Le Mouvement associatif Centre-Val de Loire

What Le Mouvement associatif Centre-Val de Loire does

Le Mouvement associatif Centre-Val de Loire is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 2001 that serves as the regional umbrella and coordinating body for associative life in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Federating 11 regional network members (CRAJEP, CROS, France Nature Environnement, La Ligue de l'Enseignement, UNAT, URAF, URIOPSS, APF France Handicap, Familles Rurales, FR-CIDFF, Info Jeunes), it collectively represents approximately 25,000 of the 57,000 associations in the region and employs a team of 10 staff members based in Fleury-les-Aubrais. Its core mission is the advocacy, representation and accompaniment of associations, structured through a tripartite Charte d'engagement réciproques signed with the French State and the Regional Council (originally 2002, renewed 2021).

The organization operates a portfolio of coordinated service programs: ORVA (regional observatory launched in 2025 for data and analysis on associative life), Hub-Lo (State-labeled territorial digital inclusion hub co-run via consortium since March 2021), Guid'Asso (network of accompaniment actors with 35 counselors covering all 6 departments), Cap'Asso (Regional Council device offering €6,000-€60,000 subsidies for job-creating associations), Prev'Asso (crisis prevention program), Formation des bénévoles (volunteer leader training since 2006), Alimentation durable (food transition project co-financed by FSE+ with a €234,751.60 budget), European funds mobilization support, and a cooperation program with local authorities. Distribution operates through digital self-serve portals plus a 35-strong counselor field network.

Revenue is derived entirely from public sources: European Social Fund Plus (FSE+) co-financing, Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire subsidies (including the Cap'Asso device), and State/Government grants administered via DRAJES. Services to associations are free of charge. The 2021 tripartite charter positions the organization as the official regional interlocutor for associative policy, with formal seats in regional chambers (ESS, France Active, DLA). The operating context shows significant sector pressure: 58% of employing associations in the region reported decreased public funding in 2024-2025, with 31% forced to freeze or reduce payroll, against which the organization is launching new programmatic responses (ORVA, rural Guid'Asso, food transition).

Name

Le Mouvement associatif Centre-Val de Loire

Legal name

Association Le Mouvement associatif Centre – Val-de-Loire

Website

https://lemouvementassociatif-cvl.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le Mouvement associatif Centre-Val de Loire is a non-profit umbrella federation, founded 2001, that coordinates 11 regional networks representing approximately 25,000 associations across the Centre-Val de Loire region of France through advocacy, funding programs, training, and accompaniment services funded by public subsidies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit Association Support Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Capacity Building & Nonprofit Infrastructure Funders (BPAGAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Donor Coordination & Aid Effectiveness (BPADAOAA)

Keywords

• Association support services
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Volunteer leader training
• Digital inclusion hub
• Regional association federation

Headquarters

HQ city

Fleury-les-Aubrais

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. European Funding (FSE+): Co-financed by European Social Fund Plus for projects such as the Transition alimentaire des associations project (budget 234,751.60€, FSE+ co-financing 140,850€).
2. Regional Council Subsidies: Regional Council funding through devices like Cap'Asso, co-constructed within the Charte d'engagement réciproque framework signed in 2002 and renewed in 2021.
3. State/Government Grants: State funding for initiatives like Guid'Asso, co-animated with DRAJES, and other regional development programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Le Mouvement associatif Centre-Val de Loire is a federating association that represents and supports approximately 25,000 associations in the Centre-Val de Loire region through 11 member networks. It delivers free accompaniment services (capacity building, funding access, training, crisis prevention, digital transition, sustainable food initiatives) and coordinates public funding programs such as Cap'Asso and European-funded projects.

Product overview

Le Mouvement associatif Centre-Val de Loire operates as a federating body for regional associative life rather than a technology product company. Its portfolio consists of service programs organized around key thematic areas: ORVA (observatory and knowledge production), Hub-Lo (digital inclusion), Guid'Asso (association support network), Cap'Asso (employment funding), Prev'Asso (crisis prevention), volunteer training, sustainable food transition, European funds mobilization, and cooperation with local authorities. These programs work in concert through coordinated networks of 11 member organizations representing approximately 25,000 associations across the region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ORVA: Observatoire Régional de la Vie Associative - outil de construction de connaissances et espace d'échanges autour de la vie associative en Centre-Val de Loire
• Hub-Lo
• Guid'Asso
• Cap'Asso
• Prev'Asso
• Mieux Manger Pour Tous

Products and services

• ORVA (Observatoire Régional de la Vie Associative) Regional observatory that produces data, analyses, panoramas, barometers, surveys and studies on associative life dynamics in Centre-Val de Loire. Designed for associations, public authorities, journalists and researchers.
• Hub-Lo (Transition numérique des associations) Territorial digital inclusion hub labeled by the State since March 2021, coordinating digital mediation actions across 6 departments of Centre-Val de Loire to support associations in their digital transition.
• Guid'Asso Program for structuring association support actors, enabling every association to find a labeled and competent actor near their location to strengthen and potentially mutualize actions. Co-animated with DRAJES.
• Cap'Asso Regional financing and support device from the Region Centre-Val de Loire for associations integrating the creation and/or consolidation of permanent jobs, with subsidies ranging from €6,000 to €60,000 for up to 3 years.
• Prev'Asso Prevention and accompaniment program for associations in crisis situations, offering a 3-step journey to analyze, address and resolve crisis situations.
• Formation des bénévoles / Formation des dirigeants bénévoles Regional training program for volunteer leaders, coordinated since 2006 and implemented by 6 member networks, centralized through a dedicated training portal.
• Alimentation durable (Transition alimentaire des associations) Sustainable food project accompanying associations towards sustainable food practices, including support for collective restaurants, food insecurity response and integration into Food Territory Projects (PAT). Co-financed by FSE+ with a budget of €234,751.60 (FSE+ co-financing €140,850).
• Fonds européens (European funds support) Personalized support service for associative networks to identify and obtain European funding adapted to their projects, including diagnostic, structuring and dossier support.
• Coopération avec les collectivités Program to strengthen cooperation between associations and territorial communities through webinars, pedagogical tools and deployment of reciprocal commitment charters.
• Guid'Asso en milieu rural Experimental project to improve Guid'Asso territorial coverage in rural areas, sensitizing 259 rural communes and labeling 13 new accompaniment actors in rural areas.

