France Water Team

General Information

Organisation Logo:

The date when the cluster organisation was established:

Thursday, 5 December, 2019

Number of staff in the management team of the cluster organisation :

1-5

Legal form of the cluster organisation:

Non-Profit

Regions:

Languedoc-Roussillon

Membership to other networks/partnerships:

Name	Website
Water Europe	https://watereurope.eu/
PEXE network	www.pexe.fr
France Clusters	www.franceclusters.fr

Cluster Management Team:

Name	Surname	Position	Telephone	Email	Gender
BERTRAND	Francis	Cluster Manager	+336 23 59 88 33	francis.bertrand@france-water-team.com	Male
MARCHAL	Oriane	Project Manager	+337 55 65 96 81	oriane.marchal@france-water-team.com	Female

Languages spoken:

English

French

Sectoral and Industrial Focus

Sectoral Industries:

Environmental Services

Information Technology and Analytical Instruments

Technology fields:

Wastewater Recycling

Water Resources Management

S3 EU priority areas:

Cleaner environment & efficient energy networks (e.g. smart grids)

Sustainable land & water use

Emerging industries:

Digital Industries

Environmental Industries

Composition of the cluster

Total number of members:

Number of SME members:

Entrepreneurship and scale-up support facilities in the cluster's ecosystem (see "Organisation type"):

Name and link of major players:

Cluster Strategy

Mission/Objectives:

France Water Team (FWT) is the national water competitiveness cluster promoting the emergence of collaborative R&D projects developing major innovations for water and aquatic environments. It has been awarded as “Competitiveness Cluster” (“Pôle de Compétitivité”) of the Water Sector by the French Ministry of Economy in Feb 2019.

France Water Team forms an innovation ecosystem of almost 500 members, including more than 400 companies of all sizes and various specialties and 60 research and training institutions in permanent interaction.

France Water Team aims at proposing solutions addressing the main challenges of the water sector: Digitalisation, Circular economy, Energy transition, Ecological transition, Climate change adaptation and Biodiversity. The markets targeted are divided into 5 main priorities:

Water & city and territory,
Water & Industry,
Water & Agri-agrofood,
Water & Natural environment,
Water & Well-being, leisure and health.

The 2019-2022 roadmap of FWT is built on two main axes: (i) supporting SME’s development and (ii) fostering innovation, through the launch of major structuring projects on water quality and resources management.

FWT is federating the three territorial water clusters: AQUA-VALLEY, DREAM Eau & Milieux and HYDREOS.

Do you have a formalised strategy?:

Yes

Do you have a specific strategy focus that addresses internationalisation ?:

Yes

Link:

https://france-water-team.com/les-services/international/

Services

Support services provided:

Access to the European Internal market

Internationalisation support (= Access to third countries markets)

Facilitation of collaboration between members

Promotion of activities (marketing/ visibility)

Innovation Management / Support of innovation processes (internal, external)

Cooperation Activities

International Cooperation

The main countries targeted by the cluster organisation:

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Senegal

Tunisia

Uganda

Viet Nam

Our cluster organisation undertook the following international activities to support our members:

Participation at missions/events/study visits/fairs

Trans-national Cooperation

The main countries targeted by the cluster organisation:

Austria

Belgium

Finland

Netherlands

Spain

Our cluster organisation undertook the following trans-national activities to support our members:

Support to collaborative activities/etc.

Which clusters do you collaborate with?:

Water Alliance

ZINNAE

Water Cluster Finland

Support Programmes

Participation in Funded Support Programmes:

Promotion

Why should partners choose you for cooperation?:

Connecting point to one of the largest network of french SMEs and academics in the water sector!