Réseau Cicle (Coopération internationale Climat et Energie)

What Réseau Cicle (Coopération internationale Climat et Energie) does

Réseau Cicle (Coopération internationale Climat et Energie) is a French non-profit coordination network founded in 2015 and headquartered in Paris, dedicated to international cooperation on energy access and energy transition in the Global South. It operates a member-driven platform that aggregates and redistributes knowledge among NGOs, associations, and French local authorities engaged in decentralized cooperation on energy, climate, clean cooking, energy efficiency, gender, and essential services. According to the network's own communications, it has 10 years of existence, 3,000 members across approximately 30 countries, 1,200 organizations referenced in its directory, and 800 bibliographic resources. The legal publisher and operational host of the network is Programme Solidarité Eau (pS-Eau), a registered French association.

The network's product surface consists of knowledge products (an online bibliographic database of 800+ resources, thematic synthesis sheets on biogas, wood-energy and clean cooking, methodological guides, and the annual AECT sector study), networking services (a directory of 1,200+ organizations, the annual Forum in Paris, thematic workshops, webinars, and individualized project support), and a newsletter publication (Gazette de l'énergie). It runs no proprietary technology platform and has no disclosed API or AI/ML capabilities; the website is the principal interface.

The revenue model combines member subscriptions and contributions with institutional funding. Three French public institutions are named principal backers — ADEME (Agence de la transition écologique), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and the Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Étrangères (MEAE) — supplemented by France Volontaires for a new Reciprocal International Volunteering (VSI-R) mission created in 2025. The network also partners with pS-Eau and a broader ecosystem of NGO and research actors (Gret, Geres, Électriciens sans frontières, Initiative Développement, Fondem, Lianes Coopération, Cités Unies France, FERDI, Pôle MEDEE). Geographic activity spans France, Senegal, the Congo, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Kenya, Nepal, Cambodia, Brazil, Barbados, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire and others, with recent expansion signals pointing toward East Africa (Kigali, Nairobi).

Name

Réseau Cicle (Coopération internationale Climat et Energie)

Legal name

Réseau Cicle (Réseau Coopération internationale Climat et Energie)

Website

https://reseau-cicle.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Réseau Cicle is a French non-profit coordination network founded in 2015 that brings together 3,000 actors across ~30 countries working on energy access and energy transition in the Global South, producing knowledge resources, events, and project support with institutional backing from ADEME, AFD, and MEAE.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Network Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

Keywords

• International energy cooperation
• Climate energy network
• Energy access network
• Decentralized cooperation services
• Clean cooking guidance

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership subscriptions and organizational contributions: Members — organizations and individuals — join the network and contribute to its activities, including participation in events, working groups, and the directory.
2. Institutional funding and public subsidies: The network receives financial support from institutional partners including ADEME, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and the Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Etrangères, which fund the network's operations, studies, and events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Réseau Cicle is a non-profit coordination network that animates a space for exchange, dialogue, advisory support, and synergies among actors working on energy access and energy transition in the Global South. Its core offerings are knowledge products (synthesis sheets, methodological guides, an annual AECT study, an 800-resource bibliographic database) and networking services (a 1,200-organization directory, an annual Forum, webinars, workshops, and individualized project support).

