On September 29 and 30, 2018 came to Saint-Martin for the second time after Irma the President of the Republic. He had made several announcements in the fields of economics, education, social, etc. at a press conference on Sunday September 30. Almost a year later, we are making a point.
Educations
In this area, the main announcement of the President of the Republic was the rise to the rank of vice-rector "in the course of 2019" of the assistant to the rector in charge of Saint-Martin. It hasn't happened yet. However, the decree stipulating this new grade has been drawn up and should be published very soon. It will then remain to officially appoint the person to the post.
Emmanuel Macron had also expressed his desire to see the implementation by the rector of "increased devolution for the benefit of Saint-Martin and the teaching staff". Two positions have thus been created within the national education services locally: one for attaché and the second for computer specialist. Two teacher positions have also been created at the vocational college and two others at the school complex.
On the other hand, the announcement in December 2017 of the creation of a CFA by the Minister of Labor, never materialized. "The Ministry of Labor wishes to help the community of Saint Martin to create a CFA dedicated to the tourism trades," he was then declared. We recently asked the prefecture and the COM about this, but no one has any knowledge of the site.
RSA
The announced reform of active solidarity income (RSA) has lagged behind. Emmanuel Macron had indeed announced that measures taken by the government at the end of 2018 would be implemented "in the first half of 2019".
The reform, the principle of dematerialization of the RSA in Saint-Martin, was included in the 2019 finance law voted by the Parliament but it has not yet been applied.
Social housing
This is one of the announcements that marked the presidential visit, Emmanuel Macron asked "all donors to complete the [roofing] work by December 31 [2018]". "If the work is not completed by this date, the prefect may initiate criminal proceedings considering that they fall into the category of sleep traders," he said.
Following these declarations, the tenants had noticed an acceleration in the pace of the works even if it was impossible for them to be completed on the date desired by Emmanuel Macron.
One year after his arrival, construction sites are still underway in all the parks. However, no criminal proceedings have been initiated.
Removal of wrecks of boat
Among the "three additional projects which [should be] accelerated", the President of the Republic had declared that "a particular effort [would be] made for the elimination of end-of-life boats with high environmental standards". "The objective is to find 32 wrecks by the end of 2018 and the balance in 2019," he said.
In the end, it is not the State that removes the wrecks but the COM, which has jurisdiction. The public contract was awarded in early July 2019 for an amount of around 2,3 million euros.
The administrative procedures for forfeiture of ship ownership were finalized last August by the State services by the signing of decrees. With the documents, the COM will be able to give the green light to the company to start the abductions.
PPRN review
During his visit, Emmanuel Macron had entrusted his desire to "strengthen the territory's capacity to face natural risks" and announced the revision of the natural risk prevention plan (PPRN) and its approval "at the end of 2019". "The state will present the new maps which will take into account the combination of tsunami-earthquake and cyclone risks by the end of the year [2018]," he said.
The order stipulating the revision of the PPRN in its cyclonic-marine submersion component was taken in March 2019 and the one prescribing its application in advance on August 6.
The public inquiry is to take place in October and the final adoption of the PPRN is scheduled for December.
Degraded property
The President of the Republic had announced that "for real estate degraded areas that will remain abandoned, specific rules will be presented by summer 2019 so that these abandonments do not become obstacles to the reconstruction of the island. " To date, no communication has been made on these measures.
Securing public buildings
Before the summer of 2019, a specific action plan on natural risks for all of the overseas territories was also to be 'translated into a bill'. This plan "will include, among other things, a program to secure buildings, including public buildings," said Emmanuel Macron.
On April 24, 2019, the post of interdepartmental delegate for overseas risks was created for two years "in order to accelerate the knowledge and deployment of risk prevention measures". Its mission is to develop this strategic plan and an action program for overseas risks.
Overhaul of the Cat Nat regime
The reform of the Cat Nat regime for natural disasters has also been delayed, the reform should be presented by the end of the year. The will of the State is to review "the system of natural disasters with a view to a faster, more generous but also more incentive system".
(Source: soualigapost.com)
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