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The University of Reunion officially launched on April 27 in Vellore (Tamil Nadu, south of India) its “Iliade” project for a Franco-Indian campus in the field of life sciences and health, with seven French and Indian partners. Iliade was selected following a call for projects launched by the French government with the aim of....

Laurent Lescuyer will succeed Edwin Botterman as general manager of Brasseries de Bourbon on June 21. This last, in office since September 2019, is called upon to exercise new functions for the Heineken group from Reunion. Laurent Lescuyer takes over the management of Brasseries de Bourbon after more than twenty-five years of experience in management and....

The City of Saint-Benoît and the CDC Habitat group concluded a memorandum of understanding on April 11 for the sale of the municipality's shares in Semac (Mixed economy development and construction company), on the occasion of the trip of Anne-Sophie Grave, president of the board of directors of CDC Habitat, in the meeting. “This operation will enable a new dynamic to be initiated..

The launch of the 2021-2027 programming of European funds was recorded on April 7 in the presence of the prefect, representatives of the Department, of the Region, of the European funds monitoring committee and the Agency for the management of local initiatives in European matters. Besides the ERDF, Europe finances the ESF in Reunion (European Social Fund), whose ...

The first 150 winners of the Green Fund were designated on April 3. Eighteen of them are overseas, including seven from Reunion. They will benefit in total from an envelope of 1,4 million d’euros. Two of them concern the city of Saint-Denis : the creation of a mini coastal urban forest along Lancastel Boulevard, on the site of the old library and the development...

The Qualitropic competitiveness cluster obtained the renewal of its approval by the government at the end of March. A discussion must begin in the coming weeks with the State and the Region to assign objectives to the center in line with the Regional Economic Development Plan, d’innovation et d’internationalisation, the regional smart specialization strategy and the reindustrialization plan..

The Austral will remain 100 % dedicated to its southern lobster fishing activity, announced Sapmer on April 11. The emblematic boat of the Reunion shipping company obtained the right last year to request annual toothfish fishing authorizations, but had not yet exercised it. Sapmer is worried about the return to the arms fishery..

Chantal Manès-Bonisseau, rector of Reunion, and Nassir Goulamaly, president of the Océinde group, signed a framework agreement on April 18 “aimed at stimulating education and academic success in Reunion Island”. Thanks to this five-year partnership, the Océinde group joins in actions initiated in partnership with the rectorate, particularly in the context of training development..

On April 14, the Region presented the content of the two European programs for which it is the managing authority., the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) and the European Social Fund for the period from 2021 – but which actually begins this year – to 2027. Ouch, you FEATHER, 430 million euros are intended for economic actors..

Like every year, Pôle Emploi published its survey on labor needs in Reunion at the beginning of April. Company recruitment projects, associations and the public sector are still as important and even progress by 5,4% compared to last year. More than 40,000 recruitment projects have been detected, dont 14,5% in....