Cette présentation a été faite dans le cadre de la rencontre du Sénateur Jacques CORNANO avec la Commissaire européenne à la Politique Régionale, le 12 mai 2015

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2. Guadeloupe
Almost
7
000km
away
from
the
European
Con7nent
A
european
archipelago
of
the
West
Indies
2

3. Guadeloupe
One
of
the
outermost
regions
of
the
EU
with
Territories
facing
the
Issues
of
"Double
and
threefold
Insularity"
La
Désirade
Marie-­‐Galante
Saintes
Islands
The
Southern
Islands
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4. The
inhabitants
of
the
southern
Islands
are
doubly
affected
by
"Traditional"
Insularity
Issues
such
as
:
•
Transportation
•
Higher
Cost
of
Living
(freight…)
•
Energy
•
Bad
Digital
Coverage
•
Higher
Unemployment
Rate
•
Etc.
Sometimes,
these
islanders
must
deal
with
a
third
level
of
insularity….
4

5. How
do
the
southern
islanders
deal
with
those
issues
?
5

6.
Focus
:
Transportation
6

7. Transportation
• Strict
timetables
• Extremely
limited
transport
on
offer
• High
prices,
even
for
recognized
residents
Solutions
è Expanding
the
boat
and
plane
transport
network
all
over
the
Archipelago
è This
network
could
be
used
as
normal
public
transport
è Moving
towards
the
recognition
of
the
territorial
continuity
7

8.
Focus
:
Freight
&
the
high
cost
of
living
8

9. Freight
• The
goods
need
to
travel
further
to
reach
each
island
• The
price
of
goods
becomes
higher
everytime
an
additional
form
of
transportation
is
needed
• The
cost
of
living
is
10
to
40%
higher
(sometimes
even
more,
e.g
:
water)
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10.
Marie-­‐Galante
:
towards
a
positive
energy
island
10

11.
Energy
• Under
water
cables
are
needed
to
supply
the
southern
islands
with
electricity
etc.
• High
green
energy
capacity
in
the
southern
islands
• Some
projects
could
turn
Marie-­‐
Galante
into
an
entirely
self-­‐
sufPicient
green
energy
territory
• This
would
lead
to
this
european
island
becoming
an
example
for
the
whole
world
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12.
Focus
:
Digital
Coverage
12

13. Digital
coverage
• Fine
on
the
two
main
islands
of
Guadeloupe
• Only
the
city
centres
are
covered
by
3G
(no
4G
yet)
• DifXicult
to
get
network
elsewhere
• DifXicult
for
the
inhabitants
to
get
access
to
the
internet
if
they’re
living
outside
the
«
cities
».
(what
about
pupils
?)
Solution
è If
using
satellite
broadcasting,
what
about
the
cost
for
the
islanders
?
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14.
The
Southern
Islands
facing
threefold
Insularity
13

15. Marie-­‐Galante
The
Southern
Islands
facing
threefold
Insularity
Terre-­‐de-­‐Haut
Terre-­‐de-­‐Bas
Goods
and
people
coming
from
Europe
14

16.
As
a
result,
the
southern
islanders
are
leaving
the
islands
and
the
population
rate
is
signiPicantly
dropping
14

17.
• To
expand
the
boat
and
plane
transportation
networks
• To
regulate
the
prices
due
to
freight
• To
develop
the
digital
coverage
in
the
islands
• Etc.
What
can
be
done
for
the
southern
islands
of
Guadeloupe
?
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18. Azores
Canaries
Islands
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
is
not
the
only
one
of
the
EU’s
Outermost
Regions
facing
these
issues
And
we
all
have
to
learn
from
each
other…
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19. Therefore,
would
it
be
possible…
To
organize
a
specific
roundtable
about
second
and
third
level
insularity
at
the
21st
Conference
of
Presidents
of
the
EU's
Outermost
Regions
in
Madeira
?
19

20. We
will
always
be
far
away…
…but
we
can
be
closer
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