Paris Region parisregion.eu njoying a leading economic position in Europe with more than 500,000 firms, 29 Fortune Global 500 company headquarters, and 150,000 researchers, Paris Region, also called in France “Region EÎle-de-France” ranks among the most competitive regions for research and development, innovation, and entrepreneurship. This exceptional R&D potential goes hand in hand with a remarkable higher education system, praised for its quality and opening. Seventeen universities among the most prestigious in the world, like the Sorbonne, along with more than 300 engineering, health, management, architecture, and art schools in Ile-de- Valérie PÉCRESSE France offer a internationally renowned education, President providing each and everyone with the best adapted of the Ile-de-France Region training curriculum. With one student out of four being trained in Paris Region, university life also benefits from a rich and effusive offer in terms of culture and entertainment. Paris Region also stands on the highest step of the podium of the most visited destinations worldwide. Each year, 49 million tourists stay in the region to enjoy its exceptional concentration of cultural and architectural treasures, with four of them being listed as UNESCO World Heritage: the Banks of the Seine, the castle of Fontainebleau, the castle of Versailles, and the medieval city of Provins… Paris Region relies on high-quality infrastructures, whether it be care facilities, educational institutions, or cultural equipments. Already among the vastest in the world, the public transport network shall be completed by 2030 with 205km of new subway lines – that is the size of the current network of the RATP – and 72 new stations. “ Everything is done to welcome you, to allow you to fulfill your hopes, achieve your goals, and live well! ” 04 > 05 PARIS REGION Oise KEY FIGURES Eure 6 million jobs ise ’O VALD’OISE L salaried and Pontoise non-salaried Cergy Sarcelles Aisne Mantes- la-Jolie e Argenteuil Meaux La Sein St-Denis 640,000 Bobigny Nanterre La Marne St-Germain-en-Laye Le Raincy students Boulogne-Billancourt TorcyTorcy Nogent-sur-Marne 1 024 000 L’Haÿ-les-Roses Créteil companies Versailles Antony 1,048,000 sites Office space SEINEETMARNE Marne 2 YVELINES Palaiseau 142,000 companies creations 52,6 million m Rambouillet Evry GDP e €642B rg Provins Eure- ’O L GDP per capita: et-Loir ESSONNE €53,617 Melun Aube PARIS Étampes La Seine 155,000 JOBS HAUTSDESEINE Fontainebleau SEINESAINTDENIS g 1st R&D european oin VALDEMARNE L concentration Le KM Air traffic Yonne 96 million THE PARIS REGION Loiret passengers TERRITORY MILLION INHABITANTS 19 million 18% passengers Urban Wooded areas, Agricultural 7 high-speed Water space natural world space of the French train stations 1% population 21% 28% 2% 50% 49 MILLION TOURISTS of the surface of the French territory The world’s leading tourist destination PARIS REGION IC I L A RÉG ION L’ESSENTIEL | PARIS REGION Oise KEY FIGURES Eure 6 million jobs ise ’O VALD’OISE L salaried and Pontoise non-salaried Cergy Sarcelles Aisne Mantes- la-Jolie e Argenteuil Meaux La Sein St-Denis 640,000 Bobigny Nanterre La Marne St-Germain-en-Laye Le Raincy students Boulogne-Billancourt TorcyTorcy Nogent-sur-Marne 1 024 000 L’Haÿ-les-Roses Créteil companies Versailles Antony 1,048,000 sites Office space SEINEETMARNE Marne 2 YVELINES Palaiseau 142,000 companies creations 52,6 million m Rambouillet Evry GDP e €642B rg Provins Eure- ’O L GDP per capita: et-Loir ESSONNE €53,617 Melun Aube PARIS Étampes La Seine 155,000 JOBS HAUTSDESEINE Fontainebleau SEINESAINTDENIS g 1st R&D european oin VALDEMARNE L concentration Le KM Air traffic Yonne 96 million THE PARIS REGION Loiret passengers TERRITORY MILLION INHABITANTS 19 million 18% passengers Urban Wooded areas, Agricultural 7 high-speed Water space natural world space of the French train stations 1% population 21% 28% 2% 50% 49 MILLION TOURISTS of the surface of the French territory The world’s leading tourist destination PARISIC I L REGIONA RÉG ION L’ESSENTIEL | 06 > 07 HOW DOES THE REGIONAL ASSEMBLY THE ILE-DE-FRANCE Meets in plenary session and standing committee about once a month. REGIONAL COUNCIL Votes the major decisions engaging the financial future of the Region. CD UDI WORK? 13 elected 26 elected RCDE members members The Regional Council consists of an executive The Gathering LRI elected board, a regional assembly, and an administration 11 elected 81 members members implementing the decisions made. AES 21 elected THE EXECUTIVE BOARD members Prepares and executes the regional assembly’s deliberations, and manages the regional administration E-IDF 25 elected members FN elected FdG 12 President members 1Valérie Pécresse 9 elected members 209 NA 11 elected member FdG : Group Front de Gauche, French