The project’s objective is to promote exchanges between companies and institutions and to adopt an active policy for sustaining territorial dynamics in partner regions, all of them located within objectives 1 and 2 with a shared focus on economic development. The objectives are as follows (I) to ascertain the best methods for promoting business activity on a territorial level; (II) to study networks of businesses specialising in sectors within the same or complementary area; (III) to study mechanisms for cooperation between companies, aiming especially to promote the development of “social capital” and “confidence” within territories; (IV) to create support cells for clusters; (V) to promote the signing of agreements for cooperation. Overall objective / Objectif général The project’s objective is to promote exchanges between companies and institutions and to adopt an active policy for sustaining territorial dynamics in partner regions, all of them located within objectives 1 and 2 with a shared focus on economic development. The objectives are as follows (I) to ascertain the best methods for promoting business activity on a territorial level; (II) to study networks of businesses specialising in sectors within the same or complementary area; (III) to study mechanisms for cooperation between companies, aiming especially to promote the development of “social capital” and “confidence” within territories; (IV) to create support cells for clusters; (V) to promote the signing of agreements for cooperation. Expected results / Résultats attendus Training and exchanges for specialists in partner entities – to date, 55 people have been involved in transnational and sectoral working groups - as well as local work with agents in the sectors studied. Cooperation between enterprises as a result of this phase of analysing regions and mutual awareness: sector meetings planned – agrifood, horses; possible meetings – non-mechanical minerals and metals/mechanics. Support for business associations in each region, according to specific features and their own progress: inventory for NERSANT, organisation into a hierarchy and planning for CEIN, with a pilot Transport Logistics cluster, consolidation of cluster support activities for AGATE and CEBANOR. The project contributes to training and the changing of attitudes through cooperation among SMEs by the means of local regular operations, transnational and topical meetings and sharing of good practices among partners.