About KCS

Digital technology as a force for impact

KCS brings together volunteers with complementary skills to make digital technology more useful, accessible and responsible for the common good.

Non-profit organisation
Backed by volunteers and patrons
7 areas of skill and expertise

Our DNA

Connecting needs with the right skills

We connect public-interest organisations, volunteer talent and the people who want to act.

Membership and funding

Volunteers: no membership fee
no fees, no subscription
Member non-profits: annual membership fee
€89 or €200 a year, depending on the non-profit's budget
Companies: skills-based sponsorship
tax reduction of 60% of the valuation of skills-based sponsorship (French tax code, art. 238 bis)
Local authorities: territorial partnership agreement
quote on request

Volunteering at KCS

Open-ended commitment
no set duration or frequency
Chosen missions
volunteers select the projects that interest them
Insurance
coverage terms are specified for each mission
Contribution counted
your mission hours are recorded and certified

Our method

Understand, build, empower

01
Listen
We start with context, uses and constraints to define the real need.
02
Co-design
A multidisciplinary team builds a simple and realistic answer with beneficiaries.
03
Empower
We document, train and hand over so the solution lasts beyond the project.

What makes us different

Multidisciplinary teams
Solutions grounded in reality
Knowledge transfer from day one

7 areas of skill and expertise, one mission

Skills that work together

Each project brings together the right profiles and benefits from the association's collective perspective.

Communication & Influence
Strategy · content · marketing · advocacy
Creative studio
UX/UI · branding · print · motion
Tech, Data & AI
Development · systems · data · AI

Talent & Training
Recruitment · onboarding · training
Legal & Compliance
Contracts · bylaws · GDPR · governance
Finance & Funding
Budgets · accounting · grants · funds

Video
Filming · editing · distribution

A word from our founder

Adel Riame

Many of the skills we need already exist. Our role is to help them reach the places where a few hours, the right expertise or a piece of knowledge passed on can multiply people's ability to act. »

Founder · Director

We live at a time when our ability to understand change is becoming almost as important as our ability to bring it about. Digital technology and artificial intelligence are accelerating that shift, while broader social, environmental and demographic changes are already reshaping our lives.

I founded KCS with one conviction: in the face of this complexity, knowledge and skills need to circulate more freely — across generations, charities and community organisations, local authorities, businesses and everyone who wants to put their abilities to useful purpose. What matters to me is not technology in itself, but what it enables when people can understand it, access it and make it their own: learning, choosing, creating, remaining independent and, in turn, helping others.

KCS is still at the beginning of its journey. As we grow, I want us to hold on to the same discipline: understand before we act, pass on what we know, and judge our usefulness by the autonomy we help make possible.

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