Sgen-cfdt

What Sgen-cfdt does

Sgen-CFDT, legally the Fédération CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques, is a French trade union federation representing workers across the public education, training, youth and sports, and public research sectors. It is a federation of the broader CFDT (Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail) confederation and operates as a non-categorial union, meaning it represents a broad occupational spectrum rather than a single profession. Its served population includes teachers, teacher-researchers, school administrators, administrative staff, AESH/AED contract workers, doctoral students, researchers, and personnel in youth, sports, agricultural education, and CROUS establishments, as well as retired members through a dedicated newsletter.

The federation's core offerings are membership services rather than commercial products. Its main direct-to-member asset is the Sgen+ digital platform (sgenplus.cfdt.fr), which provides career tracking, mutation assistance, and professional resources. It also publishes the monthly magazine Profession Éducation, an Espace Militant resource portal for union activists, themed newsletters (including an Infolettre Retraités), policy dossiers, tracts, and active social media channels across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and YouTube. There is no proprietary technology stack — the asset base is institutional, reputational, and organizational rather than technical.

Sgen-CFDT is funded entirely through recurring membership dues redistributed to it via the CFDT confederation. It does not sell products or services, has no disclosed revenue, and is not a commercial entity. Its governance is via elected leadership; Lætitia Aresu was elected secretary general on 12 May 2026, succeeding Catherine Nave-Bekhti who led the federation since December 2016. The federation operates through a full network of academic-level unions covering every French académie, overseas territories, and AEFE schools abroad via CFDT Éducation Monde, and maintains strategic alliances with FEP-CFDT, UFFA, CFDT Recherche EPST, MGEN, and Education International.

Name

Sgen-cfdt

Legal name

Fédération CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques

Website

https://sgen-cfdt.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Sgen-CFDT is a French trade union federation, part of the CFDT confederation, representing workers across public education, training, youth and sports, and public research sectors through a nationwide network of academic-level unions and member services including the Sgen+ digital platform.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Union membership dues: Sgen-CFDT is funded through membership dues collected from affiliated union members working in the education, formation, and public research sectors. As a CFDT federation, it receives a portion of confederation-wide membership revenue redistributed to affiliated unions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Sgen-CFDT is a French trade union federation that represents public-sector workers across education, training, research, and youth/sports sectors. Its core offerings include collective bargaining and worker representation, career-support and mutation assistance via the SGEN+ online platform, advocacy materials (tracts, dossiers), and the monthly Profession Éducation magazine distributed to members.

Product overview

Sgen-CFDT (Fédération CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques) is a French trade union federation representing workers in education, training, and public research sectors. Rather than a commercial technology product, the organization offers member services including career support through SGEN+, advocacy materials (tracts, dossiers), communications (Profession Éducation magazine, newsletters), and an activist resource platform (Espace Militant). The federation operates through a network of regional/academy unions across France and provides representation and support to various professional categories including teachers, researchers, administrative staff, and students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SGEN+ Online service platform providing career support, mutation assistance, and professional resources for CFDT members in education and research sectors.
• Profession Éducation Monthly magazine of the CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques federation featuring dossiers, analyses, and news on education, training, and research sectors, published in print and digital formats.
• Email Newsletters Regular email newsletters (including the Infolettre Retraités for retired members and thematic newsletters) providing updates on union activities, news, and professional information for members.
• Espace Militant Online platform providing tools, resources, and materials for union activists and representatives to support their organizing and representational work.

Quantifiable outcome

• 112% membership growth achieved by the Syndicat Éducation Formation Recherche publiques de Bretagne in the 'Coup d'boost' development challenge 2026

