Charles-Edouard VINCENT

Bio

Graduate of Polytechnique, Ponts et Chaussées and Stanford University (California), Charles-Édouard Vincent began his career at Netscape then rose through the ranks within SAP, where in 2004 he held the position of Director of accounts. At that time, he met Martin Hirsch, then president of Emmaus France, and decided to join him. His professional career now takes the lead in the social sector.

Charles-Édouard Vincent notes that there are very few programs for people living on the street. They do not have the resources to work in a professional environment, either traditional or integration. In 2007, he decided to create Emmaüs Défi in order to offer innovative solutions to fight against extreme poverty and social exclusion by implementing integration projects through work, housing, health and access to new technologies in partnership with large companies.

At Emmaüs Défi, Charles-Edouard Vincent initiated in 2009 the “Hourly Work” which, in 2011 became, thanks to the support of the department of Paris, the Early Hours Device. It allows those who are excluded to return to a professional activity at a progressive rate: 4 hours a week, then 8 hours, 12 hours ... until the 26-hour Single Integration Contract. This system will be integrated in February 2015 into the 106 proposals of the Paris Pact to combat extreme exclusion with the target objective, in 2020, of creating 300 places per year.

In 2014, Charles-Édouard Vincent challenged the candidates for mayor of Paris on the question of the great exclusion. This call was very favorably received: Anne Hidalgo made it the Great Cause of her mandate.

The Emmaüs Défi adventure, however, taught Charles-Édouard Vincent that goodwill is not always enough to regain access to work. It is also essential to find the right formula by adapting the work to the person in a context where the human is placed in the foreground.

This is how Charles-Edouard Vincent founded Lulu in my street, in April 2015 with the mission of creating economic activity for all and improving the quality of life of city dwellers.

A driver of social innovation, Lulu dans ma rue promotes the clean and sustainable creation of activity by promoting the professional or extra professional skills of all people looking for income or additional income: low-skilled people, people looking for additional activities (employees, seniors and young people), people far from employment (short and long-term unemployed, RSA holders) or people from integration schemes that do not integrate so-called conventional companies . Lulu dans ma rue aims to support Lulus in gaining the status of micro-entrepreneur and helps them to reintegrate into the social fabric on a sustainable basis.

Furthermore, Lulu dans mon rue is also and above all the conviction that our society will get better if we put people back into our daily lives.