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The I-Trans Competitive Cluster |
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An internationally oriented cluster |
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A cluster created on the initiative of the Association Transports
Terrestres Promotion (TTP) [Association for the Promotion of Terrestrial Transportation],
managed by the Conseil Régional (Regional Council) for the Nord Pas de
Calais.
Designated an internationally oriented competitive cluster by the CIADT (French Interministerial Committee for Regional Planning and Development) on July 12th 2005. |
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Ambitions |
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- Create the leading European competitive cluster for the design, construction, competitive exploitation and maintenance of railway equipment and systems.
- Extend its expertise to all forms of innovative transportation (river, maritime, automobile, logistical, intermodal and interoperable transportation).
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Strategic focuses |
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- Establish itself as a European model for interoperability and intermodality.
- Set up the largest European railway transportation testing centre for innovation.
- Mobilise and consolidate expertise in the fields of safety and communication.
- Develop advanced training courses with an international reputation.
- Rise to the challenge of managing expert knowledge about railway systems in the context of the profound changes that will take place in the next ten years.
- Develop the cluster's global presence via internationally important events in the region (fairs, conferences, etc.).
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Partners at the regional level |
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The sector's key industrial players (Alsthom, Bombardier,
Arbel-Fauvet-Rail, etc.) and the entire research potential at the regional level.
Registration of a new project:
Conditions for membership of the TTP association:
- Be a company or a research and/or training organisation.
- Be located in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais or Picardy regions.
- Contribute to industrial activity in the sectors concerned by the cluster or its research and/or advanced training activities.
- Be prepared to play a full role in the cluster's innovation policy.
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