The Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Development and Innovation Agency aims to focus its efforts on the transformation of local businesses, future economic sectors, networks and territorial projects and on the attractiveness of the territory of Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

For 50 years, the Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions (Anact) has driven projects to improve working conditions through initiatives focusing on work organization and industrial relations. Anact operates within companies—prioritizing very small businesses and SMEs—as well as public sector organizations. It fosters dialogue among management, employees, and their representatives, and promotes approaches based on consultation to collectively improve work and manage its evolution. Anact comprises a headquarters in Lyon and 16 regional agencies known as Aracts. Within a shared framework, these regional agencies develop projects to enhance quality of life and working conditions tailored to their specific regions, in partnership with local stakeholders in employment, the economy, occupational health, and more. The Agency also supports public policy initiatives. As a public administrative institution with a public service mandate, Anact operates under the authority of the Ministry of Labour and is governed by representatives of the State and social partners.

At the interface between businesses and public authorities, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Chamber of Commerce and Industry coordinates and supports the activities of the network of 14 CCITs (Territorial Chambers of Commerce and Industry). The CCI Nouvelle-Aquitaine performs all the missions of the network of chambers of commerce and industry. It is consulted by the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine for any assistance system for businesses the region is considering setting up.

A subsidiary of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bayonne Pays Basque, in the Basque Country, ESTIA has been providing education and training in the fields of industrial technologies for 20 years. The ESTIA campus is made up of an engineering school, with nearly 900 students; ESTIA ENTREPRENDRE, dedicated to welcoming and supporting entrepreneurs and new technology companies (business incubator and technological projects); ESTIA RESEARCH, a research group made up of around 80 people (researchers, doctoral students, post-docs); ESTIATECH, entity in cha

The JESSICA France association was created at the initiative of Bpifrance and CEA, with the support of the DGE. Through the NAQTRONIC program, its teams of engineers support the digital transformation of companies' products and production processes thanks to connected electronic systems, from the upstream phase of the project to its industrialization, in total neutrality with respect to the existing offer. Currently the program focuses on supporting SMEs towards Industry 4.0 or industry of the future