PEP Découvertes

What PEP Découvertes does

PEP Découvertes is a French nonprofit association (association loi 1901) headquartered in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, created in 2013 as a mutualized management body that absorbed the classes découvertes (educational vacation stays) and holiday-camp activities previously operated by PEP 94. It operates within the national PEP federation, which counts roughly 450,000 members nationwide, and serves primarily school-age children, adolescents, and families in the Val-de-Marne department through a portfolio of complementary-education programs.

The organization delivers classes découvertes (educational field trips and vacation stays), the Prenez la Parole! media education workshops, SAPEMA-SAPAD pedagogical support for students unable to attend school due to illness, the Jeunes en Action youth engagement program, and DECLIC/K initiatives targeting the digital divide. Earlier programs included a dropout-prevention initiative (2016-2020) and the CDC 94 program (2017-2021), both now concluded. Program delivery is human-led and institutionally embedded in the public-school ecosystem rather than delivered through any proprietary software or technology platform.

The revenue model is nonprofit and project-based: a €10 annual individual membership fee supplements co-financing from the European Union / Fonds Social Européen (FSE), grants from Éducation Nationale, and support from territorial collectivities including GPSEA. Operating with a permanent team of 6 employees, the association maintains an institutional partner stack that includes the Éducation Nationale, GPSEA, FCPE, La Compagnie des Parents, UPEC, PEP Mayotte, UNICEF, and 94 Citoyens. No revenue, ARR, or budget figure is publicly disclosed.

Name

PEP Découvertes

Legal name

Association des Pupilles de l'Enseignement Public du Val-de-Marne

Website

https://pep94.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

French nonprofit association (loi 1901) headquartered in Créteil that delivers educational vacation stays, media workshops, and youth inclusion programs primarily to school-age children in Val-de-Marne, operating with 6 employees within the national PEP federation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Education Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Leadership, Debate & Model UN Camps (EDAMALAK)

Keywords

• Educational trip services
• School holiday camps
• Youth civic education
• Media literacy training
• Dropout prevention programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Créteil

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PEP Découvertes is a mutualized management association (organisme de gestion mutualisée) that organizes and operates educational classes (classes de découverte) and vacation stays (colonies de vacances) for children and adolescents in the Val-de-Marne department of France. The activities were transferred from PEP 94 in 2013 to this dedicated management entity, which now runs the educational discovery and holiday camp programs alongside broader PEP 94 civic education initiatives including media workshops, dropout prevention, digital literacy, and pedagogical support for sick or injured students.

