Agence Nationale de Lutte Contre l'Illettrisme

What Agence Nationale de Lutte Contre l'Illettrisme does

The Agence Nationale de Lutte Contre l'Illettrisme (ANLCI) is a French public-interest group (Groupement d'intérêt public) established in 2000 and headquartered in Lyon, operating under the tutelle of the Délégation générale à l'emploi et à la formation professionnelle within the Ministry of Labour, Health and Solidarity. Its mandate is to coordinate national and territorial stakeholders, resources, and actions to prevent and reduce illiteracy (illettrisme) and digital exclusion (illectronisme) in France. The agency addresses a population of approximately 1.5 million people in illiteracy or digital exclusion situations and 3.7 million adults experiencing difficulties with reading, writing, or arithmetic.

Name

Agence Nationale de Lutte Contre l'Illettrisme

Legal name

Agence Nationale de Lutte Contre l'Illettrisme (ANLCI)

Website

https://anlci.gouv.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ANLCI is a French public agency that coordinates national efforts to prevent and reduce illiteracy and digital exclusion, providing free digital assessment tools, training programs, and a national hotline serving millions of affected adults in France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adult Literacy and Digital Inclusion Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Tuition Assistance & Voucher/ESA Program Administration (EDADAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Special Education & Accessibility-Optimized Media (UDL, AAC, Captioning) (EDAGALAH)

Keywords

• Adult literacy programs
• Digital exclusion prevention
• Workplace basic skills training
• Public policy coordination
• Basic skills assessment tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public funding and government support: ANLCI operates as a Groupement d'intérêt public (GIP) under the tutelle of the Délégation générale à l'emploi et à la formation professionnelle (Ministry of Labour, Health and Solidarity). Primary funding comes from public sources including government ministries and territorial authorities.
2. European Social Fund (FSE) co-financing: La Coopérative des solutions program is co-financed by the European Social Fund through its programme 'La Coopérative des solutions', supporting territorial actors in co-building local prevention and literacy solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ANLCI is a French public interest group that coordinates national and territorial efforts to prevent and combat illiteracy (illettrisme) and digital exclusion (illectronisme). It develops and distributes free digital assessment tools (Eva, Evapro), training toolkits (Les Incontournables, DUPLEX), support programs (Familire, La Coopérative des solutions), a free national hotline, and runs the annual JNAI awareness campaign. All services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries and professionals.

Product overview

ANLCI operates as a unified platform offering multiple interconnected tools and programs for combating illiteracy and digital exclusion in France. The core digital assessment tools include Eva (for skills positioning) and Evapro (for workplace diagnostics), which are complemented by training approaches like DUPLEX (digital and basic skills) and Les Incontournables (employee training toolkit). Support programs include Familire (for parents), La Coopérative des solutions (local co-construction), and the free Illettrisme Info Service hotline. ANLCI also runs the annual JNAI awareness campaign and provides educational resources including the Parcours-Quiz exhibition and film collection. These products work together to form a comprehensive ecosystem from awareness/assessment to training and support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Eva: Digital tool for assessing basic skills mastery of individuals, valuing acquired skills, and identifying potential difficulties
• Evapro
• DUPLEX
• Familire
• Les Incontournables
• JNAI
• La Coopérative des solutions

