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The permanent commission of the Region validated on November 17 the financing plan for the future high school for hotel and tourism professions. The cost of the operation is now estimated at 84 million euros, including 6 million pieces of equipment. The selected financing plan commits the Region to the tune of 44,8 million euros and the State for 39 million. L’Agence...

Huguette Bello, president of the Réunion region, and Ambroise Fayolle, vice-president of the European Investment Bank, signed an agreement on November 2 relating to the creation of the Regional Investment Assistance Fund for businesses (FAIRE) Reunionese, whose management will be entrusted to the European Investment Fund, branches from the EIB. FAIRE plans to mobilize 44,8 millions d’euros au profit...

Organized by the French Tech La Réunion association, the first Overseas French Tech Days took place at Moca in Saint-Denis on November 30 and December 1. Eleven delegations were present to promote exchanges on innovation and economic growth within overseas regions.. A meeting supported by the General Directorate of Overseas Territories, la Mission French Tech, la préfecture...

REP sectors (extended producer responsibility) put their hand in their pocket to finance the chartering of a boat to evacuate hazardous and non-hazardous waste to Le Havre, until November. The Réunion Import and Trade Union, which supports the eco-organizations running these sectors, coordinated the operation. The congestion actually threatened certain sectors. Last year,...

Unlike the metropolis, where the unemployment curve has reversed, the number of people registered with Pôle Emploi continues to decline in Reunion. In the third trimester, the number of job seekers required to look for work and without activity (category A) averaged 116,640 on the island, number down from 0,7% over the quarter (880...

The University of Reunion is opening a new professional degree course “Social Intervention” this year, “Supporting people with disabilities” course. This is intended to enable learners to perfect or acquire the skills and knowledge necessary for the new profession of disability advisor., in development. Tous les centres de formation des apprentis ont par exemple l’obligation de...

In 2020, 36% of the Reunion population lived below the monetary poverty line, earning an income 60% below the median income, according to the latest INSEE estimates. Réunion is one of the regions and departments of France where poverty is most widespread., behind Mayotte and Guyana. Furthermore, le niveau de...

The meeting had 873,100 inhabitants on January 1, 2023, According to the latest demographic assessment of INSEE. In 2022, Deaths increased significantly compared to 2019, before the health crisis. 6,410 people residing on the island lost their lives, 1,350 more than in 2019. The increase in deaths results from the aging of the population, mais a été amplifiée...

A start of decline in consumer prices was noted in September by INSEE in Reunion : -0,2 %. Prices of manufactured goods fell by 1,3 %. Thanks to the sales, the prices of clothing and shoes have decreased significantly (-6 %), those of health products and other manufactured products too (+0,3 %). The costs...

The Grand Maritime Port of Reunion signed a partnership agreement with the Maison de l’emploi Nord on November 3 aimed at strengthening the societal impact of its purchases.. The Grand Port Maritime is committed in particular to promoting the inclusion of social clauses in all of its markets and to supporting the integration process with bidding companies.. On his side,...