Le Rezo!

What Le Rezo! does

Le Rezo! is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 2007 and headquartered at 62 Rue de Soultz, Mulhouse, France, with approximately 10 employees. It operates a reciprocal knowledge-exchange network (Réseau d'Echanges Réciproques de Savoirs, RERS) that enables individuals, schools, associations, and enterprises to share skills through bidirectional learning exchanges where competencies are recognized, valued, socialized, and pooled within a cooperative framework.

The organization's core offerings include the RERS reciprocal-learning program as its foundational service, a 'Formations' (training) line addressing workforce adaptation needs in enterprises facing economic, technological, and demographic change, and the annual 'Festival des savoirs partagés®' — a registered trademark community event running since 2013 (initially branded 'Savoirs en fête'). Le Rezo! holds three French state agréments (academic complementary education, Jeunesse Éducation Populaire, and Service Civique) and operates primarily in Mulhouse's priority neighborhoods (Drouot, Briand, Bourtzwiller, La Fonderie).

Revenue is generated through a mix of donations, public grants (ANCT, DRDJSCS, Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace, Ville de Mulhouse, Fonjep), and foundation support (Fondation EDF, Fondation Vinci Cité Solidaire, Fondation Feuilhade). The organization is led by President François Zeller and has no parent company, subsidiaries, equity funding, or proprietary technology platform — distribution occurs via community drop-in sessions (permanences), organizational partnerships, and a Blogspot website plus standard social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube).

Name

Le Rezo!

Legal name

LE REZO

Website

https://lerezo.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le Rezo! is a Mulhouse-based French non-profit association, founded in 2007, that facilitates reciprocal knowledge and skill exchanges across schools, associations, enterprises, and priority neighborhoods through its RERS network and the annual Festival des savoirs partagés® event.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Education and Lifelong Learning

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Education, Capacity Building & Community Engagement (BPADALAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Alternative Education & Dropout Prevention / Re-Engagement Programs (EDANAJAF)

Keywords

• Reciprocal knowledge exchange
• Community lifelong learning
• Cooperative skill sharing
• Popular education programs
• Non-formal adult training

Headquarters

HQ city

Mulhouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and public support: The association accepts donations from the public and receives support through various government and foundation partnerships to sustain its educational and community activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Le Rezo! is a non-profit association that facilitates access to knowledge and training through reciprocal learning exchanges (apprentissages réciproques), enabling skills to be recognized, valued, socialized, and pooled within a cooperative system. It runs the Réseau d'Echanges Réciproques de Savoirs (RERS) as its core community program, delivers Formations for organizations adapting to economic, technological, and demographic change, and hosts the annual Festival des savoirs partagés® for schools, associations, and businesses. Activities are delivered through community drop-in sessions (permanences) and partnerships across Mulhouse and its priority neighborhoods.

Product overview

Le Rezo! is a non-profit association that facilitates access to knowledge and training through reciprocal learning exchanges. The organization operates a unified platform of programs including the RERS (Réseau d'Echanges Réciproques de Savoirs) as its core initiative, supplemented by professional training services for organizations and the annual Festival des savoirs partagés® event. These offerings work together to enable knowledge sharing across schools, associations, and businesses within a cooperative framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Formations (Training Programs) Professional development and training programs delivered by Le Rezo! for organizations (businesses, associations, schools) that need to adapt their workforce to rapid economic, technological, and demographic changes. Programs are based on the association's reciprocal learning methodology.
• Festival des savoirs partagés® Annual community festival organized by Le Rezo! since 2013 (registered trademark Festival des savoirs partagés®), dedicated to knowledge sharing among all types of institutions including schools, associations, and businesses.
• Réseau d'Echanges Réciproques de Savoirs (RERS) Reciprocal knowledge exchange network and core ongoing program of Le Rezo!, facilitating mutual learning between participants and enabling skills recognition, valorization, socialization, and mutualization within a cooperative system. Delivered through community drop-in sessions (permanences) and partnerships across Mulhouse and its priority neighborhoods.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Collectif Quart lieuminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSummer collective initiative focused on imagining cities and neighborhoods where everyone learns continuously, in collaboration with Fondation Vinci.
• Les MulhousiennesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal women's network providing recognition and visibility for community contributions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Emmaüs France: Major French solidarity and social inclusion movement with similar non-profit association structure and public utility mission. Comparable in operating through decentralized local chapters with autonomy (like Le Rezo! in Mulhouse), but with much broader scope (housing, employment, second-hand economy) and national brand recognition.
• Croix-Rouge française: France's largest humanitarian association, operating nationwide volunteer-driven community programs including training, social inclusion, and youth engagement. Overlaps with Le Rezo! on community training and civic service approvals, but operates at vastly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Unis-Cité: Pioneer of Service Civique civic service in France, hosting volunteers in solidarity missions across priority neighborhoods. Comparable agréments, public-subsidy funding model, and youth/community development mission in Quartiers prioritaires.
• Réseau national des Réseaux d'Échanges Réciproques de Savoirs: The national federation of RERS networks across France, of which Le Rezo! Mulhouse is a member local chapter. Direct peer offering the same reciprocal knowledge exchange methodology across French cities and supporting member networks with shared agréments and federation-level partnerships.
• Les Francas: National federation of popular education associations focused on youth and community-based learning, holding Jeunesse et Éducation Populaire agrément. Comparable to Le Rezo! in operating model (animators, neighborhood activities, school partnerships) and funding base (public subsidies + local associations).
• Bibliothèques Sans Frontières: Non-profit deploying community knowledge resources (libraries, digital tools, training) in priority neighborhoods and underserved areas, often in partnership with French local authorities and foundations. Comparable community education mission and EDF/VINCI-style foundation funding model.
• Fédération des Centres Sociaux de France: National federation of social centers running community-based lifelong learning, family support, and neighborhood animation programs. Directly comparable operating model (community drop-in sessions, partnership with CAF/ANCT/Villes, CAF funding) and serves the same Quartiers prioritaires populations as Le Rezo!
• La Ligue de l'Enseignement: France's largest popular education federation, running reciprocal learning, civic engagement, and community programs nationwide. Directly comparable to Le Rezo! in mission (lifelong learning, citizen education, association complement to public schools) but operates at national scale with 1M+ members.
• ATD Quart Monde: Movement led by Joseph Wresinski working with people in extreme poverty through co-learning, popular education, and skill recognition. Highly comparable to Le Rezo!'s priority-neighborhood work and reciprocal knowledge exchange ethos.

Regional players

• Petits Frères des Pauvres: French association combating senior isolation through community engagement, skill sharing, and intergenerational exchange. Comparably structured (non-profit, agréments, public + foundation funding) and shares the reciprocal solidarity ethos, but focuses on elderly beneficiaries rather than general lifelong learners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCX6c0S-TMCESGP0tBgFxQTg
• Facebookfacebook.com/lerezo.fr
• Instagraminstagram.com/lerezo.fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lerezo

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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