Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Presentation of the Region
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region has non-member status but actively participates in the Pilot 3D Printing and ESM VI through its clusters:
– Polymeris (https://www.polymeris.fr/en.html)
– Cimes (https://www.cimes-hub.com/)
The regional Smart Specialisation Strategy is based on 8 areas of excellence:
– Construction and Public Works;
– Industry of the Future and Industrial Production;
– Agriculture, Agri-food, and Forests;
– Energy; Digital Technology;
– Mobility and Intelligent Transport Systems;
– Health;
– Sports, Mountains, and Tourism.
Regional Address
1 esplanade François Mitterrand 69269 Lyon France
Brussels Office Address
Rue du Trône 62 1050 Brussels Belgium
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Latest Updates
Circular Economy Textile Sector Expression Interest
During the 2021 ESM Plenary event, Slovenia presented the “Circular Economy in Textile Sector” use-case within the “De- and Remanufacturing for Circular Economy” demo-case. Starting from this input, on the 18 of March has been organized an event extended to all Vanguard regions to express the intere…
Science Meets Regions Launch Event
On 3 March took place the launch event ofthe Vanguard Initiative Innovation Networking Initiative(VI INI) series ov events organised in the framework of the Science meets Regions programme.VI INI consists of a series of 5 physical, online and hybrid events focusing on the acceleration of the digital…
Vanguard Initiative Recruiting Expert Interregional Funding
Vanguard Initiative isrecruiting an Expert on Interregional Fundingin the framework ofa new internal project aiming at “elaborating structural system(s) financially supporting innovation collaboration projects between economic stakeholders based in different VI regions”.A secondment of the best expe…





