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Sectors: European Union

Tiers-lieu des données, du numérique responsable et des transitions urbaines du territoire grand lyonnais More and more data are produced every day. In order to use them in our everyday life, and to convert them into new innovative services, we have to transform them and imagine new applications. There are a lot of domains for which Big Data can be useful: from mobility to health, including energy management, environment, etc.... Supporting those innovations, experimenting and developing new services for tomorrow’s city and citizen, this is the goal of TUBÀ, the Urban Test Tube of Lyon Four actors are meeting at …

[Automatic translation follows] The APICIL Group is the 3rd largest French social protection group. Joint and mutual, the Group was created BY and FOR companies and employees. Governed by its customers, the Group is, like them, anchored in economic life. APICIL knows them, shares and understands their challenges, their priorities and their constraints. More than 2,100 employees support 2.2 million policyholders by offering them sustainable, efficient and adapted solutions to protect them throughout their lives in health, insurance, savings, financial services and retirement. At the heart of its consulting and insurance missions, the APICIL Group improves the overall performance of …

Sectors: Health Insurance Mutual insurance

[Automatic translation follows] We are amplifying social innovation in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions. We are giving more scope to social innovation to respond to the fragilities of our regions. To do this, we are developing the culture of social entrepreneurship in nine regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Each year, we support more than 150 social enterprises in their creation or development. Finally, we are bringing together networks of public, private, and associative allies around them. Today, we are bringing together an ecosystem of 111 partners, in addition to 295 coaches and experts. We are a team of around thirty people spread across the …

[Automatic translation follows] An administration in motion is a whole city that moves #villedelyon! Capital of the Rhône-Alpes Region, Lyon is one of the most attractive cities in Europe for its quality of life and its exceptional economic dynamism. At the heart of the Lyon Metropolis, the City of Lyon (500,000 inhabitants) has a total budget of 780 million euros and a workforce of 7,300 permanent agents allowing it to offer a local public service to the population with a constant concern for quality. Would you like to discover our professions, find out about recruitment procedures or apply for our …

Sectors: French metropolis National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] #auvergnerhonealpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a large region with many assets: - With more than 8 million inhabitants, it is more populated than 13 of the 28 countries of the European Union and ranks 10th most populated region in Europe - Covering nearly 70,000 km2, or 13% of the metropolitan territory, its surface area is equivalent to that of Ireland. - In France, it is the leading industrial and gastronomic region, it ranks first for agricultural production under label (AOP, IGP, etc.) and the number of organic farms. - In Europe: it is the 8th richest region in Europe …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] We are here to enable as many people as possible to build their lives with confidence. "Being there for others, I decided to make it my job." Supported by our employees, our employer communication campaign highlights what brings us together and makes us proud every day: our job, the starting point for beautiful stories, human above all. This campaign emphasizes what sets us apart from our competitors: our mutualist DNA. Within the Groupama Group, humanity and meaning are privileged. We recruit people and not diplomas, great personalities who will be at the service of our members and …

Sectors: Insurance

[Automatic translation follows] Imagine the unexpected. At the forefront of trends, which the Galeries Lafayette Group has often initiated, it continues this success story with its 15,000 employees with its emblematic brands (Galeries Lafayette, BHV MARAIS, Louis Pion Royal Quartz, Didier Guérin and Citynove) and by expanding internationally. In 2012, the turnover of the Galeries Lafayette group amounted to 3.8 billion euros across all its 250 points of sale and its e-commerce site. Two major reference brands One brings to life striking fashion experiences, the other inspires creative urbanites. Both are innovative and impertinent. Galeries Lafayette and BHV MARAIS give …

[Automatic translation follows] Social innovation incubator in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that supports the creation of companies for the collective interest ALTER pr. adj. (lat. Alter) 1 - One of the two 2 - The other ALTER’INCUB n. The other incubation Alter'Incub is a system of the Regional Union of Scop that has welcomed and supported project leaders wishing to create collective projects for 12 years. We have an alternative vision of supporting innovative projects in their emergence phase. Innovation becomes a way to experiment and give meaning to the creation of activity by developing socially and environmentally useful projects that respect people …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] France's leading producer of 100% renewable electricity CNR is the leading French producer of electricity from 100% renewable sources (water, wind, sun) and the multi-purpose concessionaire of the Rhône from the Swiss border to the Mediterranean Sea: hydroelectricity production, deployment of navigation and port areas, irrigation and other agricultural uses. A public limited company of general interest, CNR stands out for its industrial model based on regional development and its unique system for sharing locally created value with its stakeholders. At the forefront of its businesses, which it is constantly developing through an active innovation approach, CNR …

Sectors: Energy