Les Petits Débrouillards Occitanie

What Les Petits Débrouillards Occitanie does

Les Petits Débrouillards Occitanie is a regional nonprofit association (loi 1901) headquartered at 49 boulevard Berthelot, Montpellier, and registered in 2014 as the Occitanie branch of the national Mouvement des Petits Débouillards (founded 1986). It operates 7 local antennas across 6 departments and delivers hands-on scientific experimentation workshops, mobile laboratory programming (Science Tour units), teacher and mediator training, and pedagogical design services aimed primarily at children, youth, school communities, and the general public. Core digital assets include the open-source Wikidébrouillard platform, the collaborative science platform Les Taxinomes, and the Cote à Cote community engagement tool.

The organization's revenue model is grant- and contract-based rather than transactional: programming is offered free to end beneficiaries and financed through public subsidies and institutional partnerships. Named funders and partners include Région Occitanie, Communauté d'Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées, and Fondation Orange. Co-directors Emilie PLEGAT and Sébastien MARTARECHE jointly lead a permanent staff of 36, supplemented by trained animators drawn from the national Mouvement network (which fields 2,500 animators and 200 permanent staff across 58 antennas and reaches approximately 700,000 children and young people annually).

Name

Les Petits Débrouillards Occitanie

Legal name

Association Les Petits Débrouillards Occitanie

Website

https://lespetitsdebrouillardsoccitanie.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Les Petits Débrouillards Occitanie is a Montpellier-based nonprofit association delivering hands-on science workshops, mobile laboratory programming, and teacher training across 7 antennas in the Occitanie region, serving children, youth, and schools through publicly funded programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montpellier

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public funding and grants: Primary revenue from government subsidies, municipal contracts, and regional funding to support scientific education and popular education missions
2. Service contracts with municipalities and institutions: Contracts with local governments, schools, and community organizations for animation services, educational programs, and summer activities in priority neighborhoods
3. Training services: Fees from scientific mediation training programs such as FIA (Formation Initiale à l'Animation) and professional development courses for educators

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Les Petits Débrouillards Occitanie is a nonprofit association (loi 1901) that delivers informal scientific education and popular education programs across the Occitanie region of France. Its main offerings include hands-on scientific workshops (Animations scientifiques), the mobile Science Tour truck ('Gaston'), professional training for educators (Formations), pedagogical design services (Conception pédagogique), educational kits and exhibitions, plus digital platforms such as Wikid\u00e9brouillard, Les Taxinomes and Cote \u00e0 Cote. Services are delivered free of charge to the public through seven departmental antennas in Aude, Gard, Haute-Garonne, H\u00e9rault, Hautes-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es and Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-Orientales.

Product overview

Les Petits Débrouillards Occitanie is a nonprofit association providing informal science education and popular education services across the Occitanie region of France. The organization operates through multiple service lines: (1) Animations scientifiques (hands-on science workshops) delivered directly to public; (2) Le Science Tour, a mobile laboratory truck ('Gaston') bringing experiments to schools and communities; (3) Formations (training programs) for educators; (4) Conception pédagogique (pedagogical design) services; and (5) digital platforms including Wikidébrouillard (collaborative experiment wiki), Les Taxinomes (geolocated biodiversity inventory), and Cote à Cote (community platform). The portfolio also includes educational kits (Educocode, Transition écologique, Être humain vivre ensemble), interactive exhibitions, and annual festivals (Festival Aux Sciences Citoyen·ne·s). Programs are delivered through regional antennas in 6 departments (Aude, Gard, Haute-Garonne, Hérault, Hautes-Pyrénées, Pyrénées-Orientales).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Science Tour: Mobile science laboratory traveling across the Occitanie region and beyond
• Cités Débrouillardes
• Festival Aux Sciences Citoyen·ne·s
• Formation à l'Animation scientifique et technique

