{"id":1192,"date":"2024-03-21T21:47:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T01:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batisseurs-outremer.com\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:22:49","slug":"la-semsamar-renforce-ses-liens-avec-la-guyane-et-ouvre-la-voie-a-lentree-des-collectivites-locales-a-son-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batisseurs-outremer.com\/en\/la-semsamar-renforce-ses-liens-avec-la-guyane-et-ouvre-la-voie-a-lentree-des-collectivites-locales-a-son-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"SEMSAMAR is strengthening its ties with French Guiana and paving the way for local governments to acquire a stake in the company"},"content":{"rendered":"

From March 4 to 7, 2024, Alain RICHARDSON, President and CEO of SEMSAMAR (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019\u00c9conomie Mixte pour l\u2019Am\u00e9nagement, la Gestion et la Construction de Saint-Martin, Anguilla, and Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy), traveled to French Guiana for a working visit filled with meetings and opportunities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main objective of this visit was to reaffirm to local public partners SEMSAMAR\u2019s commitment to opening its capital to French Guiana\u2019s local governments. With 20 years of operations in the region and a significant presence there (a quarter of its workforce and social housing stock), it appears strategically important for the local public company to involve French Guiana\u2019s institutional stakeholders more closely in its governance.<\/p>\n

This opening up of the company\u2019s capital would allow local governments in French Guiana to join those of Saint Martin and Guadeloupe as shareholders and thus participate directly in defining SEMSAMAR\u2019s strategic direction in their respective territories.<\/p>\n

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During his \u00abextremely constructive\u00bb meetings, Alain Richardson was able to speak with key elected officials such as V\u00e9ronique BEUVE, Subprefect of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni; Sophie CHARLES, Mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and President of the Community of Communes of Western French Guiana; Gilles ADELSON, Mayor of Macouria; Serge SMOCK, President of the CACL Guyane and Mayor of Matoury; and Georges ELFORT, Mayor of Saint-Georges de l\u2019Oyapock and President of the Community of Communes of Eastern French Guiana. He was also received by Keena LEONCE and CHESTER LEONCE, representatives of Gabriel SERVILLE, President of the Territorial Collectivity of French Guiana.<\/p>\n

In addition to the capital increase, the purpose of these discussions was to assess the specific expectations of elected officials regarding the projects undertaken by SEMSAMAR in their respective territories and to discuss new projects being considered, both on behalf of local governments and as SEMSAMAR\u2019s own investments.<\/p>\n

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As a reminder, the year 2024 will mark a symbolic milestone for SEMSAMAR, as it celebrates the 40th anniversary of its founding and the 20th anniversary of its establishment in French Guiana. This local presence is reflected in a 42 million euro investment in 2022, representing more than half of the budget allocated to development and construction projects across all territories.<\/p>\n

During this trip, the Chairman and CEO was accompanied by Jean-Luc BENJAMIN, Deputy CEO; Bernard GUERIN, Special Advisor; and Patrick WEIRBACK, Regional Director for French Guiana.<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of this tour, Alain Richardson praised the \u00abvery warm welcome\u00bb extended to his delegation, which he said was a testament to the excellent partnership between SEMSAMAR and local stakeholders in French Guiana. This lays a solid foundation for the imminent acquisition of a stake in the local public company by local governments.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Du 4 au 7 mars 2024, Alain RICHARDSON, Pr\u00e9sident Directeur G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la SEMSAMAR (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d’\u00c9conomie Mixte pour l’Am\u00e9nagement, la Gestion et la Construction de Saint-Martin, Anguilla et Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy), s’est rendu en Guyane pour une visite de travail riche en rencontres et en perspectives. L’objectif principal de ce d\u00e9placement \u00e9tait de r\u00e9affirmer aupr\u00e8s des partenaires […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[960],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-guyane"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t