PLIE du Libournais

What PLIE du Libournais does

PLIE du Libournais (Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi du Libournais) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1996 and headquartered in Libourne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Its core function is to coordinate and deliver local employment-insertion services across the Libournais territory, serving three principal audiences: job seekers aged over 26 who are distant from employment, very small businesses (TPEs, 0–10 employees), and local authorities (136 communes and 5 intercommunalities). The association operates a network of 16 physical permanence points distributed across all 5 intercommunalities — CALI, Pays Foyen, Castillon/Pujols, Grand Saint-Émilionnais, and Fronsadais — ensuring a service point within 15 km of any resident, and runs a 19-person professional team of pathway advisors (référents de parcours), a director, a coordinator, a social-clause project manager, a TPE recruitment project manager, and finance assistants.

The product surface consists of five core service lines: (1) personalised career accompaniment for job seekers, including CV/interview workshops, professional immersions (PMSMP), training access, business-creation support, and 6-month post-placement follow-up; (2) the RH-TPE tool and Dispositif RHTPE providing free outsourced HR support to very small businesses (recruitment, training, management, labour law); (3) La Boîte aux Métiers, a job-discovery platform for in-demand local sectors; (4) social-clause and responsible-procurement engineering for public buyers; and (5) recruitment and replacement support for local authorities, including CUI-CAE contracts and insertion work-sites. The underlying technology is entirely non-proprietary, relying on WordPress for the website, Google Forms for intake/registration, and Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and a November 2025 WhatsApp broadcast channel for outreach.

The business model is fully publicly financed and free at point of use. Revenue (better described as operating budget) is composed of grants from local collectivities (the 5 intercommunalities), the Gironde Department, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, and the European Social Fund Plus (FSE+) — the latter managed since January 2023 via the AGAPE intermediary association. For the 2026 programme year, FSE+ co-financing totals 166,759 EUR against eligible operations of approximately 405,604 EUR across three operations (accompaniment, economic mobilisation, and animation). The association is governed by local elected officials and business/employment representatives, with Fabienne Fonteneau as Présidente and Christophe Papin as Directeur, and operates as a non-commercial public-interest entity without equity, M&A activity, or proprietary IP.

Name

PLIE du Libournais

Legal name

PLIE du libournais

Website

https://plielibournais.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PLIE du Libournais is a French non-profit association that delivers free, publicly-funded local employment-insertion services to job seekers over 26, very small businesses, and 136 communes across the Libournais territory, operating 16 service points with a 19-person team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Employment Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (62419), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Miscellaneous Business Services (7380), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Public employment services
• Job seeker accompaniment
• Vocational training support
• Small business recruitment
• Social insertion programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Libourne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public funding and grants: The PLIE du Libournais is entirely publicly funded. Its services are free for beneficiaries (job seekers, businesses, and local authorities). Funding comes from local collectivities, the Gironde Department, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, and the European Social Fund Plus (FSE+). The organization is administered by elected officials and business representatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PLIE du Libournais is a public, non-profit local employment insertion service that provides free personalized accompaniment to job seekers over 26 years old, free HR and recruitment support to very small businesses (RH-TPE), and recruitment plus social-clause assistance to the 136 communes and 5 intercommunalities of the Libournais territory. All services are delivered in person across 16 permanence locations and are financed entirely by public grants.

Product overview

PLIE du Libournais (Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi) is a local employment insertion service offered by municipalities to accompany job seekers, businesses, and local authorities. The organization operates 16 locations across the Libournais territory providing a coordinated set of services including personalized career support, RH-TPE HR toolkit for very small businesses, La Boîte aux Métiers job discovery platform, social clause services for public procurement, and recruitment support for businesses and municipalities. Services are structured around three main audiences: people over 26 seeking employment, companies (particularly TPE), and local authorities. The organization is administered by elected officials and business representatives, with 19 staff members coordinated through European Social Fund (FSE+) programs managed in partnership with AGAPE.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accompagnement personnalisé