Products and services

• Animations scientifiques
• Le Science Tour
• Formations
• Conception p\u00e9dagogique
• Festival Aux Sciences Citoyen\u00b7ne\u00b7s
• Clubs Sciences
• Cit\u00e9s D\u00e9brouillardes
• Mini-stages
• Educocode educational kit
• Mission H : \u00eatre humain, vivre ensemble
• Exposition Transitions \u00e9cologiques et sociales
• Permanence num\u00e9rique
• Wikid\u00e9brouillard

Quantifiable outcome

• 700,000 children and youth reached annually across all activities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dans6TcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 April 2020Local association partner in Hautes-Pyrénées for educational continuity initiatives. Collaborated on digital permanence services during the COVID-19 pandemic and participated in conference of press initiatives.
• GIP Politique de la VillecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-funded group supporting urban policy initiatives. Provides institutional backing and funding for educational continuity and social mediation programs in priority urban neighborhoods.
• Communauté d'Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-PyrénéescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner for environmental education programs including the Plan Climat Air Energie Territoriale (PCAET), funding scientific animations in 35 schools on water and climate change themes.
• CPIE (Centres Permanents d'Initiatives pour l'Environnement)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental education center partner participating in festivals with educational stands on topics like tiger mosquito awareness.
• SYMAT (Syndicat Mixte des Paysages de l'Adour Tarbes)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental management organization partnering for festivals with waste sorting and composting education activities.
• École Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tarbes (ENIT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering school partner running Club U project connecting engineering students with middle school classes for science engagement activities.
• MIAM Collectif, PerpinyàminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal cultural collective in Catalonia hosting science café events (Cafè de ciencia) exploring linguistic diversity and other scientific topics.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• La Casemate: CCSTI (Centre de Culture Scientifique, Technique et Industrielle) in Grenoble offering hands-on science exhibitions, workshops, and events. Comparable in mission but smaller-scale and geographically distinct; functions as a regional CCSTI peer.

Broad incumbents

• Universcience: Public institution resulting from the merger of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie and the Palais de la découverte. A much larger incumbent in French science popularization that competes indirectly for audience attention and public funding.
• Les Francas: National federation of associations for children's and youth education, recognized as a complementary education movement. Provides after-school, holiday, and pedagogical training programs in a similar vein to the subject's animations and FIA training.
• Réseau Canopé: Public operator under the French Ministry of Education responsible for educational resource production and teacher training. Overlaps with the subject's pedagogical design services and educational kits as a publicly funded alternative.
• La Ligue de l'Enseignement: France's largest secular popular education association, with deep roots in civic and youth education. Operates complementary (not identical) programs and competes for the same municipal and ministry grants covering educational animation and youth services.
• CEMEA (Centres d'Entraînement aux Méthodes d'Education Active): Major French association for active pedagogy and educator training, directly competing with the subject's Formations and FIA programs. Targets the same educator and animator audience with similar methodologies.

Direct peers

• Mouvement des Petits Débrouillards: National parent network of the subject. Operates the same popular science education model, methodology, and brand identity across 58 antennas in France, with shared content, governance, and federal funding relationships.
• La Main à la Pâte: French foundation (associated with the Académie des Sciences) promoting inquiry-based science education in primary and secondary schools. Competes for the same municipal, ministry, and academic funding pools and serves overlapping school audiences.

Regional players

• Petits Débrouillards Grand Est: Sibling regional branch of the same national movement. Operates the same Petits Débrouillards methodology and program portfolio (animations, Science Tour, formations) in the Grand Est region, providing a direct operational comparison.
• Petits Débrouillards Île-de-France: Sibling regional branch of the national movement in the Île-de-France region. Comparable program structure, governance, and methodology, providing a structural benchmark for the subject's regional operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Petit_Deb_Occi
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCWqvZLkNDxwTQlf2M_d2zhw
• Facebookfacebook.com/petitsdebrouillardsoccitanie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lespetitsd%C3%A9brouillardsoccitanie
• Instagraminstagram.com/petitsdebrouillardsoccitanie

Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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