What CoSE does

CoSE (Collectif Surexposition Écrans) is a French non-profit association founded in May 2017 that coordinates child-health, education, and early-childhood professionals around the prevention of children's overexposure to screens. The collective emerged from a foundational op-ed published in Le Monde on May 31, 2017, signed by physicians and child specialists, and explicitly operates without any funding from the digital industry, platforms, or screen manufacturers in order to preserve its independence in advocacy. Its stated problem space covers language delays, attention disorders, sleep problems, behavioral issues, motor development delays, and reduced social interaction attributed by its members to early and excessive screen use among children.

CoSE's service portfolio includes validated screening questionnaires (with a 27-point threshold for diagnosing problematic adolescent screen use), L'Écrantomètre© (a color-coded adolescent self-assessment tool evaluated with over 100 middle-school students), scientific bibliography fact sheets synthesized from PubMed-indexed research, a podcast series, recurring webinars, and printed sensitization materials (posters, Écrantomètre posters). CoSE-affiliated authors have also published books through mainstream French houses including Grasset and L'Échappée, and the collective partnered with the Centre National du Livre and Éditions Fleurus on the 'Rêveillez votre cerveau, lisez' pamphlet. The collective additionally curates a directory of specialized clinical consultations, including hospital-based services at Jean Verdier in Bondy.

Commercially, CoSE operates as a non-commercial association under French law (association loi 1901) with no disclosed revenue, no funding rounds, and 1–10 employees. Income is generated through annual membership fees, citizen donations, and modest sales of educational materials, all processed through the HelloAsso platform. The collective's go-to-market is community-led and content-driven: it reaches parents, healthcare and education professionals, media, and policymakers through a regularly updated blog, monthly newsletter, Facebook presence, webinars, podcasts, scientific fact sheets, and recurring earned media coverage in Le Monde, Radio France, France Culture, and Le Figaro. In March 2024, CoSE was formally heard by a commission of President Macron on screen exposure issues, signaling its standing as an expert voice in French public policy on children's digital health.

Name

CoSE

Legal name

Collectif Surexposition Écrans (CoSE)

Website

https://surexpositionecrans.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CoSE (Collectif Surexposition Écrans) is a French non-profit association founded in 2017 that coordinates child-health, education, and early-childhood professionals to prevent children's screen overexposure. It delivers screening tools (L'Écrantomètre, questionnaires), scientific bibliographies, podcasts, webinars, and advocacy for parents, professionals, and policymakers in France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Digital Wellness Advocacy

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Courseware & Course Modules (OCW) (EDAGAJAB)

Keywords

• Screen overexposure prevention
• Children digital wellness
• Screen time education
• Digital health advocacy
• Child development research

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: CoSE generates revenue through annual membership fees collected via the HelloAsso platform, enabling individuals to join the collective and support its mission.
2. Donations: The collective accepts donations from citizens who wish to support their independent advocacy work. Donations are processed through HelloAsso and are stated to be the only funding source besides membership, as CoSE不接受任何数字行业资助。
3. Sales of educational materials: CoSE sells printed materials including the Écrantomètre tool, educational posters, and sensitization tools for professionals and schools through their HelloAsso shop.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CoSE (Collectif Surexposition Écrans) is a French non-profit collective that delivers educational resources, screening tools, and advocacy aimed at preventing overexposure of children to screens. It sells printed pedagogical materials and books, publishes podcasts, webinars, scientific bibliography fact sheets, and the L'Écrantomètre assessment tool for adolescents, and provides a directory of specialized consultations for children overexposed to screens.

Product overview

CoSE (Collectif Surexposition Écrans) is a French non-profit collective of child, health, and education professionals who raise awareness about children's screen overexposure. The organization provides educational resources, screening tools, and publications rather than a technology product. Its offerings include L'écrantomètre© (a screen-use assessment tool for adolescents), screen time questionnaires for parents and professionals, scientific bibliography fact sheets, webinars, podcasts, and published books by members including Grasset and L'échappée titles. The collective operates independently without industry funding and targets parents, professionals, and policymakers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• L'Écrantomètre©: A diagnostic tool for adolescents to evaluate their relationship with screens, featuring color-coded indicators for healthy, problematic, and toxic screen usage patterns.
• Les Podcasts de CoSE

