Promotion Sante Auvergne-rhone-alpes

What Promotion Sante Auvergne-rhone-alpes does

Promotion Santé Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (also operating as Promotion Santé ARA, legal entity Promotion Santé) is a French non-profit association (Association loi 1901) founded in 1946 and headquartered at 62 cours Albert Thomas, Lyon, France. The organization operates as the regional health promotion resource center for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, delivering professional training, customized consulting, and documentary and pedagogical resources to healthcare professionals, social workers, educators, and public health institutions. Its core service catalog comprises 107 Qualiopi-certified training programs covering psychosocial competencies, mental health promotion, sexual health, nutrition, addictions (including the national Mois sans tabac campaign), and environmental health, alongside a documentary service, thematic publications (Lettre Interactions Santé newsletter, Théma magazine), and a sub-brand called Dispositif Emergence that supports research-data transfer to field practitioners.

The organization's distribution model is built on 12 departmental delegations covering every department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (Ain, Allier, Ardèche, Cantal, Drôme, Haute-Loire, Haute-Savoie, Isère, Loire, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, and Savoie), enabling locally-tailored training delivery and on-the-ground intervention support. There is no proprietary technology platform; the organization's "technology" consists of pedagogical methodologies, documentary content libraries, and the Emergence research-transfer apparatus rather than software infrastructure.

The business model is grant-funded rather than commercial. Promotion Santé ARA derives its operating budget from regional and national public health institutions, principally ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (the regional health agency), Santé Publique France (the national public health agency), and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council, with additional support from MILDECA (addiction prevention) and Fonjep (youth and popular education). No commercial pricing is disclosed, and the organization operates as a non-revenue-generating public service entity within the French health promotion ecosystem.

Name

Promotion Sante Auvergne-rhone-alpes

Legal name

Promotion Santé

Website

https://ireps-ara.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Promotion Santé Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a Lyon-based non-profit (founded 1946) providing health promotion training, consulting, and documentary resources to healthcare professionals and public health institutions across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region via 12 departmental delegations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Promotion and Public Health Training Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

Keywords

• Health promotion training
• Public health consulting
• Professional training programs
• Documentary resource services
• Prevention campaign support

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Funding and Grants: As a non-profit association (Association loi 1901) established in 1946, the organization is primarily funded by regional public health authorities and government partners including ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Santé Publique France, and the Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Promotion Santé Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes delivers Qualiopi-certified professional training programs, tailored consulting and project accompaniment, and documentary and pedagogical resource services across 12 departmental delegations in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The association supports healthcare professionals, social workers, educators, and public health institutions in implementing health promotion and prevention projects covering mental health, psychosocial skills, sexual health, nutrition, addictions, and environmental health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dispositif Emergence: A device that accompanies the production, transfer, and appropriation of research data and field actions.

Products and services

• Formations et sensibilisations (Qualiopi-certified professional training) Qualiopi-certified professional training programs in health promotion covering psychosocial skills development, group animation techniques, mental health promotion, tobacco cessation, sexual health education, nutrition, addictions, and environmental health, delivered to healthcare professionals, social workers, and educators across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• Accompagnements et conseils sur mesure (tailored support and consulting) Customized consulting, project support, and policy assistance services for public health organizations, municipalities, and institutions designing health promotion projects and implementing public health policy.
• Services documentaires (documentary and pedagogical resources) Documentary and pedagogical resource services including documentary research services, specialized thematic spaces on mental health, psychosocial skills, sexual health, nutrition, addictions, precarity mediation, and environmental health, as well as the Lettre Interactions Santé newsletter, Théma magazine, reference sheets, and focus documentaries for professionals and institutions.
• Solliciter une intervention (intervention request service) Field intervention service allowing organizations and professionals to request health promotion interventions, workshops, and awareness campaigns delivered by Promotion Santé ARA teams across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes territory.
• Appui aux politiques publiques (public policy support) Support service for public-policy makers in designing, implementing, and evaluating health promotion and prevention public policies at regional and departmental levels in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• Formation sur mesure (bespoke training) Bespoke training programs designed on demand to address the specific health promotion needs of organizations, tailored to their context, audience, and learning objectives.
• Dispositif Emergence (Emergence device) Sub-brand offering that supports the production, transfer, and appropriation of research data and field actions in health promotion, providing data-driven insights into regional health policy implementation.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ARS Auvergne-Rhône-AlpescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health agency providing primary institutional support and funding to Promotion Santé ARA as the regional health promotion resource center.
• Santé Publique FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational public health agency supporting regional health promotion initiatives and contributing to national prevention campaigns such as Mois sans tabac.
• Région Auvergne-Rhône-AlpescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government providing institutional funding and support for health promotion and prevention programs in the territory.
• MILDECAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterministerial mission for the fight against drugs, supporting addiction prevention initiatives and the Mois sans tabac campaign.
• FonjepminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation supporting youth and popular education organizations, providing support for the association's development and training activities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• FNES (Fédération Nationale d'Éducation et de Promotion de la Santé): The national federation that brings together regional IREPS organizations including Promotion Santé ARA. Directly comparable as the umbrella body for the same health promotion and prevention training mission at national scale.
• Santé Publique France: The national public health agency that is itself a core strategic partner and funder of Promotion Santé ARA. Operates prevention campaigns (Mois sans tabac, nutrition, sexual health) that the regional IREPS network is contracted to deploy at local level.

Direct peers

• IREPS Nouvelle-Aquitaine: A sister regional IREPS covering the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region with the same Association loi 1901 structure, Qualiopi-certified training portfolio, departmental delegation network, and public-health-authority funding model.
• IREPS Hauts-de-France: Regional health promotion institute covering Hauts-de-France, delivering Qualiopi-certified training, documentary services, and public health support to professionals — identical operating model to Promotion Santé ARA in a different region.
• ORS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Observatoire Régional de la Santé): Regional health observatory also covering Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, producing health data, studies, and indicators for the same institutional clients (ARS, Région, Santé Publique France) — comparable mission, regional scope, and funding base.
• ANPAA (Association Nationale de Prévention en Alcoologie et Addictologie): National non-profit focused specifically on addiction prevention and training for professionals, with regional delegations. Direct peer on the addictions training and prevention mandate that Promotion Santé ARA also covers.
• IREPS Grand Est: Regional health promotion organization operating across Grand Est with the same training, documentation, and prevention-support mandate funded by ARS and regional government.

Regional players

• CREAI Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional resource center serving vulnerable populations (disability, aging, social exclusion) in the same region. Comparable as a publicly-funded non-profit providing training, documentation, and advisory support to social-sector professionals.

Others

• Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Direction Santé): The regional government that funds Promotion Santé ARA and co-designs regional health policies. Comparable as the institutional counterparty and policy-setter in the regional public health ecosystem.
• ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The Regional Health Agency that is both primary funder and primary client of Promotion Santé ARA. Comparable as the public-sector counterparty that commissions health promotion training and intervention services across the same territory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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