Alexis Bouges

Avise is a non-profit organisation based in Paris since 2002. Its mission is to develop SSE & social innovation in France by supporting project leaders & helping to establish an ecosystem favouring their development. It coordinates action programmes covering every stage of social enterprise’s life cycle. Its main objective is to drive essential change in our economy so as to make it more sustainable and more people-centric. Its mission entails: providing tools and guidance to SSE and social innovation project owners during every phase of the project life cycle, from creating an enterprise to assessing its impact, thanks to a free online resource centre;, coordinating the social innovation ecosystem to share best practices and build expertise;, developing support programmes in partnership with the public- and private-sector stakeholders that support the SSE and social innovation;, funding SSE projects through the European Social Fund (ESF). Avise has been an ESF intermediate body since 2004 and funds social innovation and the social innovation ecosystem through calls for projects.