All DPF Award winners
Each year, the DPF selects and funds a winning organization with a donation of 1 million euros and provides tailored support for five years. On this page, you will find an overview of the inspiring winners who, with their innovative projects, contribute to a better future.
2025: L'Burn
Founded in 2019 by Anne-Sophie Vives, the L'Burn association supports women suffering from burnout— especially those who have not received help from their employer or medical and social services.
L'Burn works to raise awareness, prevent burnout, and provide training, with a particular focus on women. Through research, advocacy, and direct support, the organization strives for better recognition and management of burnout in women while promoting their social and professional reintegration.
2024:
réseau ETRE
Le Réseau ETRE develops and expands a network of next-generation schools that provide free vocational training for youth (ages 16–25) in green and sustainable trades.
Their mission is to highlight the importance of investing in practical skills training to support the ecological transition. The organization also advocates in Paris and Brussels for greater recognition of manual and green professions.
2023: Rura
Rura (ex-Chemin d'avenirs) enables equal career opportunities for young people in rural and sparsely populated areas.Founded in 2016, the French non-profit organization tackles territorial divides and their consequences, a growing concern in European countries.
Their goal is to drive a system change on two levels. First, it accompanies young people from rural areas to reach their full potential through a mentoring program. Second, it combines scientific research with an advocacy strategy to influence public authorities, the education system and corporations on this issue.
2022: Activ’Action
Activ’Action aims to transform the job search period into an opportunity to enlarge one's network, enhance one's employment skills, carry out projects and try out new abilities through its free and collaborative workshops. Its unique methodology focuses on a catalog of 15 soft skills (oral fluency, teamwork, active listening, etc.) that are essential for today's world and tomorrow's challenges.
This project responds to a societal need, knowing that unemployment has a negative impact on soft skills and behavioral aptitudes (self-confidence, social cohesion, optimism, perseverance, ambition, etc.), which are paramount for the job market.
2021: Ticket for Change
Ticket for Change aims at empowering everyone to direct their talents toward a positive social and environmental change through their jobs. Concretely, via various tailored programs, they accompany entrepreneurs creating jobs with a social and environmental vocation, leaders and employees transforming their jobs towards a more impact, and unemployed people or people in transition to find meaningful jobs.
This partnership aims at helping Ticket for Change finance its systemic development and grow internationally, focusing on Belgium and Luxembourg first.
2020: Bayes Impact
Bayes Impact is a French NGO that favors technology to tackle social issues. Among the various problems our society is struggling with, Bayes Impact focuses on facilitating access to employment.
How? By means of its public service called "Bob", a free and open source tool relying on artificial intelligence and powerful algorithms to help people find a job in a personalized manner.
2019: Duo for a job
DUO for a JOB pairs young job-seekers having a migrant background with experienced workers (50 years and older) who can assist them in finding a job. The non-profit organization serves both young people and potential counselors. It was founded in Brussels in 2013, and is now active in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent and Liège. The objective of this partnership is to help the organization to expand its activities throughout Europe, starting in France.
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