Presentation
An agency for supporting economic development and making the region more attractive
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regional Economic Agency (AER BFC) stems from the union of the two economic agencies for Bourgogne (Burgundy), formerly ARDIE, and for Franche-Comté, formerly ARD Franche-Comté. Our agency is a Société Publique Locale which operates as en SAS (simplified join-stock company). The shareholders are public bodies.
AER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has two primary targets :
- Businesses (all sectors and all sizes)
- Local government areas of the region, i. e. its eight administrative departments
Its four strategic objectives are :
- To help maintain and develop economic activity and employment in the region,
- To support the economic development policy and its implementation across geographical areas depending on needs,
- To promote and accompany innovation and eco-innovation,
- To make the region economically more attractive.
Agency on 2 sites, Besançon and Dijon plus local centres (Côte d’Or, Doubs, Jura, Nièvre, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne, Territoire de Belfort).
Based on the SRDEII, AER BFC has been assigned the following missions :
- To promote the new regional identity and foster incoming economic activities
- To act as the region’s intermediary in driving the regional ecosystem in terms of economic development and innovation
- To contribute and enhance the development of sectors whether already structured or emerging
- To provide monitoring for strategic businesses
- To supply a geographical economic engineering service to meet EPCI needs
- To set up a developers centre in conjunction with actors already in the areas
These missions are implemented in relation with the network of 150 actors of economic development and innovation : chambers of commerce, local agencies, city councils, central government, etc.
Arnaud Marthey, Chair
Regional councillor for new rural issues
Mayor of Baume-les-Dames
