Public services

AER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has two primary targets: businesses and all the local government areas of the region, i.e. its eight administrative departments.

Services for local communities are :

Economic engineering

• Business France link-up in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
• Link-up with the public establishment for inter-district cooperation (EPCI) for business set-up and expansion
• Knowledge, inventory and management tools: socioeconomic evidence gathering; land and business properties

Decision support and information sharing

• Surveys and expert reports
• Participation in local instances working for economic development
• Contacting other EPCIs with similar projects
• Information sharing

Sensitization to innovation and eco-innovation

• Leading the regional network of innovation actors
• Building awareness of innovation and eco-innovation with the region’s EPCI services and businesses
• Bibliometrics and mapping of patents filed in the region – in partnership with Bourgogne-Franche-Comté chamber of commerce and industry

Economic change

• In partnership with central government departments

Promotion and attractiveness of the region