Products and services

• L'Écrantomètre© (Écrantomètre) A paper and online self-assessment tool for adolescents to evaluate whether their screen usage is healthy, problematic, or toxic. Produced by CoSE for use in school and clinical settings; intended for adolescents, educators, and healthcare professionals.
• Questionnaires d'évaluation du temps d'écran Screening questionnaires for evaluating screen time, including a parent questionnaire (no scoring), a professional questionnaire (with scoring), and an adolescent questionnaire with a validated diagnostic threshold of 27 points. For parents, healthcare professionals, and adolescents.
• Les Podcasts de CoSE A series of podcasts produced by CoSE on children's screen exposure topics, including the 'Toi et tes images' series on teenage girls and social media. For parents, professionals, and the general public.
• Écrans. 10 clés pour les utiliser en famille de manière raisonnable A practical guide by Sylvie and Eric Osika offering 10 keys for balanced screen use in families, covering concepts such as 'technoference.' Published by Éditions Grasset and distributed/sold via the CoSE site.
• L'enfant-écran, comment échapper à la pandémie numérique A book by Eric and Sylvie Osika describing children overexposed to screens who do not develop normal communication skills. Published by Éditions Grasset and referenced on the CoSE site.
• Il ne décroche pas des écrans! Comment protéger nos enfants et nos adolescents A book by Sabine Duflo on protecting children and adolescents from screen addiction, with an updated edition adding a chapter on social-media dangers drawn from the author's work in an adolescent psychiatric unit. Published by L'Échappée.
• Fiches bibliographiques de CoSE (bibliographical fact sheets) Structured scientific bibliography fact sheets produced by CoSE. Studies are identified via PubMed research and synthesized for non-scientific audiences, with each sheet presenting study results and their limitations. For professionals, parents, and informed members of the public.
• Webinaires de CoSE (CoSE webinars) Webinars covering topics related to screen overexposure in children, including sessions on screen time and 'Fugitism' (desertion of reality), featuring CoSE member experts. For parents, educators, and healthcare professionals.
• Supports pédagogiques et affiches de sensibilisation (pedagogical materials and awareness posters) Pedagogical supports, posters, and prevention tools sold via the HelloAsso shop, including posters such as 'Ne cherchez pas votre bébé sur Instagram il est dans vos bras' and '4 pas pour mieux avancer.' For professionals, schools, and educational structures.
• Consultations CoSE pour enfants surexposés aux écrans A directory maintained by CoSE listing specialized in-person consultations for children overexposed to screens, including consultations at hospitals such as Jean Verdier in Bondy. Connects families with qualified healthcare professionals for face-to-face support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 93% of parents believe screens impact child development
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered notable and core.

• Centre National du Livre (CNL)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoSE collaborated with CNL and Éditions Fleurus to produce the 'Réveillez votre cerveau, lisez' informational pamphlet on the cognitive benefits of reading versus screen consumption. The pamphlet was designed by neuropsychologist Sylvie Chokron and illustrated by Soledad Bivi.
• Éditions FleurusnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoSE partnered with CNL and Éditions Fleurus to create educational materials on reading benefits and screen risks for families.
• Partner associations and healthcare institutionscoreOthersCoSE works with numerous associations, healthcare professionals, researchers, teachers, and institutions committed to children's health and development. These collaborations strengthen awareness-raising actions around screen overexposure.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MediaSmarts: Canadian non-profit focused on digital and media literacy for children and educators, producing curriculum, research and parent resources — directly parallel education-and-advocacy mix to CoSE's offerings.
• e-Enfance: French association running the 'Internet Sans Crainte' program that provides online safety education, helpline and school resources for children and families — closest direct geographic peer to CoSE within France.
• Internet Matters: UK-based non-profit helping parents and professionals keep children safe online through research, guides and school resources — same non-profit, family-and-professional-facing child digital-safety model as CoSE.
• Internet Watch Foundation: UK non-profit working to eliminate child sexual abuse imagery online, providing reporting, education, and policy advocacy — comparable independent non-profit operating in the child-screen-online safety space.
• Family Online Safety Institute: International non-profit advancing online safety for families and children through research, policy work and education programs — directly comparable advocacy and policy-facing non-profit to CoSE.
• Center for Humane Technology: Non-profit advocacy organization focused on the harmful effects of digital technology on children and society, producing research and campaigns to align technology with human well-being — analogous advocacy and policy positioning to CoSE.
• Common Sense Media: US non-profit providing independent media reviews, ratings and educational resources to help families and educators navigate screen and digital media use — directly comparable mission to CoSE's independent, family-facing screen-exposure resources.

Others

• Inserm: French national institute of health and medical research whose screen-effect studies are cited in CoSE's bibliography fact sheets — an upstream research source that CoSE translates for lay audiences rather than a direct competitor.

Emerging players

• Cyberbullying Research Center: US-based research and educational center producing data and prevention resources on youth online risks including cyberbullying — adjacent thematic overlap on adolescent digital risk that intersects with CoSE's adolescent screen-use work.

Broad incumbents

• American Academy of Pediatrics: Large professional pediatric association that has issued influential screen-time guidance and policy positions — broader incumbent medical professional body that, like CoSE, shapes the pediatrician-facing screen-time narrative but across many other pediatric topics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/collectifcose

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