Curriculum vitae of Marie Launay Executive director Euro Project Consult Formation : MA Geography and Regional Planning University of Rennes II, 1998 D.E.S.S Local development, space planning and landscape dynamics University François Rabelais of Tours, 1996 Marie is an expert in space planning and local development strategies. Since 1997, Marie has developed and managed sustainable development European projects, notably in the fields of transport, energy, environment and regional development. First established as independent, Marie has developed suitable assistance to local authorities and other sustainable development stakeholders in France. She worked in an association of elected representatives, in charge of the development of European cooperation, with numerous successful projects, notably in CIVITAS (clean urban transport and sustainable mobility), CONCERTO (energy efficiency integration and renewable energies) and INTERREG IV Atlantic Area. She joined the british consultancy Transport & Travel Research in November 2004, in charge of CIVITAS II SUCCESS project coordination for the Communauté d Agglomération of La Rochelle (FR), with Preston (RU) and Ploiesti (RO). She was also in charge of INTERREG IIIB PARTNER project developing the access to trans-european transports networks and in the establishment of a TTR office in France. There, she supervised the European projects MIDAS (IEE), PASDEL (LEONARDO) and PRACTISE (Promoting Reproducible Actions in the Communities To Improve Sustainable Energy); she also assisted several local authorities for CIVITAS, and CONCERTO proposal building and more recently Countries and local council communities for soft mobility and demand responsive transport. Marie created the Euro Project Consult Company in October 2008 which has an important success rate in getting European financing toward French and European local authorities. She notably worked with the regions of Brittany, Lower and Upper Normandy, Seine Maritime County Council (INTERREG IVB Start) and supervised the preparation of the INTERREG IV B SITE project led by Nantes Métropole. Since the project selection, EPC is in charge of day-to-day project management, partnership monitoring and
dissemination strategy implementation. Now, Marie is starting - as part of the CAPITAL SSA project - a new Era for the CIVINETs, National City networks of CIVITAS that she created and managed for several years with the competency of facilitating and making effective the transfer of know-how between peers. In her previous positions, Marie acquired a huge experience in partnership organisation, Europeans politics, territorial diagnosis and strategic development (space planning and socio-economy), socio-economic evaluation of environmental programmes, information and consultation of stakeholders and users. Marie has been assisting the Pays de la Loire Region in the management of its partnership Destineo and is coordinating the work of various actors from different cultures in a lot of research and network projects. Marie is used to work in France and in Europe with different actors including local authorities, governmental agencies, associations and private companies. She also conducted on site evaluation and developed information and consultation tools for sustainable development stakeholders. MAIN SKILLS Project management and international relations Institutional communication, workshops organisation for elected representatives and technicians Planning and socio-economics studies ; socio-economical evaluation of environmental politics Stakeholders consultations and users needs definition Monitoring and information performance, sustainable development tools Trilingual: French, English, Spanish POSITIONS HELDS Since October 2008 Executive director of Euro Project Consult (EPC), Nantes, FR Nov 2004 Oct. 2008 Regional director, Transport & Travel Research Ltd France, Nantes, FR Aug 2004 Oct. 2004 SUCCESS Project Manager, Communauté d Agglomération de La Rochelle, FR June 2003 July 2004 Responsible of European projects, Association Les Eco Maires, Paris, FR Sept Oct. 2002 Socio-economist (Bretagne Eau Pure II evaluation), Idea Recherche, Rennes, FR 2002 2004 Independent socio-economist for Saint-Rémy-du-Plain and Guignen (performance contracts), FR April 1999 Mar 2002 Independent consultant in Sustainable Development and European Cooperation, Nantes et Rennes, FR
Jan 1997 Jan 1998 Consultant Project Thermie (Database of Community Funding), C.E.E.E.T.A (Centre for the Energy, the Economy and the Environment, PT), Brussels Office) ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSABILITIES April May 2015: EU funding opportunities identification for specific projects in the field of social economy Jan April 2015: Coordination of the setting up of a CIVITAS 2020 proposal (under H2020 stage1) for Copenhagen and Agglomération côte basque Adour Oct 2014 May 2015: Coordination of the setting up of a CIVITAS 2020 proposal for Aalborg Kommune Aug 2014 April 2015: Coordination of the setting up of a CIVITAS 2020 proposal (under H2020 stage1) for the leader Horarios do Funchal (Madeira) and other European partners Sept 2014: Benchmark of European Union programmes financing hydrogen technology development for Rouen Métropole March April 2014: Assistance to SEMITAN (project management assistance) for Agadir's project of public transport lines with dedicated routes. Since Jan 2014: In charge of Traffic Snake Game project: Campaign promotion on national level Since Dec 2013: Destineo (Pays de la Loire's journey planner) partnership coordination, Since Oct 2013: Business development in Spain Since September 2013: CIVINETs Project Manager as part of the 7 th FP SSA CAPITAL Project running until August 2016 Since July 2013: Management and monitoring of SITE project s communication activity (INTERREG IVB Atlantic Area) in thin liaison with each of the 9 European partners. April to June 2013: Coordination of the setting up of a LIFE + SMS proposal for French and Polish partners (partnership coordination, data collection (technical and administrative), setting up of the complete proposal, budget balance). April to June 2013: Coordination of the setting up of a LIFE + CLARET proposal for French, English and Spanish partners (partnership coordination, data collection (technical and administrative), setting up the complete proposal, budget balance). Jan 2013 May 2013: Coordination of the setting up of a EIE proposal On the Go for French, Spanish, Italian, Irish and Dutch partners (partnership coordination, data collection, setting up the proposal, meetings )
