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2,718 actions to raise awareness of entrepreneurial spirit affected or mobilised 227,104 people in the region.

12,636 companies were founded, taken over or restarted in Nord-Pas de Calais in 2006.

1,394 SMEs attended the Regional Innovation Programme between 2002 and 2006.

626 companies from abroad made the decision to set up in the region over the past 13 years. Nord-Pas de Calais has attracted more total foreign investment than any other region in France, with the exception of Île-de-France. Foreign companies coming to the region have generated no fewer than 36,776 new jobs.

6 competition clusters: 1 cluster with a global focus (I-Trans, railways as part of intelligent transport systems) and 5 with a national focus (Network Cluster for aquatic products – Nutrition, Health, Longevity – commercial industries – Up-Tex, Textiles of the future – Materials for domestic use).

11 excellence clusters, ranging from the food industry to the automobile sector via buildings and public works or even the environment. These clusters link businesses, public research laboratories and universities.

4 emerging future networks: eco-industry, digital creativity, logistics and energy

7,690 people working in Research and Development (2004, 39% of whom are employed by companies

6 Universities and 15 Business Schools with a total of 156,989 students

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