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

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

[Automatic translation follows] The 1st business accelerator The CCI Alsace Eurométropole is a public establishment 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 businesses. - Support business creators and buyers. - Mobilize our expertise and our networking capacity to support our companies' projects throughout their lifespan. - Deploy an initial, continuing or apprenticeship training offer, in particular through our CCI Campus training center. - …

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

[Automatic translation follows] 🇫🇷 Pluralist association of elected officials which brings together towns with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants and their groups. Villes de France is a pluralist association of elected officials which brings together towns with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants and their groups in the national territory, a group which is the living environment for almost 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 …

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

[Automatic translation follows] The Pays de la Loire region brings together 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 areas 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 of less than 1,000 inhabitants. Bordered by 450 km of coastline and crisscrossed by the Loire, the region has the first port on the Atlantic coast. Its economic dynamism is a real strength which allows it to have the lowest unemployment rate in …

Sectors: National and local authorities