Products and services

• Eva A public digital service that evaluates mastery of basic skills (reading, writing, numeracy), values acquired competencies, and identifies difficulties to facilitate access to training or employment. Used by professionals including employment services, training organizations, and enterprises.
• Evapro A self-diagnostic tool for work organizations that measures risks and impacts related to lack of basic skills (reading, writing, numeracy, digital) in the workplace, helping employers understand and act on hidden literacy issues.
• DUPLEX A training approach that combines acquisition of basic digital skills with reading, writing, and numeracy competencies, designed to help people with literacy difficulties gain autonomy through digital mediation.
• Les Incontournables A toolkit for companies, OPCO, and training organizations to accompany employees in literacy and digital exclusion situations towards training and secure career pathways, co-constructed with 37 partner organizations.
• Familire A program providing comprehensive support for parents with literacy difficulties to facilitate relearning of basic skills, combining parenting support, basic skills workshops, and socio-cultural activities. Experimented in overseas territories.
• La Coopérative des solutions A collaborative approach co-financed by the European Social Fund that helps local actors co-construct solutions responding to the needs of people with basic skills difficulties, involving all stakeholders including those affected by illiteracy.
• Illettrisme Info Service A free hotline service (0800 11 10 35) operational since 2016 that provides local information, service offerings in each region, and directs callers to nearby Illiteracy Resource Centers or ANLCI services.
• Journées Nationales d'Action contre l'Illettrisme (JNAI) Annual national awareness event held each September (around September 8th) since 2014 that mobilizes hundreds of organizations to give voice to those affected, highlight local solutions, and change perceptions about illiteracy.
• Parcours-Quiz An educational exhibition designed to inform without stigmatizing, composed of eight panels combining key statistics, short texts, illustrations, scenarios, film, and interactive questions that invite the public to reflect and discuss illiteracy.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.7 million adults in need of basic skills support identified
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ConstructysminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkills operator (OPCO) for construction sector partnering in the Evapro tool development, supporting workplace literacy diagnostics in the industry.
• Opco MobilitésminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkills operator for mobility sector collaborating on Evapro tool for workplace literacy diagnostics.
• AfdasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkills operator for culture, media, and leisure sectors supporting Evapro workplace diagnostics.
• Opco EPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkills operator for entertainment industry partnering on Evapro workplace literacy tool.
• Opco SantéminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkills operator for health sector collaborating on Evapro tool development.
• ANFHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Association for Hospital Training supporting Evapro workplace literacy diagnostics in healthcare.
• InseeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench national statistics institute providing data and expertise for the Parcours-Quiz exhibition on illiteracy in Guadeloupe.
• Préfecture de GuadeloupeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrefectural authority of Guadeloupe supporting the development of the Parcours-Quiz illiteracy exhibition in the territory.
• Conseil départementale de GuadeloupeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental council of Guadeloupe providing support for the illiteracy awareness exhibition and territorial actions.
• Préfecture des Hauts-de-FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional prefecture supporting the free training programme for actors working in priority neighborhoods of urban policy in Hauts-de-France.
• ANCT (Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational agency for territorial cohesion supporting the illiteracy training initiative in urban policy priority neighborhoods.
• Ministry in charge of the CityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational ministry supporting the training programme for urban priority neighborhood interventions.
• 37 organizations (co-construction partners)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizations from the world of work and training co-built the Les Incontournables toolbox for training employees in illiteracy situations.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• National Literacy Trust: UK-based independent charity coordinating national literacy campaigns, awareness events, and educator resources. Directly comparable to ANLCI as a national non-governmental coordination body for literacy, though operating outside government supervision.
• ProLiteracy: US-based adult literacy non-profit that supports a national network of literacy programs and produces advocacy and resource materials. Comparable as a national coordinating body for adult literacy, though privately funded rather than government-led.
• Reading Recovery Council of North America: US-based organization focused on early literacy intervention and teacher training. Comparable in mission as a national coordinating body targeting literacy deficiencies, though focused on primary-age rather than adult learners.
• Association pour la formation professionnelle des adultes — GRETA network: Network of adult education public operators across France delivering basic-skills training to under-qualified adults. Directly comparable as the primary local delivery infrastructure that complements ANLCI's coordination role.
• Agence nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes (AFPA): France's national agency for adult vocational training, similarly operating under government oversight with regional delivery infrastructure. Highly comparable as a state-supervised adult-skills body serving low-qualified populations.

Broad incumbents

• Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED): French national distance-learning institution offering remote educational programs including basic skills modules. Comparable as a state-supervised adult education provider with digital assessment and training capabilities overlapping with Eva and DUPLEX.
• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): France's national employment agency, identified in ANLCI data as a key partner using the Eva tool for basic-skills positioning of job seekers. Functions as both a customer and an adjacent actor in the adult-skills ecosystem.
• Direction générale de l'enseignement scolaire (DGESCO): French Ministry of Education directorate overseeing school education policy. Comparable as the upstream public-education authority whose student outcomes feed into the adult illiteracy population ANLCI serves.
• Agence de la Cohésion Sociale (ACSE / ANCT): National agency for territorial cohesion, identified as an ANLCI partner for urban priority-neighborhood training. Comparable as a French public body coordinating social-inclusion programmes in priority urban and rural areas.

Others

• OECD PIAAC Programme: OECD international adult-skills assessment programme that produces cross-country literacy statistics informing French policy. Comparable as an external data and benchmarking source that the ANLCI Observatoire uses and competes against for narrative authority.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/anlci_fr
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@anlci?si=CLmcPs3QmWjNUVor
• Facebookfacebook.com/GIP.ANLCI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agence-nationale-de-lutte-contre-l-illettrisme
• Instagraminstagram.com/anlci_

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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