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The University of Réunion and the Research Institute for Development (IRD) are partners in three mixed research units : Espace-Dev (space observation, models and science involved), pimi (Infectious process in an island environment) and Entropy (Tropical Marine Ecology of the Pacific and Indian Oceans).
Mi-November, on the occasion of Valérie Verdier’s visit to Réunion, President and CEO of the IRD,...

The Medef Business Awards 2021 were awarded on October 28 during the annual general meeting of the employers' organization, organized in Saint-Denis in the presence of Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, national president. Just like last year, the third edition of this competition, launched in 2018, was dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility actions (RSE). Two categories were distinguished..

In 2019, Reunion Island merchant businesses have created 7,8 billion euros of added value, for a turnover of 26,8 billion, according to a recent publication from INSEE. The added value created increases sharply, of 324 million euros (+4,3%), after weak growth in 2018. Construction sectors (+78 millions), of teaching, health and action...

The number of job seekers required to look for one and without activity (category A) decreased by 1,4% in the 3rd quarter and 5,3% over one year, according to the latest official figures. It stood on average at 128,450 registered with Pôle Emploi. The drop is less significant when including the unemployed who nevertheless carried out an activity..

Ibrahim Patel could count on an easy reappointment to his position as president of the CCI Réunion, on November 24 during the first plenary assembly of the mandate. At the end of the consular elections organized for the first time online from October 27 to November 9, his list won the 16 seats of the Services college and the....

Work to extend the irrigated perimeter of Bras de la Plaine began at the end of October in the commune of Petite-Île. 377 additional hectares will be equipped in the Mont-Vert and Anse-les-Hauts sectors, thanks to the installation of 37 km of pipes, a 350 liter/second pumping station and a 4,000 m³ tank. 115 bornes...

The prefecture published at the beginning of November the first delivery of the price monitoring barometer of around sixty consumer products, which will thus be followed every two weeks until the end of the year. This tool, the implementation of which was entrusted to the company Sagis, vient compléter les mesures mensuelles de l’Insee et vise à...

Daaf recently updated the key figures for the Reunion agri-food industry, with 2018 data. This remains the first pillar of local industry : it represents 6% of the added value produced in Reunion, compared to 4% in mainland France, 45% of turnover and 38% of jobs in the manufacturing sector. L’industrie agroalimentaire regroupe 352 établissements dont 2 appartenant...

The University of Reunion has opened two nap rooms, each equipped with four convertible armchairs., end of October. They are located in the university libraries of Moufia and Le Tampon and accessible on presentation of the student card, pour une durée maximale d'une heure. Les étudiants qui souhaitent faire une pause se voient remettre un drap et la...

The latest financial situation note from the Issuing Institute of Overseas Departments on credit rates in Reunion highlights the stability of the average rate of equipment loans between April and July 2021 : 1,65%, i.e. 43 basis points above the rate observed at the national level. These credits are, for almost all, subscribed at a fixed rate,...