PARTNERS - 2010 EDITION
Co-presenters
Local partnering institutions
French Partners
French-American partners
Co-presenters
The Consulate General of France in Atlanta :
Established in 1989, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta is the French diplomatic outpost to the South-eastern United States, serving the six states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The role of the consulate is to serve the interests of France and the French people as well as to build bridges with the region where it is located. If cooperation between France and the Southeastern United States already exist, Pascal Le Deunff, Consul General wants to further develop them. For more information : www.consulfrance-atlanta.org.
Georgia Institute of Technology :
Founded in 1885, the Georgia Institute of Technology is a public, coeducational research university in Atlanta, Georgia. It has satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia ; Metz, France ; Athlone, Ireland ; Shanghai, China ; and Singapore. Georgia Tech is organized into six colleges and contains about 31 departments/units, with a strong emphasis on science and technology. It is most recognized for its degree programs in engineering, computing, and the sciences, but also offers degrees in architecture, liberal arts, and management. For more information : www.gatech.edu.
Georgia Tech – Lorraine :
Georgia Tech-Lorraine (GTL) was established as Georgia Tech’s first international campus in 1990 in Metz, France. A highly innovative institution offering year-round undergraduate, Masters and PhD programs, GTL is also home to a strong sponsored research program in key technological areas. Students can gain valuable research experience and graduate education in the Unité Mixte Internationale (UMI), an international joint laboratory between Georgia Tech and the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). In today’s global economy, Georgia Tech-Lorraine plays a determining role in fulfilling one of the goals of the Institute as stated in its strategic plan : "Georgia Tech must prepare our students for lifelong engagement within an international setting. A Georgia Tech education must import a greater awareness and appreciation of broader differences in language, culture, and custom". For more information : www.georgiatech-metz.fr.
Local partnering institutions :
Care
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE’s community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. For more information : http://www.care.org.
The Carter Center
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. Founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, the Atlanta-based Center has helped to improve the quality of life for people in more than 70 countries. Led by the Carters and an independent board of trustees, the Center’s staff wage peace, fight disease, and build hope by both engaging with those at the highest levels of government and working side by side with poor and often forgotten people. For more information : www.cartercenter.org.
Emory University :
Emory University, a top 20 research university located in Atlanta, Georgia, is an inquiry-driven, ethically engaged and diverse community whose members work collaboratively for positive transformation in the world through courageous leadership in teaching, research, scholarship, health care and social action. The university is recognized internationally for its outstanding liberal arts college, superb professional schools and one of the Southeast’s leading health care systems. For more information : http://www.emory.edu.
Emory Global Health Institute
The Emory University Global Health Institute was established by the President of Emory University to develop innovative research, training, and programs to address the most pressing health challenges around the world, particularly in developing countries. Emory already has a distinguished and accomplished record in global health, including extensive HIV/AIDS work in Rwanda and Zambia ; nursing training in Ethiopia, the Caribbean, Kenya, India, Bangladesh and Russia ; diabetes efforts in India ; nutrition research in Central America ; improvements in emergency room services in the Republic of Georgia ; and infectious disease research in South Africa. Emory is now making a considerable investment in global health to broaden and deepen capacity in fields as varied as infectious diseases, chronic diseases, vaccine and drug discovery, leadership development, and workforce development. For more information : http://www.globalhealth.emory.edu.
The Georgia Department of Economic Development
The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) is the state’s sales and marketing arm and lead agency for attracting new business investment, encouraging the expansion of existing industry and small businesses, developing new domestic and international markets, attracting tourists to Georgia, and promoting the state as a location for film, video, music and digital entertainment projects, as well as planning and mobilizing state resources for economic development. For more information, please visit : www.georgia.org.
Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education & Research
The GT CIBER, created in 1993, is one of the thirty-three national resource centers of excellence in international business funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It is administratively located in the Georgia Tech College of Management, and also collaborates with the Ivan Allen College. Our mission as a CIBER is to ensure the long-term international economic competitiveness of the United States through support of research, business education initiatives, and corporate outreach activities.GT CIBER Activities include funding research in the field of International Business ; encouraging the development of IB curricular initiatives ; hosting conferences, colloquia, and fora related to global business ; working with the local globally-focused business community ; and facilitating overseas educational opportunities for business students. For more information, please visit : http://www.ciber.gatech.edu/.