Quantifiable outcome

• Accompanied job seekers sign employment contracts and receive 6 months of post-signature follow-up to ensure durable employment integration.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CEFIL (Centre de Formation de l'INSEE sur Libourne)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2024Collaborated on a joint survey studying recruitment processes and difficulties among Libournais businesses, and their awareness of PLIE's TPE enterprise services. Survey sent to 3,205 establishments with a 21.3% response rate.
• Gironde Department (Département de la Gironde)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the primary public funders of the PLIE du Libournais, providing financing alongside collectivities, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, and the European Social Fund Plus.
• Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region (Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the primary public funders of the PLIE du Libournais, providing regional co-financing alongside the Gironde Department, local collectivities, and FSE+.
• 5 Intercommunalities of the Libournais (Collectivités porteuses)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe PLIE is carried by and administered with 5 intercommunalities of the Libournais territory. These local government groupings are both governance participants and primary financers of the PLIE's operations.
• France Travail (formerly Pole Emploi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrance Travail is a key referral and coordination partner. It directs job seekers to the PLIE and collaborates on the RHTPE device and other shared employment initiatives. France Travail remains the primary recruitment channel for local employers, though its effectiveness is reportedly low.
• Mission LocalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA partner in the coordinated action of employment stakeholders. The Mission Locale works alongside the PLIE, France Travail, Cap Emploi, and training operators to address recruitment challenges in the Libournais.
• Cap EmploicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA partner in the coordinated action of employment stakeholders, focusing on employment support for people with disabilities. Works alongside the PLIE, France Travail, and Mission Locale on local employment initiatives.
• AGAPE (Association de Gestion et d'Appui aux Projets Européens)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince January 1, 2023, the PLIE du Libournais has been a member of AGAPE for the management of FSE+ funds. AGAPE is an intermediary organization delegated by the State for managing a portion of the European Social Fund, working in coordination with the Departmental Councils of Gironde, Dordogne, and Lot-et-Garonne.
• GNFA (Groupement National pour la Formation Automobile)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGNFA is the national training group for the automobile sector. PLIE-supported participants (such as Pascale Boisseau) attend GNFA training programs in vehicle commerce as part of their professional reconversion through contrat de professionnalisation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• APEC (Association Pour l'Emploi des Cadres): National employment-services body for executives and skilled professionals. Broader incumbent offering placement, HR advisory and training services across France, overlapping with PLIE on TPE recruitment guidance and labor market intermediation but at national scale.
• France Travail: National public employment agency (formerly Pôle Emploi) that is both PLIE's primary referral partner and the broader incumbent in employment services. Overlaps on job-seeker registration, offers, and TPE recruitment support, but at national scale rather than local insertion depth.

Direct peers

• Mission Locale: Local youth employment insertion network (under-26), structurally the sister network to PLIE in the French insertion ecosystem. Coordinates case-by-case with PLIE in the Libournais and shares the same FSE+ funding and intercommunal governance logic.
• Cap Emploi: National specialized network for employment of people with disabilities, working alongside PLIE under the same coordinated-employment framework in the Libournais. Comparable in governance, funding, and local accompaniment model but for a distinct beneficiary segment.
• PLIE de Bordeaux: Another Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi in Nouvelle-Aquitaine serving the Bordeaux metropolitan area with the same tripartite model (job seekers, employers, local authorities). Direct comparable in scope, governance and FSE+ funding structure.

Regional players

• Maison de l'Emploi et de la Formation de Libourne: Local employment coordination structure operating in or near the Libournais area, overlapping with PLIE on coordinating training, recruitment, and public-employment policy actions for the same territory and beneficiary pool.
• PLIE Pau Béarn Pyrénées: PLIE structure in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques operating under the same national insertion framework and FSE+ funding. Comparable tripartite service design with different geographic remit.
• PLIE du Bassin d'Arcachon et du Val de l'Eyre: Adjacent PLIE in Gironde serving the Arcachon basin, another Nouvelle-Aquitaine PLIE funded by FSE+ and local intercommunalities. Comparable operating model but operates in a different sub-territory from Libourne.

Others

• AGAPE (Association de Gestion et d'Appui aux Projets Européens): Intermediary body delegated by the French state to manage FSE+ funds in Gironde, Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne. PLIE has been a member since 2023. Comparable because AGAPE administers the same EU funding stream and acts as a structural counterpart for many PLIE-equivalent organizations in the region.

Emerging players

• Walt Community (ex-Inclusion Connect): French digital SaaS platform for social and professional inclusion used by insertion structures to manage beneficiaries, employers, and outcomes. Comparable because it provides the type of digital tooling PLIE currently lacks (Google Forms, WordPress) and is increasingly adopted by insertion structures funded via FSE+.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@plielibournais
• Facebookfacebook.com/pliedulibournais
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/plie-libournais

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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