Agence Nouvelle Des Solidarités Actives (ansa)

What Agence Nouvelle Des Solidarités Actives (ansa) does

Agence Nouvelle Des Solidarités Actives (ansa) is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 2005 and headquartered at 62 rue de Mouzaïa, 75019 Paris. It functions as a social-innovation and experimentation agency that designs, pilots, and evaluates public-policy interventions addressing poverty, food insecurity, employment, housing, early childhood, and social inclusion. Its service portfolio comprises embedded (research-action) evaluations, territorial diagnostics, training programs (notably Alim'Activ for food-insecurity coordination), and methodological toolkits such as the Boîte à outils pour coordonner localement la lutte contre la précarité alimentaire. Methodologies combine quantitative surveys with qualitative interviews, field observations, and collective-intelligence workshops, often co-developed with frontline associations and territorial authorities.

ANSA's business model is project-based professional services funded primarily by the French public sector. According to 2023 data, roughly 64% of contracts are public-sector and 36% partnership-based, with approximately 30% of total funding sourced from private financiers (foundations, enterprises). Annual budget is reported at €1.4M, with a 2023 balance-sheet figure of approximately €2M. The organization runs about 50 active projects per year and works with 100-112 active partners spanning national ministries (Travail, Cohésion), regional and departmental authorities (ARS, DREETS, DDETS, Conseils Départementaux), metropolitan governments, public agencies (INCa, Santé Publique France, CNAF, ANCT, CAF), European bodies (European Social Fund), and associative networks (Fédération des Acteurs de la Solidarité, Action contre la Faim, Apprenti d'Auteuil). Distribution is direct institutional engagement — there are no commercial resellers; pricing is negotiated per project and is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Agence Nouvelle Des Solidarités Actives (ansa)

Legal name

Agence Nouvelle des Solidarités Actives

Website

https://solidarites-actives.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ANSA is a Paris-based non-profit association (founded 2005) that designs, pilots, and evaluates social-innovation programs on poverty, food insecurity, employment, housing, and early childhood for French public authorities, the EU, and associative partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Policy Consulting

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Economic Evaluation & Health Technology Assessment (Public Programs) (HLAJANAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Country Development Assistance Programs (Bilateral ODA) (BPADABAA)

Keywords

• Social policy consulting
• Poverty research services
• Program evaluation
• Social innovation advisory
• Territorial diagnostics

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project-based consulting contracts: ANSA generates revenue through consulting and research contracts with public institutions, government agencies, and European funding bodies for social innovation projects, evaluations, and territorial diagnostics. Revenue is project-based and varies by scope and duration.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ANSA is a French non-profit association that provides social innovation research, policy advisory, and evaluation services to public institutions and territorial authorities. It conducts participatory action research, territorial diagnostics, embedded program evaluations, and training programs focused on poverty reduction, food insecurity, housing, employment, and early childhood inclusion. Its core deliverables include diagnostic studies, evaluation reports, coordination toolkits, and capacity-building training delivered through contracted projects.

Product overview

Agence Nouvelle des Solidarités Actives (ansa) is a non-profit organization that functions as a social innovation and experimentation agency rather than a traditional software product company. Its offerings consist primarily of advisory services, training programs, diagnostic studies, and embedded evaluation methodologies. The core products include: Formation Alim'Activ (a territorial coordination training program for food insecurity actors), various diagnostic studies and evaluations for public institutions, the Boîte à outils (toolkit for local food insecurity coordination), embedded evaluation services for social programs, and research studies on food access interventions. These services are delivered through projects focused on themes including food security, employment, housing, early childhood, healthcare access, and social welfare policy. The organization operates as an interface between the State, territorial authorities, associations, enterprises, foundations, and the European Union.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Formation Alim'Activ A training program that equips territorial teams with tools to build local coordination among food insecurity actors. Deployed across Île-de-France, Occitanie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Var for public sector teams and social action professionals.
• Boîte à outils pour coordonner localement la lutte contre la précarité alimentaire A toolkit of approximately 30 documents (synthesis sheets, practical sheets, and tools) organized into 6 sections to help local actors coordinate food insecurity efforts on their territories. Targeted at territorial teams and food solidarity organizations.
• Diagnostic studies and evaluations Territorial diagnostic studies and policy evaluations covering food insecurity, social welfare, employment integration, and early childhood themes, conducted for public institutions and local authorities across various French departments.
• Evaluation embarquée (Embedded evaluation) Embedded evaluation services for social programs, providing ongoing assessment and reflexivity labs for project teams, particularly for employment and inclusion programs such as 100% Inclusion. Conducted for ministries and public agencies.
• Studies on food access interventions Research studies cataloging and qualifying interventions aimed at reducing social inequalities in access to healthy food, covering collective catering, purchasing groups, monetary transfers, and food social security, produced for INCa.
• Cités éducatives petite enfance support Methodological support for a pilot group of approximately 20 educational cities working on early childhood and educational success topics, from ages 0 to 25 years. Delivered for ANCT and DGESCO.
• Evaluation guide publications Guide publications on how evaluation can guide public decision-making, addressing the conditions for evaluation design, implementation, and post-evaluation learning. Produced in partnership with Santé Publique France.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained 8+ territories in Île-de-France on food insecurity coordination through Alim'Activ program
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

