Project Ownership Assistance (AMO) assignment for the feasibility study and structuring of a Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) value chain in the Centre- Val de Loire Region
Assignment carried out in partnership with Upperion and Shaman
360° Strategic Expertise for Organisations, Businesses and Innovation Ecosystems
About
Founded by Cristèle COUGET, HProjects supports companies, public and private organisations, and territories in designing, managing and facilitating their development and innovation projects.
HProjects operates across four core areas of expertise:
- Economic development and territorial innovation consulting: project ownership assistance (AMO), business development, economic studies (sectoral analysis, foresight, state-of-the-art reviews)
- Engineering and facilitation of complex innovation projects: national and international programmes, incubation programmes, challenges, calls for projects, and event organisation
- Organisation of “learning expeditions” and “soft-landing” operations to support the internationalisation of companies and organisations in France and abroad (Europe, United States, Canada)
- Interim management to support the structuring and transformation of non-profit organisations
Drawing on the extensive experience of its founder, HProjects benefits from privileged and qualified access to French territorial innovation ecosystems, as well as to national and international innovation networks.
Cristèle COUGET, Founder
Cristèle COUGET brings 29 years of experience in innovation ecosystem development, economic strategy, and the strategic design and delivery of complex projects. She advises organisations, public authorities and ecosystem stakeholders on structuring, governance and growth strategies. She also supports companies in their business development and international expansion (Europe, North and South America, Caribbean)
From 2012 to 2022, she served for 10 years as Managing Director of RETIS, the French innovation network. She also worked for three years as an in-house consultant for EBN (European Business and Innovation Network). She continues to provide these organisations with project ownership assistance (AMO), particularly in the implementation and facilitation of incubation programmes, as well as intelligence and monitoring systems.
Through these experiences, Cristèle COUGET has developed in-depth expertise in supporting innovative projects and has gained a close, field-level understanding of innovation ecosystems in France, across Europe, and internationally.
Cristèle COUGET also undertakes interim management assignments to support the set-up, structuring and development of non-profit organisations.
Consulting and Expertise in Economic Development and Innovation Ecosystem Strategy
- Strategic support for the design, structuring and activation of regional innovation ecosystems: technopoles, incubators, innovation hubs and clusters, accelerators
- Economic and ecosystem analysis: regional diagnostics, benchmarking, feasibility and opportunity studies
- Sector strategy and value chain development: structuring and facilitation of industry ecosystems
- Action-oriented executive training and capacity-building programmes: expertise transfer for organisations, public bodies and innovation professionals
- Design and implementation of strategic intelligence and monitoring systems
Strategic Design and Delivery of Complex Innovation Projects
- Project development and preparation of funding applications: France 2030 calls for expressions of interest (AMI), European programmes (Horizon Europe, Interreg, Creative Europe)
- Coordination and facilitation of complex projects: national award-winning projects and European-funded projects
- Design and facilitation of national and international programmes dedicated to innovative entrepreneurship: challenges, hackathons, open innovation programmes, pilot and experimentation schemes
- Organisation of innovation-focused events: investor forums, congresses, conferences and seminars
Internationalisation
- Design and facilitation of international startup support programmes (acceleration programmes, soft-landing initiatives)
- Development and facilitation of programmes and partnerships between international territorial ecosystems
- Study visits and learning expeditions
- European projects
Strategic Transition Leadership
- Executive leadership and management during key organisational transitions of non-profit organisations:
- Governance structuring
- Strategic repositioning, and financial oversight (budget forecasting, cash-flow management)
- Management: recruitment and team structuring
- Preparation and monitoring of grant applications, supervision of funding schemes and public-private partnerships
- Governance facilitation: including organisation and facilitation of statutory bodies and decision-making instances (Board of Directors, General Assembly, executive committees)
- Organisational development and capacity building: implementation of development and attractiveness programmes, team training, and strengthening of internal processes
- Set-up and structuring of non-profit organisations
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