BERI - Brownfield European Regeneration Initiative

Lyon falls within the Rhône département and sits at the confluence of the Saône and the Rhone rivers.

Greater Lyon's urban community spreads its net over 55 communes (a basic unit of local government) and contains a population of 1,300 000 inhabitants. In 1967, 4 urban areas of which Lyon is one were designated Communautés Urbaines and so given special powers to achieve balanced development of the communes within them.

The Councils of the Communautés Urbaines are indirectly elected; members are nominated by their composite communes. The Communauté Urbaine of Lyon has 155 representatives and the mayor of the cité (or dominant commune) automatically becomes president of the wider Communauté Urbaine.

Grand Lyon's core regeneration initiatives are economic development, land development, road maintenance, waste collection and a transportation network.

The economic action plan includes promoting the local economy, attracting investors, promoting sectors of excellence and encouraging start-ups.

The City has set out an ambitious development policy for public spaces and the goal is to reduce car usage and create a strong local identity by laying guidelines for the types of materials, plants to be used throughout the city. Since 1989, over 115 public spaces benefited from renovations by famous French designers and landscapers. Lyon's "traboule" passageways are an exceptional feature of local urban architectural heritage. Grand Lyon aims to be in the top fifteen European municipalities by transforming industry and strengthening Lyon's position as a tertiary town.

The City of Lyon works in partnership with local public organizations to facilitate the creation and relocation of businesses to the Lyon area: ADERLY (the Lyon Area Economic Development Agency), the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Greater Lyon Urban Community.
The Lyon region has a long tradition of economic and technological initiative. Though all industries are represented, special mention should be made of areas in which Lyon enjoys an international reputation: engineering, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and health.

Lionel Delbos

Project manager for the nine main industrial park (= 2800 hectares, 70 000 jobs).

Lionel is coordinating nine project managers (one for each industrial park). Most of the interventions are linked to mobility problems, highway maintenance and marking out. The budget is 25 millions' for 2004-2007.

He also assists some of his other colleague project manager in the economical strategy on other urban projects.

Member of Network Management Team and Component 3 and 4 working groups

Vincent Allix

Project manager in charge of economic development, working on the Chemical Valley of Lyon.

Vincent works with local firms in their real estate projects and facilities.