Overview

In the "Région Aquitaine" of France, the CAP is in the middle of Dordogne. This area in the southwest of France, only at 1h15 from Bordeaux, includes 13 towns and 67 000 inhabitants. The most important mission of the CAP is to ensure the economic development of its area. It is the first economic hub in Dordogne with nearly 40 000 jobs, 6 400 companies and a zone of trade with 150 000 people. In 2004, the CAP was classified as the 2nd most French town attractive for the companies (in the category of average size towns).

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Training and research

The University of Périgueux consists of 2 500 students and 3 public laboratories. The trainings offered are graduations between licence and Master, vocational trainings and in-house training for the employees.

Companies with international markets

Varied branches of industry are represented, the majority of the trades developed by the companies are with European companies.
Here some examples: Beauty Success, Robinetterie Hammel, Crown, Fromarsac and soon.

Urban transports

The CAP exerts the competence « urban transports » by the way of a mixed trade union integrating the commune of Boulazac.
The network experienced a progressive and supported development with two reorganizations, one in 1991, the other in September 2004 which resulted in modernizing and improving the ligibility of the network.

Some figures :
46 buses
222 km of lines
1 413 730 km covered per year
1 900 000 travellers
profile of the travellers : mainly young people less than 25 years and 68 % are feminine.
The taking into account of handicapped people with the creation of a service «à la carte » since September 2003.
Projects and reflexions in progress : to improve the frequency and the service road of the rural zones, to offer an access to the bus to the greatest number and so, support the fluidity of circulation and to take part in the safeguarding of the environment.

Strategy of technology's development on the CAP

The CAP, voluntary anxious to build the future of its area, validated a strategy of development for the 10 years to come. The economy is one of the pillars of this strategy.

The technology major asset for the economic attraction

The first objective of the CAP is to attract new companies, to support the innovation and the creation of new companies. Its assets recognized in the food processing and inheritance development will be reinforced by solutions supporting the innovation and the technology exchange ("pépinière": public technological office specialised for creation of new companies, institute of the taste). Develop access and use of the technology is an integral part of this action plan.

Actions of the CAP for technology's development

The metropolitan network

The construction of an optical fibre network since 2005 will make it possible to offer to the companies, the private individuals and the institutions an access to very high bandwidth connectivity under commercial conditions equivalent to those proposed in the most urbanized territories.

The very high bandwidth connectivity service center

Integrated into the "pépinière", the center will offer since 2007:
- Pooled computer equipment: computer room self-service...
- Data processing departments using the very high bandwidth connectivity: lodging of decentralized servers, the rooms of safeguard, filing, training, councils...
The center will be in charge of the promotion of the technology in the companies (trainings, council, promotion of the uses, experience sharing...)

Technological survey

Within the framework of the Institute of the Taste the objective is to create a technological tool of survey specialized on the taste (taste and psychology of the consumer, specificities of the taste according to country, scientific studies of the taste...). It will have to allow: automatic compilation of the various data available on Internet (all around Europe) and its diffusion near the subscribers by system of push or selection multicriteria.

The creators of technology companies Assistance

Thanks to the "pépinière", the creators of companies will find a place of reception and single accompaniment (councils, trainings, exchanges, put in network, information...) gathering competences of the CAP and of its partners (the Chamber of Commerce, university, laboratory research, very high bandwidth connectivity service centre...). This "pépinère" will be dedicated to the creators of companies innovating in the service sector, the companies of production or their units of Research and Development...

The "image and patrimony" laboratory

The laboratory will propose competences in all the techniques of imagery: 3d, virtual, digitalization of images... It will be specialized on:
- Applications to improve value of the old patrimony with strong tourism axis
- Town planning and with the contemporary architecture (patrimony of tomorrow)