Communist Party, E-IDF : Together - Ile-de-France vice-presidents AES : Social and Environnementalist Alternative Group Marie-Carole Ciuntu 8 Vice-president for Highschools RCDE - The Gathering : Group Radical Citoyen Démocrate and in charge of the General Administration Écologiste and related Agnès Evren EELVA : Group Europe Écologie Les Verts and related Vice-president for Culture, Heritage and Creation Stéphanie Von Euw CD : Group of the Centre and Democrats Vice-president for European Affairs Faten Hidri UDI : Group Union des Démocrates et Indépendants Vice-president for Higher Education and Research LRI : Group Les Républicains and Indépendants Farida Adlani Vice-president for Social Action, Health and Family FN : Group FN – IDF Bleu Marine Alexandra Dublanche Vice-president for Economic Development, NA : Non-attached Agriculture and Rurality Béatrice de Lavalette Vice-president for Social Dialogue Hamida Rezeg Vice-president for Tourism THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION Implements and enforce the decisions taken by the Assembly and Executive board Jérômevice-presidents Chartier 7 Vice-president for Institutional Strategy and International Relationships Stéphane Salini 1,800 8,500 Vice-president for Finance and Evaluation of public policies administrative officers in the colleges Stéphane Beaudet Vice-president for Transport and Sustainable Mobility Georoy Didier Vice-president for A ractiveness, Housing and Urban Renovation The regional ombudsman, a new function created in April 2013 Patrick Karam Vice-president for Sports, Leisures, Youth, Citizenship and Community Life An alternative, amicable, and free means of resolution for disputes Frédéric Péchenard Vice-president for Security and Victim Support between the regional services and the citizens. Jean-Philippe Dugoin-Clément Vice-president for Ecology and Sustainable Development HOW DOES THE REGIONAL ASSEMBLY THE ILE-DE-FRANCE Meets in plenary session and standing committee about once a month. REGIONAL COUNCIL Votes the major decisions engaging the financial future of the Region. CD UDI WORK? 13 elected 26 elected RCDE members members The Regional Council consists of an executive The Gathering LRI board, a regional assembly, and an administration 11 elected 81 elected members members implementing the decisions made. AES 21 elected THE EXECUTIVE BOARD members Prepares and executes the regional assembly’s deliberations, and manages the regional administration E-IDF 25 elected members R -IDF N elected FdG 12 President members 1Valérie Pécresse 9 elected members 209 NA 11 elected member FdG : Group Front de Gauche, French Communist Party, E-IDF : Together - Ile-de-France vice-presidents AES : Social and Environnementalist Alternative Group Marie-Carole Ciuntu 8 Vice-president for Highschools RCDE - The Gathering : Group Radical Citoyen Démocrate Écologiste and in charge of the General Administration and related Agnès Evren CD : Group of the Centre and Democrats Vice-president for Culture, Heritage and Creation Stéphanie Von Euw UDI : Group Union des Démocrates et Indépendants Vice-president for European Affairs Faten Hidri LRI : Group Les Républicains and Indépendants Vice-president for Higher Education and Research RN -IDF : Group Rassemblement National Île-de-France Farida Adlani Vice-president for Social Action, Health and Family NA : Non-attached Alexandra Dublanche Vice-president for Economic Development, Agriculture and Rurality Béatrice de Lavalette Vice-president for Social Dialogue Hamida Rezeg Vice-president for Tourism THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION Implements and enforce the decisions taken by the Assembly and Executive board Jérômevice-presidents Chartier 7 Vice-president for Institutional Strategy and International Relationships Stéphane Salini 1,800 8,500 Vice-president for Finance and Evaluation of public policies administrative officers in the colleges Stéphane Beaudet Vice-president for Transport and Sustainable Mobility Georoy Didier Vice-president for A ractiveness, Housing and Urban Renovation The regional ombudsman, a new function created in April 2013 Patrick Karam Vice-president for Sports, Leisures, Youth, Citizenship and Community Life An alternative, amicable, and free means of resolution for disputes Frédéric Péchenard Vice-president for Security and Victim Support between the regional services and the citizens. Jean-Philippe Dugoin-Clément Vice-president for Ecology and Sustainable Development 08 > 09 THE REGION’S POWERS TRANSPORT In a region with 12 million always more mobile residents, the modernization and upgrade of the public transport network is an imperative. This is why the Region is massively investing in its public transport infrastructures (comfort, security, accessibility…).