INTA BELFAST 8 11 October2006

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INTA - BELFAST8 11 October2006

• Creativity a new impulse for urban development
• The contribution of the County Council of
  Val-de-Marne to the Economic and Urban
  Regeneration of the Seine-Amont-Orly-Rungis area
• Presentation by Jacques MARSAUD
• CEO of the County Council of
• Val-de-Marne

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I THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF VAL-DE-MARNE AT A GLANCE

• DATA
• 245 km²
• 1 227 000 inhabitants
• 5000 hab. / km²
• 470 000 jobs
• jobs/inhabitants 38 and 46 in Ile-de-France
• 46 500 job seekers
• Unemployment ratio 8,3

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II THE SEINE-AMONT-ORLY-RUNGIS AREA

• Data
• 12 communes, 72 km², 346 000 inhabitants
• 30 of population and areas of Val-de-Marne
• 160 000 jobs
• jobs /inhab. 48
• Unemployment ratio 14,6 and 11,8 for the whole
  of Val-de-Marne

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II - THE SEINE-AMONT-ORLY-RUNGIS AREA

• Characteristics of the area
• Main activities
• Logistics (Orly, Rungis)
• Food processing industry
• Health and Research
• An area  servicing  the capital city
• Oil storage
• Marshall yards for trains
• Waste and water treatment plants
• Graveyards for Paris
• A sub region hurt by the end of the
  industrialisation period, urban crisis and social
  unrest, in need of restructuring and revitalising

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III - THE COMPETENCES OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL

• Social Action Education
• Planning and economic development are both a
  regional and municipal responsibilities
• Nonetheless a strong involvement in these issues
• Why ?
• No successful social action without insertion,
  access to jobs and development
• The County is an appropriate level of governance
  for
• Creating synergies and partnerships
• Coordinating public and private initiatives
• Taking "structuring" decisions

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IV  CREATIVITY  A LEVERAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT

• The County Master Plan - Schéma Départemental
  dAménagement
• Health
• Culture
• Environment
• With the clear purpose to put people at the
  centre of the development process and to improve
  the human capital

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V - THE HEALTH POLE of COMPETITIVITY

• Historically a strong presence of health and
  research centres in the area
• Institute Gustave-Roussy
• Sanofi-Aventis
• And many more

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V - THE HEALTH POLE of COMPETITIVITY

• The label and funds given by the State to the
  competitive pole Méditech-Santé helps to gather
  and mobilise public and private players around
  new RD projects
• Networking between health and sanitary
  structures, research centres and laboratories
• Launching and implementation of supporting
  programmes
• Campus for Research on Cancer
• Young enterprises nurseries - start ups
• Funding Research programmes and projects
• Support of the creation of new enterprises
• Specific actions towards training and job
  creation in support for aged people and home care

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VI THE COUNTY MASTER PLANAn innovative and
creative approach

• A high degree of participation involving local
  officials, population, economic and social
  players, the civil society and voluntary
  organisations, the university,
• Dozens of meetings, workshops and specific
  working groups leading to a wealth of analysis
  and innovative proposals

• Common and shared objectives
• To answer to the need for personal improvement
  while keeping a strong sense of solidarity
  between the people
• Provide decent and affordable housing everywhere
  in the Val-de-Marne County
• Explore new venues for an economic development
  that creates jobs
• Improve the natural diversity and preserve the
  balance between built and open spaces of the
  Val-de-Marne
• Improve the transport system, opening up the
  territory and fostering its links with the rest
  of the Region and of the world
• Successfully develop the growth poles of
  Orly-Rungis and Seine-Amont, contributing to the
  whole South East of the Ile de-France Region

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VII THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - MAC-VAL

• A Museum of Modern Art in the middle of popular
  neighbourhoods and of a territory in need of
  revitalisation
• To allow the very diverse population, including
  the less favoured one, to access art, culture and
  creativity
• To use this facility as a leverage for local
  development

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VII - MAC VAL a leverage for territorial
development

• A place for meetings and receptions for the
  private sector
• A club of enterprises
• A sophisticated restaurant
• An INTA conference with exciting follow-up
  initiatives
• A light tower to signal and guide the territory

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VIII WATER  OUR COMMUN ASSET 

• 37 communes out of 47 watered by rivers
• Transform a singular geographical feature of the
  County into a development asset

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VIII - WATER  OUR COMMUN ASSET 

• A policy with manifold objectives
• Environment management of rainfalls,
  improvement of river banks, river transport,
  biodiversity, water treatment,
• Urban development
• Economic development tourism, leisure
• Employment water related jobs, social
  enterprises
• Education Charter of Secondary Schools for a
  new culture of water, Water University
• International solidarity
• Culture Le Festival de lOh !

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VIII - WATER  OUR COMMUN ASSET  le Festival
de lOh !

• An Annual event involving next to the County
  Council 19 communes, 2 urban districts and
  hundred of ngos
• A carnival on water, river cruise and stops,
  river shuttle, houses on water, twining of
  cities, several thousands of visitors
• The rivers as an element of liaison and cohesion,
  mobilising territories and the stakeholders
• The fascination of water as a catalyst for local
  projects and dynamism
• Co-sharing of projects with cities and
  associations
• An integrating event

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CONCLUSION

• Seine-Amont a project of national importance
  led by a Public Development Corporation gathering
  the State, the Regional Council, the County
  Council and 12 communes
• Creativity, innovation for local competitiveness
  yes, but under the condition to not let those
  living on these territories lagging behind
• Creativity, innovation for and with the people
  living on these territories
• An ambitious and difficult objective because it
  remains a non conventional one