Our structure
Our functioning,
our missions and skills

Cobaty operation: everything starts from the base.

Each Cobatyste is part of an Association, true heart and lung of Cobaty. While respecting federal ethics and rules, it has a great deal of autonomy. Immersed in local realities, she is very listened to by decision-makers. The Associations are grouped in 11 Districts. The “District” is the relay, the transmission belt between the Associations and the Federation. The Bureau and the Federal Board of Directors (FCA) serve the Associations. Elected for two years, renewable once, they help them, accompany them, support them chart great directions to give meaning to the whole. The Federation is also the showcase of Cobaty at the highest levels.

Being Cobatyste, a very specific profile.

Decision-maker in its activity, the Cobatyste is a natural person with professional responsibility. He practices one of the professions of the act of building, urban planning and the environment or associated professions (bankers, notaries, lawyers, energy companies, insurers, etc.). Woman or Man, the Cobatyste has strong moral qualities, a sense of duty, contact and human relationships. He adheres to cobatyst ethics. The Cobatyste accepts the rules of the Association of which it is a member. he is up to date with his contributions. Within the framework of his Association, the Cobatyste cannot have political, ideological, trade union, corporatist or confessional activities. The Cobatyste cannot use his membership in Cobaty for commercial purposes. The Cobatyste brings his personality and expertise to his Association and is committed to participating in internal or external events, meetings, working groups… The Cobatyste attends the monthly statutory meetings and the Annual Congress of the Cobaty Federation.

In 2023, the Federation of Associations has 11 Districts in 8 countries, 134 Associations and more than 4600 members.

The structure of Cobaty, the head of its decentralization, with more than a hundred Associations gathered in Districts, allows its leaders to be anchored in the local economic and social fabric, while being in direct contact with regional realities, national and international. Local associations benefit from the reflections carried out at national level through commissions dealing with the major themes of our society. Bringing together, reflecting, exchanging, developing, animating, opening up new ways is the creative capacity of this set of skills, whose dynamism is commensurate with the commitment of its members. Cobaty wants to bring to institutions, women and men who manage our daily lives and our future, the synergy of its experiences and skills, integrating the human, social, cultural, economic and technical aspect.

The Federal Office

• Federal President: Pierre AGERON (ANNECY)
• 1st Federal Vice-President: David GUIO (LYON METROPOLE)
• 2nd Federal Vice-President: Julien BOUCHER (TARN)
• Past Federal President: Joël LE GOFF
• Federal Secretary: Christelle KESSLER (DIJON)
• Federal Treasurer: François VANDERMEERSCH (LILLE)
• Federal Administrators:
• Karine BULTEAU (VENDEE)
• Sandrine MARTIN-SOL (CHARTRES)
• Nathalie CASSIN - LEBLONDET (GUADELOUPE)
• René MAUPAS (MARSEILLE PROVENCE)
• Toufic SALHAB (LEBANON)
• Jean DUMESNIL (BORDEAUX METROPOLE)

PIERRE AGERON, MY AMBITIONS FOR COBATY  THE SPEECH OF THE BOARD

The Federal Presidents of Honor

• Michel DARNET (TOULOUSE)
• Thierry OPPIKOFER (GENEVE)
• Joël LE GOFF (AGEN)

Les Présidents d'honneur Fédéral

• Michel DARNET (TOULOUSE)
• Thierry OPPIKOFER (GENEVE)
• Joël LE GOFF (AGEN)

District Presidents

• District 1 : Delphine LEONARD (VOSGES)
• District 2 : Bernard MAMMAR (GRENOBLE)
• District 3 : Joëlle BARRIER-NANNONI (VAR)
• District 4 : Bruno DAVID (SEINE MARITIME)
• District 5 : Jean-Pierre VITU (PERPIGNAN)
• District 6 : Jean-François RENAUD (RENNES)
• District 7 : Fabienne FAURE-CORMARY (BORDEAUX CONVERGENCE)
• District 8 : Pierre-Luc LANGLET (PARIS SEINE)
• District 9 : Guillaume BARDON (TOURS)
• District 10 : Jean-Noël DE LACHAISE (REUNION)
• District 11 : Reto DEFRANCESCO (LAUSANNE-VAUD)

Our Skills

This exceptional network of knowledge and skills finds expression in the 6 Federal Commissions and 2 Delegations: Commission «Internal Life», Commission «Prospectives», Commission «Federal Actions», Commission «Events & social manifestations», Commission “professions for future”, Commission “Fédération’s development”; Delegation «External relations» and Delegation «Communication & New Digital Tools».  With its missions and studies, its local, regional, national, international meetings and its International Congresses, this structure makes Cobaty a tool of knowledge, communication and exchange at the service of man and his environment. Cobaty's primary tools remain the Women and Men who compose it. Cobaty thanks to the multiplicity of their skills and their dynamism, has become a valued interlocutor for institutions and local authorities. It is recognized by the public authorities of the countries in which it is established. Searching and innovating with competence is the reality of COBATY. Determination, diversity, openness to others, willingness to communicate and concern for performance, based on the experience of its members, are the essential qualities of this unique and efficient group that constitutes the association COBATY which, over the years, has become a real institution.

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Cobaty, a committed player

Thanks to its strong territorial roots, Cobaty is a player
in the construction, urban planning and environmental sectors

The seven pillars of Cobaty.

• Contribute to the improvement of the living environment of everyone through a better environmental approach including the protection of the existing, ecosystems, biodiversity…and integrating the principles of sustainable development through responsible and controlled growth.

• Initiate reflections on topics related to construction, urbanism and the environment (spatial planning, land management, constructive systems, standards, etc.) based on conferences, debates, symposia that lead to proposals.

• Participate in events organized by international, national, regional or local bodies in the sectors where Cobaty operates.

• Provide, in a disinterested and voluntary way, advice and proposals to public or private organizations wishing to benefit from the synergies specific to Cobaty and the competence of its members.

• Adopt the modes of exercise of the professions («benchmark») in the countries where Cobaty is present in order to increase the professional quality of the Cobatystes.

• Promote the construction, urban planning and environmental professions.

 • Encourage the training of young people in the various sectors («Cobaty Youth Trophy»).

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