Displaying the signed agreements with France Travail directors.
MARIGOT--Collectivité President Louis Mussington and Third Vice President Dominique Louisy welcomed a delegation from France Travail on Monday, March 30, led by the Director General of France Travail, Thibault Guilluy, and Regional Director of France Travail Guadeloupe, St. Martin and St. Barthélemy Fabrice Marie-Rose.
The objective of the meeting was to renew the partnership agreement between the two institutions. Initially signed in 2024, this agreement has to be renewed every two years to support the return to employment and to grant logistical and technological resources specific to the territory.
In accordance with Article L.5312-1-II of the French Labour Code, this agreement allows France Travail to provide common digital tools and services for the agents of the Department of Social Action and Integration, in charge of supporting Beneficiaries of the Active Solidarity Income BRSA and beneficiaries of global support.
During his speech, Mussington reiterated the worrying figures highlighted in the territorial diagnosis carried out in 2025 by the Collectivité in collaboration with Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de St. Martin (ITSEE), Carif-Otef and France Travail.
Out of 31,477 inhabitants, 35% have no diploma, and only 18% have a BAC+2 level; 15-29 year-olds represent 21% of the population compared to 18% for 30-39 year-olds and 19% for 40-49 year-olds; 52% of recruitments are in the form of temporary workers.
As indicated by Guilluy: “France Travail is committed to adapting the tools to the needs of the territory, in particular through technological partnerships, the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) and intensive support for job seekers, an ambitious roadmap that can make St. Martin a real laboratory for social and economic innovation.”
Mussington welcomed this win-win partnership with France Travail, recalling that vocational training of young people was also a major issue. He insisted local companies should also give preference to locals in terms of hiring, thus giving young St. Martiners a chance.
