The Institut BIOFORCE Development, a training and career advisory body specialising in solidarity and humanitarian aid based in Vénissieux (Rhône department, France), boasts:

• A budget of  €4 million;
• A workforce of 46 paid staff and associative 10 volunteers;
• A major programme of community work with 295 members;
• 15,000 training hours delivered each year;
• 57 short courses (in-house and external);
• 200 students trained each year in the 6 qualification training programmes available in France, with an 86% placement rate;
• An average of 20 nationalities represented on every course offered;
• 350 students working with 70 international solidarity bodies supervised on field missions in 30 countries;
• 2,500 people trained since 1983;
• More than 600 people per year received support with their commitment process;
• 12 aid employment workshops in Paris and Lyon;
• 34 partner NGOs, 12 stopover towns with more than 1,300 people encountered during the Tour de France Humanitaire (Humanitarian Tour de France), an operation aimed at providing information and advice on the humanitarian sector;
• 3 solidarity-based competitions benefiting from the methodological expertise of Bioforce;
• 1 forum offering an opportunity for more than 30 European NGOs to meet Bioforce students;
• Some 150 students involved each year in local solidarity initiatives (in the Lyon metropolitan area);
• Awareness raising for 700 high school students in Vénissieux on the principles of citizenship and solidarity;