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Paris Region competitiveness clusters
In 2005, the French government launched its competitiveness cluster strategy with the aim of bringing together businesses, research centres and training bodies to unlock synergies and stimulate the emergence of collaborative, and, above all, innovative projects, in the face of increased global competition.
The 8 competitiveness clusters in the Paris Region:
| Advancity: national competitiveness cluster spanning buildings, infrastructures, urban development and engineering in technologies and services to meet the challenges of urban living and mobility, with the emphasis on sustainable development. |  | ||
| ASTech Paris Region: national competitiveness cluster bringing together all the major regional players devoted to aircraft engines, satellite launch systems and business aviation. |  | ||
| Cap Digital: competitiveness cluster with global ambitions dedicated to Information and Communication Technologies and to digital content technologies. |  | ||
| Cosmetic Valley: national competitiveness cluster specialising in perfumery and cosmetics. |  | ||
| Finance Innovation: global competitiveness cluster whose aim is to develop high added-value industrial and research projects that will generate jobs and strengthen Paris's position as a European centre of financial expertise. |  | ||
| Medicen Paris Region: global competitiveness cluster devoted to advanced healthcare and medication technologies, drug research and developing new gene, molecular and cell therapies. |  | ||
| Mov'éo: the competitiveness cluster with global ambitions devoted to the automotive industry, public transport, aeronautics and road safety. |  | ||
| Systematic Paris Region: global competitiveness cluster dedicated to optics, electronics and software technologies, and the design and management of complex systems, focusing on 4 application markets: telecoms, automobile and transport, security and defence, systems design and development tools and open-source software. |  | ||
update June 18, 2010
