Author: Alain PLANE, Lawyer, former Joint Commissioner to the ASSEDIC Southwest.
A tool associations
Faced with a poor economic environment and increasing administrative demands, associations came several years in a period of change and often find themselves pushed to become more professional, both in terms of technology as their business management thereof. To accompany them, they can appeal to the Local Device Support ( DLA). real tool for civic projects, the DLA provides technical support to an association in its efforts to consolidate the business and all or some of the jobs associated with them.
1 - Organization of the device
The DLA is an independent agency commissioned a territory for future projects in support of voluntary structures, through coaching in time. It is not an audit or external assessment imposed on them. It can mobilize resources (expertise, its ability to implement consultancy services) or those of its partners (financial networks and associations, institutions involved in its operation, etc.)..
Originally created by the state and the Deposit and Consignment in a process of investment in services and activities of social utility, its objective is the consolidation of projects and, as means to determine the structure concerned.
2 - structures involved in the device
The DLA is for structures that develop activities and services of social utility recognized territory, that create employment, for example: a 1901 association or a cooperative structure.
The DLA is for structures that develop activities and services of social utility recognized territory, that create employment, for example: a 1901 association or a cooperative structure.
These particular structures that:
- have the desire to consolidate their activities to sustain their jobs
- identified problems that require professional support external
- questioning their strategy of consolidation, development of their activities.
3 - Financing
the local device support is funded by the State, Caisse des Depots et Consignations (CDC), the European Social Fund (ESF) and, where appropriate, local actors (communities, etc.)..
4 - The device
The DLA works with the structure around its hosted project. It mobilizes resources with her technical (engineering), but it also brings together in its support committees and steering local development actors in the sector response of the structure (local authorities, banks, associations and federations coordinations ...). It is therefore an accompanying service plan created that can be built in time for the opportunity of cooperation with the DLA.
5 - 4 Steps accompaniment
Welcome and orientation
A speaker of this DLA to structure the tasks of the DLA, it works. It informs, answer questions and verify it with the relevance of the intervention of DLA at the structure. Where appropriate, it directs them to the area's resources.
Diagnosis shared
It makes the structure a global diagnosis of its business to:
-identify tracks (organizational, human, strategic, economic, financial, etc. .) on which act to consolidate;
-to identify the support needs to solve problems encountered, promote the success of a development plan and sustainability, with the changing activities or the status of the structure.
Development of engineering support
At the end of this shared diagnosis, the DLA Finance 1 intervention of experts , chosen with the structure, according to the needs identified. The structure may benefit from individual coaching (production of a communication plan, council legal establishment of cost accounting, implementation of management tools or management, organizational support, redesign the project structure, etc..) or groups with other structures of the territory .
Monitoring
The DLA shall monitor and evaluate intervention implementation, provides a cover structure in time. If necessary, it can set up new engineering support.
1 The DLA fully supports the costs of information, diagnosis and implementation of individual side dishes / group.
- 110 Features Local Backing :
Bring local support structures of their territory.
- 17 C2RA regional resource centers and Animation:
Ensure animation and qualifications of the DLA network and coordination with the national level and with all local actors.
- 6 NRAC (National Centres Support and Resources):
recognized specialists in their industry, provide specific expertise on culture, sport, environment, health sector and social integration through economic activity, funding.
- Agency for the Valorisation of Socio-Economic Initiatives (opinion):
Anime calls and coordinates the device at the national level.
For more information or to contact the DLA in your area: www.avise.org