TRANSITION e-Mag #4 | Page 7

_6 transition paris region The Interviews Michel Daigney, Paris Region Enterprises (PRE) on the How stage of the Social Innovation Journey How do you support the incubatees at the WHY stage of the process? Paris Region Entreprises, the Paris region economic development agency, offers long-term, customised support to two types of companies: companies located in the Paris region and international companies who are planning to locate here. In the context of TRANSITION, we have created the "Paris Region Social Business Hub" network, which brings together companies focused on socially innovative projects. We help these companies through individual support from our consultants and we also offer group support through workshops, information sessions, BtoB meetings, and so on. Support begins with a detailed analysis of projects by our consultants, in order to identify