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Created last June, the corporate foundation of the energy company Albioma has started to communicate with overseas associative networks to detect and support projects for the preservation of biodiversity and professional integration. Six partnerships have already been established, including two in Reunion. La Fondation accompagne ainsi le Centre d’études et de découverte des tortues marines en...

Two new varieties of sugar cane resulting from the eRcane selection process were officially presented on November 22. They were named R589 and R590, the letter R designating their Reunion origin. The first is more particularly suited to irrigated areas and coastal areas in the North and East., the second in the fields of Hauts de l’Est. La stratégie...

The regional audit chamber of Reunion Island made public the recommendations addressed to the Department at the end of October, in direct charge of the management of the Irénée-Accot thermal establishment in Cilaos. Every year, the thermal baths receive a balancing subsidy from the community. Les magistrats pointent du doigt l’absence de projet stratégique alors que l’activité de l’établissement enregistre une belle...

The Mixed Transport Syndicate of Reunion (SMTR), public establishment bringing together the organizing authorities for the island's mobility (Region, Casud, Cinor, Cirest, Civis and western territory) changed his name on the occasion of his tenth anniversary, October 26. Il s’appelle désormais « Île de La Réunion Mobilités ». Sa première action sous sa nouvelle appellation sera le...

The French Development Agency has released a grant of 600,000 euros to co-finance project management assistance for the management of studies for the “West Airport Bus – Bocage Airport Bus” project. (BAO-BAB) of the Cinor. In this context, a study will propose solutions to complete and modernize the current central section of TCSP (less than 4 km) en le prolongeant à...

The geographical coefficient which compensates for the additional costs borne by Reunion health establishments compared to France will be re-evaluated, announced on November 14 the Prefecture and the Regional Health Agency. The increase in prices collected by health establishments will increase from 31% to 34%, équivalant à une bouffée d’oxygène de 20 millions d’euros par...

Organized within the framework of the General States of Mobility initiated by the Region, the citizens’ mobility assembly, 100 members strong, has been meeting since October 14 to develop proposals. During the plenary session of November 18, which was held in Saint-Pierre, five priority themes were selected : gentle travel, structuring transport, public transport,...

The government's announcement of the creation of the “professional installation passport” system, aims to facilitate installation overseas for hexagonal, was strongly criticized in the territories concerned. In the meeting, the standing committee of the Region voted on a motion, November 17th, denouncing the adoption of an article (article 55 of the 2024 Finance Law) « contraire aux...

CIRAD, l'État, the Region and the Department of Réunion have recommitted together until 2027, by renewing a strategic scientific cooperation agreement in October. “This new agreement concerns priority scientific activities in agricultural research to be carried out from 2023 to 2027. Il s’inscrit dans la continuité de l’accord-cadre quadripartite 2015-2022 tout en proposant une adaptation...

At the end of the 28th Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions which was held at the beginning of November in Tenerife, in the Canaries, the president of the Réunion Region, Huguette Bello, took over the presidency of this organization for one year. On this occasion, she insisted on the “fair price of the climate transition for the ORs”, et la nécessité « d’inventer une...