The High Museum of Art
The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the southeastern United States. With more than 12,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American and decorative art ; significant holdings of European paintings ; a growing collection of African American art ; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High’s media arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema. In November 2005, the High opened three new buildings by architect Renzo Piano that more than doubled the Museum’s size, creating a vibrant “village for the arts” at the Woodruff Arts Center in midtown Atlanta. For more information about the High, please visit : www.High.org.
Morehouse College Department of Music
The Department of Music is committed to providing the most productive educational experiences for its students who wish to study music as one of the liberal arts. Fostering the development of artistic talent, humanitarian ideals and sensitivities, academic acumen, and respect for the highest professional standards is the principal aim of the Department. For more information about the Morehouse College Department of Music, please visit : http://www.morehouse.edu/academics/music/index.html.
The Metro Atlanta Chamber
The Metro Atlanta Chamber mobilizes and connects the business community to drive economic development and public policies that promote sustainable growth. Our board draws from Atlanta’s top business leaders. We have a professional staff of 90 and serve 4,000 member companies who employ nearly 1 million workers. We create value in return for our members’ time and investment by producing results on each issue we choose to tackle. For more information, please visit : http://www.metroatlantachamber.com.
The Rialto Center
The Rialto Center for the Arts is Georgia State University’s performing-arts venue located in the heart of downtown Atlanta. The venue presents the best of national and international dance and music, with the mission to inspire, educate, and entertain diverse audiences by presenting innovative and exceptional arts programming and cultivating community partnerships.
Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute
Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute will be the leading catalyst of clinical solutions through targeted translational research and collaborations. The Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute’s mission is to translate scientific discoveries into modern therapeutics for patient care. We believe the true application of translational research can be achieved by integrating research strategy, clinical collaboration, training, and education. Through the enthusiasm, and efforts of our team and our collaborators worldwide, our goal is to improve the quality of life for all patients. For more information : http://www.sjtri.org
Spivey Hall
Spivey Hall, located on the campus of Clayton State University, is a 400-seat, acoustically-superior performing arts venue that has presented the best in classical, jazz and world music to the metro-Atlanta area since 1991. An elegant, intimate recital hall, Spivey Hall has won interna tional acclaim for its superb acoustics and the artistic excellence of its annual concert series. Equally important are its music education programs, serving some 18,000 students from 18 metro-Atlanta counties each year. Because of its high-quality programming, Spivey Hall draws audiences from throughout Georgia and the Southeast, serving more than 35,000 people annually. Performances by Spivey Hall musicians are frequently heard on nationally-broadcast public-radio programs reaching 1.2 million people in 250 markets across North America. Spivey Hall also supports Clayton State University’s growing Department of Visual and Performing Arts program and serves as a valuable performance venue for numerous regional music ensembles. For more information : http://spiveyhall.org/.
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
The Winship Cancer Institute is dedicated to the integration of innovative clinical and basic science research with outstanding patient care for the prevention, treatment and control of cancer. We bring people together. Researchers, physicians, epidemiologists, nurses, engineers, and social workers come to work each day in order to take one step closer to eliminating cancer. It is a team approach, reflecting our commitment to an interdisciplinary and collaborative search for answers to why we get cancer, how we can prevent cancer, and how we can cure cancer. There is no place in Georgia that takes a more agressive approach to finding these answers. For more information : http://winshipcancer.emory.edu.
The Woodruff Arts Center
The Woodruff Arts Center is the heartbeat of Atlanta’s arts community. Located in midtown, the Center offers Atlantans a bold variety of performing and visual arts - both traditional and avant-garde. Since its inception, the Woodruff Arts Center has grown into the most dynamic center for the visual and performing arts in the South and is among the top such centers in the nation. Today the Woodruff Arts Center includes the Alliance Theatre, High Museum of Art, Young Audiences, 14th Street Playhouse and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. For more information : http://www.woodruffcenter.org/.
