Governance – action through interaction
The Mer Bretagne Atlantique cluster took the bold step of bringing together such diverse groups as major industrials, research and education bodies, SMEs and institutional partners. The cluster took the logical decision to work on factors which unite them, namely innovation and new opportunities. In addition, the structure of the Mer Bretagne Atlantique cluster is designed to preserve an economic, geographical and strategic balance.
A board of management representing the membership
The board of management is made up of representatives from four colleges, one for each stakeholder group in the maritime region of Bretagne–Pays de La Loire.
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College 1: Large companies
These major players, ranging from the major sea port of Nantes–Saint-Nazaire to DCNS, Thales and Veolia, are key to the region’s economic development.
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College 2: SMEs
SMEs include those manufacturing and developing new technologies such as tidal turbines, consultancies, research laboratories working on life sciences and leisure boat industry suppliers and are characterised by their dynamism and their capacity to invest in often promising niche markets.
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College 3: Universities, HE institutes (grandes écoles), training centres and research and innovation organisations
Academic institutions and research bodies such as the University of Bretagne Occidentale, University of Bretagne Sud and HE engineering institutes in Brest, Nantes and Rennes are closely involved in the cluster’s decision-making process.
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College 4: Innovation-led professional bodies and economic development agencies
Chambers of commerce and industry, fisheries and aquaculture committees and urban planning and economic development agencies are associated with the work of the cluster. Their support is essential for the organisation’s economic credibility.
Bureau members
Chairman: Dominique Sennedot, DCNS
Secretary: Antoine Dosdat, Ifremer
Treasurer: Didier Grosdemange, In Vivo
3 Vice-chairmen: Hervé Moulinier, Thalès Systèmes Aéroportés, Jean-Christophe Piot, C.F.P.R Groupe Roullier and Paul Friedel, Télécom Bretagne
