1. « Aerospace in Ile-de-France »

2. The Ile-de-France region 11 millions inhabitants Regional GDP : 430 billions euros 617 000 companies – R&D (40% french R&D) : – 2 500 laboratories – 22 000 engineers – 68 000 researchers (7.6% of EU total) – 17 Universities + Grandes écoles

3. The aerospace sector in the region Sectoral Definition : Aeronautics-Space-Defense

4. The ASD sector in Ile-de-France (1) Direct employement : 36 000 Indirect employement : 36 000 TOTAL of 72 000 employement representing : - 35.3% of national staff sector - 8.5 % of european staff sector

5. The ASD sector in Ile-de-France (2) 2 500 subcontracting companies 2 international airports 12 business aviation platforms 5 700 researchers, engineers (46% of national sectoral researchers)

6. Concentration of sectoral actors 1- Largest companies : EADS, Thales, Safran (ex- snecma), Alcatel, Zodiac, Air france….) + sectoral association (GIFAS) 2- Subcontracting SME’s 3-R&D public/private capacities (CNRS, ONERA, CNES ) 4- Institutional (esa- government)

9. Aerospace clustering in Ile-de France I - No formal cluster (« pôle de compétitivité ») exclusively dedicated to ASD - New aerospace cluster under preparation : ASTECH

10. Aerospace clustering in Ile-de France II Business aviation Le Bourget – first european business airport - Trade fair site : 35 millions euros invested - Aeronautics and space Museum  100 companies  4500 direct employement  8000 indirect employement  Training pôle

11. Our activities SME’s Focussed Objective : supporting Sme’s at : - european level (1) - Operational - Institutional - international level (2)

12. At european level (1) : Operational approach Le Bourget - Paris Air Show : - Mobilisation to offer visibility to French SME’S during the world biggest fair - Business meetings and technology transfer

13. Le Bourget Convention : june 2005 Piloted by the IRC Ile-de-France in close collaboration with the IRC network (14 countries covered) 492 bilateral RDV arranged between 110 organisations. 49 meetings led to TT potential agreements

14. Follow up activities - Technology marketplace at ILA’s fair- Berlin (Mai 2006) - Le Bourget 2007 13 EU members states involved AND China, Inde, Brésil

15. ASD Community : Promoting sectoral cooperation at european level through business intermediary organisations Objectives : - promote business meetings between european regions - promote SME’s access to FP7 At european level (2): institutional approach

16. At international Level Organisation of Business missions : Russia (december 2006) Regular contacts with our Offices in China, Russia and India in order to identify local partners

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