Prospective on Pays de Loire 2040, a vision and 3 strategic axes For the second year, the EIGSI General Engineering School organizes in La Rochelle, France, a high quality forum focused on interregional mobility in the Atlantic Area. La Rochelle Mobility Forum is part of a 4 high quality forum cycle. Climatlantic is a project co‐funded by INTERREG IVB ATLANTIC AREA Programme,aimed at developing an Atlantic Strategic Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development and the reduction of the Carbon Footprint covering four main pillars: mobility, energy, territorial management and social behavior.

1. 2E FORUM OF INTERREGIONAL MOBILITY
LA ROCHELLE
20-21 February 2014
Pays de la Loire 2040

2. Historical context
Today the territories face big challenges previously unseen since after the
second world war. The conjunction of two unprecedented crises (economic and
social crisis, energy and environmental crisis) calls for the emergence of new
societal choices for the 21st century.
Faced with this very particular context, of which the effects are seen to varying
degrees throughout the industrial world, the perspective becomes clearer, on a
regional scale/level to give direction to a long term strategy and to enhance
the ability to anticipate and improve the current situation.

3. Foresight and strategy
The Loire Valley must act to achieve :
-Future identifiable desires;
-In developing a new 10-15 years strategic plan which was adopted by the
regional council on 8th November 2013.

4. multiple issues

5. Interregionality issues
Les scénarios pour 2040
Dérégulation
Restriction
des déplacements
Ouverture
Hausse des flux
Cosmopolitisme
Croissance démographique
Conflits d’usage
Tourisme de masse
Appui sur les succès du territoire,
sa géographie et son attractivité.
Innovations sociales
Hyper décentralisation
Communautés
Démocratie directe
Clubbisation
Appui sur l’économie résidentielle
dont l’agriculture.
et les valeurs du territoire.
Proximité
Innovations technologiques
Excellence économique
Normes environnementales
Redistribution
Flux de capitaux
Appui sur l’expertise et l’agilité
Des acteurs de l’économie et
de la recherche
Mobilité
Excellence
Réglementation

6. 3 axes, 12 challenges identified
• Axe (1) « Understand our future and succeed together by 2040 »
• Axe (2) « From local to global: promote our values, protect social links,
the productive economy and employment for all »
• Axe (3) « Welcome an additional 900 000 people and invent a new way
of living »

7. Axe 1 « succeed together by 2040 »
« Faced with the temptation of a «break»,
and « withdrawal », to promote a real «
culture of change », shared by the whole
population ».

8. Axe 1 « Succeed together by 2040 »
« Given the risk of large differences
between urban and rural areas,
strengthen territorial regional
networking and the attractiveness
of all territories ».

9. Axe 1 « Succeed together by 2040 »
« Given the risk of democratic
rupture, encourage a new dynamic of
citizens working together ».

10. Axe 2 « Local to global »
« Faced with the risk of
marginalization in an ever
changing universe that’s
becoming more and more
globalized,
to create the conditions
neccessary to make Europe
accessible to the rest of the world
».

11. Axe 2 « Local to global »
« Faced with the danger of
deindustrialization : innovate,
renew and strengthen the regional
production base around future
industry ».

12. Axe 2 « Local to global »
« Faced with the risk of multispeed growth, consolidate a plural
economy, that’s productive and
residential, promoting access to
employment and social inclusion».

13. Axe 2 « Local to global »
« Faced with the fragility of our
model, the challenge of quality
food for all and sustainable
agriculture ».

14. Axe 3 « Welcome an additional 900.000 people»
« Faced with climate change,
price increases and insecurity :
succeed in the energy transition ».

15. Axe 3 «Welcome an additional 900.000 people»
« Facing growing pressure on
resources, to preserve natural
heritage »

16. Axe 3 «Welcome an additional 900.000 people»
« Faced with demographic
pressure and aging,to invent the
city of tomorrow».

17. Axe 3 «Welcome an additional 900,000 people»
« Faced with the deadlock of
motor vehicles, come up with
sustainable and shared mobility »

18. Axe 3 «Welcome an additional 900.000 people»
« Faced with the risk of losing
ground in a world where
everything moves quickly, make
the Loire Valley a quality of life
laboratory ».

19. For more information
Contact :
Regional Council of Pays de la Loire :
1, rue Loire,
Direction de la prospective, des schémas et du développement durable,
44 966 Nantes Cedex 9 (02 28 20 65 04)
<Direction of the prospective schemes and sustainable development>
guillaume.julien@paysdelaloire.fr ; antoine.foucault@paysdelaloire.fr
Complete information available at www.paysdelaloire2040.fr

20. 2E FORUM OF INTERREGIONAL MOBILITY
LA ROCHELLE
20-21 FÉVRIER 2014
Pays de la Loire 2040