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焦点提醒:巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会、法国开辟署,与法国ESSEC高档商学院和罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局签定四年合作火伴关系新和谈,配合撑持巴黎高科农业学院“苏伊士全平易近用水保障”教研中间AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ, the French Development Agency sign a new 4-year partnership for the AgroParisTech "SUEZ - Water for All 巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会、法国开辟署,与法国ESSEC高档商学院 和罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局签定四年合作火伴关系新和谈, 配合撑持巴黎高科农业学院“苏伊士全平易近用水保障”教研中间 · 自2009年以来,来自四年夜洲55个国度的300名治理人员和办事主管接管了水务和情况卫生办事计谋治理专题的培训。 · 这个将教培与科研年夜面积连系的项目获结合国科教文组织的授牌,用以表扬其展开的研究和培训工作,以应对保障全平易近享有优良水务和情况卫生办事的挑战。 巴黎高科农业学院(AgroParisTech)、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会与法国开辟署、法国ESSEC高档商学院和罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局,许诺成立为期四年的世界一流合作火伴关系,以应对新兴国度面对的天气和城镇化挑战,马上建立可延续情况。经与塞内加尔的达喀尔年夜学高档理工学院(UCAD-ESP)和加纳的夸梅·恩克鲁玛科技年夜学(KNUST)两所非洲高档院校签定和谈,上述学术合作火伴关系获得进一步强大。相干教育和科研项目将在巴黎高科农业学院的水研究中间和结合国科教文组织的国际中间展开一系列强化培训课程,包罗展开长途讲授(线上进修)。 在为全平易近供给优良的水务和情况卫生办事的同时,确保水资本的可延续治理,是公共和私营办事运营商的庞大挑战,这在成长中国度特别凸起。在2008年设立的巴黎高科农业学院“苏伊士全平易近用水保障”教研中间是一个怪异的培训和研究中间。该中间现已为成长中国度培训了近300名情况卫生办事治理人员和营业主管。它表现了苏伊士与巴黎高科农业学院努力在增强这类办事治理人员和营业主管的营业素养,为结合国的可延续成长方针做出进献。 跟着城市化和蔼候变暖加快,巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会和法国开辟署将延续其合作火伴关系,成立一个世界一流的中间以供给水务和情况卫生办事的计谋治理培训,面向中层和高级治理人员,和担负治理职务的运营或本能机能部分司理。此次与欧洲领先的治理培训机构——法国ESSEC高档商学院成立的新学术合作火伴关系,旨在经由过程培训和研究勾当,撑持并鞭策人类社会的生态和社会转型。这将有助在在计谋和项目治理方面丰硕相关以功效和办事为导向的教育勾当。 巴黎高科农业学院水研究中间教研中间 巴黎高科农业学院水研究中间充实依托蒙彼利埃年夜学的研究生态系统,并获得了区域内多所高校的撑持。其地点的巴黎高科农业学院是蒙彼利埃水资本与情况研究所,和结合国教科文组织部属的水资本系统动力学国际跨学科研究中间的成员单元,也是蒙彼利埃年夜学出色研究同盟(MUSE i-Site)倡议的“蒙彼利埃年夜学出色研究重点项目之水务倡议”(KIM WATERS)的撑持单元。蒙彼利埃市也是法国水务团队合作力集群的地点地,并正在增强与水务部分专业人士的联系。该教研中间能够说是“出色中间的焦点机构”。 教研中间将从2021年起开设线上����Ϸapp培训课程,巩固其在海外展开的教培勾当,增强其国际影响力。教研中间供给以下办事内容: · 就供水和情况卫生企业的分歧本能机能部分和公司所面对的挑战(根本举措措施的运营、客户关系治理、人力资本治理、资产治理、本钱节制、财政等)展开培训,帮忙治理人员提高营业阐发能力、制订中持久方针、建立相干步履打算并展开平常治理等; · 针对平常治理问题的培训: 计谋治理和计划、按本能机能部分、机构关系、与好处相干方的关系等规定职责规模并调和步履打算; · 项目治理培训:规模规定、项目运转监视、步履打算的设想、治理和审批、方式和东西、毛病排查等; · 国际培训课程:为水务部分的好处相干方举行当地培训课程(特别长短洲和亚洲国度)。 “全平易近用水保障”国际行政治理硕士OpT 课程,由教研中间组织展开并获得巴黎高科农业学院的撑持,取得法国年夜黉舍结合会(CGE)的认证,并已在法国国度职业资历认证目次(RNCP)中注册。 罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局为法国环保手下属的努力在庇护法国国内水资本的公共机构。水务局作为教研中间的合作火伴,供给配套教育资金,作为国际干涉干与政策之一,提高水务和情况卫生办事举措措施的普和度。 教研中间在成长中国度展开培训,面向国际治理学院或位在非洲或亚洲的出色中间,增强高档教育和研究方面的常识教授,以落实区域化培训的计谋,并增强成长中国度合作培训组织的能力扶植。 为项目运营同事和研究人员供给交换的平台 教研中间旨在经由过程完美办事治理,特别是针对经济、政治、机制、治理状态和管理框架的相干阐发,撑持增进饮用水和情况办事普和度的各类研究项目。研究纲领按照法国科学委员会(科学委员会的成员均为各研究范畴内的出名专家)的建议订定。教研中间作为水务和情况办事营业治理人员和研究人员交换的平台,旨在增进常识的前进和分享。教研中间每两年还组织一次国际学术钻研会。 苏伊士团体首席履行官兼苏伊士基金会主席康宇暗示:“苏伊士和苏伊士基金会很侥幸可以或许继续帮助巴黎高科农业学院‘苏伊士全平易近用水保障’教研中间的工作展开。我们的办事对糊口质量、健康和经济成长相当主要。朝着马上步履、共建可延续情况的方针,增强对水务和情况办事的常识输入必不成少。我们帮助的教研中间将经由过程高质量、国际化的培训,为成长中国度的水务和情况办事从业者供给一个教授常识和提高技术的平台。” 巴黎高科农业学院院长Gilles Trystram暗示:“全球水资本的庇护、输配和水务办事是一项主要课题。巴黎高科农业学院为可以或许继续实行曩昔几年来在全球展开的教育项目而深感高傲。我们与法国ESSEC高档商学院、苏伊士和法国开辟署成立的合作火伴关系是积极的、高度开放的、且可以或许阐扬各方的劣势。巴黎高科农业学院‘苏伊士全平易近用水保障’教研中间已获得必然的国际出名度。我们将再接再砺,并期望经由过程该教研中间获得的经验推行至学院针对水务营业展开的其他教育项目中。” 法国开辟署署长Rémy Rioux暗示:“我很欣喜见证法国开辟署继续撑持结合国可延续成长方针(SDG)六提出的关在洁净用水和情况办事举措措施的相干工作展开。在与巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士和苏伊士基金会的合作框架下,法国开辟署每一年在水务和情况办事范畴投入跨越10亿欧元用以提高数百万公众的福祉,他们中年夜大都来自在非洲。经由过程这一合作项目,行业好处相干方可在调集了普遍教育资本的教研中间获得相干培训,而该范畴的工作又与优良教育资本的获得、可延续城镇化和社区成长、性别同等等其他多项可延续成长方针紧密亲密联系关系。这类对人力本钱的投入,是我们确保水务和情况办事治理事业投资获得高绩效性和可延续性的主要构成部门。” 法国ESSEC高档商学院院长Vincenzo Vinzi暗示:“在情况危机是人类面对的第一年夜挑战的时期,确保可延续获得水资本等情况根基要素是我们亟待处理的问题。ESSEC高档商学院、巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会和法国开辟署构成的多方合作火伴关系表现了我们配合的欲望,即经由过程展开培训和研究工作,经由过程实行统筹所有相干方好处和地舆区域多样性的高瞻远瞩计谋,倡议一场深入的改革,以增进并影响人类社会的生态和社会转型。” 罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局局长Laurent Roy暗示:“在法国《OUDIN-SANTINI法》的束缚内,六家水务机构将为其流域地点本地当局制订的水、情况办事和健康办事普和度的区域性合作项目供给资金撑持。