCIP operates alongside OPCO Mobilité.

Regional players

• CCI Guyane (Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie): CCI Guyane operates its own training programs (CCI Formation) for commerce, retail, and entrepreneurship in the same territory as GIP-FCIP Guyane. While narrower in scope and private-sector focused, it competes for the same local learner pool and employer partnerships.

Broad incumbents

• CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers): CNAM is a large national public higher education institution delivering professional and continuing education across France, including through its regional centers. It overlaps with GIP-FCIP's CAFOC and professional title offerings but at much greater scale and through degree-granting programs rather than CAP/BTS level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GipFcip973
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gip-fcip-guyane
• Instagraminstagram.com/gipfcip

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries5 records

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