Partners

Since 2005, the Perfumes, Aromas, Scents and Flavours Cluster  has developed a range of partners setting standards locally, regionally and nationally in support of innovation in the aromatics sector.

Founding members

The PASS Cluster founding members are local or national organisations (trade associations, associations, offices, etc.), all strongly positioned in the aromatic and medicinal plants, food flavourings and cosmetics sectors. 

The cluster is supported by these organisations which possess scientific, technical and regulatory expertise (such as PRODAROM, SNIAA, COSMED, France Agrimer), or facilitation and training capabilities (such as the UESS and the Club Des Entrepreneurs du Pays de Grasse).

Institutional partners

The PASS Cluster maintains close partnership-working ties with its main regional, national and European funding partners:

• The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
•  The European Social Fund (ESF)

• The State via DIRECCTE (Regional Directorate for Enterprise, Competition, Consumption and Employment)
• Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Regional Council

• Alpes Maritimes Departmental Council
• Hautes Alpes Departmental Council
• Alpes de Hautes Provence Departmental Council
• Bouches-du-Rhône Departmental Council
• Drôme Departmental Council
• Vaucluse Departmental Council

• The Communauté d’Agglomération Pays de Grasse
• Nice Côte d’Azur Metropole
• The Communauté d'Agglomération Sophia Antipolis
• Pays d’Aix
• Pays de Haute Provence

Competitiveness Clusters

The PASS Cluster builds its ecosystem with other competitiveness clusters as a catalyst for high added-value projects promoting each other’s know-how and skills.

This process has resulted in the signing of specific agreements with the Cosmetic Valley, TRIMATEC, TERRALIA and VITAGORA clusters.