Relie-F

What Relie-F does

Relie-F is a Belgian non-profit federation (asbl) founded on February 7, 2000, and officially recognized by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles in 2002 as a Federation of Youth Organizations. It unites 22 member associations with deliberately contrasting identities — political youth groups, confessional organizations, student unions, youth centers, eco-citizenship organizations, and LGBTQIA+ associations — operating across Brussels and Wallonia. The federation's core function is to provide networking, training, pedagogical support, project management, sector representation, and advocacy services to these member organizations, with secondary reach into schools and young people through the CRACS catalog and the Apprentis Citoyens debate platform.

The federation is operationally structured around a community team of 10 permanent staff based at its Brussels headquarters (Avenue Henri Jaspar 127) and a secondary office in Ohain, supported by a 17-person regional team that conducts pedagogical missions in partnership with member organizations. Its product and service surface consists of the Nouvelles Vagas magazine (65+ editions), annual activity reports, the Apprentis Citoyens debate platform (160+ debates, 9,500+ young people sensitized), the CRACS dans votre école catalog, and a growing training program priced at €100–€165 per session.

Relie-F's business model is subscription- and grant-funded: it receives recurring public subsidies from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles as a recognized Federation of Youth Organizations, supplemented by membership dues and modest training fees. The federation is governed by an Organe d'Administration composed of member associations, with co-presidents Hélène Debaisieux and Thibaut de Radiguès and director Mathilde Serruys. As of late 2025, the federation is actively opposing austerity measures that would eliminate more than two-thirds of pedagogical detachments and defund its six political youth organizations.

Name

Relie-F

Legal name

Relie-F asbl

Website

https://relie-f.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Relie-F is a Belgian non-profit federation uniting 22 youth associations across Brussels and Wallonia, providing networking, training, pedagogical support, and sector representation under recurring public funding from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Federation Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Advancement Services & Donor Operations (CRM, Gift Processing, Stewardship) (EDALAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Alternative Education & Dropout Prevention / Re-Engagement Programs (EDANAJAF), Regional Education Service Agencies (ESAs/BOCES/Intermediate Units) (EDADABAC)

Keywords

• Youth federation services
• Non-formal education
• Youth association advocacy
• Citizenship training programs
• Pedagogical support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sint-gillis

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public funding and subsidies: As a recognized Federation of Youth Organizations by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles since 2002, Relie-F receives public funding to support its mission of representing and serving its member youth organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Relie-F is a federation that supports 22 member youth associations through networking, training courses, pedagogical support, project management, publications (Nouvelles Vagues magazine and annual activity reports), and sector advocacy. It operates educational platforms such as Apprentis Citoyens (citizenship debates in schools) and CRACS (educational resources for schools), and represents its members in policy discussions with the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Product overview

Relie-F is a pluralist youth organization federation (asbl) founded in 2000, recognized by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation since 2002. It provides services to 22 member youth associations through publications (Nouvelles Vagues magazine, annual activity reports), educational resources (CRACS catalog for schools), a debate platform (Apprentis Citoyens), and professional training programs. The organization focuses on non-formal education, citizen engagement, and supporting youth organizations across diverse themes including political engagement, environmental education, international mobility, and LGBTQIA+ advocacy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nouvelles Vagues (Magazine) Magazine publication featuring news, dossiers, interviews, and updates about Relie-F and its member youth organizations, distributed via the Relie-F website to members and the broader youth-sector audience.
• Rapport d'Activités (Annual Activity Reports) Annual activity report documenting Relie-F's projects, achievements, and member-association activities throughout each year, distributed publicly via the publications page.
• CRACS dans votre école (Educational Catalog) Catalog of educational activities, animations, and tools offered by Relie-F member organizations to schools, helping young people become Responsible, Active, Critical, and Solidary Citizens (CRACS).
• Apprentis Citoyens Citizenship debate platform uniting six francophone political youth organizations in Belgium, organizing debates in secondary schools; documented engagement of more than 9,500 young people across nearly 160 debates.
• Formations (Training Programs) Professional training programs for youth-sector professionals and member organizations, covering onboarding to the youth sector, project evaluation, CSPJ grant application support, and governance training for association boards.
• Youth Association Network (Federation Membership) Federation membership service giving 22 youth associations access to Relie-F's network, training, advocacy, pedagogical support, and public-funding channels, spanning political, confessional, student-union, youth-center, eco-citizenship, and LGBTQIA+ themes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 160 debates organized reaching more than 9,500 young people through Apprentis Citoyens platform
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fédération Wallonie-BruxellescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Relie-F is officially recognized by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles in the category of Federations of Youth Organizations since 2002, providing official status and public funding support.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Conseil de la Jeunesse de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: The official advisory youth council of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, performing overlapping representational, consultative, and youth-policy advocacy functions across the same French-speaking Belgian territory that Relie-F serves.
• British Youth Council: UK-wide umbrella for youth organizations and councils providing training, advocacy, and representational services to member groups—directly comparable federation model with similar mission and member services.
• Centre de Jeunes (Réseau des Centres de Jeunes): Federation/aggregator of Belgian francophone youth centers; structurally comparable as a membership-based federation supporting affiliated youth-serving organizations with training, advocacy, and shared services.
• National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI): Representative umbrella organization for voluntary youth organizations in Ireland, providing training, advocacy, and member services—structurally analogous to Relie-F's federation-of-youth-organizations model.
• Forum des Jeunes: Belgian francophone youth forum referenced directly in Relie-F's homepage campaigns; provides parallel youth-policy advocacy and consultation infrastructure for the same community of young people in Wallonia-Brussels.

Broad incumbents

• INJEP (Institut National de la Jeunesse et de l'Éducation Populaire): French national institute under the Ministry of Youth producing research, training, and policy support for the youth and popular education sector—structurally parallel to Relie-F's role as a sector-supporting body, but state-operated and at national scale.
• European Youth Forum: Pan-European umbrella federation of youth organizations operating at a much larger geographic scale; analogous to Relie-F as an aggregator of national youth councils and youth NGOs performing representation, advocacy, and capacity-building.

Regional players

• Vlaamse Jeugdraad: Flemish-Dutch speaking youth council serving as the official youth advisory body for Flanders; structurally a direct peer federation performing youth-representation and policy advocacy, but in the opposite linguistic community of Belgium.
• Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung: German national umbrella federation of cultural youth-education associations; comparable to Relie-F as a pluralist umbrella aggregator providing capacity-building, training, and policy representation for affiliated youth organizations in Germany.

Others

• Le Centre d'Education Populaire (CEP): Belgian francophone adult/non-formal education center network with overlapping pedagogical mission and training-delivery role; comparable as a non-formal education capacity-builder serving community organizations in the same region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/reliefasbl
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCZygaWIJbVaHzUiLAmkFnsA
• Facebookfacebook.com/asbl.relief
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/relie-f
• Instagraminstagram.com/reliefasbl
• TikToktiktok.com/@reliefasbl

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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