Product overview

Réseau Cicle is a coordination network (not a product company) that provides knowledge-sharing services to the international cooperation community focused on energy access and climate. Its portfolio consists primarily of knowledge products: an online bibliographic database (800+ resources), thematic synthesis sheets, methodological guides, and an annual AECT sector study. These are complemented by networking services including a directory of 1,200+ organizations, the annual Forum event, webinars, experience-sharing workshops, and the Gazette de l'énergie newsletter. All services are accessible through its website as a unified information and coordination platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Bibliographic Database An online bibliographic database containing over 800 bibliographic resources on energy access and international cooperation, accessible through the pS-Eau tools platform.
• Synthesis Sheets (Fiches de synthèse) Synthesis sheets on key energy topics including biogas, wood-energy, and other thematic areas, providing operational guidance for project actors.
• Methodological Guide on Clean Cooking A methodological guide coordinated by Réseau Cicle to guide project leaders through clean cooking project design in small-scale productive and institutional sectors.
• AECT Sector Report (Bilan AECT) Annual study analyzing the commitments of territorial collectivities in international solidarity within the energy sector, conducted in collaboration with pS-Eau.
• Directory of Actors (Annuaire) A directory for members to be identified as energy actors and find partners, containing references to over 1,200 organizations.
• Annual Forum of Réseau Cicle Annual federating event for organizations engaged in international cooperation for energy access and energy transition, held in Paris.
• Gazette de l'énergie (Energy Gazette) Newsletter publication keeping members informed of sector news and innovative approaches to energy access in the Global South.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000 members across ~30 countries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• France VolontairescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrance Volontaires supported and accompanied the creation of a VSI-R mission within the network in 2025-2026. The two organizations co-organized webinars and events, including one on voluntary work as a pillar of sustainable development in the Congo Basin.
• Programme Solidarité Eau (pS-Eau)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerpS-Eau is the legal publisher of the Réseau Cicle website and a key operational partner. The two organizations collaborated on the AECT 2025 study and co-organized events including a solar pumping workshop in Bordeaux in April 2026.
• Pôle MEDEEmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPôle MEDEE is listed among the network's partner organizations. A new member (Nina Pona) joined the network through her role at the Pôle MEDEE, illustrating the human connection between the two organizations.
• Initiative DéveloppementmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization. Contributed to events on decentralized cooperation, with Célestin Samba NGOM participating as a speaker on the topic.
• GretmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization and credited for photographic contributions to the network's website.
• GeresmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization. Contributed photographic content to the network.
• Électriciens sans frontièresmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization. Maddalena Curioni from Electriciens sans frontières contributed to a workshop on end-of-life solar product management organized by the network.
• Fondation énergies pour le monde (Fondem)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization. Fondem co-organized workshops on infrastructure rehabilitation with the network as part of its 'Partner Meetings' series.
• Experts SolidairesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization and credited for photographic contributions to the website.
• Cités Unies FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization. Co-organizes events and workshops on decentralized cooperation and is listed as a supporter of the Redon AECT event.
• Lianes CoopérationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization of the network.
• Ferdi (Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization of the network.
• Le partenariat Centre GaïaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization of the network.
• The EnAccess FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizer of OSEAS 2026 (Open Source in Energy Access Symposium) in Kigali, Rwanda (October 2026). The network fully recognizes this vision of open-source energy access and supports the initiative, encouraging sector actors to participate.
• WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy TransitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of OSEAS 2026. The network endorses the open-source approach to energy access promoted by this initiative.
• Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU-Africa)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost of OSEAS 2026 at the CMU-Africa Innovation Hub in Kigali, Rwanda. The network encourages participation in this open-source energy access symposium.
• Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizer of the Energy Access Investment Forum 2026 (April 2026, Nairobi). The network is a Support Partner of this flagship annual investment forum, which aims to foster partnerships and investments in sustainable energy solutions.
• Watt For ChangemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiated the creation of a funders' working group in 2023, bringing together around ten participants from the international energy solidarity sector. In 2025, Watt For Change partnered with Réseau Cicle and Synergie Renouvelable to energize and structure the group's animation.
• Synergie RenouvelablemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Réseau Cicle and Watt For Change in 2025 to dynamize and structure a funders' working group focused on international energy solidarity financing coordination.
• Réseau Bretagne SolidairemajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCo-organized the Redon regional meeting (June 2026) with Redon Solidarité Interculturelle and multiple other actors, with support from MEAE, Région Bretagne, and AFD.
• Réseau CordéeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-present at the Redon event (June 2026) alongside pS-Eau, Réseau Cicle, and PASE.
• PASE (Pôle d'Action Sociale et Environnementale)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-present at the Redon event (June 2026) alongside pS-Eau, Réseau Cicle, and Réseau Cordée.
• SO CoopérationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with pS-Eau and Réseau Cicle to co-organize a capacity-building workshop on solar pumping design in Bordeaux in April 2026.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Programme Solidarité Eau (pS-Eau): Legal host and operational parent of Réseau Cicle, running the same model of network-based coordination and knowledge-sharing for French decentralised cooperation, focused on water and sanitation rather than energy. Direct sibling in the French international cooperation ecosystem.
• Geres: French NGO working on energy access, energy efficiency and climate in the Global South. A listed partner of Réseau Cicle and operates comparable programmatic activities (clean cooking, biomass, decentralised cooperation) for the same constituency.
• Gret: French international solidarity NGO with strong activity on energy, climate and development. Listed partner of Réseau Cicle; comparable in scope and French institutional funding model.
• Cités Unies France: Association of French local authorities engaged in international cooperation. Direct peer for the AECT/decentralised cooperation segment that drives much of Réseau Cicle's audience and content.
• Electriciens sans frontières: French solidarity NGO specialising in electrification projects in developing countries. A listed Réseau Cicle partner working on the same thematic axis (electrification in the Global South) with overlapping French institutional funding sources.
• Lianes Coopération: Regional network supporting international solidarity initiatives in Hauts-de-France. Comparable French regional cooperation network serving similar territorial-authority members engaged in international solidarity projects.
• Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE): Brussels-based global membership association promoting renewable energy in developing countries. Direct peer: similar convening role, sector-specific (energy access), and Réseau Cicle is explicitly a Support Partner of ARE's Energy Access Investment Forum.
• Fondation Énergies pour le Monde (Fondem): French foundation supporting energy access and infrastructure rehabilitation in developing countries. Co-organises workshops with Réseau Cicle and operates in the same niche of energy-solidarity project support.

Broad incumbents

• Practical Action: International NGO with deep expertise in energy access, clean cooking and climate adaptation for poor communities. Comparable operating space (Global South energy access) and is a more established English-language counterpart to Réseau Cicle's francophone focus.

Emerging players

• EnAccess Foundation: Foundation promoting open-source approaches to energy access; co-organiser of OSEAS 2026 with Réseau Cicle. Comparable mission focus on energy access in the Global South but via an open-source/tech angle rather than French decentralised cooperation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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