如巴黎高科农业学院‘苏伊士全平易近用水保障’教研中间倡议的,对正在开辟区域性合作项目标国度,提高水务手艺人员和项目师的技术程度可为水务办事和资本的可延续治理缔造机遇。面临天气转变的挑战,水务治理人员需采纳矫捷度高的策略,特别是在装备资产的治理、管网的防渗漏办法、污水处置后的无害排放与资本回用等方面。” 教研中间自成立以来展开的工作(2009年至2020年): · 完成了13期“全平易近用水保障”国际行政治理硕士OpT 课程培训(7期为法语班;6期为英语班); · 来自四年夜洲55个国度的243论理学员接管了国际行政治理硕士培训,并取得“市政供水和情况办事司理人”资历证书; · 来自亚洲和非洲的100多家水务和情况办事公司和机构延续推举其治理人员攻读国际行政治理硕士项目; · 加入每期培训班的有50多名讲师、水务和情况部分的专业人士、30名摆布的专业导师,此中约20人来自苏伊士; · 来自20个非洲和亚洲国度的48名总司理完成了计谋治理的培训。 苏伊士基金会 苏伊士基金会在成长中国度撑持为弱势群体延续改良根本办事(水务、情况办事和烧毁物治理)普和性的一系列实务工作。基金会也在法国国内经由过程就业增进和培训项目向弱势群体供给帮忙。自创建以来,苏伊士基金会每一年投入300到400万欧元预算,连系团体内的专家资本供给手艺撑持。 苏伊士 苏伊士团体自19世纪末以来,不竭堆集专业常识,经由过程庇护健康并撑持经济增加,助力人们延续提高糊口质量。苏伊士和旗下90,000名员工遍及全球五年夜洲,努力在庇护和修复我们的天然情况要素:水、泥土和空气。在水务治理、固废收受接管再造、泥土修复和空气管理等方面,苏伊士供给富有弹性的立异型处理方案,经由过程“聪明”城市优化市政和各行业的资本治理,晋升其情况和经济效益。团体向6,400人供给情况办事,出产饮用水71亿立方米。苏伊士还为经济成长做出了积极进献,每一年间接或间接缔造了20多万个就业岗亭,作为新资本的供给者,出产了420万吨再生原料。团体的方针是在2030年条件供100%的可延续处理方案,为我们的情况、健康和蔼候带来积极影响。苏伊士团体2020年的总收入达172亿欧元。 巴黎高科农业学院 巴黎高科农业学院是受法国农业部和高档教育部监管的生命科学和情况财产研究院校。作为高档教育和研究范畴的一所全球重点出名院校,巴黎高科农业学院努力在应对二十一世纪的严重挑战:经由过程可延续的地盘资本治理、天然资本的庇护、立异驱动和生物经济学研究,为全人类做出进献。 学院藉由科研和对接的高档教育组织间的关系,经由过程与法国和国外各年夜院校合办的项目类课程、硕士和博士项目,和在“巴黎高科农业学院行政治理培训”教育品牌下持久展开的一系列专业教育类项目,为生命科学和情况范畴培育行政治理人员、项目师、博士生和治理人材。 巴黎高科农业学院在法国各地设有10个中间和校区(此中4个在巴黎焦点区),下设5个培训和研究部分、22家结合研究单元、1家研究和开辟单元、1处尝试农场、2个手艺中间和多个被称为InnLabs的第三方开放式平台。学院共有2300多论理学生,此中13%为博士生。学院的讲授研究人员为250名。 巴黎高科农业学院是巴黎萨克雷年夜学的开创成员院校之一,也是巴黎高科(ParisTech)系统的成员和法国农业、食物、动物健康与情况研究结合体(Agreenium)的成员。 法国开辟署 法国开辟署担任落实法国的国度成长和国际合作政策。法国开辟署经由过程资金撑持等办法,加速实现世界成长分歧性与韧性。法国开辟署联袂合作火伴,与成长中国度人平易近一路制造处理方案。法国开辟署的团队在法国本土、海外法属地域和115个国度和地域展开了4000多个项目,努力在增进天气转变、生物多样性、和平、性别同等、教育和健康等范畴的配合好处,并藉此表现法国和法国人平易近对可延续成长方针的许诺与进献。 法国ESSEC高档商学院 法国ESSEC高档商学院创建在1907年,是全球治理范畴的出名教育机构,具有EQUIS、AACSB和AMBA认证“三冠王”的称号。ESSEC高档商学院具有7,060名本科生,供给全方位的治理课程,并与世界一流年夜学成立了合作关系。黉舍研究生范围为62,000名,在法国和新加坡聘请有142名全职传授,包罗19名因其研究质量和影响力而遭到承认的名望传授。ESSEC高档商学院享有出色的学术保守,秉持为经济和社会勾当供给立异办事的开放精力。2005年,ESSEC在新加坡设立了具有计谋意义的亚洲校区,即ESSEC亚太校区。该校区的开设有益在学院将其专业常识教授到快速扩大的亚洲区域,从而更多地介入亚洲的成长。2016年,ESSEC在摩洛哥首都拉巴特设立了新的ESSEC非洲校区。ESSEC的国际化成长为其学生和教职人员展开研究并领会世界各地的经济成长态势供给了便当。 罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局 - www.eaurmc.fr | www.sauvonsleau.fr 罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局是受法国情况部监管的国度公共机构,其任务为修复水资本和水生情况使其连结健康状况。按照“谁污染谁付费”的准绳,水务局按照用水客户的用水量和排污量收取相干费用。这些客户包罗家庭、本地当局、工业企业、农场主等。搜集到的金钱被从头用在本地当局、工业企业、农场主和行业协会改良水和情况质量的工作,如完美情况办事系统、削减无害物资的污染、节俭和同享水资本、恢复因分散性污染(杀虫剂和硝酸盐)而酿成的集水区水质的退化、庇护计谋性饮用水水源、修复河道、海洋、退化或濒危湿地的生态功能等...... 水务局在《2019年至2024年治理打算》框架内采纳步履。该打算列了然六年期的首要工作重点。水务局的年度支援预算约为4.4亿欧元,员工数目为330名。 AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ, the French Development Agency sign a new 4-year partnership for the AgroParisTech "SUEZ - Water for All" Chair, along with ESSEC Business School and the Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency · Since 2009, 300 managers and directors of services trained in strategic management for water and sanitation services from 55 countries on four continents · An extensive pedagogical and scientific partnership, awarded the UNESCO label for its work, research and training, responding to the challenge of access to quality water and sanitation for all AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ with the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement) and ESSEC Business School, in association with the Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse, have committed to establishing a world-class four-year partnership Chair to address the climate and urban challenges faced by emerging countries and to start building a sustainable environment now. The academic partnership has been expanded with the establishment of agreements with two African institutions (UCAD-ESP in Senegal and KNUST in Ghana). This educational and scientific project, run within AgroParisTech’s Water Centre and the UNESCO International Centre, offers an enhanced range of