Horses have their university north of Caen, and it is growing
By Nicholas Claich
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In Saint-Contest, at the gates of Caen (Calvados)the International Horse Campus is one of the two sites run by the Normandie Équine Vallée joint syndicate, which brings together the Normandy Region and the Department of Calvados. The other is at Goustranvillein the Auge countryside.
Laboratories, research, start-ups…
The objective of this campus is to fulfill, in the same place, scientific skills in the field of research, training, as well as economic players in the equine sector.
This equine sector, by its dynamism and the many projects it carries, is an extraordinary opportunity for our Department. It irrigates a strong and job-creating economy.
In Saint-Contest, there are already the Labeo equine research laboratory, the Biotargen research unit of the University of Caen Normandy, the RESPE (equine health epidemiological surveillance networks), as well as the two startups Equiways and Équibiogènes .
A new building for research
Thursday, November 24, the first stone of an extension was laid. This new building, designed by the DHD architecture agency, based in Saint-Contest, will welcome new companies, within dedicated modules. It will also have a 75-seat auditorium, which will make it possible to organize international conferences. “The objective is to support the development of the activities of the teams present, but also to create new lines of research with the creation of a genomic unit which will make it possible to associate new partners such as the François Baclesse center”.
More than €5.5 million invested
It is a very good asset for the image of Normandy and its attractiveness. And it is of course a way of simply saying to the equine planet: “If you want to invest, it is with us that you have to do it! And besides, they are doing it more and more. »
The project, worth €5.56 million, is financed by the Department (€1.96 million), the Region (€1.35 million), the Éperon fund (€1.33 million) and the Community urban Caen la mer (€300,000).
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