Quantifiable outcome

• 259 rural communes sensitized to Guid'Asso
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered secondary and core.

• CORELUPA (Comité Régional de Lutte Contre la Précarité Alimentaire)secondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Le Mouvement Associatif CVL has been a member since mid-2023 of CORELUPA, the Regional Committee for Combating Food Poverty, and of the Groupement Régional des acteurs de la Solidarité within the framework of the Pacte Local des Solidarités deployed by the Commissioner for Poverty Combating.
• Hub-Lo ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2021Hub-Lo is a territorial digital inclusion hub, labeled by the State since March 2021. Consortium includes GIP Récia, Le Mouvement Associatif CVL, Ligue de l'Enseignement CVL, CRIJ, Region Centre-Val de Loire, and Prefecture of region. Animates and structures networks of digital mediation actors across 6 departments.
• State (État) and Regional Council (Conseil Régional)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Tripartite partnership through the Charte d'engagement réciproques (2021), reinforcing relations based on trust, intensifying cooperation for general interest, and committing to a partnership approach for better recognition of associative life in the region. Signed in December 2021 between the State, the Regional Council, and Le Mouvement Associatif Centre-Val de Loire.
• Pacte du Pouvoir de VivresecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021A collective of national and local organizations united to promote proposals addressing environmental, social, economic, and democratic challenges. Le Mouvement Associatif CVL is committed within this collective.
• PAT (Projets Alimentaires Territoriaux)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating in the construction of PAT actions in PETR Centre-Cher and PETR du Gâtinais Montargois territories, amplifying the role of the associative movement in PAT steering committees.
• DRAJEScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-animating Guid'Asso with DRAJES (Regional Delegation for Youth, Engagement, and Sports), organizing labeling, training, and equipping of structures that welcome, inform, orient, and support associations.
• France Numérique EnsemblesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting the role of expert within the France Numérique Ensemble approach, contributing to digital inclusion and mediation policy development.
• Mouvement associatif NationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional branch of the national Le Mouvement associatif organization. Guid'Asso program is inscribed in the 'Report for an ambitious policy of associative life' submitted by the national organization to the Prime Minister in 2018.

Scale indicators8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DLA (Dispositif Local d'Accompagnement) Centre-Val de Loire: National/state-funded local accompaniment scheme for associations, co-animated regionally with Le Mouvement associatif CVL. Operates a parallel — sometimes complementary — network of advisors helping associations with strategy, HR and governance.
• France Active Centre-Val de Loire: Regional subsidiary of France Active, financing and accompanying socially-engaged associative employers. Highly comparable as a regional association funder/accompanist, frequently referred to in the same Charte d'engagement réciproques framework.
• Le Mouvement associatif National: National umbrella federation of which Le Mouvement associatif Centre-Val de Loire is a regional branch. It defines the national policy framework and supplies the strategic priorities (e.g., Guid'Asso concept) that the regional chapter executes, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Le Mouvement associatif Île-de-France: Sister regional branch of Le Mouvement associatif in the largest French region. Operates the same model (regional animation, public-funded accompaniment, member networks) and is benchmarked against Le Mouvement associatif CVL on Guid'Asso deployment and Cap'Asso-style devices.
• Le Mouvement associatif Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Another regional Le Mouvement associatif branch with comparable responsibilities — coordinating member networks, animating Guid'Asso, and channelling regional council funding. Directly comparable in structure, programs and stakeholder footprint.
• CRESS Centre-Val de Loire: Regional Chamber of the Social and Solidarity Economy in Centre-Val de Loire. Closely related regional interlocutor of associations and public authorities, with overlapping membership networks and parallel coordination roles for the ESS/associative ecosystem.
• CROS Centre-Val de Loire: Regional Olympic and Sports Committee, a listed member of Le Mouvement associatif CVL's network. Comparable as a regional federating organisation for sport associations, sharing the same interlocutor role with public authorities in the same territory.

Emerging players

• Le RAMEAU: French think tank and methodology hub on associative funding, capacity building and cross-sector alliances. Adjacent to Le Mouvement associatif CVL's capacity-building and observatory missions at the national/strategic level.

Broad incumbents

• FONJEP: National funder that finances 'postes associatifs' across France and supports the regional associative fabric. Comparable as a long-standing, public-subsidy-funded intermediary that channels state and EU funds into associations.

Regional players

• Centre de Ressources DLA Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Peer regional resource centre supporting associations in another region. Comparable as a regionally-focused accompaniment and funding-information hub, although not part of the Mouvement associatif network specifically.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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