Entreprendre au Pays d’Aurillac

Created by René SOUCHON in 2001, Entreprendre au Pays d'Aurillac is an economic development agency which provides help and support to migrant workers and new business creators to the Aurillac Region.

The Entreprendre agency - building actions around innovation
The agency has set up a number of comprehensive and innovative actions and programmes, which include four Welcome Packs; a housing incubator and, of course, the website Aurillac.biz and its Aurillac Region host network.
Among its many dedicated roles, the Agency has set itself one key goal: hosting the arrival of migrant workers in the Aurillac Region. Qualified technicians guide project sponsors step-by-step through all their installation project formalities, in terms of both their professional and family arrangements. To ensure the success of this mission, the Agency is partnered by the European Leader + program, of which it has been a member since 2002.

Three skills centres working to enhance the economic and the region's living basin
Divided into 3 Skills Centres, Entreprendre au Pays d’Aurillac agency includes:

• The Events Centre/Haute-Auvergne Biopôlewhich manages and leads the association Biopôle de Haute Auvergne, and organises the Européennes du Goût trade fair.
• The Aurillac Region Leader + Centre which sets up and leads the European program and the Welcome Packs initiative, the grant schemes for innovative businesses, and the temporary accommodation incubator. The current program mainly focuses on hosting new working populations (i.e. providing support to innovative businesses, welcoming new workers to the region, improving population services such as infant childcare, culture, etc.).
• The Workers' Hosting Centre which can either help with setting up and managing tools and events of the Centre's own making, or offer requestors the use of existing tools and events such as the business creation-reactivation competition, business locations, the business nursery, the housing incubator for the Aurillac Town Community and Business Village, the aurillac.biz website, the hosting network, a business prospection mission, etc.

Entreprendre au Pays d’Aurillac agency is an association which counts about thirty members, from both public and private sectors including businesses, chambers, local authorities and associated qualified persons.

Its missions focus on :

- Promoting and supporting economic development in the Aurillac Region ;
- Advertising the attractions of the region, as well as prospecting for and hosting businesses or business creators ;
- Boosting the region's economic fabric.

A few key figures on Entreprendre au Pays d’Aurillac :

• Created in: 2001
• Chairman : René SOUCHON
• Deputy Vice-President : Alain CALMETTE
• Director : Jean-Noël VIDAL
• The team: 7 permanent members
• Budget: € 600,000
• Funding : Aurillac Basin Town Community, Leader +, Aurillac Region Community of Communes, private members, etc.