Toulouse: Embracing the knowledge economy Pathways to creative and knowledge-based regions ISBN 978-90-75246-54-4 Printed in the Netherlands by Xerox Service Center, Amsterdam Edition: 2007 Cartography lay-out and cover: Puikang Chan, AMIDSt, University of Amsterdam All publications in this series are published on the ACRE-website http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/acre and most are available on paper at: Dr. Olga Gritsai, ACRE project manager University of Amsterdam Amsterdam institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt) Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130 NL-1018 VZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel. +31 20 525 4044 +31 23 528 2955 Fax +31 20 525 4051 E-mail:
[email protected] Copyright © Amsterdam institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt), University of Amsterdam 2007. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced in any form, by print or photo print, microfilm or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. Toulouse: Embracing the knowledge economy Pathways to creative and knowledge-based regions ACRE report 2.11 Edited by Elisabeth Peyroux Denis Eckert Christiane Thouzellier Authors Elisabeth Peyroux Michel Grossetti Martine Azam Christiane Thouzellier Jean-Louis Coll Jean-Marc Zuliani Florence Laumière Mariette Sibertin-Blanc Samuel Balti Other contributors Corinne Siino, Françoise Desbordes, Frédéric Leriche Accommodating Creative Knowledge – Competitiveness of European Metropolitan Regions within the Enlarged Union Amsterdam 2007 AMIDSt, University of Amsterdam Acknowledgment We would like to thank all the members of the Toulouse Local Partnership (LOP) for their active contribution in this first research phase of the ACRE Programme.