Nos Gestes Climat is a digital public service, which is why we are transparent about the resources allocated and how they are used.

Principles

We follow the beta.gouv manifesto and recall its principles here:

• Users' needs come before those of the administration, in order to focus public resources where they create the most impact;
• The team operates on trust and autonomy, to decide quickly and effectively on budget usage;
• We progress through iterations and continuous improvement, systematically measuring the real impact of our actions.

How it works

Nos Gestes Climat is a "state start-up": the team is therefore led by an intrapreneur who is responsible for the digital service developed within their administration (ADEME in this case).

Their role is multiple: defining strategy and roadmap, leading teams, product management, service deployment, and acting as a liaison with their administration (budget, progress reports).

The budget shown here does not include the intrapreneur, who is an employee of DINUM (Interministerial Directorate for Digital) and seconded to ADEME, but concerns the team members.

Budget consumed

Description of cost categories

Development, product, deployment and design costs are exclusively "person-time" for the team. 10 people work for Nos Gestes Climat as freelancers and part-time (between 50 and 80% of their time), which represents 5.6 FTE over the year. Communication costs correspond to visibility operations or media partnerships.

Our open-source model allows us to access most of the tools we use for free (code hosting, test servers, etc.). The site is hosted on Scalingo.

About VAT

Unlike private-sector companies, public authorities cannot recover VAT paid on their purchases in the course of their activity.

The amount including VAT includes VAT at the rate of 20%.

VAT is collected and paid to the State and therefore reduces the amount of budget usable for the project.