Jean Castex visiting the Red Cross in Cayenne, Guyana on July 12, 2020. -

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Social measures, renovation of water networks and public buildings, agricultural transformation, but also acceleration of road infrastructure are the main overseas variations of the recovery plan, which represent 1.5 billion euros, out of the 100 billion of the plan.

“This 1.5 billion is the basis of what we can identify for overseas”, specifies the overseas ministry, but overseas territories will also be able to “appear in all the national measures of the Recovery plan".

No costing by territory

No costing by territory, but several axes identified as priorities for the Overseas Departments and Regions (DROM), for results which must be "quickly visible".

About 600 million are targeted for social measures (support for employment and training, increase - not quantified for the moment - in the number of "Skills employment courses", these assisted contracts of which the Overseas Territories are already the most large consumers).

Major renovations

The second axis concerns the renovation of water and sanitation networks, which are particularly weak in the Antilles, Mayotte and Guyana.

50 million are allocated to it.

50 million euros are also targeted on bringing public buildings (schools, hospitals) up to standard, as part of the “Antilles earthquake plan”, which will be accelerated.

The 4th axis concerns the transformation of agriculture, with 80 million intended for the diversification of crops, the modernization of slaughterhouses, the renewal of equipment, with the objective of achieving by 2030 food sovereignty in the overseas territories.

Acceleration of road infrastructure in overseas territories

An envelope that has not yet been quantified is intended for the acceleration of road infrastructure in the French Overseas Territories, and will concern in particular Guyana and the New coastal road in Reunion, a gigantic project of a sea road to link the North to the West almost stopped for several months.

50 million are also planned to support local development (acceleration of “Heart of the city” programs, for example).

The overseas communities also benefit from the guarantee of tax revenues which melted with the Covid crisis, for 200 million euros.

Finally, the Overseas Communities (New Caledonia, Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna), competent in economic matters, benefit from the renovation component of State public buildings, (45 million targeted for the Wallis hospital and Futuna), and support for local communities, via loans from the French Development Agency.

The government has already granted 3.8 billion euros to overseas territories, as part of emergency measures linked to the health crisis.

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