Exemplary partnerships


The Local Planning and Development Authorities (EPAs) pay special attention to their role as a bond between all area players by ensuring Marne-la-Vallée’s growth through strong, lasting partnerships.


EPAMARNE and EPAFRANCE are working very closely with the various players in the area, the administrations and other public sector agencies, such as:

The first Marne-la-Vallée Conference on Sustainable Development, February 2009 © EPAMARNE / Photo: Jean-Paul HOUDRY
  • The Île-de-France region
  • 3 departments: Seine-Saint-Denis (Noisy-le-Grand municipality), Val-de-Marne (Bry-sur-Marne and Villiers-sur-Marne) and Seine-et-Marne (for the other 23 municipalities)
  • The 26 municipalities that make up Marne-la-Vallée
  • The Val Maubuée and Val d’Europe New Town Associations (SAN)
  • Bussy Saint-Georges new town
  • Marne-et-Gondoire town community (CAMG)
  • Government departments: Prefectures, Departmental Directorate for Equipment and Facilities (DDE: direction départementale de l’Équipement), etc.
  • Mercantile institutions: The Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Paris and Seine-et-Marne, the Meaux Chamber of Crafts and Trades, etc.
  • AdvanCity competitiveness cluster
  • The area’s leading post-graduate schools and research laboratories
  • Public associations: Marne-la-Vallée Descartes Development Agency, in charge of promoting Cité Descartes as a vector in the area’s business attractiveness, and Ensemble 77, which gathers the department’s main public works sponsors and the Public Works Association of Seine-et-Marne
  • The Ferme du Buisson, a national theatre, to develop cultural initiatives throughout Marne-la-Vallée’s area

Les établissements publics comptent également de nombreux partenaires privés :

  • la société Euro Disney ;
  • les promoteurs ;
  • les associations locales.