French Partners
Culture France
CULTURESFRANCE is the agency of the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture and Communications responsible for international cultural exchanges. It works on a daily basis in collaboration with other French and foreign partners in the private and public sector, at city or regional level in France or Europe. Nearly 5000 professionals, authors and artists are supported through these initiatives each year in over 160 countries. Over 20 million people worldwide take part in or attend directly operations supported by Culturesfrance each year. At the heart of these exchanges and dialogues, Culturesfrance works to develop links between the world’s cultures. For more information : http://www.culturesfrance.com/welcome/in2.html.
Lorraine Region
Lorraine is one of the 26 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. With 44 billion euros, Lorraine generates 3.4% of France’s GDP, and ranks 8th out of the 26 regions of France. The logistics and service sectors have experienced the strongest growth in recent years. The President of the Lorraine region is Pierre Masseret. For more information : http://www.cr-lorraine.fr/jahia/Jahia/site/e-internet/ (in French only).
Moselle Department
Moselle is a department in the east of France named after the river Moselle and is part of the current region of Lorraine. It is surrounded by the French departments of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Bas-Rhin, as well as Germany (states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate) and Luxembourg in the north. The inhabitants of the department are called Mosellans in French. The population has remained relatively stable since World War II and now exceeds 1 million, located mostly in the urban area around Metz and along the river Moselle. A significant minority of inhabitants of the department (fewer than 100,000) speak a Germanic dialect known as platt lorrain or Lothringer Platt (see Lorraine Franconian). For more information : http://www.cg57.fr/Pages/default.aspx.
Metz Metropole
Metz Metropole gathers 40 municipalities and 230 000 inhabitants. It is today a territory of economic attractiveness (about 15,000 companies), of job creation (16% increase of the private employment over the last ten years), of international reputation thanks to ambitious project (the opening of the Centre Pompidou-Metz, the starting of the Eastern high speed train rail, etc.), of mobility (the METTIS project will revolutionize transportation in the area) and of valued natural environment (dense sports and cultural equipments,1 400 hectares of forest, more than 400km of walk trails). Also, Metz Metropole is an attractive university destination. The conglomeration actively supports numerous ambitious projects like the creation of the Université de Lorraine and the Lafayette Institute, platform of innovation and valuation of the research realized in partnership with Georgia Tech. For more information : http://www.metzmetropole.fr/site/index.php.
The City of Metz
Metz, is a city open to urban ecology, its heritage, its economic environment, the New Information and Communication Technologies and a dynamic cultural life. Finally, a Metz open to its European destiny, which it is building day after day with its immediate neighbours Luxembourg and Germany. In short, a city that is simply open to life itself.For more information : http://www.metz.fr/metz2/langues/english/index.php.
The City of Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in southwest France on the banks of the River Garonne. It is one of the bases of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, Galileo positioning system, the SPOT satellite system, and CNES’s Toulouse Space Centre (CST), the largest space centre in Europe. In March 2008, Pierre Cohen was elected Mayor. For more information : http://www.toulouse.fr (in French only).
InNaBioSanté
Conceived in 2005, the InNaBioSanté Research Foundation has been founded and state-approved (decree 05 May 2006) within the framework of a national plan to finance research and innovation. The Foundation’s vocation is to define, promote and finance cooperative actions aimed at developing research and industry within the health sector, focusing especially on the fight against cancer, by supporting actions from the highly innovative areas of : INfotechnology, NAnotechnology, BIOtechnology and SANTE (meaning HEALTH). For more information : http://www.innabiosante.fr
French-American partners
Alliance Française in Atlanta
A member-supported 501c3 non-profit organization, Alliance Française d’Atlanta is the French-American Cultural Center serving the Atlanta community as the premiere provider of French language and culture since 1912. They offer French language studies and cultural exchange programs promoting French culture representing France and 50 Francophone countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. They also provide French language classes for all levels and cultural programs in the form of art exhibits, lectures, concerts, movies, trips to French-speaking countries and more. They are committed to education and cultural outreach to communities in and around Atlanta and fostering cross-cultural understanding. For more information : www.afatl.com.
