Today, the VTE welcomed an official delegation from the COMMUNAUTE D’AGGLOMERATION BETHUNE-BRUAY ARTOIS LYS ROMANE (CABBALR) to Bécancour Town Hall.
The delegation included Mr. Olivier Gacquerre, President of the Béthune-Bruay Agglomeration and Mayor of Béthune, Mr. Maurice Lecomte, First Vice-President of the Agglomeration, Mr. Steve Bossart, Second Vice-President for Economic Development, Philippe Fromenteaud, Chief of Staff, and Jérôme Brossier, Director of Development and Planning, with the aim of sharing their joint strategic roadmaps focused on actions to accelerate the energy transition and the resilience of their territories.
We would like to thank Ms. Lucie Allard, Mayor of Bécancour, Mr. Grégory Gihoul, Director General, and Ms. Julie Boulet, Director of Economic Development for the City of Bécancour, for their warm welcome.
On this occasion, a VTE/CABBALR collaboration agreement was signed in the presence of Sophie B. Lemay, Director for France at the Quebec Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie, and Véronique Perreault, Director of Innovation Zones, Investissement Québec.
This MOU aims to strengthen and structure cooperation between VTE and the Béthune-Bruay agglomeration around three major areas:
- Promote links between academic circles, technology centers, and leaders of structuring projects in both territories.
- Identify sectoral synergies and support the detection of high-potential companies that could benefit from establishing a foothold in one or the other ecosystem.
- Sharing best practices in regional planning, business services, and quality of life for workers and citizens.
We would also like to thank Benoit Balmana, CEO of IVÉO, and Frédéric Doire, North America Sales Director at Dassault Systèmes, for their inspiring presentations on innovative municipal projects involving AI tools, prospective analysis, and regional digitization.