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Eleven Caribbean Projects Selected for European Funding

GOSIER, GUADELOUPE - ship with Haiti
The second selection com- 5. RADAR: Installation of a
mittee for the Interreg Ca- weather radar system in St
ribbean Program 2014-2020 Maarten;
has made public the list of 6. PREST: Creation of an
the 11 regional projects eli- earth/sea geophysical ob-
gible for European funding. servatory in partnership
Many countries in the Ca- with Haiti, Cuba and the
ribbean will benefit from University of the West In-
these projects, as follows: dies;
1. TEECA: Set up a trade 7. CARIFORTS: Creation of
facilitation team and im- a network of forts and forti-
prove knowledge on ex- fications of the Caribbean
isting financing solutions in partnership with Antigua,
in the Caribbean area in Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, St
partnership with the Orga- Kitts and St Eustatius;
nization of Eastern Carib- 8. CARI’MAM: Networking
bean States (OECS); of marine protected areas
2. PAIRE: Develop an ac- dedicated to the conser-
tion plan to facilitate co- vation of marine mammals
operation between the in the Greater Caribbean
Caribbean air transport in partnership with Bonaire,
operators in partnership Cuba, Dominican Republic
with Antigua, Dominica, St and the Turks and Caicos
Maarten and LIAT; Islands; net exchange points in the terreg Caraibes Program CONTACT:
3. OSAIN: To identify and 9. OSATOURC: Creation of Caribbean in partnership 2014/2020 is €85.7 million. Secrétariat Conjoint: Ma-
promote the medicinal an international network with St Maarten and Trini- The next selection commit- rie-Rose Lafleur marie-rose.
plants of the Caribbean of popular and traditional dad; tee will meet in September lafleur@cr-guadeloupe.fr
in partnership with Belize, music of the Caribbean, 11. CAP 3D: 3D creative 2017 to study new projects. 0590-47-06-02.
Cuba, Curacao, Dominica in partnership with Cuba, mobility project in partner- Video: France Caraïbe Communi-
and Puerto Rico; Dominica, St Lucia and ship with the University of https://youtu.be/ZLuYu2zu_ cation: Gilles Gressier gilles.
4. RECAVAC: Supporting Trinidad and Tobago; Trinidad and Tobago. Pk gressier@francecaraibe.
cocoa farmers in partner- 10. CARIBIX: Develop Inter- The total budget of the In- FOR MORE INFORMATION com 0690-64-45-27.