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

• Fédération des Acteurs de la Solidarité (FAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANSA and FAS jointly conduct research-action projects including O2R (Offre de repérage et de remobilisation) deployment study and CEJ-JR (Contrat d'engagement jeune en rupture) evaluation. The partnership combines FAS's frontline expertise with ANSA's evaluation methodology.
• Action Contre la FaimmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in food insecurity coordination programs including regional events and training initiatives in Île-de-France. Contributes expertise in food security and humanitarian response.
• Centre National de la Fonction Publique Territoriale (CNFPT)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of Alim'Activ training sessions and regional food insecurity coordination events. Provides access to public sector training infrastructure and networks.
• Métropole Rouen NormandiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetropolitan authority partnering on Bien Manger pour mon Bébé program evaluation in Rouen, contributing local implementation context and coordination.
• Le Havre Seine MétropolecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetropolitan authority involved in Bien Manger pour mon Bébé program deployment, providing territorial coordination for early childhood nutrition initiatives.
• DDETS de l'AincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental employment and solidarity directorate commissioning ANSA for food solidarity coordination and conducting the 'Collectif l'Ain pour l'Autre' coordination initiative since 2023.
• Conseil Départemental de l'AincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental council co-leading food solidarity coordination with DDETS, part of the Collectif l'Ain pour l'Autre since the 2020 health crisis.
• Institut National du Cancer (INCa)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational cancer institute commissioned ANSA and AIR coop to inventory interventions reducing social inequalities in access to healthy food, feeding INTOCa's 2021-2030 anti-cancer strategy.
• AIR coopmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in INCa-commissioned study on food access interventions, contributing expertise in social and health intervention research.
• Santé Publique FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic health agency commissioned ANSA for health mediation coordination study across three regions and collaborated on evaluation methodology guide development.
• DIPLPmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterministerial delegation for poverty prevention contributing to health mediation study oversight and participating in project steering committee.
• Centre de recherche pour l'étude et l'observation des conditions de vie (Crédoc)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch institute jointly conducting Île-de-France food insecurity diagnostic with ANSA, providing quantitative research capabilities and methodological rigor.
• DGEFP (Délégation Générale à l'Emploi et à la Formation Professionnelle)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of national steering committee for O2R research-action project, providing policy framework and employment policy expertise.
• France TravailmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic employment service participating in O2R research-action national steering committee, contributing employment network integration.
• Apprentis d'AuteuilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth support foundation leading PIC O2R collective, participating in national steering committee for youth employment research.
• Collectif Alerte-UNIOPSSmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational inter-associative network on poverty and exclusion where ANSA participates in reflection and exchange on best intervention methods.
• European Network for Social Inclusion (EAPN)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean anti-poverty network where ANSA contributes to discussions and strategies on innovation and implementation methods.
• Housing First Hub EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network promoting Housing First approach where ANSA participates to share and learn from housing intervention innovations.
• Société Française de l'Évaluation (SFE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench evaluation society where ANSA contributes to evaluation development and promotion in public and private organizations.
• Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires (ANCT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational cohesion agency partnering on Cités éducatives pilot group support, providing framework and funding for early childhood educational coordination.
• DGESCO (Direction Générale de l'Enseignement Scolaire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational education directorate co-leading Cités éducatives initiative with ANCT, providing pedagogical framework and educational policy expertise.
• Caisse Nationale des Allocations Familiales (CNAF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational family allowance fund contributing to Cités éducatives framework and supporting early childhood policy development.
• CAF de SavoiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership since 2018 for social policy evolution and evaluation, including food security experiments and vacation policy assessment.
• Ville de Saint-EtiennemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity commissioning ANSA for educational inequality prevention training in priority neighborhood, contributing local context and coordination.
• INRAEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational research institute leading collective catering excess redistribution study, with ANSA contributing field expertise on food solidarity.
• Excellent ExcédentsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in collective catering waste optimization research, contributing practical logistics expertise.
• Cantines ResponsablesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainable canteen network participating in food redistribution research, providing institutional catering perspective.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Institut Montaigne: Independent French think tank producing policy analysis and proposals. Institut Montaigne engages in evidence-based policy advisory work for French public decision-makers, sharing ANSA's policy research and evaluation orientation but from a more advocacy-focused angle.
• Young Foundation: UK-based organization pioneering social innovation research and methodology. The Young Foundation's research-action orientation and focus on public-sector innovation experiments closely mirrors ANSA's evaluation and experimentation methodology.

Broad incumbents

• Nesta: UK-based innovation foundation focused on social innovation, public-sector experimentation, and impact evaluation. Nesta's mission to scale evidence-driven social innovation parallels ANSA's research-action mandate in the French context.
• France Stratégie: Government strategic planning and evaluation body attached to the Prime Minister's office. France Stratégie conducts policy evaluation and forward-looking analysis for the French state on social and economic issues, overlapping with ANSA's evaluation mandate but at a larger governmental scale.
• Ipsos Public Affairs: Global market research firm's public affairs division. Ipsos Public Affairs conducts policy evaluation, citizen engagement, and social research for governments — providing overlap with ANSA's evaluation work at a much larger scale.
• BVA Group: French market and public-affairs research firm. BVA conducts public-sector surveys, evaluations, and policy research, offering comparable research capabilities to ANSA but as part of a much broader commercial research portfolio.
• Fondation de France: France's largest philanthropic foundation. Fondation de France funds social innovation projects and convenes actors in the social sector, intersecting with ANSA's partner network and intermediary role in social experimentation funding.
• Ashoka: Global social entrepreneurship support organization operating across many countries. While Ashoka focuses on individual social entrepreneurs, it shares ANSA's interest in social innovation ecosystems and connects with many of the same French and European public-sector partners.

Direct peers

• Crédoc: French research center on living conditions and consumption. ANSA is a documented Crédoc partner on the Île-de-France food insecurity diagnostic, and the two organizations share the same methodological orientation combining quantitative surveys with qualitative field research for public-sector clients.
• The Tavistock Institute: UK-based social science research and evaluation consultancy. The Tavistock Institute conducts action research and organizational evaluation for public-sector clients — a methodology closely aligned with ANSA's embedded evaluation approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

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