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The city of Bordeaux has applied to host the first Villa Shamengo. The Bordeaux metropolitan area is increasing its attractiveness in France and internationally, thanks to several major urban development projects, but also by focusing on cutting-edge and key sectors such as digital technology, creative economy, green areas and high value-added services.

Bordeaux Euratlantique, a local public development agency (EPA), is a true Living Lab, land of hosting innovative projects with the aim of developing and replicating on a bigger scale. It helps and supports numerous initiatives that contribute to the ecological transition: Green Tech, timber construction and social actions on land management specific changes.

The Caisse des Dépôts Group supports large national strategic public policies of general interests and economic development of the country. It has historically supported the evolution of French society. Today, it mainly acts on 4 areas: territorial, ecological and energy, digital, demographic and social transitions.

ADEME, a public agency, is fully involved in the implementation of public policies in environmental, energy and sustainable developments. It contributes to the financing of projects, research and implementation, in 5 areas of intervention: waste; polluted lands and wasteland; energy and climate; air and noise; transversal actions.

The Lunt Foundation promotes regenerative solutions that provide real wealth in ecology, community and collective consciousness. Its mission is to identify, involve and support creative entrepreneurs in order to enhance their social contribution, by changing the paradigm to live in a more harmonious, responsible and joyful world.

Evolution of technologies, uses and mobility, environmental and social emergencies, etc. Beyond transportation safety, the problems encountered by SNCF Réseau evolve and become more complex. The answer to these challenges is based on innovation and sustainable development, the preservation of resources and biodiversity.

Evolution of technologies, uses and mobility, environmental and social emergencies, etc. Beyond transportation safety, the problems encountered by SNCF Réseau evolve and become more complex. The answer to these challenges is based on innovation and sustainable development, the preservation of resources and biodiversity.

The reciprocity of the impacts between health and the environment is the environmental protection strategy of Harmonie Mutuelle.
The health/environment link has four facets: ecology, working environment, socio-cultural environment and housing. This is why France’s first mutual insurer is committed to Shamengo.

The mission of the Eco-Citizen House is to enable the Bordeaux people, starting with elements of their individual lifestyles, to act on a daily basis, to change their mindset and provoking the desire to act. Listed in the Agenda 21 of the city, it is at the same time a resource centre, a place of exhibitions, a living space and an area of exchange, encouraging  eco-citizenship and the preservation of the planet to become everyone’s business.

This association created on the initiative of the Regional Council is a consortium of innovative and eco-responsible entrepreneurs from the Aquitaine region. It views sustainable development a drive for growth. Its aim is to develop economic activity and employment in ‘green’ areas in the New Aquitaine region.

The mission of the Syndicat Mixte intercommunal de Collecte et de Valorisation du Libournais (Haute-Gironde) is to prevent, to collect and to treat of waste from 141 municipalities (+200,000 inhabitants). The SMICVAL brings together skills and resources to implement on a large scale a multi-channel management of waste, favouring the sorting at the beginning.

This multi-stakeholder association is comprised of companies, local communities, associations and universities. Its mission is to bring together all public and private actors in order to promote the circular economy and facilitate its implementation through a vibrant collaboration which takes into account all economic, social and environmental issues.

The Pensar Foundation is a Mexican agency whose main activities consist in: 1. developing relationships between governments, civil society and entrepreneurs to promote the growth of more sustainable and equitable companies; 2. engaging deep thinking on the interconnections between the different fields of knowledge.

The ESD, Superior School of Digital studies, is a veritable crossroads of the numerical world that brings together the skills of a communication school (École supérieure de publicité) and one of the first design schools in France (École de Condé). Its innovative teaching approach identifies the challenges of the digital revolution and is based on the best know-how of the digital eco-system.

Specialized in the training of design, graphic arts, photography and heritage restoration, the Ecole de Condé is a strong institution with 9 campuses in France and Italy. It is the only school to offer a cross-disciplinary program of design up to the master level. Shamengo is a partner of the Ecole de Condé de Bordeaux

For 250 years, the Ecole nationale superieure des Arts Decoratifs has trained and revealed unique talents. Its national and international influence is based on the excellence of its teachings and on its ability to develop creative forces, to guarantee strong skills, to train bold profiles, young adults well equipped to become the sensitive actors of a world in motion.

Throughout its 80 years of existence, Efrei has been able to rise up to the challenge of technological advancements and become one of the best schools in the training of civil engineering in computer science and digital technologies. The students of Efrei have designed and developed the application ‘Villa Shamengo’ used at the Villa Shamengo booth at COP21 in 2015.

The National School of Architecture of Versailles prepares architects to practise numerous professional activities in their field and is ready to fulfil new missions to respond to the sociological, economic and ecological complexities of the world around them. It is one of the 20 public Schools of Architecture that deliver, in France, the state diploma of architecture.

This MOOC “Becoming a society innovator entrepreneur” has been co-created by HEC and ‘Ticket for Change’ to help people who want to have a positive impact in society but who do not know how to take action. This MOOC teaches you how to go from the desire to change to the idea, and then from the idea to action. Shamengo Pioneers’ portraits are embedded in the course as samples and inspiration!

The team of ‘C’est pas Sorcier’ carries on their experience with the principalsorcier.org, an educational media that gives everyone, young or old, the tools to better understand our world and to build your own opinion on the big topics of science and society. The ‘Esprit Sorcier’, always in search of inspiring discoveries and innovations, broadcasts on a regular basis the profiles of Shamengo pioneers.

The Ateliers de la Terre is 10 years of rich experience think tank group with real expertize in building relationships between key players interested in emerging issues of sustainable development and geopolitics. The objective is to bring together and sensitize a majority of key players and team leaders to have full participation in a global change of our ways of life and governance.

The Citizens’ Innovation and Sustainable Development Association (ICDD) foster simple, powerful and relevant innovations in sustainable development. These are ‘citizen innovations’ because they emerge from the field and effectively deals with society’s needs. Since 2010, the ICDD has been working to monitor and support social innovation.

The fair ‘Vivre Autrement’ brings together every year 400 exhibitors (producers and driven creators, respectful of nature and mankind) to implement eco-instincts in all daily life areas. It is an event where visitors learn alternative ways to live better and to be in harmony with the planet.

The international summit Vibrant Gujarat is an initiative of the Government of Gujarat to promote inclusive and sustainable development by ensuring policy coherence and effective investment promotion. This biennial summit has become a unique forum in India for sharing ideas, exploring solutions, and identifying some of the world’s biggest challenges.

Mr Mondialisation is a francophone citizen think tank with international objectives. Its goal is to feed the free dialogue in the public arena about current global and local topics. Mr Mondialisation is definitely humanist in its approach, fighting for human and universal rights, but also for ‘the rights of Earth’ against the temptations of consumer society.

FIMB is a network of networks, partners and individuals, which, since 1990, has been working to build bridges beyond borders, affiliations and ideals, gathering resources, skills and know-how. In a world lacking a sense of direction, thanks to their sensibility and commitment, women are a force in service to humanity.