Part 2 — Towards Agile and Enabling Research industry to access the research programmes and departments bearing on their areas of interest. The affiliated members can also attend working meetings and seminars, receive copies of reports and other publications and have facilitated access to students whom they may invite to come and present their work in internal seminars, with the prospect of perhaps being recruited. They are also privileged partners with the possibility of submitting collaborative project proposals to various national and European calls, and benefit from facilities for setting up joint research centers with the University's departments. These programmes transcend the traditional boundaries between academia and industry, resulting in win-win relationships against a backdrop of scientific excellence. Support Underpinning the appeal and effectiveness of the 3IA institutes are three support strands: 1) access to virtually unlimited computing means; 2) administrative procedures that have been streamlined as far as possible; 3) assistance with living conditions, not least for foreign researchers. The computing strand is essential: the private stakeholders involved in AI research are equipped with vastly more advanced computing facilities than public laboratories and access to platform data which are quite simply out of public researchers' reach, on evident grounds of industrial property. The 3IA institutes will The administrative offer dedicated computing facilities, with pooling of an open burden must be data set (proposal). The administrative strand is also essential: any researcher eased drawn to France, only to be put off by the overly complex red tape and response times, will be a source of lasting bad publicity for our entire system. The administrative burden must be eased. The facilities enabled by not-for-profit associations or foundations, for example, must become the rule within the 3IA institutes—particularly when it comes to recruitment and purchasing. The civil service pay scales are dissuasive, a point we hope to have made clear, in light of two facts: 1) productivity varies by several orders of magnitude between researchers in this field; 2) there are numerous competitors who are able to pay high salaries after a short decision-making process. Aside from recruitment, in terms of purchases and assignments, the burden of proof must be reversed, by systematically authorizing purchases by purchasing cards, and by conducting ex post checks on assignments. Lastly, offering foreigners assistance with their arrival is essential for hosting not only researchers, but also students, who may be non-French speakers: residence permits and contact with the Prefecture; assistance with housing; helping the other spouse to find a job; help with finding school places for children; cultural help. Similar forms of support must also be offered in the event of mobility in France. Setting Up a National Coordination Strategy The 3IA institutes will be expected to nurture close, robust relations between them, both in scientific and organizational terms. 71