training courses, including the development of distance learning (“e-learning”) approaches. Providing access to quality water and sanitation for all, while ensuring the sustainable management of water resources, is a considerable challenge for public and private service operators, especially in developing countries. The AgroParisTech SUEZ-Eau pour Tous Chair, created in 2008, is a unique training and research centre that has already trained nearly 300 managers and executives of water and sanitation services in developing countries. It is a manifestation of SUEZ and AgroParisTech’s commitment to contribute to strengthening the skills of the managers and executives who run these services and thus participate in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN. As the pace of urbanisation and climate change continues to accelerate, AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ and AFD are maintaining their partnership to build a world-class centre to provide training in strategic management of water and sanitation utilities, aimed at senior executives and general management teams, senior managers who are about to take up these positions and operational or functional managers in management roles. A new academic partnership with ESSEC– a leading management training institution in Europe– with the goal of supporting and influencing ecological and social transition in our societies through training and research, will contribute to enriching the results- and service-oriented education initiative on strategic and project management. A Chair within the AgroParisTech Water Centre Firmly rooted in Montpellier’s university research ecosystem, this centre is supported by a regional university dynamic. AgroParisTech is a member of the Montpellier Institute for Water and the Environment, the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into the dynamics of water systems under the auspices of UNESCO, and a supporter of the KIM WATERS initiative at the Montpellier University of Excellence (MUSE) i-Site. Montpellier is also home to the France Water Team competitiveness cluster, and is strengthening its links with professionals in the water sector. The Chair is at the heart of this centre of excellence. The Chair’s training courses may be introduced on a remote learning basis starting in 2021, consolidating its actions abroad in order to strengthen its international influence. The Chair offers: · training on the various different functions of a water and sanitation utility, its overall challenges (infrastructure operation, customer management, human resources management, asset management, cost control, finance, etc.), to enable managers to make diagnoses, set medium- and long-term targets, construct related action plans and manage them; · training on general management issues: strategic management and planning, scoping and coordination of action plans by function, institutional relations, relations with stakeholders; · training on project management: scoping, operational diagnosis, design of an action plan, management, approval, methodologies and tools, problem solving; · international training courses for water stakeholders in situ (particularly in Africa and Asia). The “Water for All” International Executive Master OpT course offered by the Chair and supported by AgroParisTech is accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles and registered in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles directory. The Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse, a public institution of the French Ministry of the Environment dedicated to the preservation of water in France, partners with the Chair by financing educational grants as part of its international intervention policy for access to water and sanitation. The Chair