Présentation
The Aerospace Valley association was created on July 13, 2005 for the national, European and international development of the Midi-Pyrenees & Aquitaine Aeronautics, Space and Embedded Systems competitiveness cluster and received the "Global Cluster" seal of approval from the CIADT on July 12, 2005.
It is formed by the companies, research centres, education and training centres and authorities involved in this sector from the two regions.
With its 500 members, the general assembly is composed of 7 electoral colleges (large manufacturing groups, SMEs/micro-businesses, Education/training, Research, Economic development structures, local and regional authorities, professional organisations and associated partners), the first four of which constitute the Cluster's project evaluation committee.
The mission of the executive committee, composed of members of the Bureau, the association's Director General, DAS (Strategic Activity Domain) members, representatives from education/training, research and economic development is to propose the cluster's general strategy to the Board of Directors and steer its implementation.
Competitive cluster label
It is formed by the companies, research centres, education and training centres and authorities involved in this sector from the two regions.
With its 500 members, the general assembly is composed of 7 electoral colleges (large manufacturing groups, SMEs/micro-businesses, Education/training, Research, Economic development structures, local and regional authorities, professional organisations and associated partners), the first four of which constitute the Cluster's project evaluation committee.
The mission of the executive committee, composed of members of the Bureau, the association's Director General, DAS (Strategic Activity Domain) members, representatives from education/training, research and economic development is to propose the cluster's general strategy to the Board of Directors and steer its implementation.
Competitive cluster label
- September 14, 2004: government decision to call for competitiveness cluster projects
- November 2004: call for projects and application circular
- February 28, 2005: submission of application to the Préfets de Région (total of 105 dossiers filed throughout the country)
- Evaluation and selection of dossiers by an Inter-departmental work group (GTI) and a group of qualified persons
- July 12, 2005: label awarded to 67 competitiveness clusters by the CIADT:
- 6 global clusters, including the "Aeronautics, Space, Embedded Systems" competitiveness cluster
- 9 clusters with global potential
- 52 national clusters
- 6 global clusters, including the "Aeronautics, Space, Embedded Systems" competitiveness cluster