International projects
Who are we ?
Founded in 1978, our firm combines consultancy and research on regional policy and urban planning in France and abroad. Our work focuses on regional and local dynamics and public policies. We support their transformation in the context of the ecological transition.
Today, a dozen geographers, urban planners and political scientists are members of the coopérative.
What is our added value ?
In our consultancy and research work, our company develops two areas of expertise:
- an understanding of regional or local systems in their social, economic and environmental dimensions ;
- Expertise in public administration, from the local to the continental scale, in terms of governance, public policy and strategy.
We draw on this expertise in strategic and planning projects, forcasting exercises, public policy evaluations and presentations to decision-makers.
Where do we work ?
We work in all types of spatial context, including metropolitan, rural and mountainous areas.
Although the majority of our work is for French clients, we also work on international projects, across Europe as part of European research projects (e.g. ESPON) or French studies requiring European comparisons and in other countries around the world (e.g. Ivory Coast, Morocco and Lebanon).
Our team works mainly in French and English. We also carry out literature reviews in Spanish and German.
Our latest international projects
- Research into urban interstices in European Metropolitan Area, comparing Grenoble, Dortmund and Bologna (2026), which led to a publication
- Support Mission for the Development of the France-Switzerland Interreg Cooperation Program 2028–2034 (2026)
- Research into the natural evolution of forests, comparing France and Germany (2024–2026), for the Francis Hallé Association
- Report commissioned by ESPON, comparing the challenges of implementing the ‘No Net Land Take’ objective in Europe (2025)
- Work on the Greater Abidjan Governance Framework, co-funded by the World Bank (2024–2025)
- A comparison of ‘left-behind regions’ in Spain, Poland and Italy (2022)
- A comparison of spatial planning in small and medium-sized towns in France, England, Italy and Germany (2019)
- Contribution to Morocco’s National Spatial Development Plan (2019)