Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie

What Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie does

Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie is a regional non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 2002 and headquartered in Toulouse, with a secondary office in Montpellier. It serves as the recognized regional voice of the associative and Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) sector in Occitanie, France, aggregating nearly 80,000 of the region's 160,000 active associations through 13 sectoral or thematic umbrella member organizations. Its mission is to advocate for the sector vis-à-vis public authorities and to accompany associations and ESS project holders across the lifecycle of their activities.

Its core service portfolio centers on the Parcours ADRESS accompaniment program, alongside the national DLA (Dispositif Local d'Accompagnement), Guid'Asso, Prev'Asso, a volunteer training portal, and a sponsorship (parrainage/marrainage) program. Complementary products include La Fresque des enjeux associatifs (a pedagogical tool created in 2023) and a competence catalogue linking project holders to 19 referring structures and 39 partner organizations. The underlying technology is limited to an Odoo CMS-hosted website and a self-service training portal; no proprietary platform or AI/ML capability is described.

The organization operates a community-led go-to-market model with no commercial revenue. Funding comes from institutional public grants (Toulouse Métropole, Banque des Territoires, Conseil Départemental 31, Le Muretain) and membership dues from the 13 umbrella member organizations. All accompaniment services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries. The paid items observed in the catalogue are marginal. With 9 employees and two physical offices, the operational footprint is small relative to the scale of the sector it represents.

Name

Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie

Legal name

Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie

Website

https://lemouvementassociatif-occitanie.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie is a non-profit regional umbrella in Toulouse representing nearly 80,000 associations in Occitanie through 13 sectoral members, delivering free ESS accompaniment, training, and advocacy programs funded by public institutional grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding and Membership Dues: As a nonprofit association (association loi 1901), Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie operates primarily through institutional public funding (from regional councils, European funds, local authorities) and membership dues from its member umbrella organizations. Services such as the Parcours ADRESS are fully funded by public backers including Toulouse Métropole, the Banque des Territoires, Le Muretain, and the Conseil Départemental 31. No commercial revenue model is described.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie is a regional umbrella organization that coordinates 13 sectoral/thematic bodies representing approximately 80,000 associations in the Occitanie region. It delivers free accompaniment programs (Parcours ADRESS, DLA, Guid'Asso, Prev'Asso) to support associations and Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) project leaders at all stages of their lifecycle. Services include workshops, training modules, a volunteer training portal, a sponsorship program, and a competence catalogue connecting project holders with 19 referring structures and 39 partner organizations.

Product overview

Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie is a regional advocacy organization representing the associative sector in Occitanie, France. It offers a unified platform of support services for associations and ESS (Social and Solidarity Economy) projects, centered around the Parcours ADRESS program. The ecosystem includes complementary services such as the DLA (Dispositif Local d'Accompagnement) for organizational development, Guid'ASSO for general guidance, Prev'ASSO for prevention support, a volunteer training portal, and sponsorship programs. Additional tools like the Fresque des enjeux associatifs (pedagogical tool) and a skills catalogue support capacity-building and inter-actor cooperation across the territory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Parcours ADRESS

