Agence culturelle Grand Est

What Agence culturelle Grand Est does

Agence culturelle Grand Est is a regional cultural development association established in 1976 under Alsacian-Mosellan law, headquartered in Sélestat, France. The agency supports the cultural policy of the Grand Est region (encompassing Alsace, Lorraine, and Champagne-Ardenne) by providing training, advisory support, equipment rental, pedagogical resources, and professional networking services to cultural sector actors including public collectives, artists and performing arts companies, venues and diffusers, and cultural associations.

Its service portfolio comprises five core offerings: Les Essentiels (a multimedia resource platform with guides on stage techniques and cultural projects), Treto (a digital directory and platform for live performance professionals), Parcs de matériels scéniques (two equipment rental parks in Sélestat and Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pré with online reservation), Formations/rencontres/parcours (training sessions and structured learning paths), and Appuis et conseils (advisory support for project development and venue construction). The agency also coordinates the COREPS (Comité régional des professions du spectacle) since March 2023.

The organization operates as a publicly funded non-profit with no commercial revenue model. It is co-financed by three public institutions — the Région Grand Est, the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace, and the Ministère de la Culture through DRAC Grand Est — and provides all services free of charge to beneficiaries. With 11-50 employees distributed across three sites (Sélestat HQ, Nancy antenna, and equipment parks), the agency functions as an institutional intermediary between public authorities and the regional cultural ecosystem rather than a market-driven enterprise.

Name

Agence culturelle Grand Est

Legal name

Agence culturelle Grand Est

Website

https://culturegrandest.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Agence culturelle Grand Est is a publicly funded regional association that provides training, advisory services, equipment rental, and digital resources to performing arts professionals and cultural organizations across the Grand Est region of France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Development Services

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cultural Centers & Multidisciplinary Arts Institutions (THAJADAJ)

Keywords

• Cultural development services
• Arts training programs
• Technical equipment rental
• Cultural engineering consulting
• Public cultural resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Sélestat

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public funding and subsidies: As an association, the agency is co-financed by public institutions including the Region Grand Est, the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace, and the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Grand Est). It does not operate on commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Agence culturelle Grand Est provides professional training, advisory and cultural engineering services, resource production (publications, podcasts, online media), and technical equipment rental to cultural operators (collectivities, associations, performing arts companies) across the Grand Est region of France. It acts as a publicly mandated regional resource center, financed by public subsidies and offering field expertise, equipment pools, and continuing education for arts professionals.

Product overview

Agence culturelle Grand Est operates as a unified service platform providing support to cultural sector professionals in the Grand Est region. The core offerings include: Les Essentiels (a multimedia resource platform with guides and tutorials), Treto (a professional directory platform for live performance), Parcs de matériels scéniques (equipment rental parks for stage equipment), Formations/rencontres/parcours (training and professional development programs), and Appuis et conseils (advisory and support services). These services are coordinated through the main website at culturegrandest.fr, with specialized portals for equipment rental (parcsmaterielsgrandest.fr) and professional networking (treto.fr).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Treto: Digital platform for performing arts professionals in Grand Est
• Parcs de matériels scéniques du Grand Est

Products and services

• Advisory and Cultural Engineering Service (Conseil / Ingénierie) Field-expertise advisory service that supports cultural operators (collectivities, associations, companies) in engineering and developing their cultural projects and policies across the Grand Est region.
• Professional Training Programs (Les Essentiels and modules) Continuing-education training programs (Les Essentiels training modules and themed days) aimed at cultural professionals, association staff, and public cultural agents in the Grand Est region.
• Technical Equipment Rental (Parcs techniques) Rental service for professional technical equipment (sound, light, video, stage) pooled by the agency and made available to cultural operators for events and productions.
• Les Essentiels Resource Collection Curated publication and reference resource collection produced by the agency to support cultural professionals in their day-to-day practice across Grand Est.
• Podcast and Digital Content Production In-house podcast and digital media production line that produces sector-specific content for cultural professionals in Grand Est.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Le Nouveau Relax – Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national, ChaumontcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-producer of Cie Ormone's 'Icebergs' show with premiere scheduled for November 2026 at their venue in Chaumont (52).
• CCAM – Scène Nationale Vandœuvre-Lès-NancycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-producer of Cie Ormone's 'Icebergs' show, providing venue and production support.
• Pôle-Sud – CDCN StrasbourgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-producer of Cie Ormone's 'Icebergs' show, contributing to the project's development.
• Région Grand EstcoreOthersPrimary funder and co-financier of the agency. Provides institutional support for regional cultural policy implementation.
• Collectivité européenne d'AlsacecoreOthersCo-funder of the agency representing the Alsace territorial collectivity.
• Ministère de la Culture (DRAC Grand Est)coreOthersCo-funder through the Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles, representing national government cultural support.

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• OARA - Office Artistique de la Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine: OARA is a regional cultural agency for the performing arts in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It supports artistic creation, production, distribution and professional development in its territory, making it a structural twin to Agence culturelle Grand Est operating in a different French region.

Broad incumbents

• ARTCENA - Centre national des arts du cirque, de la rue et du théâtre: ARTCENA is France's national resource center supporting theater, circus and street arts through documentation, advisory services, and professional development. It mirrors the resource-platform and advisory functions of Agence culturelle Grand Est but at national scope rather than regional.
• Centre national de la danse (CND): CND is France's national resource center for dance, offering documentation, training, residencies, and professional services. While focused specifically on dance rather than broader performing arts, its institutional support model (public funding, advisory services, resource platform) closely parallels that of Agence culturelle Grand Est.
• ONDA - Office national de diffusion artistique: ONDA is the French national office supporting the touring and distribution of performing arts works, providing advisory, programming support and visibility for artists and venues. It overlaps directly with the diffusion support segment served by Agence culturelle Grand Est but operates at national scope.

Others

• Syndicat national des scènes publiques (SNSP): SNSP is a French trade union representing public performance venues. It shares a constituency with Agence culturelle Grand Est (publicly-supported performance venues in the region) and engages in advocacy and professional services that complement the agency's role.
• SYNDEAC - Syndicat national des directions et établissements d'enseignement et de création: SYNDEAC is a French trade union for performing arts creation and education institutions. It serves a similar ecosystem of public cultural operators that the Grand Est agency supports through training, advisory, and coordination services.
• France Festivals: France Festivals is a French federation supporting live performance festivals nationwide. It targets a similar beneficiary base (artistic creators, diffusers, public partners) and operates in the same convening and information-provision space as Agence culturelle Grand Est but specialized to festival operators.

Regional players

• Arts Council England: Arts Council England is the publicly-funded development agency for the arts in England. Despite different geography and scale, it operates a comparable model of public funding distribution, strategic partnerships, advisory services, and cultural sector convening for the performing arts and beyond.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AgenceCulturelleGrandEst

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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