Comité International des Jeux de la Francophonie

Name

Comité International des Jeux de la Francophonie

Legal name

Comité international des Jeux de la Francophonie

Website

https://jeux.francophonie.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Multi-Sport and Cultural Events

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (71132), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Foreign Governments (8888)

akta.pro primary industry

International Multi-Sport Games Organizing Committees (e.g., Olympics, Commonwealth) (MPAKADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Amateur Sport Governing Bodies & Federations (National/Regional) (MPAKACAD), Academic Decathlon & Interdisciplinary Competitions (EDAMAGAG), International Standards Development & Standardization Bodies (BPADANAA)

Keywords

• International sporting events
• Cultural competitions
• Francophone youth programs
• Multi-sport games
• International cultural exchange

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional funding: As a subsidiary body of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), the CIJF receives institutional funding and operates under the governance of the Francophonie to organize international sporting and cultural events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Comité International des Jeux de la Francophonie (CIJF) organizes and coordinates the quadrennial Jeux de la Francophonie, a major international event that combines sport competitions and cultural competitions for young Francophone athletes and artists. The organization pilots event preparation in collaboration with host states, manages participant registration, cultural preselections, and post-event support programs for laureates, including talent accompaniment initiatives.

Product overview

The CIJF operates as an event organization rather than a traditional tech product company. Its core offering is the organization of the Jeux de la Francophonie, a major international event held every four years that combines sports and cultural competitions in French-speaking countries. The digital services include an online registration platform for participants, cultural competition categories, and a media library. The main product lines are: the Games events themselves, cultural competitions program (with disciplines including digital creation, song, dance, theater, literature, photography, and visual arts), and participant account management through the online registration platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jeux de la Francophonie A major international sporting and cultural event organized every four years, bringing together nearly 2,000 young people from francophone countries around shared values. The event combines sports competitions and cultural competitions in the French language.
• Xes Jeux de la Francophonie Erevan 2027 The 10th edition of the Francophone Games, scheduled to take place in Yerevan, Armenia from July 23 to August 1, 2027. Features sports competitions and cultural competitions.
• Concours culturels (Cultural Competitions) Cultural competitions program with disciplines including Chanson (songs), Contes et conteurs (storytelling), Création numérique (digital creation), Danse de création (creative dance), Jonglerie avec ballon (ball juggling), Littérature/Nouvelle (literature/short story), Peinture (painting), Photographie (photography), Sculpture/Installation, and Théâtre (theatre).
• Plateforme d'inscription en ligne (Online Registration Platform) Online account creation and registration platform allowing artists and athletes to register for cultural and sports competitions, manage their profiles, and track their applications.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• ConfejescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConférence des Jeux de la Francophonie - a key institutional partner in organizing the Jeux de la Francophonie. The Confejes logo appears on the CIJF partners section.
• SenghorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitut Senghor de la Francophonie - partner in the Francophonie network. Logo featured in the partners section of the CIJF website.
• Women SportssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWomen Sports organization - partner focusing on women's participation in sports within the Francophonie. Logo displayed in the partners section.
• Women Sports AfricasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWomen Sports Africa - regional partner promoting women's sports in African Francophone countries. Logo featured in the partners section.
• SponsoringsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsoring partner supporting the Jeux de la Francophonie. Logo appears in the partners section of the CIJF website.
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe CIJF is a subsidiary body of the OIF and operates under its auspices. The OIF provides institutional governance and support for the organization of the Jeux de la Francophonie.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pan American Sports Organization (PASO): Coordinates the Pan American Games, a multi-sport event held every four years across the Americas. Operates as the continental multi-sport federation under the IOC umbrella, similar to how the CIJF operates under the OIF for French-speaking nations.
• International University Sports Federation (FISU): Organizer of the Universiade/World University Games, FISU runs a biennial international multi-sport event for university-age athletes. Comparable in scale, demographic (youth), and recurring-cadence event organization to the Jeux de la Francophonie.
• International Olympic Committee (IOC): Organizer of the Olympic and Youth Olympic Games, the IOC is the most analogous multi-sport international games organizing committee. Like the CIJF, it is a non-governmental, multi-stakeholder body that coordinates a recurring global multi-sport event across many member nations.
• International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG): Organizes the Mediterranean Games, a multi-sport event for countries bordering the Mediterranean. Shares the multi-sport international games organizing model anchored in a geopolitical/cultural grouping, paralleling the CIJF's Francophone framing.
• Commonwealth Games Federation: Organizes the Commonwealth Games, a recurring international multi-sport event for Commonwealth nations. Shares the same operating model as the CIJF: a centralized governing body coordinating a multi-country event with sport and (in some editions) cultural elements.

Broad incumbents

• World Olympians Association (WOA): A global, IOC-recognized body supporting Olympians worldwide. While its scope is alumni-focused rather than event-organizing, it shares the CIJF's sport-and-cultural mission around an internationally mobile Francophone/diaspora demographic.

Emerging players

• International Island Games Association (IIGA): Organizes the Island Games for islands and small territories. Less well-known but follows the same model of a recurring multi-sport international event bound to a defined member community, making it comparable in governance and scale to the CIJF.

Others

• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF): The CIJF's parent organization and 88-member intergovernmental body coordinating French-language cooperation. Not a competitor but the principal institutional sponsor and governance layer, making it a critical ecosystem peer for the CIJF.
• Conférence des Ministres de la Jeunesse et des Sports de la Francophonie (CONFEJES): A Francophonie institution that co-organizes the Jeux de la Francophonie and supports youth/sports policy in member states. Already a CIJF core partner, CONFEJES is a directly adjacent institutional peer rather than a competitor.

Regional players

• Union des Comités Nationaux Olympiques Africains (UCNOA / ANOCA): Coordinates the African Olympic Committees across the continent. Many Francophone African states participate in both ANOCA and the Jeux de la Francophonie, making ANOCA an overlapping but regional peer in youth multi-sport organization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CIJFrancophonie
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CIJeuxdelaFrancophonie
• Facebookfacebook.com/CIJeuxdelaFrancophonie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/comit%C3%A9-international-des-jeux-de-la-francophonie
• Instagraminstagram.com/cijeuxdelafrancophonie

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