We connect Europe and cities With Eurocities, it’s all in our name: we connect Europe and cities. We are convinced that this connection leads to a better life for all. Founded in 1986, our network brings together the local governments of more than 200 cities in 38 European countries, representing 130 million people. Eurocities provides a platform to share knowledge and ideas, to exchange experiences, to analyse common problems and develop innovative solutions, through a wide range of forums, working groups, projects, activities and events. Eurocities gives cities a voice in Europe, by engaging in dialogue with the European institutions …

[Automatic translation follows] The OIP, an association which campaigns for respect for the rights of prisoners and for less recourse to incarceration. The French section of the International Prison Observatory is a non-governmental organization which works for respect for human rights in prisons and a reduction in the use of imprisonment. Defense of the rights of detained persons

[Automatic translation follows] Official account of the city of Bordeaux

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] The Paris City Hall or City of Paris employs 50,858 staff. It designates both the administration and elected officials. Every month, elected officials sit on the Paris Council, where they deliberate to decide the future of the city: construction of nurseries, colleges, 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

[Automatic translation follows] Clermont Auvergne Métropole is a public establishment for intermunicipal cooperation (E.P.C.I.), made up of 21 municipalities. Economic, academic, cultural and sporting capital, the Clermont metropolis brings together 21 municipalities and 300,000 inhabitants. A living and dynamic territory, within an exceptional natural setting, our Metropolis is teeming with projects and overflowing with energy. Clermont Auvergne Métropole intends to strengthen its role as a driving force for the development of Auvergne, in the second most dynamic region in France. To meet the challenges of tomorrow, we rely on the commitment of our 2,300 agents and we regularly seek new …

Sectors: French metropolis National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] The City and the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg are two distinct institutions. Since 1972, however, they have had the particularity of having a single administration and a common headquarters at their service. Second largest employer in Bas-Rhin (6,800 permanent agents), the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg have numerous areas of expertise: The City of Strasbourg intervenes in the following areas: - culture, - schools, - Social Action, - youth, - sport, - green spaces and forests, - public lighting, - civil status and neighborhood town halls, - tourism... The Strasbourg Eurometropolis intervenes in the following areas: - town …

Sectors: French metropolis National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] Every day, by your side. Made up of 22 municipalities, Tours Métropole is an active and dynamic French metropolis of nearly 300,000 inhabitants. It is the 1st employment area in the Centre-Cal de Loire Region, the 1st university center in the region, and has 5 study and research centers, 1 CHRU, 6 listed monuments, and of course... the Loire listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Furthermore, an international airport (Tours Val de Loire), as well as 30 TGV connections per day from or to Paris, make the Tours area very accessible. These infrastructures allow Tours Métropole …

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis is unique. Created by the MAPTAM law, it brings together 92 municipalities spread over three departments. It brings together agricultural, urban and industrial spaces on the same territory. Attractive and dynamic, the Metropolis exercises the major strategic skills which determine the development of the territory in all its dimensions: economic, social and cultural development and planning, planning of the metropolitan area, local housing policy, city policy, management of services of collective interest, protection and development of the environment and living environment policy. To support its development and projects, the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis is looking for …

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] The Rouen Normandy Metropolis, created in 2015, brings together 71 municipalities and half a million inhabitants, over an area of ​​664 km2. Between the Seine and forests, the Metropolis has both an urban and rural identity. Its particularity: 45 of its 71 municipalities are “small” municipalities, that is to say populated by less than 4,500 inhabitants. Almost 1,800 agents work in nearly 200 professions to serve several skills, from the production and distribution of drinking water, public transport to waste management. A driving force in the development and attractiveness of the territory, rural and business land, center …

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] Live intelligently Capital of one of the most dynamic regions of France, Rennes assumes its role as leader in economic development 📈 ▶ Ranked 10th nationally, its urban area covers nearly 700,000 inhabitants with an economic area which concentrates 300,000 jobs ▶ 1st "business friendly" city of cities with less than 500,000 inhabitants, it attracts numerous talents in several key sectors of the economy (research, digital technology, health, agri-food, environment or manufacturing) ▶ Open to the international world, Rennes is the leading education center in the Greater West with 68,000 students and fuels high-level research and innovation …

Sectors: French metropolis

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

Sectors: French metropolis

2ème Métropole d'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - 450 000 hab. - Au pied des massifs du Vercors, de Chartreuse et de Belledonne. Grenoble-Alpes Métropole is the global Grenoble administration in charge of transportation, waste, economy & development, environment management.

Sectors: French metropolis

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] 31 municipalities now make up the territory of Montpellier 3M, i.e. 457,839 inhabitants. 31 municipalities now make up the territory of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Its regional capital, Montpellier, has 272,084 inhabitants. Its demographic growth is the highest in France and 50% of its population is under 34 years old. Each month, it welcomes more than 300 new arrivals. The dynamic is just as valid for Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole: 427,541 inhabitants live there and it is by pooling a certain number of its facilities, in fields of competence as diverse as culture, economy, environment or transport, which the …

Sectors: Environment French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] An administration in motion is a whole city that is moving #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 global budget of 780 million euros and a workforce of 7,300 permanent agents enabling 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 …

Sectors: French metropolis National and local authorities

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

Sectors: National and local authorities

Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through education and scientific inquiry. The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is an initiative that engages institutions of higher education with the United Nations in actively supporting and contributing to the realisation of UN goals and mandates including the promotion and protection of human rights, access to education, sustainability and conflict resolution. Education, Human Rights, Sustainable Development Goals, and Peace and Security

Sectors: International development