June to Sept 2012: Coordination of the setting up of a LIFE + proposal for French and Spanish partners (partnership coordination, presentation with the lead partner to technical assistance in June 2012) Since March 2012: Assistance to the 9 partners of the INTERREG IVB Atlantic Area SITE Project, for day to day management of the project (partnership coordination, creation of management tools, progress reports ) Jan 2012 May 2012: Coordination of the setting up of a EIE proposal for French, Spanish, Italian, Irish and Dutch partners (partnership coordination, data collection, setting up the proposal, meetings ) Project Assistance, with MT3 company, to the Pays de la Loire Region for the renewal and the exploitation of their regional journey planner Destineo (Partnership coordination) Dec 2011 Presentation to Pays des Vallons de Vilaine of the range of European funding able to finance the main actions they implement on their territory. 2009 2011: Dissemination strategies itemisation of INTERREG IVB Atlantic Area START (Seamless Travel across the Atlantic Area using Sustainable Transport) project s results; within which, communication elements, and coordination of the network activities to promote a territorial accessibility policy through public transport in the Atlantic Area regions (www.startproject.eu). Organisation of the final event (Forum Transnational), in Lisboan October 2011. CiViNET project development and implementation, national networks for experiences sharing in the field of sustainable urban mobility (CIVITAS) 2008-2013. In France, secretariat and network management of the CIVINET Francophone network (local authorities of Nantes, Toulouse, Lille, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Poitiers, Rennes, Clermont-Ferrand), workshops and training seminars organisation. Communauté d Agglomération of Grand Cahors, Pays des Vallons de Vilaine, Kaunas Municipality (LIT), Ministry of Communication and Works (CYPR) : SMOOTH proposal (DG Tren Grants for urban mobility, 2009) assistance in the project definition, partnership setting-up and submission, March 2009. Once selected, negotiations with European Commission, July- Nov 2009, then assistance to the project Leader in the project coordination and to the partners in charge of dissemination and evaluation. September 2010 - Seine-Maritime County Council: Assistance in training workshops organisation - INTERREG IVC SuPorts project June 2009 Sept 2010 - Ille-et-Vilaine County Council: assistance to the development and the setting up of a LIFE + proposal for the integrated waste management. Aalborg city (DK) after Iasi city (RO): assistance to the Dissemination Manager of CIVITAS + ARCHIMEDES project (2008-2012). Dissemination plan and results uptake.
January 2009 - Organisation of the final CIVITAS II conference in Toulouse (FR) Assistance to the city of Ploiesti (RO) in the setting up of a local energy agency co-funded by the SAVE program: proposal preparation, networking. Proposal selected and launched January 2008 for 3 years. Feb Jun 2007 - Assistance to several Civitas Plus proposals (EC DG TREN) (FP7) 2003 2009 European Commission and Communauté d Agglomération de La Rochelle, FR CIVITAS-SUCCESS (Smaller Urban Communities in CIVITAS for Environmentally Sustainable Solutions, assistance in the proposal preparation under the DG TREN (FP6) European Program CIVITAS II, negotiation with the EC in 2004, assistance to the project leader in 2005 and then Project Manager. Mar 2005 Dec 2008 - European Commission and Syndicat Mixte des Transports Clermontois (SMTC), MIDAS project (Measures to Influence transport Demand to Achieve Sustainability), IEE programme: setting up of the proposal and project management from January 2006 to December 2008. Nov 2004 May 2012, Merseytravel, passengers transport authority of Merseyside (Liverpool, UK) Counselling and assistance in the setting up of proposals and project dissemination. 2005 2006, General Council of Ille-et-Vilaine, Rennes, FR, assistance to the setting-up of a proposal under the Intelligent Energy for Europe Programme: PRACTISE (Promoting Reproducible Actions in the Communities To Improve Sustainable Energy) Project, gathering local authorities of Alessandria (IT), Ille-et-Vilaine (FR), A Coruña (SP) and Ploiesti (RO). Supervision of the project manager until December 2009. Sept-Dec 2006 - Association for the industrial and economic development of the Centre Region (ADIMAC), FR: - Benchmarking of the European programmes funding eco-businesses development, and demonstration of European regions which developed eco-enterprises channels 2005 2006, Academy of sustainable and human development (FR, Paris), LEONARDO programme; Project PASDEL (develop e-learning modules to sustainable development). Benchmarking of European Programmes funding, assistance to the settingup of the project. Communauté d Agglomération of La Rochelle (FR) & Merseytravel (RU) Project PARTNER CE-INTERREG IIIB, Trans-European Networks accessibility for local and regional transport networks: preparation of the proposal from September 2003 to June 2004; assistance to the dissemination and to French partners coordination from November 2004 to October 2007; Organisation of a Trans-national Forum in Porto in October 2006, on sustainable access of Atlantic Arc regions. 2003 to 2004, Association Les Eco Maires, Paris, FR European activities for Sustainable Development
2002 to 2004, Socio-economic evaluation of the Bretagne Eau Pure program, Cabinet Idea-Recherche, 1999 to 2000, Lumiplan SA, FR EC-DGRESEARCH INFOPOLIS II and JUPITER II projects, support in management and evaluation 1997 to 1998, CEEETA, Lisboa, PT - EC-DGTREN FIRE project (Inventory of EU financial instruments to support, particularly or widely, initiatives for energy efficiency and promotion of renewable energy sources)