Quantifiable outcome

• 80,000 associations represented by 13 coordinating bodies across Occitanie (out of 160,000 active associations)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IES (Investissement Electronique Solidaire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIES (SCIC - société coopérative d'intérêt collectif) serves as both a referring structure (structure référente) and a technical accompaniment provider within the Parcours ADRESS program, specializing in economic model analysis, financial management, and financing strategy. IES is also a pioneer in citizen financing in Occitanie.
• GE OPEP (Groupement d'Employeurs OPEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGE OPEP is a groupement d'employeurs (employer pooling association) providing accompaniment around employment and HR management, recruitment, skills management, payroll, and training. It is a referring structure and workshop animator (Creating the first paid job) within the Parcours ADRESS.
• France Active MPA OccitaniecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrance Active MPA Occitanie (association) evaluates the financial health/capacity of ESS projects, challenges forecasts, elaborates financing strategies, and coordinates financial rounds. It animates the workshop 'Financer mon projet ESS' and a training module on financial management within the Parcours ADRESS.
• URSCOP Occitanie PyrénéescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnion Régionale des Scop Occitanie Pyrénées is a federation accompanying the creation, takeover, and transmission of cooperative enterprises. As a network head and workshop animator (Les statuts juridiques coopératifs), it accompanies project holders on cooperative statuses and governance within the Parcours ADRESS.
• UFCVminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUFCV (Union Française des Centres de Vacances et de Loisirs) is a national nonprofit association for youth and popular education, recognized as an ESUS. It provides experience sharing and network connections on popular education, inclusion, engagement, disability, and training within the Parcours ADRESS.
• Le 100ème SingecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLe 100ème Singe (SCIC) is specialized in structuring and developing agricultural and food transition projects. As a network head, it accompanies collective and individual projects with expertise in cooperative governance, ESS business strategy, and tiers-lieu development within the Parcours ADRESS.
• Les imaginations fertiles (SCIC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLes imaginations fertiles is a SCIC accompanying collective projects (tiers-lieux, cultural projects, artisanal projects) with strong territorial focus. It provides feasibility studies, business models, collaborative animation, and service design within the Parcours ADRESS.
• MES Occitanie (Mouvement pour l'Économie Solidaire)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMES Occitanie is a regional network of solidarity economy, offering a participatory approach to social utility projects. It accompanies projects on governance change, impact measurement, ESS introduction, collective organization, and ecological transition within the Parcours ADRESS.
• Palanca (SCOP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPalanca (SCOP created in 2012) accompanies project holders on sectoral and territorial ecosystem identification, strategic positioning, business plan narrative, real estate project assembly, and impact measurement within the Parcours ADRESS.
• PSA 31 (Profession Sport Animation 31)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPSA 31 (association created in 1996) is competent to accompany ESS actors, particularly in sports and socio-cultural domains. Labelized Guid'Asso for generalist and employment specialist accompaniment, it provides support on associative life, employment, RH, accounting, financing, and project management.
• Stéphane HéninminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStéphane Hénin is a consultant-trainer specializing in strategic, economic, financial, governance, and statutory issues for collectives in creation, with a cooperative leaning. He is a partner in the co-construction of the Parcours ADRESS.
• MLG (Marie-Louise Gruel)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarie-Louise Gruel is a consultant-trainer with over 35 years of experience in ESS development, structuring, funding, and social innovation. She animates the workshop 'Répondre à un appel à projet' and a training module on public and private financing within the Parcours ADRESS.
• SambaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSamba is a ESUS-approved commercial company providing communication strategy support to ESS project holders, specializing in brand strategy, communication strategy, and communication structuring within the Parcours ADRESS.
• Tia PaulaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTia Paula (association) provides accompaniment for the territorial anchoring of projects, feasibility studies, management, European program and financing management, and internationalization. It has expertise as a European Expert with the Erasmus+ Agency France Education et Formation.
• SozinhominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSozinho (association culturelle created in 2009) offers expertise in event management, associative café management, youth animation and popular education, and cultural mediation. It shares experience from a territory project combining culture, social, and insertion in a QPV (priority urban policy) neighborhood.
• TerreAuCiel (SCOP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTerreAuCiel (SCOP) provides support for urban agriculture and associative/agricultural entrepreneurial projects, including agronomy, agricultural economics, business plans, landscape design, and integration into local urban agriculture networks within the Parcours ADRESS.
• Le Filament (SCOP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLe Filament (SCOP) specializes in data protection awareness, cybersecurity, and free software, providing data exchange definition and indicators within the Parcours ADRESS.
• L'Echo du CairnminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerL'Écho du Cairn (founded on active pedagogy) facilitates collectives (teams and/or members) for associative governance and organizational structuring. It animates the workshop 'L'ESS dans mon projet' and a training module on participatory workshop construction within the Parcours ADRESS.
• Réalis ToulouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRéalis Toulouse accompanies committed companies and ESS structures, serving as a partner organization within the Parcours ADRESS ecosystem.
• Les Francas OccitanieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLes Francas Occitanie (fédération d'éducation populaire) intervenes on leisure, inclusion, popular education, ecological transition education, and engagement for children and adolescents. It accompanies project holders on associative management, project mounting, and European funding (ERASMUS+, OFAJ) within the Parcours ADRESS.
• Réseau National du Mouvement Associatif (RNMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe RNMA (Réseau National du Mouvement Associatif) is the national parent network of Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie. Together they conducted the 'Santé financière des Assos' (financial health of associations) survey in October 2025 in partnership with Hexopée, alongside Centres sociaux, ORVA, and France Active.
• HexopéecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHexopée partnered with Le Mouvement Associatif and the RNMA on the 'Santé financière des Assos' survey (October 2025) examining the financial health of associations in France.
• Centres Sociaux OccitanieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentres Sociaux d'Occitanie partnered with Le Mouvement Associatif and the RNMA on the 'Santé financière des Assos' survey examining financial health of associations.
• ORVAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerORVA partnered with Le Mouvement Associatif and the RNMA on the 'Santé financière des Assos' survey examining financial health of associations.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• FONDA: National think tank for the associative sector producing forward-looking analysis and policy briefs on associations. Comparable in its national advocacy and analytical role, complementing Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie's regional coordination work.
• ESS France: National organization representing the Social and Solidarity Economy across France. Operates at a broader national level but covers overlapping ESS coordination, advocacy, and representation functions.
• Le Mouvement Associatif (national): National umbrella body for the associative sector in France. It centralizes national advocacy, press releases, and policy positions (e.g., on the PLF 2026 austerity) that Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie localizes and amplifies regionally.

Direct peers

• CRESS Occitanie (Chambre Régionale de l'Économie Sociale et Solidaire): Regional chamber for the Social and Solidarity Economy in Occitanie. Operates in the same regional ESS coordination space with overlapping member networks and similar public-backer relationships.
• Réseau National du Mouvement Associatif (RNMA): National parent network of Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie. RNMA coordinates the regional Mouvement Associatif branches and co-produces national sector studies (e.g., Santé financière des Assos), making it the closest functional peer at the national level.
• Hexopée: National network coordinating personal services associations (économie sociale et solidaire). Co-partnered with Le Mouvement Associatif on the October 2025 financial health survey, making it a directly comparable advocacy and research counterpart.
• Le Mouvement Associatif PACA: Regional counterpart in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur performing the same coordination, advocacy, and accompaniment role for associations in its territory. Directly comparable as a peer regional branch of the same national movement.
• France Active MPA Occitanie: Regional branch of France Active providing financial accompaniment and financing for associations and ESS structures. Works alongside Le Mouvement Associatif Occitanie within the Parcours ADRESS workshops and the Santé financière des Assos survey.

Others

• Centre Français des Fondations: Umbrella organization for French foundations and funders, adjacent to the associative sector ecosystem. Comparable as a sectoral coordination body supporting philanthropy and foundation activity in France.
• Recherches & Solidarités: Independent research network producing annual studies on volunteering and associations in France (e.g., La France bénévole 2026). Functions as a research partner and data provider rather than a direct coordinator, but operates in the same sector intelligence space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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