Paris Region Key Figures – 2011 edition available

The 2011 edition of Paris Region Key Figures has just been published, presenting key information on all aspects of the Paris Region economy.

This document is produced using the latest available published data. It provides a comprehensive synthesis of the key figures relating to the region's economy: population, employment, education, R&D, transport, real estate, corporate events and tourism, quality of life, etc. It also shows how Paris Region is positioned in its wider national and European context.

The Paris Region Key Figures are produced by PREDA, the Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CRCI) and the Paris Region Urban Planning & Development Agency (IAU île-de-France). More information.

Here are some of the tables and graphs available in the document:

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Benchmarking. Paris, the second most attractive business city in Europe

London and Paris remain the most attractive business cities, according to the 20th edition of the European Cities Monitor, published by international commercial real estate brokers and consultants Cushman & Wakefield. Paris continues to be attractive, but the economic crisis has allowed London to retain its edge.In the eyes of international investors, Paris is in second place when judged on the four main location factors: market accessibility, qualified staff, quality of telecommunications and external transport links.

"Quality of life for employees" remains a major advantage for Paris, which is in 7th place, well ahead of London and Frankfurt, ranked 11th and 24th respectively.The survey revealed that Paris is considered by senior managers to be the top destination for potential expansion into Western Europe and is ranked 4th after Moscow and Bucharest if they are interested in all of Europe. Paris has edged closer to London in terms of easy access to markets and transport infrastructure quality.

Survey method: European Cities Monitor analyses the opinion of senior managers of the 500 largest European corporations regarding the attractiveness of the major European cities and factors relating to their choice of future business location. The study compares 34 major European cities and analyses 12 key factors in choice of location.

©Philippe Guignard

European Cities Monitor 2009

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How to use Econovista Paris Region map? The new Econovista user guide is available now!

Econovista^® is an interactive economic map to help you discover the wealth of opportunities Paris Region (or Ile de France) has to offer. It is available free of charge on the internet.

Econovista^®offers a host of functions to help you pinpoint key information on Paris Region’s economy and potential locations for your business.Econovista.com includes 11 themed maps, allowing you to explore Paris Region’s rich potential. Each map displays a different aspect of the region – from transport infrastructures to sectors of excellence, and including leisure facilities and the region’s competitiveness clusters (Cap Digital Paris Region / Digital content; ASTech Paris Region / Aeronautics, Space & Defence, etc.).

How to use Econovista Paris Region map? The new updated version of the Econovista user guide is available now, providing an overview of the map’s key functions and instructions to help you get to grips with this interactive resource or refine your use of it. The guide has been re-worked and streamlined, showing you how to identify valuable information on the map, share your map, export data, etc.
You can consult the new Econovista user guide online

Or obtain a hard copy/PDF version by contacting :

Econovista@paris-region.com

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Paris Region Key Figures – 2009 edition available now

The 2009 edition of Paris Region Key Figures has just been published, presenting key information on all aspects of the Paris Region economy. This document is produced using the latest available published data, providing a comprehensive synthesis of all the key figures relating to the region’s economy.
This publication also shows how Paris Region is positioned in its wider national and European context. At a glance it allows you to pinpoint key figures and indicators of the regional economy: population, employment, education, R&D, transport, real estate, meeting and incentive travel, quality of life, etc.
Key Figures is produced by PREDA, the Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CRCI) and the Paris Region Urban Planning & Development Agency (Institut d’Urbanisme et d’Aménagement de la Région Ile-de-France). Paris Region Key Figures is a vital resource for all economic development professionals. The online version of Key Figures is available on the PREDA website.

The French edition of Key Figures is also available on the CRCI website

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Olivier ABESSOLO - Paris Region Development Economic agency

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The new-look Econovista

A new version of Econovista.com, the free interactive economic map of Paris Region is now available.
The new-look Econovista offers three new maps of Paris Region and a number of new functions to meet your needs more effectively.

Discover these new features now:

The Create and develop in Paris Region map
Created in partnership with the website Créersaboite.fr (designed to assist with the creation, transfer and acquisition of companies in Paris Region), this map displays the main locations and economic players supporting the setting up, location and development of businesses in Paris Region.

The Cap Digital - Digital content map
Cap Digital Paris Region is the region’s first competitiveness cluster to team up with Econovista.com.
Now Econovista offers a themed map dedicated to this cluster’s activities, highlighting the exceptional dynamism and density of the digital industry in Paris Region.

