The funders
The TEAM2 competitiveness cluster is supported and financed by the State, the Hauts-de-France Region and the local authorities CALL (Communauté d'Agglomération de Lens-Liévin) and MEL (Métropole Européenne de Lille) which constitute its reference territory.
The State
The State is committed to promoting a global environment favourable to business and innovation and to supporting the research and development effort deployed within the competitiveness clusters.
What is a competitiveness cluster?
There are currently more than 60 competitiveness clusters in France. As the name suggests, the mission of competitiveness clusters is to enhance competitiveness in France. They act by identifying innovative structures on their territory in specific areas related to the sector of activity of the cluster in question. The structures identified as innovative can be companies, industrialists, research and training structures, etc. Competitiveness clusters include members, whom they support in their innovation projects: advice, expertise, search for funding, etc.
The Hauts-de-France Region and local authorities
The Hauts-de-France Region and the local authorities support the TEAM2 competitiveness cluster and the regional sectors in order to increase the performance of regional companies and structures so that they can face European and global competition.
The Hauts-de-France Region: Resulting from the 2016 territorial reform, the Hauts-de-France Region was born from the merger between Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. This large region with 6 million inhabitants is one of the most developed territories in Europe in terms of energy transition and digital technologies.
The CALL (Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin): Made up of 36 communes on its territory and 245,000 inhabitants, the CALL aims to develop innovation projects on its territory, access to eco-transition and economic development of the territory.
The MEL (Métropole Européenne de Lille): Regrouping 95 municipalities for more than 1 million inhabitants, the MEL is a large metropolis in the heart of Europe. One of the competences of the MEL is access to the implementation of actions for sustainable development.