The Sud Region has implemented a specialization strategy focusing on 8 key sectors with existing competitive advantages that are essential for future growth and that will ensure the battle for innovation, growth, and jobs will be won. This initiative brings together the territory’s full range of economic development actors.
Supporting the development of companies and territories: the Operations of Interest to the Region (OIR) key sectors program.
The OIR program brings together the economic development actors involved in 8 key sectors in order to support the growth of the territory and its companies. The OIR committee for each key sector is co-directed by an elected official and a business leader.
The program’s objective is to strengthen major projects in the region and to foster investment to create an attractive and innovative economic environment.
ACCELERATING THE SECTORS OF THE FUTURE AND DEVELOPING TERRITORIES BY:
- facilitating the process of bringing products and services to market
- simplifying access to financing
- supporting the development of new economic infrastructure
- attracting new talents and companies to the territory
- creating new jobs and developing the professions of tomorrow
- enhancing the territory’s reputation and its leadership role by focusing on strategic sectors
- leveraging the strengths of the territory’s traditional expertise
- opening the door to new markets
WHAT IS A MAJOR PROJECT?
A project that will have a high impact on one of the 8 key sectors and its ecosystem while requiring multi-partner public/private financing and offering the possibility of job creation in the region.
WHO IS THE PROGRAM FOR?
Businesses and economic actors* from across the Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region that have a high-impact or high-potential project or that are contributing to the development of a key sector.
*local governments, universities, competitiveness clusters, innovation centers, development agencies, chambers of commerce, consulates…
Do you have an ambitious, high-potential project?
Would you like to accelerate your project, develop new partnerships, expand your financing opportunities, benefit from expert consultations, and gain access to tools to boost your performance?
BENEFIT FROM CUSTOMIZED SUPPORT:
- Assistance navigating regulatory systems
- Information on financing mechanisms
- Optimization of administrative procedures
- Integration of new partners
- Market studies
- Strategic positioning recommendations
- Consultations on methodology
- Overview of HR and training landscape…
For more information, contact Joachim QUEYRAS, Head of the OIR Key Sector Program