promotes training in the Global South, for the improved transfer of know-how to international management schools or African or Asian centres of excellence, in higher education and research, in order to establish a strategy of decentralised training and building the capacity of partner training organisations in the Global South. A forum for operational staff and researchers The Chair supports research programmes aimed at promoting access to drinking water and sanitation through the improvement of service management, in particular through the analysis of economic, political, institutional and managerial conditions, and through the analysis of the governance framework. Research initiatives are drawn up in response to proposals from the Scientific Council, whose members are well-known figures in the research field. The Chair aims to promote the advancement and sharing of knowledge by acting as a forum for water and sanitation managers and researchers. Every two years, it organises scientific meetings for an international audience. Bertrand Camus, Chief Executive Officer of the SUEZ Group and Fondation Chairman: “SUEZ and the Fondation SUEZ are proud to renew their commitment to the AgroParisTech Suez-Water for All Chair. Our services are essential for quality of life, health and economic development. Education in the water and sanitation sector is of vital importance if we are to shape a sustainable environment– a process which starts now. The Chair will provide a means of sharing and strengthening skills for services in developing countries, with quality training and international scope.” Gilles Trystram, AgroParisTech Chief Executive Officer: “The worldwide issue of water, its distribution and associated services is a key one, and AgroParisTech is proud to be continuing the training activities that have been underway for several years now on an international scale. The partnership with ESSEC, SUEZ and AFD is dynamic, is based on a very open framework, and combines complementary skills. The AgroParisTech SUEZ-Water for All Chair has achieved a certain worldwide profile, and it is our goal to develop it further as well as to spread the advances obtained via this Chair to the other AgroParisTech training courses in the water sector.” Rémy Rioux, Agence Française de Développement Chief Executive Officer: “I am delighted that AFD is continuing to support the 6th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on access to clean water and sanitation – an area in which it invests over a billion euros a year for the benefit of several million people, particularly in Africa – within the framework of a partnership with AgroParisTech, SUEZ, and the Fondation SUEZ. This collaboration will allow stakeholders in this sector to train in a Chair with an extensive range of educational offerings, in a field that ties together numerous SDGs relating to access to quality education, sustainable towns and communities or gender equality. This investment in human capital is an essential part of ensuring the performance and sustainability of the funding we provide to water and sanitation management.” Vincenzo Vinzi, ESSEC Business School General Director: “At a time when environmental crises are humanity’s number one challenge, sustainable access to the fundamental resource of water is an issue we urgently need to address. This partnership between ESSEC, AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ and the Agence Française de Développement is proof of the collective desire to initiate a profound change to support and influence the ecological and social transition of our societies through training and research, by implementing an ambitious strategy that takes account of the diverse nature of stakeholders and geographical areas.” Laurent Roy, General Director