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13th Antilles-Guiana regional cooperation conference

Under the patronage of the Overseas Minister, Annick Girardin, Ambassador Jean-Bernard Nilam, who is in charge of regional cooperation in the Antilles-Guiana area, welcomed representatives of territorial authorities and regions, as well as government players and French ambassadors from the Caribbean region.

Opportunity was given, in the course of several thematic workshops, to discuss regional cooperation projects that have been implemented or are in progress.

The stakeholders present were able to both talk about their experiences and express their aspirations for future regional cooperation in the following areas: training and jobs, with players in this field well represented; climate change, with the recent climatic events in the region serving as a reminder of the urgency for environmental cooperation; and security.

The workshop on decentralised cooperation allowed the MOT to point out the availability of its expertise, and to present the methodology and indispensable stages involved in setting up and monitoring cross-border cooperation projects.

Other players that provide assistance to decentralised territorial cooperation, including Expertise France, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Fédération des Entreprises d’Outre-Mer (FEDOM) and the Agence de l'Outre-Mer pour la Mobilité (LADOM) – also had the opportunity to set out their modes of assistance and the financial instruments available.

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