A competitivity centre on a worldwide scale
A competitivity centre on a worldwide scale
The purpose of a competitivity centre 
The policy of competitivity centres was elaborated during the Comité Interministériel de l’Aménagement et du Développement du Territoire (CIADT – Interministry committee for territory planning and development) dated 13 December 2002.Facing an increasingly competitive world economy, France launched a new industrial policy in 2004, mobilising the key factors of competitivity, the first of them being the ability to innovate.
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Definition of a competitivity centre
On a given territory, a competitivity centre is the association of businesses, research centres and training organisation involved in a joined development strategy, aiming at creating a synergy around innovating projects jointly directed towards one or several given markets.
A competitivity centre is a strong vector for partnerships between various players. The players involved in innovation being thus organised in a network, the ultimate objectives of the centres' policy are the creation of new wealth and the development of local employment.
The Alsace BioValley cluster was labelled Centre on a worldwide scale on 12 July 2005 in the field of Therapeutic innovations.
Strengthened by research acknowledged worldwide, the centre develops two themes:
• From gene and chemistry to drugs,
• Medical and surgical imaging and robotics.