ACHIEVEMENTS
Some of Bricks’ major achievements during the period include:
The recovery of face-to-face activities with notably the hosting of 3 Angolans from the Telecommunications Ministry, 2 Pakistani military staff members, and 2 Malaysian military staff members in Bricks by Aerospace Valley’s Induction Program within the scope of Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters contracts. The induction program is a two week immersion program during which the aeronautics and space ecosystem, French culture and local heritage are presented including conferences and visits. Bricks teams are also in charge of assisting the Malaysian and Pakistani families through the Bricks Relocation service.
The continuation of activities associated with the Bachelor in Aeronautics Maintenance that Bricks has co-developed in Vietnam with USTH with support from Airbus. Over the course of the year, the Bachelor program celebrated its first graduating class.
The project carried out for Bolivia also resulted in an air force officer obtaining his engineering degree from INSA Lyon. 6 other officers and sergeants are continuing their training at the UTC in Compiègne.
Bricks strengthened its collaboration with the Space Command thanks to the secondment of a part-time customer relations manager to Bricks. The mission consists in supporting the CDE with organization of in-house training.
Bricks proposes its expertise in international project management within the scope of European projects such as Space2waves (export support of 30 European SMEs on the blue growth theme), NovExport (export support for Latin America of European SMEs in data, space applications, the environment, agriculture…) or SMEs for Africa (supporting 15 European SMEs which are developing products and solutions using Copernicus data and which are looking to internationalize, in particular in Africa).
Finally, Bricks has taken advantage of this first year of membership in the Aerospace Valley Cluster to get closer to its ecosystem by stepping up meetings with startups, PMEs, research institutes, and training institutions in Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine to identify potential synergies and efficient support schemes for Cluster members.
OPPORTUNITIES
Bricks by Aerospace Valley is involved in two actions for the Campus des Métiers (CMQ) Aéronautique Occitanie within the scope of PIA 3. This project includes the creation of a digital platform dedicated to foreign students and professors from a CMQ member educational institution along with the creation and organization of cultural awareness workshops for foreign students to help them have a better understanding of French culture. These actions have been stepped up this year and 2022 should see the first tangible achievements.
LOOKING BACK
Two webinars were organized for the Bricks alumni community (Bricks Community). These webinars brought together some fifty foreign professionals who benefited from a Bricks training program and/or human support services developed by Bricks. The success of this event is a powerful testimony of loyalty to Bricks Community and the positive experience that Bricks has been able to create for its clients foreign partners.