The Visit Paris Region map
The Paris Region tourist board offers you a themed map on Econovista dedicated to tourism and quality of life.


Choose a map from the selection available
The new interface makes it easy to see the various Paris Region maps available:
- Economic trails (Discover, Visit, Create and Develop Travel, Innovate, Spot talents),
- Maps of the Paris Region clusters
- A dedicated map focusing on the area around Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport
- Plus a “My Map” function allowing you to create your own personalised map.


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Olivier ABESSOLO - Paris Region Agency

Seine-Saint-Denis Avenir, the economic development agency for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis, began operations on 1 January 2009

The new agency has a number of remits. Its role is to promote the economy of Seine-Saint-Denis by enhancing the area’s attractiveness and visibility, and it will be launching an intensified regional marketing campaign and approaching companies directly. Seine-Saint-Denis Avenir will effectively function as a “gateway” to the département, giving companies access to the local partner networks they need to successfully locate, grow and thrive in the area (including local/regional authorities, chambers of commerce, employers’ associations, entrepreneurs, research institutes and training organisations).
The agency also plans to assist SMEs in accessing innovation and forging links with research, by promoting economic sectors with significant future growth potential and enhancing the role of competitiveness clusters.
The département has also made Seine-Saint-Denis Avenir its operational arm for rebalancing the region with the emphasis on two priority sectors: Le Bourget, where plans for an aeronautics cluster are taking shape; and the Canal de l’Ourcq, where the business parks currently being established will host eco-businesses in particular.

To find out more about Seine-Saint-Denis: http://www.comex93.org/

Credits : Daniel Quention - Plaine Commune développement.

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Panorama: a new resource for discovering Essonne

Population, employment, business, revenues: the official website of the Essonne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) has launched a new independent online resource presenting all aspects of this département’s economy from A to Z.
Maps, pictures and charts are used to help online visitors discover or find out more about the Essonne region, covering a wide range of themes which are grouped under seven headings: Environment and infrastructure, Demographics, Employment, Economic activity, Company start-ups and business transfers, Revenues and tax, and, finally, Priority areas and local development plans. The content of each section is downloadable in PDF datasheet format.

All of which makes it easy to discover that the Essonne region hosts a substantial number of major corporations and innovative SMEs in high-technology sectors. In all, nearly 44,000 businesses are located in the département.
Six major road routes cross Essonne to the north and the south, while the LGV Atlantique high-speed rail line crosses it from Verrières-le-Buisson to Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan in the west. North Essonne benefits from the presence of Paris-Orly international airport.
Now the CCI has made a mass of information easily accessible to anyone – students, researchers, companies and institutions – with an interest in Essonne’s socio-economic geography.

To find out more about this new resource: Panorama économique de l’Essonne (available in French only)

Crédits : Plateau de Saclay- Essonne

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Overview of Val d’Oise

CEEVO, the Val d’Oise Economic Expansion Committee, has just published its Bilan Economique et Social du Val d'Oise 2007-2008 (economic and social overview of Val d’Oise – the 2009 issue of this regular publication). This document presents an overview of the département’s economic situation designed for anyone wishing to find out about key economic indicators and trends affecting business in the Val d'Oise region.

Val d’Oise is a dynamic département within Paris Region with a population of nearly 1.2 million. For the fifth consecutive year the number of businesses created in the département increased: 5,280 companies were set up or acquired in Val-d’Oise in 2007, an increase of 13% in number terms compared with the previous year (and a much higher growth rate than the regional average).
Some 4 million sq.m of business premises (excluding residential accommodation) were built in Val d’Oise between 1999 and 2007 – a very slight decrease (- 1 %) compared with the 1990-1998 period (the regional average was a decline of 3%).
Nine of the region’s competitiveness clusters are active in Val d’Oise, including Cap Digital, System@tic, Advancity, Cosmetic Valley and Elastopôle.

