{"id":1877,"date":"2022-09-12T15:29:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montpellier2028.eu\/partners-supports\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:47:51","slug":"partners-supports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montpellier2028.eu\/en\/partners-supports\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners & Supports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The M28 – Terres de culture association is everyone’s association. Partner local communities, the M28 board and members, the team, but also artists and citizens. More than ever before, we are united by culture!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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General Assembly and Board of Directors meeting of the M28 – Terres de culture association (Montpellier, December 8, 2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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The M28 \u2013 Terres de culture <\/b>association<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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For two years, the M28 association has been working to help Montpellier-S\u00e8te and their partners win the title of European Capital of Culture. Its dynamic has given substance to a concept of territory, shared by its stakeholders, who have decided not only to maintain its achievements but to pursue it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘M28 – Terres de culture\u2019 now sees itself as a \u201csoul supplement\u201d, in the etymological sense of the word – that which animates, that which gives breath – an approach that is not content with simply interweaving administrative machinery, but builds an organic link between the players in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M28 – Terres de culture decompartmentalises culture to make it an instrument of resilience in a living area, a continuum of experiences and a community of destinies in the face of contemporary climate, social and economic challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, M28- Terres de culture is embarking on a new phase in the territory’s dynamic to promote culture, with the establishment of a governance structure tailored to the challenges ahead and new missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its Board of Directors represents the driving forces behind M28: local and regional authorities, associate members from the economic, educational and cultural sectors, as well as qualified personalities who enrich its actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie L\u00e9ron is President, Christian Assaf is Vice-President and Nicolas Jonquet and Salvador Garcia are respectively Treasurer and Secretary.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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\u2018Culture is the power to transform a region, an instrument for its resilience and reinvention. Culture is what makes a region a living organism.’<\/em> Sophie L\u00e9ron, President of M28<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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The association’s office<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sophie L\u00e9ron<\/strong>President of the association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Christian Assaf<\/strong>Vice-President<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nicolas Jonquet<\/strong>Treasurer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Salvador Garcia<\/strong>Secretary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Building Montpellier 2028 together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Micha\u00ebl Delafosse<\/strong>Mayor of Montpellier,President of Montpellier M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e M\u00e9tropole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Herv\u00e9 Marqu\u00e8s<\/strong>Mayor of S\u00e8te<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lo\u00efc Linares<\/strong>President of S\u00e8te Agglop\u00f4le M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Christian Assaf<\/strong>Regional Counselor of R\u00e9gion Occitanie \/ Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alain Barbe<\/strong>Mayor of Les Matelles, President of the Communaut\u00e9 de communes du Grand Pic-St-Loup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Robert Crauste<\/strong>Mayor of Le Grau-du-Roi,President of the Communaut\u00e9 de communes Terre de Camargue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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S\u00e9bastien Frey<\/strong>Mayor of Agde, President of the Communaut\u00e9 d’Agglom\u00e9ration H\u00e9rault M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Soto<\/strong>Mayor of Gignac, President of the Communaut\u00e9 de Communes Vall\u00e9e de l’H\u00e9rault<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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J\u00e9r\u00f4me Boisson <\/strong>President of Lunel Agglo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Philippe Aug\u00e9<\/strong>President of the University of Montpellier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Andr\u00e9 Deljarry<\/strong>Pr\u00e9sident of the H\u00e9rault Chamber of Commerce and Industry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Carole Drucker-Godard<\/strong>Rector of the Montpellier Academy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anne Ferrer<\/strong>Managing Director of Montpellier University Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anne Fra\u00efsse<\/strong>President of the Paul Val\u00e9ry Montpellier 3 University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michel Roussel<\/strong>Regional Director of DRAC Occitanie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ad\u00e8le Charvet<\/strong>Lyric singer,Qualified personality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Charlotte Girerd<\/strong>Director of Transition, CSR and Innovation at SNCF immobilier,Qualified Personality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alexandre Labasse<\/strong>Managing Director of the Atelier parisien d’urbanisme (APUR),Qualified Personality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The M28 team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Nicolas Dubourg<\/strong>Artistic Director<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Vanessa Avila<\/strong>Head of Communicationsand Project Monitoring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Melina Chosson<\/strong>Project Manager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lisa Fraisse<\/strong>Project Management and Monitoring Assistant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nathalie Gandreau<\/strong>Head of Human Resources and Finance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Supports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Eckart W\u00fcrzner<\/strong>Mayor of Heidelberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Peter Kurz<\/strong>Mayor of Mannheim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Leoluca Orlando<\/strong>Mayor of Palermo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Videos of support<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

The sponsors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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Founding sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n