[Automatic translation follows] Official account of the #GrandParis Metropolis. The Greater Paris Metropolis is a dense and urban inter-municipal authority, which brings together 12 territories and 131 municipalities. Created by the law of January 27, 2014 on the modernization of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises, and reinforced by the law of August 7, 2015 on the new territorial organization of the Republic, it was created on January 1, 2016. The Greater Paris Metropolis exercises the following powers: - Economic, social and cultural development and planning - Protection and enhancement of the environment and living environment policy - …

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] The Paris City Hall or City of Paris employs 50,858 permanent employees. It appoints both the administration and the elected officials. Each month, the elected officials sit on the Paris Council, where they deliberate to decide on the future of the city: construction of daycare centers, middle schools, naming of streets, housing, subsidies to associations. This body is both a General Council and a Municipal Council, since Paris has the particularity of being a city and a department.

Sectors: National and local authorities

Lieu infini d'art, de culture et d'innovation An innovating artistic and cultural workspace Located in the 19th arrondissement, the CENTQUATRE-PARIS is a space for residencies, production and promotion for the public and artists from all over the world. Conceived by its director José-Manuel Gonçalvès as a collaborative artistic platform, it enables access to all of today’s arts, through a programme that is resolutely popular, contemporary and challenging. As an atypical living area lined with shops, it also offers spaces for free artistic practice and spaces for infants. For the start-ups that are part of its business accelerator, it forms a …

1 métropole au service de ses 28 communes et de ses 815 000 habitants. Bordeaux Métropole (formerly the Urban Community of Bordeaux), is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Bordeaux (France) and some of its suburbs.

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] The Société du Grand Paris (SGP) is a public industrial and commercial institution whose mission is to create the new automatic metro of Greater Paris, the Grand Paris Express. The SGP is responsible for the design and development of the overall plan and infrastructure projects making up the Greater Paris public transport network. It must also ensure its implementation, which includes in particular: > the construction of lines, structures and fixed installations, > the construction and development of stations, including interconnections, > the acquisition of rolling stock designed to run on these infrastructures.

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] Public Intermunicipal Cooperation Establishment (EPCI) serving 95 municipalities for more than a million inhabitants. The European Metropolis of Lille, a public intermunicipal cooperation establishment, brings together more than a million inhabitants and 95 municipalities. Its territory is both rural and urban, made up of large cities and villages. It exercises its skills in 19 essential areas serving users such as development, roads, sanitation, transport, culture, tourism, housing, economic development, etc. The MEL services include more than 2,800 agents and more than 100 professions. Supported by an ambitious continuing education policy, they open up attractive career development opportunities. …

Sectors: French metropolis

The Paris Region is a major business and techno hub in Europe. Standing at the crossroads of European and worldwide trade, the Paris Region is France's leading economic region. It represents 31% of French GDP. Consisting of 8 départements and 1,280 municipalities, the Paris Region hosts the largest population of french Regions : 12.5 million inhabitants, that is younger than the national average. As Europe’s leading employment area, it boasts a highly qualified workforce : 33% of French executives. The Paris Region hosts 22% of France’s universities, 25% of its engineering schooland 20% of its business schools. Invest in Paris …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] Cerema, Climate & Territories of tomorrow: development, mobility, infrastructure, risks, environment, sea, coastline Cerema provides expertise, research and innovation to the State and local authorities, as well as economic players: > Expertise and territorial engineering > Mobility > Buildings > Transport infrastructure > Environment and natural risks > Sea and coastline As a public administrative institution (EPA), under the supervision of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Cerema develops close relationships with local authorities that are present in its governance bodies. It promotes innovation in the territories, and develops partnerships with local authorities and businesses. This is the …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] The Agency for Ecological Transition! ADEME in brief The Agency for Ecological Transition participates in the implementation of public policies in the areas of the environment, energy and sustainable development. It provides its expertise and consulting capabilities to businesses, local authorities, public authorities and the general public, in order to enable them to progress in their environmental approach. The Agency also helps to finance projects, from research to implementation, in the following areas: waste management, soil preservation, energy efficiency and renewable energies, savings on raw materials, air quality, noise control, the transition to the circular economy and …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] Since 2010 our association has contributed to the environmental transition through the development of clean technologies Founded by ECOSYS Group, Cleantech Open France animates the French and European cleantech ecosystem to accelerate the marketing and industrialization of solutions that contribute to mitigating climate change. More than 160 startups apply each year to the Cleantech Open France program to benefit from a globally recognized label, access a tailor-made support program to accelerate their growth and participate in the international competition in Silicon Valley. The program is supported and financed by leading public and private institutional partners: Bpifrance, Ademe, …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] #GCC network #etidepreference "Building together sober and sustainable solutions, Enabling everyone to achieve and undertake, To contribute to a sustainable future." With 50 operational entities throughout the country, and in Switzerland, GCC brings together nearly 2,663 employees. The agencies and subsidiaries, grouped under a Construction Division, an Energy Division and a Real Estate Development Division, offer an organization that combines knowledge of the field, technical mastery and a good understanding of customer expectations. In less than 20 years, our independent group has managed to rise among the top 10 companies in the construction sector, thanks to its …

[Automatic translation follows] A MEDIA TO CHANGE TIMES. A magazine, a site, a community to change times What if the crisis was an opportunity to reinvent the models of the 20th century? Since 2012, WE DEMAIN has been watching for technological, economic, energy, medical, food and artistic initiatives that are changing the world. And are putting the individual a little more at the heart of the system every day. With the support of a network of journalists, experts, scientists and entrepreneurs, WE DEMAIN has established itself as the marker of a change of time that is as complex as it …

French Geological Survey - The geosciences at the core of tomorrow’s challenges BRGM, the French geological survey, is France’s reference public institution for Earth Science applications in the management of surface and subsurface resources and risks. Its programmes focus on scientific research, supporting public policies and international cooperation. BRGM aims to meet key challenges for our society, particularly those related to climate change, energy transition and the development of the circular economy. Around geosciences, BRGM is developing expertise to contribute to a harmonised management and controlled use of the soil and subsoil of cities and territories. BRGM's activity is organised …

We are the first Start-up Studio dedicated to the future of cities and powered by a major urban player Cities are changing, we want to build a positive future for urban life. Urban Odyssey is the first Start-up Studio dedicated to create solutions for better cities : improving homes, work places and well-being experiences. Our studio is powered by ICADE, a key player in buidling and transforming cities. We are a diverse team of entrepreneurs, developers, designers, business developers and real estate specialists, determined to redesign urban life. We test opportunities then invest in 4 to 6 start-ups each year, …

Sectors: Real Estate

[Automatic translation follows] Building the city of 2050 New real estate & office rental! Here we: > decipher the market > make digests of studies, events > think the city of 2050 together > share our VDB (office lives)

Sectors: Real Estate