Mission Locale Caen la Mer Calvados Centre

What Mission Locale Caen la Mer Calvados Centre does

Mission Locale Caen La Mer Calvados Centre is a French association loi 1901 (non-profit) founded in 1984 and headquartered in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Normandie. It is a member of the Réseau Pour l'Emploi alongside France Travail, Cap Emploi, and the Conseil Départemental du Calvados, and provides free social and professional integration services to young people aged 16 to 25 (extended to 29 for disabled individuals and CEJ beneficiaries) who have left the school system. Service delivery spans eight thematic areas: employment, orientation, training, citizenship, health, housing, mobility, and culture/leisure/sports, supported by a workshop catalog of over 140 topics and the Shaker mobile application.

The core operational infrastructure consists of 64 reception points covering 287 communes across the Calvados department, with services delivered through permanent antennas and partner locations including mairies, CCAS, and social centers. The product portfolio centers on the Contrat d'Engagement Jeune (CEJ) intensive accompaniment program, the Parrainage mentoring service linking youth with professional volunteers, and EU co-financed projects (CAP Orientation, CAP Orientation+, Projet FSE+ État 2024-2026) that deploy innovative formats including virtual reality career discovery, Open Badges for skill validation, and the 'Adopte ton coach' matching service. Technology assets are limited to a public website, the Shaker app on iOS and Android, the linscription.com workshop catalog, and a Facebook page — no proprietary technology stack or AI/ML infrastructure is disclosed.

The revenue model is entirely institutional and grant-based, with no commercial sales motion. Funding sources include the French State (PACEA convention), Région Normandie, Conseil Départemental du Calvados, CAF Calvados, European Union FSE+ (covering approximately 50-60% of project budgets), Caen la mer metropolitan authority, and local municipalities. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries; CEJ participants may receive a monthly allowance of up to €552. The organization reported a 100/100 score on the 2025 Index de l'égalité professionnelle. In 2023, it supported 5,656 young people and recorded 2,591 employment contracts signed.

Name

Mission Locale Caen la Mer Calvados Centre

Legal name

Mission Locale Caen La Mer Calvados Centre

Website

https://mlbn.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Mission Locale Caen La Mer Calvados Centre is a French non-profit association that provides free social and professional integration services to young people aged 16-25 across 287 communes in Calvados, funded by public institutional partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Employment Services / Public Employment Guidance

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Interagency Coordination & Case Management (VR, DD, Medicaid Waivers) (EDAKANAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Special Education Vocational & Transition Programs (18–22) (EDAKAAAG)

Keywords

• Youth employment services
• Professional integration support
• Social insertion programs
• Career orientation services
• Public employment guidance

Headquarters

HQ city

Hérouville Saint-Clair

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding / Public Subsidies: Mission Locale Caen La Mer Calvados Centre is a loi 1901 association funded by multiple public institutional partners including the French State (PACEA convention), Conseil Régional de Normandie, Conseil Départemental du Calvados, CAF Calvados, European Union (FSE+), and local municipalities. Revenue is non-commercial and grant-based rather than earned revenue from sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mission Locale Caen la Mer Calvados Centre is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) that provides free public services for the social and professional integration of young people aged 16-25 (up to 29 for those with disabilities or CEJ beneficiaries) who have left the school system. Its core offering is the Contrat d'Engagement Jeune (CEJ) — an intensive personalized accompaniment program of 15-20 hours per week combining workshops, training, internships, and civic missions, with a possible monthly allowance of up to €552. This is complemented by a Parrainage mentoring program, employment support, orientation/training guidance, and accompaniment across eight thematic areas: employment, orientation, training, citizenship, health, housing, mobility, and culture/leisure.

