La Fabrique des Communs Pédagogiques

What La Fabrique des Communs Pédagogiques does

La Fabrique des Communs Pédagogiques (FabPéda) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 2020 during the COVID-19 health crisis to mobilize the educational community around shared pedagogical resources. Headquartered in Bagnolet (Le Sample, 18 Avenue de la République) with a registered office in Les Lilas and an operational hub in Marseille, the organization develops and disseminates "communs pédagogiques" (pedagogical commons) under open and Creative Commons licenses, with its core program being "Classe dehors" (outdoor schooling) launched in 2021.

Its product portfolio centers on the biennial Rencontres Internationales de la Classe Dehors (RICD) — a four-day professional gathering that drew 2,000+ participants, 200+ organizations and 400+ speakers in Poitiers in 2023 and is hosted in Marseille (May 14–17, 2025) with a 610,000 EUR budget, theme of water, and Italy as guest country. Around the flagship event, FabPéda operates the Médialab (open-license co-production of resources), Conciergerie (community facilitation), Fablab Dehors (maker workshops), Bourse des savoirs (knowledge exchange), Concours Marseille Ville Récréative (child-friendly city ideas competition), 4 saisons de la classe dehors (seasonal event series), and a Qualiopi-certified professional training program at 250 EUR per day per person.

The business model is a hybrid nonprofit structure: revenue is generated through tiered training and workshop fees (60–250 EUR/day per participant), freemium access to the village and conference components, recurring Club des Collectivités membership for local authorities, and a dominant base of institutional grants from French ministries (Éducation nationale, Santé, Écologie), the Ville de Marseille, OFB, foundations (Fondation Carasso, Fondation de France), and academic partners (INSPE network, CNRS, Réseau Canopé, Ligue de l'Enseignement). Go-to-market is community-led, mobilizing 15,000 newsletter subscribers, 60+ teacher ambassadors with 500,000+ combined social followers, and 300+ working-group members across 29 countries.

Name

La Fabrique des Communs Pédagogiques

Legal name

Association de préfiguration de la Fabrique des Communs Pédagogiques

Website

https://rencontres-internationales.classe-dehors.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

La Fabrique des Communs Pédagogiques is a French non-profit founded in 2020 that builds open-license pedagogical commons around outdoor schooling ("classe dehors"), serving educators, schools, municipalities, and researchers through biennial international events, Qualiopi-certified training, and a global community of practice.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outdoor Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (61), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Professionals (Teacher/Administrator CE, CPD) (EDAAALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outdoor & Wilderness Education Schools (Field-Based Learning) (THAAAOAA), Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Outdoor education programs
• Open educational resources
• Professional teacher training
• Educational event management
• Pedagogical commons publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Bagnolet

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event Participation Fees: Paid workshops and professional training sessions for RICD 2025, with tiered pricing for public agents, associations, and enterprises. Free access for education/national education staff, students, health workers, journalists, and job seekers. Training professional at 250 euros/day/person.
2. Professional Training (Qualiopi Certified): Four-session professional training program 's'initier et mettre en place un projet d'éducation dehors' certified Qualiopi, eligible to OPCO funding for collective development skills.
3. Institutional Grants and Subsidies: Subventions from public institutions, foundations, and local authorities including the French government, Marseille city, and various foundations to support the organization and events.
4. Club des Collectivités Membership: Club of local authorities supporting outdoor education and child-friendly city initiatives, providing discounted event rates for member organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

La Fabrique des Communs Pédagogiques organizes the biennial Rencontres Internationales de la Classe Dehors (RICD), a multi-day international event combining professional workshops, conferences, training, and a city-wide children's outdoor program. It also produces open-license pedagogical commons via its classe-dehors.org platform, Médialab, and Conciergerie, and delivers Qualiopi-certified professional training on outdoor education project design.

Product overview

La Fabrique des Communs Pédagogiques operates as an educational commons organization whose product portfolio centers on the 'Classe dehors' (Outdoor Learning) program, launched in 2021. The flagship offering is the biennial Rencontres Internationales de la Classe Dehors — a multi-day international event combining professional development workshops (ateliers), conferences, and the city-wide children's program 'Les enfants enchantent Marseille.' These are supported by a Médialab for co-producing open educational resources under Creative Commons licenses, a Fablab Dehors for maker activities, and a Conciergerie for community facilitation. The organization also runs the '4 saisons de la classe dehors' seasonal event series, publishes a open Mediathèque of pedagogical resources, organizes an ideas competition (Concours Marseille Ville Récréative), and offers a Qualiopi-certified professional training program 'S\'initier et mettre en place un projet d\'éducation dehors.' All outputs are released as open pedagogical commons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Classe dehors: Program launched in 2021 to support teachers implementing outdoor teaching practices, gathering all key actions for generalizing and supporting outdoor pedagogical transformation.
• Rencontres Internationales de la Classe Dehors
• Les enfants enchantent Marseille
• Médialab
• Fablab Dehors

