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The Competitivity Poles
For a certain number of years, the Regional Council has been following a policy of structuring competence poles in tandem with its State partner, collectives, universities and research bodies.
This policy aims to give greater coherence and visibility to certain fields of recognised competence by promoting them to help the regional environment, particularly the economic environment, and at international level as a component of awareness and attractiveness for people and businesses.
Although the presence of recognised quality research is an essential component, this generic notion of the competence pole also includes the dimensions of training (initial and continuous), applied and finalised research, innovation and transfer of technology, valorisation of research results and business incubation, and service provisions, not to mention the involvement of businesses. It is a regional development policy which includes the concerns of territorial development compatible both with the notion of a European Research and Higher Education Space and with that of the competitivity poles which are in the news.
These competence poles are not all of the same type; only some of them will be recognised as poles of excellence by the community concerned (particularly the scientific community) at national and European level, whilst others were endorsed as “competitivity poles” by the State in 2005 subsequent to its tender for national projects. The latter are in line with a voluntarist approach to development, structured and supported by economic forces and backed by the public authorities.
last update : 06.26.2007