Product overview

Mission Locale Caen la Mer Calvados Centre operates as a unified youth support service (association loi 1901) offering comprehensive insertion services through multiple integrated programs. The core offering centers on the CEJ (Contrat d'Engagement Jeune) program providing intensive weekly support, complemented by the Parrainage mentoring service connecting youth with professional volunteers. Service delivery spans eight thematic areas: Employment, Orientation, Training, Citizenship, Health, Housing, Mobility, and Culture/Leisure/Sports. Over 140 workshops are accessible through an online catalog, supported by a network of 65 locations across 287 communes. Funded projects like CAP Orientation and FSE+ State initiatives deliver structured programs using Open Badges for skills validation and innovative tools including virtual reality for career exploration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contrat d'Engagement Jeune (CEJ) A personalized intensive support program for youth aged 16-25 (up to 29 for disabled workers), providing 15-20 hours per week of workshops, training, internships, and civic missions, with a possible monthly allowance of up to €552. Targets young people detached from the school system needing structured re-entry into employment or training.
• Parrainage (Mentoring Program) A mentoring program where volunteer professionals share their experience and networks with young job seekers to help them discover companies, explore careers, gain experience, and develop professional networks. Pairing of beneficiary youth with experienced working professionals.
• Employment Support Services Comprehensive job search assistance including workshops (CV, cover letters, interview preparation), an 'Adopte ton coach' matching service, individual accompaniment for internships/apprenticeships, and business creation support. For young job seekers needing to enter or re-enter the labor market.
• Orientation and Training Guidance Career orientation services including Orientation Modules, Pass Avenir workshops in virtual spaces, virtual reality headset experiences for career discovery, and connections to sector referents across multiple industries. For young people exploring career paths.
• Housing Support Housing assistance through partnership with ACAHJ including information on housing rights, orientation to housing subsidies (APL, ALS), emergency housing solutions, financial aid for deposits and furniture, and eviction prevention services. For young people facing housing instability.
• Mobility Services Mobility support including driving license assistance (free driving school, code workshops, driving simulator), permit scholarships, bicycle loans, electric bicycle and scooter rentals, and the Caen La Mer Mobility Platform. For young people facing mobility barriers.
• Health Support Health information and orientation services including the 'Bien dans sa tête' (Well-being) mental health program with collective workshops, healthcare access facilitation, prevention and awareness campaigns, psychological support, and health check-ups. For young people needing health guidance.
• Citizenship and Civic Engagement Citizenship actions including digital autonomy workshops, administrative procedures support, radio communication projects, international volunteering programs, and Civic Service missions (6-8 months, 24-35 hours/week, 620€/month). For young people seeking civic engagement and administrative guidance.
• Culture, Sports and Leisure Cultural and sports activities including sports workshops (ASPTT), nautical sports initiations (sailing, kayaking, rowing), theater, writing, musical creation workshops, ATOUTS NORMANDIE benefits program, and VACANCES financial support (180€ per person). For young people wishing to access culture and leisure.
• Formation and Skills Development Training support services including career discovery workshops, internships, qualification programs, alternating training, digital skills, and partnerships with training centers, France Travail, and enterprises. For young people seeking qualifications and career skills.
• CAP Orientation 2024-2025 Program EU-funded (FSE+) program operated from July 2024 to December 2025, accompanying young people aged 16-25 in building a professional project through remobilization, skills development, knowledge enhancement, and career discovery. Delivered 892 workshops serving 869 young beneficiaries with 4,466 attendances.
• CAP Orientation+ 2026 Program Consolidation and expansion of the CAP Orientation program for 2026, consolidating guidance support for youth toward orientation and professional integration. Features remobilization workshops, skills development including AI, Open Badges skills validation, and immersive career discovery via virtual reality and company visits, with expanded rural coverage to Cabourg, Falaise, Val ès Dunes, and Cingal Suisse Normande.
• FSE+ État Project 2024-2026 European Social Fund Plus (FSE+) co-financed project for 2024-2026 targeting reinforced support for young people aged 16-25 with insertion difficulties including low qualification levels, precarious situations, pathway breaks, and social barriers.
• Enterprise Recruitment Support Services (Pôle Entreprise) Enterprise team service providing job offer collection, candidate pre-selection, matching, and administrative support to employers. Supports internship hosting, apprenticeship contracts, and recruitment by connecting local businesses with young candidates. Businesses also participate in workshops including interview preparation and simulation exercises.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,656 young people supported and 2,591 employment contracts signed in 2023
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Pôle Emploi / France TravailcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-management arrangement where Mission Locale follows young job seekers, provides access to job offers, and manages the employment pathway of job seekers as part of the Réseau Pour l'Emploi.
• Union Nationale des Missions Locales (UNML)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of Mission Locales providing coordination, best practice sharing, and institutional representation at the national level.
• Association Régionale des Missions Locales de NormandieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional network of Mission Locales in Normandy for coordination, resource sharing, and collective advocacy at the regional level.
• ACAHJ (Accompagnement, Conseil, Animation, Habitat des Jeunes)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSpecialized housing partner providing support on the housing theme: informing youth about housing rights and available aids, orienting toward suitable solutions (APL, ALS, emergency housing), supporting administrative procedures, providing financial aids for installation costs, preventing evictions, and sensitizing on rental management.
• CLLAJ (Comité Local pour le Logement Autonome des Jeunes)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal committee for autonomous youth housing, working with the Mission Locale to support young people with housing access.
• Entreprises / Business NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with businesses for internship hosting, apprenticeship contracts, and recruitment. The enterprise team provides job offer collection, candidate pre-selection, matching, and administrative support to employers. Businesses also participate in workshops including interview preparation and simulation exercises.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mission Locale de Paris: The Mission Locale serving Paris—one of the largest in France in terms of volume—delivers the same multi-thematic (employment, training, housing, health, mobility, citizenship) accompaniment to out-of-school youth 16–25. Comparable in service model, programs (CEJ, Garantie Jeunes, PACEA), and public-funding logic, with greater operational scale.
• Mission Locale de l'agglomération de Rouen: A fellow association loi 1901 Mission Locale operating in the same Normandy region, providing the same youth (16–25) social and professional insertion services under PACEA/CEJ frameworks. Highly comparable in service scope, public-funding model, and territorial coverage approach.
• Cap Emploi: Cap Emploi is the French specialized employment service for people with disabilities and the third co-member of the Réseau Pour l'Emploi alongside Mission Locale and France Travail. It directly parallels Mission Locale's integrated accompaniment model (employment, training, employer matching) but for disabled job seekers, making it a same-network, same-model peer with a different beneficiary segment.
• Écoles de la Deuxième Chance (E2C): E2C is a national network of schools providing second-chance education, training, and socio-professional integration for 16–25 year-olds without qualifications. Highly comparable in mission (insertion of out-of-school youth) and pedagogical approach (alternating workshops and company immersions), overlapping with Mission Locale on CEJ/PACEA-eligible beneficiaries.