Product overview

PEP Découvertes is a mutualized management association that operates educational classes and vacation stays (Classes et Séjours Éducatifs) for children and adolescents, originally transferred from PEP 94 activities in 2013. The organization operates alongside the broader PEP 94 association network, which provides citizenship education programs, media workshops, dropout prevention services, and pedagogical support for sick students. The portfolio includes structured programs such as the SAPEMA-SAPADhe for medical support, Jeunes en Action for citizenship solidarity, DECLIC/K for digital inclusion, and the dropout prevention initiative. Student media production is a central offering, delivered through the 'Prenez la Parole!' digital platform where students create publications including Le Korczak Ados, The Nocard News, Le Nocard Express, and L'éco L'o, along with radio productions. The organization also manages the Conseil Départemental des Collégiens 94 for youth civic participation and facilitates Service Civique volunteer opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Classes et Séjours Éducatifs - PEP Découvertes Educational discovery classes and vacation stays for children and adolescents in the Val-de-Marne department, transferred to the PEP Découvertes mutualized management association in 2013 to centralize operation of these school trip and holiday camp programs.
• Ateliers Médias (Media Workshops) Media workshops conducted in schools and colleges teaching journalism, media literacy, and citizen expression to students, including newspaper creation, radio production, and digital media projects.
• SAPEMA-SAPADhe (Service d'Aide Pédagogique aux Élèves Malades ou Accidentés) Pedagogical support service providing educational assistance to children and adolescents in Val-de-Marne who are unable to attend school due to medical reasons (illness or accident).
• Jeunes en Action Youth citizenship and solidarity program addressing social distress among vulnerable populations through citizenship education and international solidarity initiatives, with a focus on citizenship, solidarity, and sustainable development.
• DECLIC/K (Formation contre la fracture numérique) Technical and citizen training program on digital tools usage, using cooperative methods to address the digital divide among youth through training in digital tool usage and citizenship in digital contexts.
• Lutte contre le décrochage scolaire (Dropout Prevention) Programs to combat school dropout through student remobilization workshops, personal development sessions, and reintegration support, including the La Parenthèse 2.0 program operating during 2019/2020.
• Conseil Départemental des Collégiens (CDC 94) Departmental council for middle school students in Val-de-Marne, managed in partnership with the education services and middle schools, where elected students participate in commissions and plenary sessions for civic participation.
• Prenez la Parole! (Student Media Platform) Online platform for student journalism hosting student-produced newspapers including Le Korczak Ados, The Nocard News, Le Nocard Express, and L'éco L'o, along with radio productions and citizen parcours content, co-financed by the EU.
• Ateliers Éco-Journal Ecology-focused journalism workshops where students produce environmental newspapers, combining an eco-citizen approach with collective work methodology to teach environmental awareness and journalism skills.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Grand Paris Sud Est Avenir (GPSEA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 September 2019PEP94 participated in the Forest Festival organized by GPSEA, conducting eco-citizenship animations on the topic of waste in forests.
• Réseau national des PEP (Pupilles de l'Enseignement Public)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPEP94 is the departmental association belonging to the national PEP network, which comprises 450,000 members. The network is committed to emancipation and access to citizenship rights for all.
• Éducation NationalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial partnership for educational activities within schools and colleges, working on both school time and extracurricular activities.
• Collectivités territoriales (Territorial collectivities)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with territorial collectivities including Conseil Départemental du Val-de-Marne for educational programs and school support services.
• La Compagnie des ParentsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for parental support activities including the 'Café des parents' and parentality days.
• FCPE (Fédération des Conseils de Parents d'Elèves)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on parental support events and school transition programs.
• Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCareer days and professional encounters where PEP94 directors meet education science students to present the association's mission.
• PEP MayotteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolidarity operation where PEP94 joined the national PEP network to support the newly created PEP Mayotte in setting up a children's-youth library and bookmobile project.
• UNICEFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on the 30th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, organizing events to raise awareness about children's rights.
• 94 CitoyensminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVisit by Cécile Dubois, founder and editor-in-chief of online media 94 Citoyens, to exchange with students during media workshops.
• MeeziominorOthersWebsite hosting provider located at 21 avenue Secretan, 75019 Paris.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ligue de l'Enseignement: France's largest federation of popular-education associations, directly comparable as a national non-profit delivering complementary educational, citizenship and leisure programs in and around public schools. Operates with similar 'éducation populaire' values and school-system partnerships.
• OCCE (Office Central de la Coopération à l'École): National non-profit operating inside French public schools to deliver cooperative educational projects, citizenship activities and student media. Strong overlap with PEP94's in-school delivery, media workshops and civic-education focus.
• Fédération des Conseils de Parents d'Élèves (FCPE): National federation of parent representatives in French public schools. While focused on parental representation, it overlaps with PEP94 on school-transition support, family engagement and policy advocacy in the same Val-de-Marne / public-school ecosystem.
• Jeunesse au Plein Air (JPA): Federation organizing holiday camps ('colonies de vacances') and educational stays for children and adolescents. Directly comparable to the PEP Découvertes 'classes découvertes' and 'colos' core offering.
• Les Francas: Federation of popular-education associations focused on children and youth, running extracurricular activities, civic engagement and holiday camps. Highly comparable in mission, program mix and school-based delivery model to PEP94/PEP Découvertes.
• PEP Rhône (another departmental PEP association): Sibling departmental association within the same national PEP network, running analogous educational, citizenship and holiday-camp programs at department level. The closest structural analog, useful as a comparable for program scope and operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Réseau Canopé: Public operator under the French Ministry of Education delivering educational resources, teacher training and pedagogical support. Comparable as a state-recognized in-school partner, though operating at national scale rather than department-level service delivery.
• Union Nationale des Associations de Tourisme et de Plein Air (UNAT): National umbrella for non-profit tourism, leisure and holiday-camp operators. Comparable to the PEP Découvertes 'classes découvertes' and 'colos' activities, but operating as a broader sector federation rather than a single provider.

Others

• UNICEF France: Listed as an actual partner of PEP94 (International Convention on the Rights of the Child events). Useful as an adjacent ecosystem peer given the children's-rights and youth-citizenship programming overlap.

Emerging players

• Association Française de l'Éducation Populaire (AFEP): Smaller specialized federation promoting 'éducation populaire' methodologies. Comparable in pedagogical philosophy and target audience (youth, schools, communities), though narrower in program scope than PEP94.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LesPEP94
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pep-d%C3%A9couvertes
• Instagraminstagram.com/lespep94

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