SEA Fund for the transition of territories: 15 winners selected following the first call for expressions of interest "Supporting local and sustainable agriculture"
Following the first call for expressions of interest (AMI) launched in April 2021, the SEA Fund for the transition of territories, endowed by LISEA, the concessionaire of the South Europe Atlantic high-speed line (SEA HSL), and MESEA, the line’s operator-maintainer, both subsidiaries of VINCI Railways, has selected 15 projects in the six departements crossed by the SEA HSL. The winning structures, which are actors in the ecological and solidarity-based transition, will now be able to benefit from logistical support and financial assistance in carrying out their projects until 2026, for a total amount of €500,000.
In France, the SEA Fund for the transition of territories has a budget of 3 million euros for the period 2021-2026. With the main objective of supporting the territories concerned by the SEA high-speed line in their ecological and solidarity-based transition, the SEA Fund intends to support projects working to preserve biodiversity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote social and professional integration.
Of the 28 projects submitted, 15 were selected. The beneficiaries include farms, associations for economic integration, networks of agricultural professions, as well as companies and schools. The winning structures carry out projects in one of the following three fields of intervention: the environmental performance of farms, the local development of a sustainable and supportive organic market garden sector, and research and experimentation to relocate the plant protein sector.
Valérie Vesque-Jeancard, Chairman of VINCI Railways, said: “With the SEA Fund for the transition of territories, LISEA and MESEA, subsidiaries of VINCI Railways, are continuing their actions in favour of environmental preservation and social progress, by helping territories to take up the challenge of ecological and social transition. These are two major challenges for which a partnership approach with local players makes full sense“.
