Rennes and Nantes : engines of atlantic metropolitan co operations Eurocities EDF – Preston 10 th June C. Dameron, Rennes Métropole R. Marie, Nantes Métropole

French cities in a European perspective (DATAR 2003)‏ Comparison of 180 european cities 7 categories Interurban cooperation : a necessity

Interurban cooperation : a new level for co operations FUAs and population growth in western France

Interurban cooperation : a new level for co operations EMLB : Loire – Brittany urban cooperation RENNES BREST St NAZAIRE NANTES ANGERS

Interurban cooperation : a new level for co operations Cooperation between neighbour functional urban areas : a project level Nantes - Rennes RENNES NANTES

Interurban cooperation : a new level for co operations Proximity cooperations RENNES St NAZAIRE NANTES St MALO RENNES

Nantes and Rennes in a European perspective

A - The Loire-Brittany Urban Cooperation Project : a boosting framework for 5 FUAs (EMLB)‏

EMLB / Opportunity for cooperation : framework Call for projects 2004 : A national incentive + 2 years to consolidate the partnership Complementarity & cooperation rather than competition

EMLB / Opportunity for cooperation : existing relationships examples of innovative partnerships within the 8 competitive clusters (labeled by the French government)‏ -over 700 businesses have a double localisation commuters (growing number)

EMLB Main achievements and Perspective Lobby European projects Sharing experiences Joint promotion

B – Rennes – Nantes : a common ambition

R/N 2 neighbors with intense relationships (facts and figures)‏ daily trips between the 2 cities, mostly for professional purposes - double localization for 300 businesses (x2 in 7 years) 11km

R/N : A recent and informal cooperation framework Historical “rivalry” Objective : attractiveness + answering local needs (businesses, researchers, investments, talents...)‏ Founding symposium October 2009 : 700 participants  a symbolic event, converging interest of all actors, political ambition Launch of long-term cooperation : 6 WG + an annual conference Common challenges & a shared vision for the next 20 years. /

R/N Innovation& Research: critical size and international visibility Enhance and develop existing cooperations (shared scientific equipment, joint research teams, joint projects...)‏ Strengthen the positioning on respective excellence fields : media and networks, Health, Materials, food-processing, biotechnology, ITC Higher education : challenge : develop the complementarities between 2 large Universities

R/N accessibility: connect western France to the rest of Europe Joint lobby for a high speed Train Line between R/N (national scheme of transportation infrastructures + connection to the Trans-European Transport Networks : Lyon, Turin)‏ Project of international airport between the 2 cities

C – Neighbourhood relationships for a joint development : Rennes-St Malo Nantes-St Nazaire

R/St Malo : affinities Tinténiac Miniac-Morvan La Mézière Dinan Dol de Bgne Rennes’ harbour & Gateway to Brittany Complementary cities : Tourism& attractivness, higher education(over students), maritime & economic development Increasing connections : StMalo: 1/7 workers work in Rennes

R/St Malo : a recent cooperation for a joint development Support and strengthen the cooperation while limiting the territorial impact Economy and higher education - 2 sites – Science Park : Rennes Atalante - support emerging fields (maritime economy, green car...)‏ Attractivness - tourism promotion and packages - cultural coproduction Spatial planning - improve the train connections - landscape - agriculture - commercial planning a project-oriented cooperation

Nantes-St Nazaire co operation: More than 20 years of partnerships

The 6th-largest French Metropolis  Geographical and human proximity between Nantes and Saint-Nazaire: - 35 min by train (TGV line) - The Loire estuary, hyphen between the two territories  Population of over a million (metropolitan area – Nantes + Saint-Nazaire: )  inhabitants between 1990 and 1999 for the 2 main cities ( by 2025)  jobs, private sector jobs 33% more jobs created in 10 years (national rate: +19%) 59% of private jobs in services sector, 23% industry/construction, 18% trade companies and businesses euros average household income  students  Outstanding preserved natural spaces, high quality of life based on the concepts of social/territorial cohesion in the heart of local public policies.

A solid and fruitful partnership  Cooperation successes : - The SCOT : a shared urban planning reference document - Completion of many major urban development projects, research, promotion of industries, competitiveness clusters, transport and logistic… - Cooperation Charter (December 2009) : International Attractiveness, Tourism, Employment, Higher education & research - EcoCité Status - Common strategy of territorial marketing :  A common view of the metropolitan area’s long-term development

Thank you for your attention ! Catherine Dameron, Rennes Métropole, Russell Marie, Nantes Métropole,