Broad incumbents

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): France Travail is France's national public employment service and co-member of the Réseau Pour l'Emploi with Mission Locale. It serves all job seekers (not just youth) and is the broader incumbent against which Mission Locale's youth-specialized mandate is defined; comparable in employment-support mission, fund-mechanism, and regional-territorial coverage across Calvados.
• AFPA (Agence nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes): AFPA is the national public adult vocational-training operator with a long-standing territorial network across France. While its core focus is qualifications-based training rather than holistic accompaniment, it overlaps with Mission Locale's training theme and often acts as a referral destination for young people referred by Missions Locales.

Others

• Conseil Départemental du Calvados: The Conseil Départemental du Calvados is a core public-funder and co-member of the Réseau Pour l'Emploi that operates its own RSA-insertion and youth-action programs. While not a competitor, it is highly comparable in delivery of insertion programs for disadvantaged publics in the same territory and remains a key institutional partner.
• Union Nationale des Missions Locales (UNML): UNML is the national federation representing the network of French Missions Locales, providing coordination, advocacy, and best-practice sharing. Not a peer in delivery, but is the institutional parent-counterpart to Mission Locale Caen La Mer Calvados Centre and shapes its operating framework and policy standing.

Emerging players

• Apprentis d'Auteuil: Apprentis d'Auteuil is a large Catholic non-profit operating youth-insertion programs (hosting, training, family support) across France. Comparable as a privately funded non-profit serving vulnerable youth with an emphasis on social and professional integration, though broader in scope (includes minors) and not exclusively focused on employment outcomes.
• EPIDE (Établissement Pour l'Insertion Dans l'Emploi): EPIDE is a public operator offering residential/voluntary youth-insertion programs for 18–25 year-olds far from employment, with a strong military-inspired pedagogy. Directly comparable on target population (vulnerable youth) and employability outcomes, but delivered via a residential boarding model rather than Mission Locale's territory-wide proximity network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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