Products and services

• Rencontres Internationales de la Classe Dehors (RICD) Biennial flagship international gathering focused on outdoor teaching practices, combining professional workshops, conferences, training, the 'Les enfants enchantent Marseille' city-wide children's program, and 200+ partner organisations. RICD 2025 is hosted in Marseille from May 14-17 with water as the featured element and Italy as the guest country.
• Formation professionnelle 'S'initier et mettre en place un projet d'éducation dehors' Qualiopi-certified 4-session professional training program priced at 250 EUR/day/person, targeting environmental educators, social workers, project coordinators, architects, and public agents. Eligible for OPCO funding and delivering theoretical and practical frameworks to design and implement outdoor education projects.
• Médiathèque (ressources pédagogiques) Online library of open pedagogical resources organized by category (books, articles, comics, essays, theses, videos, illustrated books) supporting outdoor teaching practices. Curated around themes of nature education, outdoor pedagogy, and urban childhood, freely accessible on classe-dehors.org.
• Médialab Collective co-production and storytelling service embedded in the Rencontres, federating participants around a 'communauthèque' of open pedagogical resources. Includes a hackathon, podcast/video studios, photo documentation, and live drawing, with all outputs published under Creative Commons licenses.
• Conciergerie Welcome and community facilitation service for the Rencontres, executed by a team of 'concierges' who connect participants' skills, resources, and willingness, and guide them through progressive discovery and appropriation of outdoor teaching methods. Operates online before the event and onsite during it.
• Fablab Dehors Freely accessible makerspace within the Rencontres offering discovery of maker tools and techniques, partner demonstrations from La Fabulerie and FabPéda, hands-on workshops, and an open lab transforming the park into a living exhibition on outdoor teaching.
• Programme Classe dehors Foundational support program launched in 2021 to help teachers adopt outdoor teaching practices. Aggregates all lever actions (training, resources, events, community, advocacy) required to generalize outdoor pedagogy across the Francophone educational ecosystem.
• 4 saisons de la classe dehors Year-round seasonal series of outdoor education events complementing the biennial Rencontres, with the Francophone week of outdoor teaching (2,000 schools across 29 countries participated in May 2024) as a flagship component.
• Concours Marseille Ville Récréative Ideas competition co-organized with the review Topophile that challenges students and professionals in architecture, urbanism, landscape, design, fine arts, and education to design Marseille as a 'recreative city' where children can have outdoor classes four days a week. Conducted at three scales: school surroundings, neighbourhood, and city.
• Club des Collectivités membership Membership club for local authorities supporting outdoor education and child-friendly city initiatives, offering discounted event rates, a collaborative platform for municipal implementation, and access to the club's network of outdoor-education practitioners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,000 schools in 29 countries engaged in outdoor education programs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Ministère de l'Éducation nationaleflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025High patronage of RICD 2025. Event registered in the Plan National de Formation enabling official training credit for participating educators.
• Ministère de la SantéflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025High patronage of RICD 2025. Supporting health dimension of outdoor education including One Health diagnostic initiatives.
• Ministère de l'ÉcologieflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025High patronage of RICD 2025. Supporting environmental and ecological transition education aspects of the program.
• Ville de MarseilleflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025Major partner hosting RICD 2025. Providing funding, access to urban spaces, and institutional support for making Marseille a child-friendly city. Financing provided to the event.
• Office français de la biodiversité (OFB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025Major partner providing financial support and expertise for outdoor education linked to biodiversity and environmental awareness.
• Ligue de l'EnseignementflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025Major partner contributing financially and providing network of educators and popular education structures. Active in organizing and promoting outdoor class practices.
• Métropole AMP (Aix-Marseille Provence)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025Metropolitan partner supporting urban outdoor education initiatives and child-friendly city development in the Marseille metropolitan area.
• Académie d'Aix-MarseilleflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025Partner academy hosting RICD 2025. INSPE d'Aix-Marseille organizing study day on 'didactique du dehors' in partnership with HEP canton de Vaud. Supporting school participation.
• Topophile (revue)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the 'Concours Marseille Ville Récréative' ideas competition. Provides intellectual framework around 'ville récréative' and child-friendly urban design.
• ADEMEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental energy agency partner providing expertise on ecological transition and contributing to competition jury evaluation criteria.
• CEMEA Rhône-AlpescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContributing organization providing pedagogical expertise and volunteer support for outdoor education activities.
• Réseau CanopécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational resource network providing access to teaching materials and distribution channel for open educational resources.
• CNRScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational research center contributing scientific expertise and research partnership for evidence-based outdoor education.
• Sciences Po AixminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity contributing research expertise through MESOPOLHIS laboratory for urban and political studies.
• La Mission Laïque FrançaisecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational French education network relaying RICD information in French schools abroad. Lycée français de Düsseldorf planning delegation attendance.
• INSPé Network (Multiple academies)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeacher training institutes across France (Bordeaux, Créteil, Versailles, and others) working on outdoor education modules and RICD participation.
• INSPE d'Aix-MarseilleflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost INSPE organizing study day on outdoor didactics with Haute Ecole Pédagogique du canton de Vaud (Switzerland) partnership.
• La FabulerieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing fablab demonstrations and open tools/projects showcase at RICD events.
• GRAINE Network (Regional)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional environmental education resource centers (GRAINE PACA, GRAINE Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, GRAINE Occitanie) distributing outdoor education resources.
• UNICEF FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting child rights dimension of outdoor education and child-friendly city initiatives based on UNCRC principles.
• WWF FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental NGO contributing expertise on biodiversity and nature connection in educational contexts.
• Ferme de la MotteminorOthersEducational farm providing outdoor learning sites and agricultural connection experiences for school programs.
• Haute Ecole Pédagogique du canton de Vaud (HEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss teacher training institution partnering with INSPE d'Aix-Marseille for outdoor didactics study day at RICD 2025.
• Université Fédérale de Santa Catarina (UFSC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian university partner contributing international perspective and Latin American outdoor education practices.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Children & Nature Network: US-based non-profit advancing equitable access to nature for children's healthy development through research, advocacy, and practitioner networks. Comparable to FabPéda in mission (connecting children to nature for learning and wellbeing) and in operating as a network-anchored non-profit rather than a direct service provider.
• Outdoor Classroom Day: Global campaign founded by Project Dirt (UK) that encourages schools worldwide to take lessons outdoors, with annual global participation in 150+ countries. Directly comparable to FabPéda as an outdoor education mobilisation platform, though more campaign-led and less event-and-training intensive than FabPéda's Rencontres model.
• Office français de la biodiversité (OFB): French public agency supporting biodiversity education and outdoor environmental learning through funding, expertise, and partnerships. Functions both as a FabPéda partner and as a comparable institutional actor in outdoor/environmental education, though with a biodiversity (rather than pedagogical) primary mandate.
• Ligue de l'Enseignement: Major French popular education federation with 30,000+ member associations delivering non-formal education, training, and community engagement programs. Flagship partner of FabPéda and operates overlapping audiences (educators, popular education actors, civic associations) with comparable event-driven engagement model.
• Edutopia (George Lucas Educational Foundation): US-based non-profit foundation documenting and disseminating innovative K-12 teaching practices through media, conferences, and a practitioner community. Comparable to FabPéda's media, community, and event-based model for scaling pedagogical innovation, with a similar mix of free content, ambassador networks, and convening.
• Learning Outside (formerly Natural Devon / Learning through Landscapes): UK charity that helps schools and early years settings use outdoor spaces for teaching, learning, and play through training, accreditation, and resources. Comparable to FabPéda's professional training and resource library offerings, though more UK-anchored.
• European Institute for Outdoor Adventure Education and Experiential Learning: European network supporting outdoor and experiential education practitioners, trainers, and researchers through conferences and publications. Comparable as a continental convening and research-backed advocacy platform for outdoor pedagogy, though with a research/training orientation rather than event-festival delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Réseau Canopé: French Ministry of Education's national network for educational resources, training, and innovation across all subjects. Listed as a FabPéda partner and free-access beneficiary; comparable as a national-scale professional development and educational resource distributor serving the same educator audience.
• OpenClassrooms: French online education platform offering degree-bearing and certification programs with a French national education workforce audience overlap. Comparable as a France-anchored, technology-mediated professional education provider serving similar education Nationale and educator segments, though operating at much larger scale and with a proprietary (rather than commons) model.

Others

• Wikiversité: Wikimedia Foundation's open-content learning platform for free educational materials. Comparable as an open-source / open-licensing educational commons, sharing the Creative Commons-licensed pedagogical resource ethos that differentiates FabPéda from proprietary edtech competitors.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@FabPeda
• Facebookfacebook.com/FabPeda
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fabpeda
• Instagraminstagram.com/classe_dehors

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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