Association Ensemble
Association Ensemble gathers parents whose children are enrolled in the French Department of the Atlanta International School (AIS). This organization’s goal is to foster and develop the French section at AIS, promoting academic excellence, the French language as well as cultural and social activities. For further information, please contact Nicolas de Kerorguen at ensemble_ais@yahoo.com.
Atlanta-Accueil
Atlanta-Accueil is an organization gathering more than one hundred members of the French community in Metro Atlanta. Its goal is to welcome and help French citizens in their expatriate experience, especially newcomers. They organize many activities to help members of the French community discover the city and its surroundings, and also helps individuals and families having difficulties. To know more : www.atlanta-accueil.org.
Atlanta-Toulouse Sister Cities Committee
The Atlanta-Toulouse Sister Cities Committee operates under the umbrella of Sister Cities International. Atlanta began its official sister city relationship with Toulouse on December 17, 1974, when then Mayor Maynard Jackson signed a proclamation declaring Toulouse one of Atlanta’s official sister cities. ATSSC aims at promoting friendship and build personal and business relationships between the citizens of Toulouse, France, and Atlanta. For more information : www.sprawls.org/ATSCC/.
Ecole du Samedi
Ecole du Samedi is an organization offering French classes to children ages 3-12. Classes are available for native and non native speakers from September to May. For more information, consult Ecole du samedi’s Web site :.
Erai
Erai was created in France in 1987 on the initiative of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council. Their main mission is to help the companies of the Rhône-Alpes region to export and promote the local competences and know-how at an international level. Each year, Erai assists more than 1,000 Rhône-Alpes SME’s, provides 300 firms with personalized support through its agencies over the world, helps 200 firms to find international funding solutions and works closely with more than 22,000 business contacts worldwide. Its Atlanta office celebrated their 10 year anniversary in 2009,. For more information : www.erai.org/en/.
French-American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta
The French American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta is a bi-national, non-profit organization that seeks to contribute to the development and improvement of economic, commercial and financial relations between France and the Southeastern Untied States. They encourage sales of goods and services between both countries and promote better international understanding. They also provide information about the economy and business environments to French and American enterprises to help promote investment from commercial and industrial enterprises of each country in the other. They facilitate the interaction among members to foster advantageous economic, commercial and financial relationships between France and the United States of America. For more information : www.facc-atlanta.com.
French Heritage Society
French Heritage Society (FHS) was founded in 1982 to help preserve the architectural patrimony of France and the French legacy in America. It is an American non-profit organization that fulfills its mission in both countries by providing restoration grants, educational programs and exchanges, cultural travel opportunities, commemoration of events that have marked French-American history, and emergency intervention in response to natural disasters. For more information : www.frenchheritagesociety.org.
French Trade Commission – Ubifrance
The French Trade Commission - Ubifrance network in the United States (Atlanta, Chicago, New York, San Francisco) is divided into both geographic and economic domains. In this respect, the French Trade Commission – Ubifrance in Atlanta specializes in the service sector for the entire U.S. territory. There are also two experts, correspondents for the New York Mission, responsible for the South-eastern region, who specialize in the following industry sectors : “Consumer Goods” and “Food, Wines and Spirits”. The French Trade Commission – Ubifrance network assists companies wanting to export, settle in the United States, or develop commercial relationships on American soil, particularly in the Southeast region. For more information : www.ubifrance.fr.
French Senior Trade Advisors Association (Southeast region)
The French Foreign Trade Advisors or CCE’s are men and women chosen within the business community for their skills and work experience. Appointed for three years by a decree from the Prime Minister, they share their expertise on a voluntary basis by providing government with their recommendations, sponsoring small companies in their international expansion, and educating and informing young people about international trade careers. The Southeastern section has about a dozen members focusing their efforts in this region of the United States. For more information : http://ccefseus.host56.com.
Théâtre du Rêve
As Atlanta’s unique French-language theatre company, Le Théâtre du Rêve’s mission is to bring the language and cultures of the French-speaking world to life on the American stage. They strive to create a true dialogue between American and French-speaking artists. For more information : www.theatredureve.com.