If you would like to find out more this document is available on request from CEEVO (the Val d’Oise Economic Expansion Committee), or downloadable free of charge from CEEVO’s website: www.ceevo95.fr

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Seine-Saint-Denis gears up to attract businesses

Seine-Saint-Denis gears up to attract businesses.Helped by some strong selling points and affordable real estate prices, the département's economic development agency Seine-Saint-Denis Future plans to make the most of the crisis to convince new businesses to set up in Seine-Saint-Denis. The agency has been set up to replace the economic expansion committee, now dissolved, and will have a budget of approximately €3 million. While Seine-Saint-Denis enjoys a privileged position to the east and north of Paris, making it Paris Region's third département in the number of business start-ups, there are nonetheless significant geographic disparities within the department itself. The Chairman of the departmental council (Conseil Général) therefore has the job of balancing the department's economic development to enable the area and excluded sections of the population to benefit. Seine-Saint-Denis Future will act as a gateway for businesses to move into the department and a driving force behind the economy of Seine-Saint-Denis.

To find out more: http://www.comex93.org/

Photos credits : © Plaine commune

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Essonne – one of Paris Region's most dynamic departments

In September the Essonne Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued a new report on the state of the department's economy, examining the department's achievements in terms of value creation from four angles:

- Entrepreneurial dynamic: the new business start-up rate in Essonne is higher than in 2006. More than 5,000 jobs were created in 2007, a 12.5% increase compared with 2006.

- Business competitiveness: Essonne has one of the lowest business tax rates.

- Attractiveness and cohesion: the Essonne companies surveyed rated the living environment at the top of the list. Then came the benefits of being part of Paris Region: the communications infrastructure, proximity and size of the market, training and higher education. The drawbacks quoted were the lack of international awareness, taxation and real estate costs. Orly airport is considered to be a major advantage to businesses.

- Human resources: a region's wealth also comes from its human resources. The department has seen a significant increase in recruitment and businesses’ recruitment plans are more extensive than the regional average.

Photos credits : Atis - Semiconductor

To find out more: Detailed report of the economic situation in Essonne 2008

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Seine-Saint-Denis - a dynamic economy !

The department of Seine-Saint Denis has a population of 1,460,000 living in an area of 236 km², 40,300 companies and approximately 530,800 salaried workers. Air France KLM, Dassault Falcon Service, Embraer, Eurocopter, Radiall and Messier-Bugatti are some of the most prominent businesses located in Seine-Saint-Denis.
The main activity sectors represented are logistics, transport and wholesale trade centred on the Garonor platform; the automotive industry, with key players such as PSA Peugeot Citroën at Aulnay, Delphi and Bosch Braking Systems; the video industry, with 3,000 businesses to its name, is booming in Montreuil and in the Plaine Saint-Denis area.
Seine-Saint-Denis has an extensive transport infrastructure comprised of metro lines, RER, light rail, motorways and a TGV/RER interconnection soon to be underpinned by the northern Tangentielle which will open up the centre of the department. Paris-Charles de Gaulle International Airport and Europe's number one business airport Paris-Le Bourget generate 92,500 direct jobs between them and add considerably to the attractiveness of Seine-Saint-Denis.
The department has a particularly buoyant real estate sector with 1 million sq. metres of office space planned, including the refurbishment of the Grands Moulins de Pantin for BNP Paribas. It also has Paris Nord 2 business park and several international scale exhibition centres such as Paris-Nord Villepinte and Paris Le Bourget.

Photos credits : Plaine commune developement.

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Genopole® celebrates its 10th birthday

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The Paris Region Genopole® cluster specialising in biotechnologies and biotherapies is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. The Evry-based cluster intends to reinvent itself with a raft of forward-looking projects.
For example, by opening its own monoclonal antibody and therapeutic protein bioproduction unit, the Genopole® aims to create a new European centre of excellence which will enable France to keep pace with developments in the field of biomedicines as well as promote dialogue and national research and production.

Genopole® also plans to build a new hospital, scheduled for completion in 2011. It will replace the current south Paris Region hospital. At the heart of the new hospital will be a 3,000 to 4,500 sqm clinical and translational research center forming a link between fundamental research and enterprise.

Genopole® in figures:
- €16.05 million annual budget in 2007
- €180.78 million leveraged by Genopole companies
- 2053 people work in the Biopark
- 923 biotech companies
- 797 academic research laboratories

For more information: visit the Genopole website: http://www.genopole.org

Genopole is one of the key Paris Region economic centers. Find out about it at Econovista.com

Paris Region Innovation tour 2008

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The 4th edition of the Paris Region Innovation tour take place in Paris (hotel Marriott Rive Gauche) on 17-18 November 2008. Paris Region Innovation tour is an international "rendez-vous" for the 800 European Clusters and their members, an exceptional meeting opportunity for european innovation clusters players, business and partnership opportunities, a catalyst for innovation potential in Europe, an for this fourth annual event, six Paris Region clusters are joining forces for the first time to present their R&D projects and technological visions.For this fourth annual event, seven Paris region clusters (Systematic, Mov’eo, Cap Digital, Advancity, Astech, Finnance Innovation and Medicen) are joining forces for the first time to present their projects around workshop.