of the Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency: "The 6 water agencies contribute, within the framework of the OUDIN-SANTINI law, to the financing of decentralized cooperation programs dealing with access to water, sanitation and hygiene, drawn up by the local authorities of their basin. In countries where decentralized cooperation programs are being developed, strengthening the skills of water technicians and engineers, as proposed by the AgroParisTech SUEZ Chair, offers the opportunity to develop the sustainable management of water services and resources. In the face of climate change, adaptation strategies must be proposed by water managers, in particular the management of equipment assets, the fight against leaks, and the sanitation and reuse of treated wastewater as alternative resources to be developed.” The Chair since its creation (2009 to 2020) · 13 cohorts of the MS OpT - International Executive Master "Water for All" (7 French and 6 English speaking); · 243 students trained in the International Executive Master for the title of "Manager of Urban Water and Sanitation Services" from 55 countries on 4 continents; · More than 100 water and sanitation companies and institutions from Asia and Africa renew the registration of their managers in the International Executive Master; · More than 50 lecturers, professionals from the water and sanitation sectors, and some 30 coaches per class, including some 20 SUEZ employees; · 48 General Managers from 20 countries in Africa and Asia trained in Strategic Management About the Fondation SUEZ The Fondation SUEZ supports practical initiatives for the sustainable improvement of access to essential services (water, sanitation and waste management) among disadvantaged groups of people in emerging countries and, in France, for the promotion the integration of vulnerable people through employment and training initiatives. With an annual budget of €3-4m since its creation, the Fondation SUEZ participates in the projects it supports through skills patronage with the Group’s experts. SUEZ: Leveraging the expertise it has acquired since the end of the 19th century, SUEZ helps people to continually improve their quality of life by protecting their health and supporting economic development. Operating globally, the Group and its 90,000-strong workforce preserve the key elements of our environment – water, land and air – by providing innovative and resilient solutions in water management, waste recovery, soil decontamination and air processing that enable local authorities and industries to optimise the management of their resources, such as smart cities, and to improve their environmental and economic performances. The group provides sanitation services to 64 million residents, produces 7.1 billion m3 of drinking water, contributes to economic development by creating over 200,000 direct and indirect jobs per year and helps to create new resources with 4.2 million tonnes of secondary raw materials produced. At the end of its strategic plan, the Group’s aim is to achieve fully sustainable solutions that have a positive impact on the environment, health and the climate. In 2020, SUEZ generated revenue of €17.2 billion. AgroParisTech is the institute for life science and environmental industries, under the supervision of France’s ministries of agriculture and higher education. A player in higher education and research, this key flagship international institution addresses the major challenges of the 21st century: feeding people by managing land sustainably, preserving natural resources, promoting innovation and making use of the bioeconomy. The institution trains executives, engineers, doctors and managers in the fields of life science and the environment, based on research and its links to the