Project management software designed for local authorities
A local authority runs dozens of projects at once: renovating a school, building a new road, the energy transition, digitising a service. Each project involves staff from several departments, elected officials, external partners and a voted budget. Yet tracking often relies on spreadsheets, emails and meetings.
Gladys brings it all together: projects, tasks, discussions, documents, budgets and indicators. Departments move forward together, senior management sees where each project stands, and elected officials have a clear status to present.
The challenges local authorities face
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Cross-cutting projects, siloed departments
A facilities project involves technical services, finance, public procurement and communication. Without a shared tool, information gets lost between them.
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An overall view that is hard to get
Preparing an update for the mayor’s office or the council takes hours of consolidation.
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Commitments to track over six years
The mandate plan and the multi-year investment plan (PPI) must be tracked over time, with variances and trade-offs.
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High standards for data
A local authority’s data concerns its residents. It must stay under control and be hosted in France.
What Gladys brings to your local authority
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A workspace for every project
Each project has its home page, tasks, milestones, documents and discussion. Staff from every department work there together, with the right permissions: administrator, editor or viewer, project by project.
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The project portfolio at a glance
Senior management follows every project on one screen: progress, project weather, delays, custom indicators. The multi-project Gantt shows overlaps and dependencies.
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Budget and resource tracking
Expenses and revenue are tracked per project. Workload and time spent show which departments are stretched.
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Reports ready for elected officials
Gladys generates project reports in PowerPoint format, ready to present as they are to the executive or a committee.
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The strategic plan connected to projects
The mandate’s priorities break down into objectives, action plans and then projects. All progress is rolled up automatically. See Mandate plan tracking and Multi-year investment plan.
Sovereign and hosted in France
Gladys has been developed in Nantes since 2013. Projects, documents and discussions are hosted in France by OVHcloud, in Roubaix and Gravelines. Gladys obtained a SOC 2 security audit report in 2025. Single sign-on (SSO/SAML) is available to connect with your authority’s directory.
Gladys is also ready for AI, without imposing it: AI is turned off by default. If your authority turns it on, staff can query their projects from Le Chat, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot. The assistant only sees what the user is allowed to see, every action is logged, and access can be cut off in one click. Learn more about AI and sovereignty
For which local authorities?
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Municipalities
Tracking facilities projects, the mandate plan and public works.
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Inter-municipal bodies
Coordination between member municipalities and shared services.
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Departments and regions
Steering large project portfolios and strategic plans.
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Joint authorities and public bodies
Tracking programmes and investments.
They run their projects with Gladys
The Hauts-de-France Region, the Drôme, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Vaucluse departments, the towns of Meylan, Couëron and Villiers-en-Plaine, OPH 05, SIAGA: local authorities and public bodies of all sizes run their projects with Gladys.
Pricing
The Essential plan starts at €12 per user per month, the Premium plan (budgets, resources, PowerPoint reports) at €19. Projects and members are unlimited.
Local authorities can access the Business plan on quote. Gladys is listed with UGAP, the French public purchasing agency: you can buy it without running a competitive tender.
Frequently asked questions
Is Gladys suitable for a small municipality?
Yes. Projects and members are unlimited, and getting started requires no technical skills.
Does our data stay in France?
Yes, Gladys is developed and hosted in France.
Can we invite external partners?
Yes, with a viewer or editor role limited to the projects that concern them.
Can we track the mandate plan and the PPI?
Yes, see our pages Mandate plan tracking and Multi-year investment plan.
How can a local authority buy Gladys?
The simplest way is through UGAP, the French public purchasing agency, which lists Gladys: this avoids a competitive tender procedure.
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