This event is organized by Paris Development in partnership with the Paris Region Economic Development Agency, the Regional council of Paris Region, the Council of the Seine-Saint-Denis department, the Val-de-Marne Development Agency, the COMEX 93, and the council of the Seine-et-Marne department.

More informations on www.prit2008.eu

Eco-qualified activity areas in Paris Region on Econovista

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The choice of location for international businesses is made according to increasingly stringent criteria in a tough competitive climate; as well as seeking conditions that will stimulate growth, companies also looking for quality premises, especially from the environmental point of view.

Paris Region offers an array of existing and planned business parks, reinforcing its position as a leading, multi-faceted business hub and eco-region that is home to start-ups and businesses of every type, with regional authorities working closely with businesses and a services offer that fulfils their needs.

As part of this support structure, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency has created an index of the region’s “eco-qualified” business parks – i.e. those implementing an environmental or sustainable development policy. Initially, 31 projects either completed or underway are being presented on Econovista, and more will be added soon as more projects develop; those involved have found that this type of approach, once launched, soon gathers momentum.

The locations of the eco-qualified business parks are shown on the Econovista map (click on Discover).

Your feedback is vital for helping us to help us to develop this project, in particular any comments on the means of characterising (but not of classifying) the areas presented, so please don’t hesitate to tell us your views: Econovista@paris-region.com

Telehouse to set its 3d datacenter in France in the Yvelines (78)

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Telehouse Europe, a subsidiary of Japanese corporation KDDI, a Global 300 company, has recently announced the opening of its third datacenter in France. Based in Saint-Quentin-en Yvelines, Magny-les-Hameaux, the site will be 15 000 square-meters and is planned to open beginning of 2009.
Telehouse acts as a major telecom hub and helps address customer requirements for heightened security, connectivity and business continuity.

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La Défense has celebrated its 50 years old

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© Jean Nouvel

30000 peoples were all together on September 9th to celebrate La Défense’s 50th anniversary. Music, laser effects, fireworks, have set ablaze the Grande Arche during 30 minutes.

Today, La Défense is just what those who initially conceived it wanted it to become: a business quarter, the prime business quarter in Europe and one of the most attractive in the world.

This economic grandeur is not only the fruit of legislation governing the market and the interest shared by investors. It is the result of a political will backed by the State and relayed by the instrument which it established as far back as 1958: the EPAD, the Public Body for the development of La Défense. Showcase for half a century of architecture, intersection point for all the public transport networks on the near edge of Paris, life-size laboratory for technological innovation applied to the workplace environment, this crucible of energies accumulates and continues to generate the trump cards of its own glowing reputation.

For more information, discover La Défense’s website:

http://www.ladefense.fr/english_english.php

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Hauts-de-Seine: sustainable business districts

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© Jean Nouvel

EPAD – the public body for the development of La Défense – organised the first global summit of business districts for sustainable development. The summit brought together around 100 players from the business districts of 21 cities (Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Casablanca, Le Cap, London, Liverpool, Madrid, Montreal, Moscow, Beijing, Rabat, São Paulo, Shanghai, Seville, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Singapore, Vienna, etc.) along with researchers, universities, architects, urban planning experts and company managers. At the end of the summit EPAD proposed that participants should commit to a 10-point charter entitled The La Défense declaration for sustainable business districts, which was adopted by all participants. The commitments included reducing energy consumption and increasing the use of renewable energies, effective management of the water use cycle, air quality and materials use, reducing and recycling waste and developing a plan for sustainable transport.All participants expressed their common aim of creating an international network of business districts and cities all over the world in order to promote sustainable development.

Following these commitments to the environment, energy saving, improving living conditions and mixed usage in business districts, EPAD announced that it was launching a survey to assess the energy efficiency of La Défense. The new high-rise towers to be built by 2015 will be energy-efficient and designed to create a comfortable and secure environment for their users.