professional world, through its engineering curriculum, master’s programme and doctoral programme in partnership with major French and foreign universities, as well as a range of ongoing professional education initiatives under the “AgroParisTech Executive” brand. AgroParisTech consists of 10 centres and campuses across France (including 4 in the Ile-de-France region), 5 training and research departments, 22 joint research units, a research and development unit, 1 experimental farm, 2 technology centres, and open third places known as “InnLabs”. It has more than 2,300 students, 13% of whom are doctoral candidates, and 250 teacher-researchers. AgroParisTech is a founding member of the Université Paris-Saclay, a member of the ParisTech network and an Agreenium member. AFD: The Agence française de développement (AFD) group implements France’s development and international solidarity policy. It finances, supports and accelerates transitions towards a more consistent and resilient world. AFD builds shared solutions with its partners, with and for the populations of the Global South. AFD’s teams are involved in more than 4,000 projects in the field, in Overseas France, in 115 countries and in territories in crisis, promoting the common interest in areas such as climate, biodiversity, peace, gender equality, education and health. AFD is thus contributing to France and its people’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. ESSEC, founded in 1907, is a major player in management education on the world stage, holding the “Triple Crown” of EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA accreditations. With 7,060 undergraduate students, a wide range of management programmes, partnerships with the world’s leading universities, a network of 62,000 graduates, and a faculty of 142 permanent professors in France and Singapore– including 19 emeritus professors recognised for the quality and influence of their research– ESSEC maintains a tradition of academic excellence and cultivates a spirit of openness in the service of economic and social activities and innovation. In 2005, ESSEC opened a campus in Asia, ESSEC Asia-Pacific, strategically located in Singapore. This campus represents an opportunity for ESSEC to participate in the growth of Asia and to bring its expertise to this rapidly expanding region. In 2016, ESSEC opened a new ESSEC Africa campus in Rabat, Morocco. ESSEC’s international expansion enables its students and faculty members to study and understand the economic forces at work in different regions of the world. The Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency - www.eaurmc.fr | www.sauvonsleau.fr The water agency is a public establishment of the State under the supervision of the Ministry of the Environment, whose mission is to restore the good status of water and aquatic environments. In application of the polluter-pays principle, it collects tax charges paid by all users: households, local authorities, industrials, farmers, according to the volumes they withdraw and the pollution they discharge. The money collected is reinvested in local authorities, industrials, farmers and associations that are working to improve the quality of water and the environment: improving sanitation systems, reducing pollution by toxic substances, saving and sharing water, restoring the quality of water in catchments degraded by diffuse pollution (pesticides and nitrates), preserving strategic resources for drinking water, restoring the natural functioning of rivers, marine environments and degraded or threatened wetlands... The water agency acts within the framework of an intervention program 2019-2024 which sets the main priorities for action for 6 years. The agency has an annual aid capacity of about 440 M€ and employs 330 people.