Our governance
Publié le 21 février 2024
To ensure that its strategic focus areas meet real needs and are aligned with those of other ecosystem stakeholders, Avise includes, since its creation, representatives of the end beneficiaries of its actions and the SSE and social innovation support ecosystem in its governance bodies. In addition to including these organisations in its governance, Avise works with them as partners to co-develop its initiatives and ensures that the quality and quantity of its programmes are assessed on a regular basis.
Avise is a non-profit organisation whose by-laws define the governing bodies that set its strategic goals and adopt its annual action plan and budget.
These bodies are the Strategic Council and the Executive Board.
The Strategic Council is made up of four major categories of participants:
- the Banque des Territoires, the public-sector bank that supports social innovation in France;
- the main SSE and social innovation network leaders, who represent project owners by family of stakeholders as defined based on their statuses, and financers;
- major SSE enterprises which play a major role in the SSE and social innovation support ecosystem;
- qualified SSE and social innovation specialists, particularly representatives of local support providers (Fabriques à Initiatives, incubators, accelerators, the local SSE guidance and support scheme (DLA), etc.) and social entrepreneurs.
Members of the Strategic Council and the Executive Board serve three-year terms. They are elected by the Avise General Assembly.
The members of the Avise governance bodies are listed here.