[Automatic translation follows] The 1st business accelerator The CCI Alsace Eurométropole is a public institution managed by 30 volunteer business leaders elected for 5 years. It represents the 90,000 companies in industry, commerce and services in Alsace. It actively participates in the development of the local economy. Our actions are structured around major missions: - Represent the interests of companies. - Support business creators and buyers. - Mobilize our expertise and our networking capacity to support our companies' projects throughout their life. - Deploy an initial, continuing or apprenticeship training offer, in particular thanks to our CCI Campus training center. …

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

[Automatic translation follows] 🇫🇷 Pluralist association of elected officials that brings together cities with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants and their groups. Villes de France is a pluralist association of elected officials that brings together cities with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants and their groups from the national territory, a group that is the living environment of nearly half of the French population (30 million inhabitants). Since 2022, Gil Avérous, mayor of Châteauroux, president of Châteauroux Métropole, has been president of Villes de France and Jean-François Debat, mayor of Bourg-en-Bresse, president of the CA of Grand Bourg Agglomération, is its deputy president. …

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

[Automatic translation follows] Created in 1946, the Assembly of French Departments (ADF) is a pluralist association that brings together the Presidents of the 102 member communities, including 95 Departments and 7 local authorities with departmental powers. The ADF fulfills five main missions: ‣represent the Departments to national and European public authorities; ‣constitute a resource center for the Departments; ‣offer a place for exchanging experiences and good practices for elected officials and departmental technicians; ‣be a place for confronting ideas and developing common positions on major national issues; ‣promote the role and action of the Departments among citizens. The ADF also …

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

[Automatic translation follows] The Pays de la Loire region includes 5 departments: Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée. It has 3.7 million inhabitants spread across 1,357 municipalities. It is a territory balanced between rural and urban areas, organized around 7 large urban areas (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Cholet, Le Mans, Laval and La-Roche-sur-Yon) and 1,108 municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. Bordered by 450 km of coastline and crisscrossed by the Loire, the region has the leading port on the Atlantic coast. Its economic dynamism is a real strength that allows it to have the lowest unemployment rate in France (8.5%). …

Sectors: National and local authorities

Entreprendre au profit de tous GROUPE SOS was launched in 1984 to tackle social exclusion in all its forms. Since then, it has gradually diversified its activities, and now responds to societal needs in 8 sectors of activity: Youth, Employment, Solidarities, Health, Seniors, Culture, Ecological transition and International action. With 18,000 employees, 550 establishments and services and a turnover of €950M, GROUPE SOS is the first European social enterprise. By placing social innovation at the core of its practices, the group shows that it is possible to build a solid organisation, capable of creating and sustaining its economic activities, while …

Sectors: Humanitarian