Territories

Why Support Entrepreneurship in Neighborhoods?

Claudia Ruzza is the General Director of Positiv, an association created 20 years ago to support residents of urban policy neighborhoods in starting their businesses.

Why the wool from an endangered sheep could be the future of sustainable fashion?

Marina Pérez is 33 years old, from Asturias, and founded La Flor Cerval from Tene, a small village in the Quirós council, where she lives and raises livestock with her family.

Why is social connection the future of rural areas?

Mathilde Bazireau is the coordinator of Mouvement Rural 85, a federation that brings together 23 associative structures in Vendée. The organization supports local initiatives and aims to strengthen social ties in rural areas.

How Accessibility Can Transform Our Cities and Businesses?

Sylvain Denoncin is the CEO of Okeenea, a company specializing for over 30 years in making buildings, public spaces, and transportation accessible for people with disabilities.

Why Create Rural Third Places?

Philippe Guilbaud is the volunteer treasurer of the Mirasou third place in Béarn, a rural and nurturing space set on over 10 hectares of agricultural land. His project combines agroecology, eco-construction, circular economy, and knowledge sharing.

Why Revitalize Rural Areas?

Frédéric Bosqué is the founder of the TERA project, an initiative aimed at rethinking the economic and social organization of rural areas by relocalizing production and involving local stakeholders.

Why (Re)Engage with Our Local Businesses?

Antoine Bahri is the founder and CEO of Carlo, an app that rewards users every time they contribute to the local economy by making a purchase at a nearby store in their city.

Why Change Our Collective Perspective on Rural Areas?

Félix Assouly is the Director of Advocacy and Influence at Rura, an organization dedicated to combating territorial fractures by focusing on young people growing up in rural areas and small towns in France.

How Tourism Can Help Open Up Rural Areas?

Cyrielle Nau is the director and co-founder of La Bulle Verte - Exploration Tranquille, which facilitates travel in areas without thermal vehicles.

Why Urban Policy Neighborhoods Are Territories of Solutions?

Hakim Elhadouchi is co-director of Tesslab, an innovation and entrepreneurship hub located in a working-class neighborhood in Strasbourg.

Why Encouraging Business Creation Revitalizes Territories

Sylvain Moineau is a partner of the local team at IMPACT Partners. IMPACT Local is a financing tool aimed at entrepreneurs who will create or take over a branded business in so-called "priority" territories.

Why sponsoring an olive tree can help fight rural exodus?

José Alfredo Martín is the co-founder of Apadrina un olivo, an initiative that recovers abandoned olive groves in Oliete (Teruel) and other places to generate sustainable employment and combat rural depopulation.

Why Create Living Spaces for the Benefit of the Community?

Aurélie Leclercq is the co-founder of Robin des Moulins, a social and solidarity economy enterprise in Oise, which hosts green corporate seminars and redistributes wealth to its territory.

What happens when people have the chance to be involved in shaping the design of their built environment ?

Some pretty great things, according to Sophia de Sousa of The Glass-House, a UK-based charity promoting community-led design.

Why Offer Affordable and Inclusive Housing for Seniors?

Alban Lachiver is the Deputy Director of Autonomy Actions at the Département de la Gironde. He supports the creation of inclusive housing. The first in Médoc, a rural and isolated area, was established in the summer of 2025.

Why Propose Other Ways to Build and Live?

Sevak Kulinkian is the co-founder of Hameaux Légers, which offers affordable and ecological housing solutions while revitalizing rural areas.

Who repairs and manages the hundreds of thousands of bikes for hire in our cities?

Why Rural Areas Have a Strategic Role in Ecological Transition

Jean Karinthi is responsible for the development of the L'Hermitage project and president of the cooperative real estate company of L'Hermitage, at the crossroads of Aisne and Oise.

Why is it essential to demonstrate that other ways of making cities are possible?

Stéphane Berdoulet is the director of the Halage association, co-manager of the Cité-PHARES cooperative, and president of the SAS Faiseurs de terres and Splendide! in Seine-Saint-Denis, which work on professional integration through the reclamation of nature in urban areas.

Why is it essential to rebuild connections between farmers and consumers?

Paul Rodrigues is the co-founder of Hectarea, which allows individuals to help farmers finance their operations and support ecological transition.

Why Invest to Accelerate Housing Accessibility?

Cristina Pallàs is the director of Fundación Mutua de Propietarios, which has been working since 2018 to raise awareness about the importance of facilitating housing and public space accessibility, freeing tens of thousands of people from their confinement.

Why Supporting Project Leaders Can Transform a Community

Céline Sanchez is the General Delegate of the Fondation Crédit Agricole Brie Picardie and Head of Solidarity Development, which includes the Passerelle association that offers free help to those excluded from traditional banking systems.

Why Local Actions Also Play a National Role?

Viviane Olivo is in charge of the Identity & Territory Department at Crédit Agricole Nord de France, which promotes local associative actions.

Why Economic Development is Also a Prefectural Issue?

Sébastien Jallet is the prefect of the Orne department, coordinating local government policies.

Why Real Estate is a Strategic Issue for Entrepreneurship in Neighborhoods?

ANRU (the National Agency for Urban Renovation) is a public institution responsible for implementing the national urban renovation plan. Anne-Claire Mialot is its General Director.