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Guadeloupe  

 

Almost  7  000km  away  from  the  European  Con7nent    

A  european  archipelago  of  the  West  Indies    

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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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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

How  do  the  southern  islanders  deal  with  those  issues  ?  

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Focus  :  Transportation  

   

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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  

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Focus  :  Freight  &  the  high  cost  of  living  

   

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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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Marie-­‐Galante  :    towards  a  positive  energy  

island      

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 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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Focus  :    Digital  Coverage  

   

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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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The  Southern  Islands  facing  threefold  Insularity  

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Marie-­‐Galante  

 

The  Southern  Islands  facing  

threefold  Insularity  

 

Terre-­‐de-­‐Haut  

Terre-­‐de-­‐Bas  

Goods  and  people  coming  from  Europe  

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

   

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 •  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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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…     18  

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  ?    

 

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We  will  always  be  far  away…  

…but  we  can  be  closer  20  

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