“TREMPLIN! Helping people move out of the informal sector”

Distrustful of the public authorities or discouraged by regulatory obstacles, tens of thousands of French people engage in informal activities by setting up businesses without registering them. Working informally means exposing oneself to risks that increase exclusion from society: no insurance, no pension rights, no access to state welfare…Registration of “informal activities” can lead to entrepreneurs becoming bankable, a necessary component for securing their business path, and for local development.
Special consultants identify informal entrepreneurs helping by specific partnerships with local and community associations with adapted communication tools.
The support focuses on:
- A diagnostic phase to evaluate the entrepreneur's background, skills and needs.
- A pre-registration phase (choice of legal status, related obligations, financial projections and registration procedures).
- Microcredit financing for business development.
- Additional modules are possible: Financial management: analysis of the entrepreneur's financial situation and strengthening of management skills.
Training guide covering all the topics of entrepreneurship and a monthly income-expenses booklet are provided.
This system makes it possible to reach an "invisible" public that Adie (or any other institution) would not otherwise reach and to restore trust in institutions and create economic value through formalised activity, enabling these entrepreneurs to gradually move off the welfare system.