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

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

• CFDT (Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSgen-CFDT is a federation of the broader CFDT confederation. It operates under the CFDT umbrella and participates in confederation-level campaigns, congresses, and policy positions. The federation receives institutional and organizational support from the CFDT confédération.
• Fédération Formation et Enseignement Privés CFDT (FEP-CFDT)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSgen-CFDT collaborates with FEP-CFDT on shared positions, notably regarding the 'Brisions le silence' plan against school violence, where both federations issued a joint press release demanding equal application of the plan in public and private schools.
• Fédération CFDT Fonctions Publiques (UFFA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSgen-CFDT works with UFFA on cross-cutting public sector issues including the CFDT barometer on work conditions in the public sector, salary campaigns, and protection of public agents.
• Fédération générale de l'agroalimentaire CFDT (FGA)minorOthersListed as a related CFDT federation on the Sgen-CFDT website, part of the broader confederation network.
• Fédération générale des ingénieur(e)s et-cadres CFDT (Fgic)minorOthersRelated CFDT federation listed on Sgen-CFDT website.
• Internationale de l'Éducation (IE)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSgen-CFDT participates in the International Barometer of Education Staff (I-BEST), an international survey on educator health and well-being conducted by the Internationale de l'Éducation and MGEN. This positions the federation in a global union network for education.
• MGENmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMGEN is a mutual insurance provider for education sector workers. Sgen-CFDT partners with MGEN on the I-BEST international barometer measuring educator health and well-being, and MGEN is a key stakeholder in the education mutual health ecosystem.
• CFDT Éducation MondemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFDT Éducation Monde represents CFDT members working in AEFE-managed schools abroad. Sgen-CFDT maintains close ties with this organization, addressing issues specific to French education workers overseas.
• CFDT Recherche EPSTmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFDT Recherche EPST is a specialized CFDT union for public scientific and technological research workers. Sgen-CFDT collaborates with this union on research sector issues, including working conditions in research institutions and the Inria moratoire/ZRR issue.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FSU (Fédération Syndicale Unitaire): FSU is the largest French education-sector union federation, directly competing with Sgen-CFDT for teachers, researchers, and education personnel across all académies. Its member federations (SNES, SNUipp, SNASUB, SNEP, etc.) cover the same vertical segments Sgen-CFDT claims to represent through its non-categorial model.
• UNSA Éducation: UNSA Éducation is a direct competitor representing teachers, administrative staff, and education personnel across French académies. It competes head-to-head with Sgen-CFDT for the same non-categorial membership base and participates in the same national social dialogue bodies.
• SUD Éducation: SUD Éducation is a competing education union that represents teachers, AESH, and school personnel in French académies. It operates in the same worksite recruitment and collective bargaining motion as Sgen-CFDT, though typically from a more confrontational stance.
• CFTC (Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens): CFTC is a French union confederation that competes with CFDT for members across multiple sectors including public services and education. It participates in the same national social dialogue institutions and represents comparable worker constituencies.
• Force Ouvrière (FO): FO is one of France's major union confederations and competes with CFDT-affiliated federations including Sgen-CFDT. Its federation FGAF and FNEC-FP-FO represent education and public-sector workers directly overlapping with Sgen-CFDT's constituency.
• Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT): CGT is a major French union confederation that competes with CFDT in social dialogue and represents significant portions of public-sector workers, including in education and research. It is a long-standing counterparty in national negotiations where Sgen-CFDT participates.
• CFE-CGC (Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres): CFE-CGC represents managerial and professional staff, including cadres in French public-sector education and research (e.g., enseignants-chercheurs, personnel de direction). This overlaps with a specific segment of Sgen-CFDT's multi-categorial base.

Others

• CFDT (Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail): CFDT is the parent confederation of Sgen-CFDT and provides the institutional umbrella, confederation-level negotiations, and shared infrastructure. While not a competitor, it is the most directly comparable federation in structure and governance.
• MGEN (Mutuelle Générale de l'Éducation Nationale): MGEN is the mutual insurance provider serving education sector workers and is a strategic partner of Sgen-CFDT on the I-BEST international barometer. As an established education-sector membership organization, it is a comparable scale organization with overlapping constituency.
• Education International (Internationale de l'Éducation): Education International is the global federation of education unions and a direct partner of Sgen-CFDT through the I-BEST initiative. It is a structurally comparable global federation that aggregates member education unions across countries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@FederationSgenCFDT
• Facebookfacebook.com/SyndicatSgenCFDT
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sgen-cfdt
• Instagraminstagram.com/sgen_cfdt

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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