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PLIE de l'Arrondissement de Béthune is a local employment and social inclusion program (Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi) operated by Association P.B.I., a French nonprofit association headquartered at Centre Jean Monnet in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais. The program is funded entirely through public grants provided by the European Social Fund Plus (FSE+), the French State, the Hauts-de-France Region, the Pas-de-Calais Departmental Council, the Béthune Bruay Artois Lys Romane Agglomeration Community, and the Flandre Lys Community of Communes. It provides personalized employment accompaniment through a single-referent (référent unique) case-management model to long-term unemployed adults and youth, RSA beneficiaries with employment-oriented insertion contracts, workers with disabilities oriented to ordinary work environments, individuals in or exiting subsidized contracts, and residents of priority urban neighborhoods (QPV) within member communes. Core services include needs assessment, training pathways, mobility and housing barrier resolution, employer mediation, and coordination of social insertion clauses in public procurement contracts.

The delivery model is field-based and human-centric rather than technology-driven. The organization's technical footprint is a WordPress-based informational website (plie-bethune.fr) hosted by OVH, with no API, mobile application, or proprietary software product. Services are delivered through face-to-face reception at the Béthune headquarters and through territory-based actions deployed across each member commune. Outreach relies on partner referrals from France Travail, social services, and community organizations, supplemented by a Facebook page used to share beneficiary testimonials and program news. Pricing is not applicable as services are free to beneficiaries and fully financed by public subsidies.

The organization is not a commercial entity and has no equity ownership, venture capital, or listed shares. Governance is exercised by President Sylvie MEYFROIDT, with Pascal LEFEVRE responsible for technical maintenance of the website. Approximately 5 employees support program operations. FSE+ actions for 2024 and 2025 are actively published, indicating operational continuity with no suggestion of closure or contraction.

Name

Fonds Social Européen (FSE)

Legal name

Association P.B.I.

Website

https://plie-bethune.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PLIE de l'Arrondissement de Béthune is a French nonprofit association providing personalized employment support and social inclusion services to long-term unemployed, RSA beneficiaries, disabled workers, and priority neighborhood residents, funded by EU, state, regional, departmental, and local authority grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Employment Support Services

NAICS

Employment Services (5613), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education, Skills & Workforce Development Aid Programs (BPADABAE)

Keywords

• Employment integration services
• Social inclusion programs
• Job placement support
• Vocational training services
• Public employment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Béthune

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public funding: The PLIE de l'Arrondissement de Béthune is funded through multiple public sources including the European Social Fund+ (FSE+), the French State, Hauts-de-France Region, Pas-de-Calais Departmental Council, Béthune Bruay Artois Lys Romane Agglomeration Community, and Flandre Lys Community.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The PLIE de l'Arrondissement de Béthune is a publicly funded local employment-inclusion program that assigns each eligible job seeker a dedicated referent (référent unique) to deliver individualized support from initial assessment through durable employment. Services include resolution of social barriers (housing, mobility, family situation), training access, professional immersion, and employer-network mediation. The program additionally manages social insertion clauses in public procurement contracts for the Béthune-Bruay territory and provides territorial support to local authorities implementing insertion through economic activity.

Product overview

The PLIE de l'Arrondissement de Béthune is a local employment integration program (Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi) that provides a unified service delivery platform combining individualized support services, social clause management for public contracts, and territorial support for local authorities. The core offering centers on personalized employment assistance through dedicated referents (référent unique), who coordinate access to training, mobility support, employer mediation, and various FSE+-funded actions (Nos actions FSE+ 2024 and 2025). The program serves long-term unemployed, RSA beneficiaries, disabled workers, and priority neighborhood residents. Funding is mobilized from the European Social Fund Plus (FSE+), French State, Hauts-de-France Region, Pas-de-Calais Department, and local intercommunality communities. The organization operates as a coordination and service delivery entity rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ADMR (Aide à Domicile en Milieu Rural) de BarlinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerADMR de Barlin partnered with PLIE Béthune for professional immersion and training opportunities. PLIE beneficiaries completed immersions and POEI (Préparation Opérationnelle à l'Emploi Individuelle) at ADMR, leading to CDI placements.
• Délices des 7 ValléesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPLIE Béthune collaborated with Délices des 7 Vallées, a food production company, where a PLIE beneficiary was placed as an agent de production after receiving coaching and employment pathway support.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Manpower France: Major commercial staffing group in France, providing temporary work, recruitment, and workforce solutions. Comparable in being an employment-services intermediary but addresses commercial demand rather than inclusion mandates, making it a market-structure peer rather than a competitor.
• Uniformation: Paritary employment-services operator (OPCO) funding vocational training across the social economy in France. Comparable as an ecosystem participant in the French employment-inclusion funding chain but not a direct competitor — Uniformation is an upstream funder, while PLIE is a downstream delivery operator.
• Adecco France: Largest commercial staffing firm in France, supplying temporary and permanent placements across sectors. An adjacent rather than competing actor — PLIE serves populations outside Adecco's commercial funnel — but operates in the same French employment-services market and competes for some employer relationships.

Direct peers

• Missions Locales: Network of local youth (16–25) employment and inclusion organizations across France that provide personalized accompaniment to NEETs, similar in mandate and operating model to PLIE but focused on the youth segment. Operates comparable dedicated-advisor pathways in the same Pas-de-Calais region.
• Cap Emploi: National network specializing in vocational guidance and job placement for workers with disabilities, operating under the same FSE+ public-policy umbrella as PLIE. Directly comparable inclusion mandate for one of PLIE's four target populations (disabled workers in ordinary work environments).
• EPIDE: Public insertion establishment offering residential, military-style civic and vocational programmes for disengaged youth aged 18–25. Comparable target population segment (long-term unemployed / detached from labor market) and public funding model, though with a residential versus territorial delivery model.
• CIBC (Centre Interinstitutionnel de Bilans de Compétences): National network providing skills assessment, career guidance, and vocational rehabilitation services to job seekers, including those with disabilities or facing social barriers. Closely aligned with PLIE's mission of personalized accompaniment and is a territorial-level peer often operating in the same insertion ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• France Travail (Pôle Emploi): France's national public employment service, responsible for job-seeker registration, unemployment benefits, and placement across the territory. PLIE Béthune works alongside France Travail and refers to its job-seeker data, making it a wider public-sector counterpart rather than a head-to-head competitor.
• APEC (Association Pour l'Emploi des Cadres): France's national agency managing employment services for executives and skilled professionals. Operates in the same French employment-services ecosystem as PLIE but serves a very different beneficiary segment, so useful as a structural peer rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Régie de Quartier de Béthune: Local insertion-by-economic-activity operator serving the same priority urban neighborhoods (QPV) as PLIE Béthune. Comparable target population and territory, with overlapping focus on insertion through work for disadvantaged residents — a genuine local institutional peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PLIEBETHUNE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fonds-social-europ%C3%A9en-fse-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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