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Seine-et-Marne: the development of Val d'Europe

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Val d’Europe, pôle économique et urbain majeur de l’Est parisien

Val d’Europe, a major economic and urban hub to the east of Paris, currently has 22,000 residents, 21,000 jobs, and 1,000 students over an area of 2,000 hectares. 1,000 companies have already located to 100,000 m² of offices here, attracted by the dense network of infrastructures (TGV – high-speed rail; RER – high-speed metro): including the headquarters of BNP Paribas, KPMG and international companies such as Henkel Technologies France, ITT industries, Straumann, Welch Allyn, Sikla, etc.

Investment bank Natixis plans to open its IT Data Center here in late 2009. The hub’s expansion continues at a steady rate with the upcoming opening of the Faraday development by property developer Goodman, the arrival of new brands to strengthen the Val d’Europe retail centre, the roll-out of major public amenities (education and health), and the Disney Nature Village.

The Nature Village, the largest tourist project currently being planned in France, is based on the concept of the relationship between humans and nature. The project – which will meet the highest environmental standards – includes a hotel and leisure complex which can accommodate 20,000 to 25,000 people, over an area of 520 hectares. Work is scheduled to start in 2009 and the first phase of the project, comprising 2,300 houses, will be completed in 2010. The project as a whole will be completed in 2020.
The creation of a 30,000 m2 convention and exhibition centre, operational from 2012 onwards, will also consolidate Disneyland’s position as European leader in this sector.

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Two major projects for Paris Region: Plateau de Saclay and Plaine de France

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© C Kermarrec – SOLEIL

The Secretary of State for the development of Paris Region is looking to launch “major structural projects” designed to re-shape the region.
He has mentioned two key projects in particular: the creation of a global science and technology hub around the Plateau de Saclay and the development of the Plaine de France area to the north-east of Paris.

The Plateau de Saclay, a vast hub of scientific innovation and research, hosts a university specialising in science (Orsay), prestigious “grandes écoles” (elite universities: the Polytechnique, HEC, Supélec, etc.) and many multidisciplinary and international research laboratories (CEA – the French atomic energy commission, CNRS – the French National Centre for Scientific Research, INRA – the scientific institute for agricultural research, etc.). This cluster of institutions is unrivalled anywhere else in France, generating synergies and technological innovations which make waves across Europe and the world. This is the only cluster in France comparable with the major global centres for training, research, development and innovation, and it’s also home to many high-tech companies.

Benefiting from its dense concentration of national and international amenities and infrastructures, Plaine de France is one of Europe’s major transit and business hubs. The growth of Roissy, the recent economic regeneration of the Plaine-Saint-Denis, and development projects focused around the airport platform of Le Bourget make Plaine de France one of the most dynamic zones in France and in the whole of Europe. The area also has nearly 50,000 university-level students, at the Paris 8 Paris 13 universities, CNAM (the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts), SUPMECA (higher institute of mechanical and industrial engineering) and the Institut Galilée. The area’s youthful population, the availability of real estate, its amenities and research centres and its dense network of transport infrastructures, give it immense potential for economic development. The centre and north of the Plaine de France area offer huge undeveloped spaces which will come under pressure as Roissy’s economic development continues.

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Webspace dedicated to the area around Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport on Econovista

Datagora, the information centre dedicated to promoting the Roissy area, has created – with technical support from PREDA – a webspace dedicated to the area around Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, using the Econovista regional mapping platform supported by 15 regional partner organisations.

Datagora, working on behalf of the relevant development agencies, promotes the region around Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport (the départements of Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val d'Oise), in order to attract new businesses and enhance the economic attractiveness of the airport basin. Datagora – founded by Aéroports de Paris – also promotes the operations and real estate offers of the Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Le Bourget airports.

The area goes online
For the Paris-CDG airport environment, the Econovista/Datagora interactive economic map presents a visual display of key information including infrastructure projects, real estate offers, hotels, local taxes, business parks, etc.

A key benefit of this resource is its collection of 105 descriptive datasheets for the area’s various districts (text and key figures, photos, videos, internet links).
Access to the Datagora area on Econovista is restricted:
http://www.econovista.com/datagora/en/

To access this area, contact the Datagora team (info@datagora.com) or the relevant development agency (CEEVO for Val d'Oise, COMEX93 for Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne Développement for Seine-et-Marne), or the Econovista team (econovista@paris-region.com).