Agence Régionale de Développement Paris Île-de-France

The third Open World Forum will gather together decision-makers from the open digital world, in Paris. 1,500 participants from 40 countries will come together to analyze the technological, economic and social impact of Open Source, the invisible engine behind the digital revolution. The aim: to interpret future trends and cross-fertilize initiatives.

Launched on June 1st, 2010, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency’s (PREDA) Twitter account - http://twitter.com/ParisRegion - features, in English, the economic news of the Paris Region and all of the attractive topics concerning France’s foremost region in terms of foreign investment.

The new Supervisory Board of the Paris Region Economic Development Agency met and named as its new Chairman Robert Lion, elected Regional Councillor in March 2010 on a Europe Ecologie ticket. He takes the place of Jean-Paul Huchon, Chairman of the Paris Region Regional Council, who had held the position ever since the Agency was founded.

While cash flow from foreign direct investment activities declined globally in 2009, foreign investment in Paris Region was relatively unaffected by the crisis. Although the number of newly established businesses (startups, expansions and takeovers) fell by 8% in 2009, the number of jobs created as a result of new businesses remained stable: 8,286 in 2009 versus 8,300 in 2008.

A new type of real estate is starting to emerge in Paris Region – Europe’s largest commercial real estate offer – designed to meet environmental quality standards. But what does “environmental quality” mean? The answer can be found in a study on “Sustainable Real Estate in Paris Region” by the Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA) and global commercial real estate consultants DTZ. This is the second such study and it includes contributions from the Regional Agency for the Environment and New Energies (ARENE) and French certification body Certivéa.

The Paris Region biotech sector is hugely diverse, bringing together leading pharma companies, manufacturers of medical devices, biotech firms, service providers, hospitals, research organizations and universities. This variety and complementarity is what makes the sector so dynamic. Medical technologies alone account for 914 businesses employing 13,400 people, making Paris Region one of the biggest employers in this sector. BIO represents a tremendous business opportunity for Paris Region players, enabling them to showcase their expertise to an informed international audience.

With 50 million sq.m of office space, 30 million sq.m of business premises and 29 million sq.m of warehouse facilities, Paris Region boasts the largest stock of commercial real estate in Europe. In 2009, the diversity and complementarity of Paris Region’s business hubs helped to boost the Paris commercial real estate market in an increasingly challenging economic and financial environment.

PREDA specifically assists foreign investors in the eco-business sector and from sectors impacted by sustainable development imperatives, highlighting the advantages of Paris Region as an eco-business centre to foreign direct investment influencers and decisionmakers.

On 15 October 2009, Paris Region Economic Development Agency launched the
German language version of its website www.paris-region.com. PREDA works very much at local level, and this new website will be a valuable promotional tool to support the work of the sales teams in Germany, particularly at international events.

Paris Region Economic Development Agency reinforces its commitment to foreign SMEs’ growth in Paris Region. Organised every year by PREDA to boost and support foreign enterprises setting up in Paris Region, the International Enterprise Forum will again be held this year at the Pavillon Gabriel, Paris on 12 November 2009.

The Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA) has embarked on an energetic drive to raise its international profile and promote its sectors of excellence. As part of this initiative, from 15 to 21 June, PREDA will be taking part in the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, one of the most international Paris Region events. With its local partners, the competitiveness cluster ASTech' Paris Region, Seine et Marne Développement and the Val d'Oise Economic Expansion Committee (CEEVO), PREDA will be hosting a number of foreign businesses, with one or several guest countries each day: German, Polish, Japanese, British, American, Swiss and Canadian companies…

This year, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency will once again be part of the Paris Region delegation at BIO - the Biotechnology Industry Organization convention - the biggest international biotechnologies tradeshow.

“Thanks to its diversified economy, so far Paris Region has held up better than many highly specialised – and therefore very exposed – metropolitan regions worldwide. Nonetheless it too has been impacted by the significant deterioration in the national and international economy. At this point the ability to attract new investment projects is a key factor in responding to the crisis.” states Denis Tersen, Chief Executive Officer of the Paris Region Economic Development Agency.

Thursday 12 March, day 3 of Mipim, was devoted to sustainable projects that will enhance the region’s economic attractiveness. These include 3 eco-neighbourhoods in Plaine de France: the Ile-Saint-Denis, the Saint-Ouen docks, Louvres and Puiseux-en-France. more

On Wednesday 11 March, day 2 of Mipim, Paris Region hosted a whole array of events in the 2000-sqm Marina Hall, from stand openings to panel discussions with leading politicians and the presentation of new real estate projects. At 10.30 am Anne Hidalgo, 1st Deputy Mayor of Paris gave a talk entitled “Metropolitan Paris: a dynamic region”, underlining how essential it was “to have a mixed population and mixed-use development schemes”.

A European capital region and world metropolis, Paris Region has the biggest commercial real estate offer in Europe. There is a burgeoning High Environmental Quality real estate offer, but what does this mean?

A European capital region and world metropolis, Paris Region has the biggest commercial real estate offer in Europe. There is a burgeoning High Environmental Quality real estate offer, but what does this mean? more

In recent years the Paris Region real estate market has seen the steady emergence of a real estate offer compliant with environmental quality standards (buildings with the HQE environmental quality label, for example), driven both by the needs of our environment and by companies’ requirements.

For the 20th consecutive session, Paris Region will be taking part in MIPIM – which takes place in Cannes from 10 to 13 March 2009 – underlining the fact that its interest in this key property exhibition remains as strong as ever.

The current economic situation may be throwing up new challenges across all business sectors, but this hasn’t in any way dimmed Paris Region’s attractiveness in the open source sector. Over the last three years PREDA – the Paris Region Economic Development Agency – has assisted no less than 10 American and European open source software companies and this number is set to increase in the future.

An offer tailored to current market needs: To meet the challenges of the current market, the offer of quality business premises in Paris Region responds to the needs and demands of all companies seeking to locate to the region to expand their business.

Friday June 13 - San Diego, California: Just days before the Official Opening of BIO 2008, Business Wire and EuroBiO proudly announce the signature of an extensive partnership agreement between the world's news distribution leader and EuroBiO 2008, THE Life Sciences Event of the European Union Presidency, which will take place this year in Paris from October 7-9.

We are delighted to invite you to a Press Conference during which we will present the new and innovative programme - “Make Change Happen” - for EuroBiO 2008 (Paris, October 7th-9th, 2008), The Largest Life Science Event to take place during the forthcoming French Presidency of the European Union.

Paris, May 27th 2008 - EuroBiO 2008 (www.eurobio2008.com) will take place at the Palais des Congrès conference centre in Paris from Tuesday, October 7th to Thursday, October 9th inclusive. The recently awarded prestigious EU Presidency Label will make EuroBiO even more international, attracting leading BioClusters and “Biotech Champions” from across the world.

Paris Region has consolidated its position as France’s premier region for inward international investment. The number of jobs created by these investment projects continues to grow, passing the 10,000 mark for the first time.
By stepping up its drive to support the companies initiating these investments, PREDA – the Paris Region Economic Development Agency – is helping to boost economic activity and create jobs in the region.