The 5th Fashion meetings organized by the Euromediterranean Fashion City on November 20 2008 are the indisputable proof - the Fashion-Design-Textile industry in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is successful!
This event is organised around the "Fashion, booster of the French-Mediterranean economy" theme, and illustrates the international role of the region, its logistic vocation, its creative potential to generate wealth, and its high tech dimension.  A very unusual interrelation between cultures and technologies, but also the emergence of a Mediterranean identity proudly borne by a number of people including Robert Maury, General Manager of Provence Promotion and Catherine Serre, manager of the Fashion and Clothing branch.
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Could the mobile telephone replace the famous chic ticket in the Paris metro?  The RATP is already doing experiments … at the initiative of Inside Contactless, like similar experiments in 14 other countries in the world.  The Contactless Company was created in 1995 with its head office in Aix-en-Provence, and it is the only company exclusively dedicated to contactless technologies on the market.  It is a leader in the field after delivering more than 100 million chips in 3 years, it holds 55 international patents and above all a large number of contactless payment solutions equally applicable to taxis (New York), shopkeepers, bankers and telephony operators.  Géraldine Sauniere-Miallet, Marketing & Communication manager, describes the history of contactless – Inside
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Marseille will be the European Capital of Culture in 2013, alongside Košice in Slovakia.  This resounding victory is a just reward for the Town's general mobilisation, and arrives just on time!  Although Marseille-Provence is the one among the four competitive towns with the greatest cultural diversity, it is also the town that needs Europe most - both to receive and to give!  Our interview with Bernard Latarjet, "leader" of Marseille's candidature, a few days before the judges made their final choice, makes particularly good sense in this context.de it!   Marseille will be the European Capital of Culture in 2013, alongside Košice in Slovakia.  This resounding victory is a just reward for the Town's general mobilisation, and arrives just on time!  Although Marseille-Provence is the one among the four competitive towns with the greatest cultural diversity, it is also the town that needs Europe most - both to receive and to give!  Our interview with Bernard Latarjet, "leader" of Marseille's candidature, a few days before the judges made their final choice, makes particularly good sense in this context.
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Young Entrepreneurs Initiative will help you study the feasibility of developing a tech-based venture between the US and France, the stepping stone to Europe. Selected US-based entrepreneurs will benefit from a mentoring and networking program and organized business trips to France
YEi offers a free, confidential and personalized service, with one stop access to:
- A network of successful franco-american entrepreneurs
- Lead customers and business clusters
- World class R&D labs, shared platforms and low cost resources to build pilot projects
- Business angels, Vcs, and grants for early stage technology ventures
- The best R&D tax credit in Europe with the opportunity to get off 50% of your R&D expenses
- Incubators and local venture ecosystems with specific resources for US-based entrepreneurs
To apply, please visit YEI’s website: www.france-science.org/innovation/yei

“Hollywood wants to work in Provence!“
For the very first time, Provence Promotion with its partners Cinéma au Soleil, the CCIMP and Film France, met the big boys of the Hollywood studios in the Location Trade Show 2008 in which all studios choose potential future film locations.  "A very promising approach for the long term", says Erik Fackeldey, Director of the Multimedia Activities, Innovative Services project.  Particularly because it continues on from the action already undertaken last year in the same context.
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“We want this cluster to put Marseille-Fos in a strong worldwide competitive position!”A lot is happening in the logistics industry in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region!  Many projects are under way including Fos 2XL, intermodal connections and a port reform plan, all demonstrating a common will to consolidate the region’s international competitive position for international flows.  Its president, Marc Reverchon, confirms that the "PRIDES (Regional Joint Innovation & Economic Development Cluster) label awarded to the PACA logistics cluster obviously strengthens this ambition.
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Inevitable for everyone who wants to create, takeover or transfer an enterprise.  The Entrepreneurs show is also the place to be for everyone who supports entrepreneurs.  And therefore Provence Promotion!  The agency will take this opportunity to present two of its spearhead programs in the field of company creations and takeovers.  Meeting at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, February 6 and 7 to take action!
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Provence promotion is pleased to invite you at the Salon des Entrepreneurs, on the booth “Invest in Provence” (booth 109– level 2). To receive an invitation, please contact Miss Laurence Soldermann by email at l.soldermann@provence-promotion.fr.