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Monegasque company receives funding as part of new HORIZON EUROPE scheme for first time
The new co-funding scheme enables Monegasque partners of a European consortium to gain access to the European Commission’s Horizon Europe research and development programme.The SBM Offshore group is a partner of the European Scalable Complementary Offshore Renewable Energy Sources (SCORES) consortium, selected by th...
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World Wildlife Day
World Wildlife Day and the fiftieth anniversary of the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will be celebrated on 3 March under the theme “Partnerships for wildlife conservation”.The purpose of this day is to highlight the importance of protecting species...
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Monaco takes part in first international forum on identifying and recovering criminal assets in Rome
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Guardia di Finanza, with support from the OECD, held the first international forum on identifying and recovering criminal assets in Rome on 27 and 28 February.The international conference was attended by more than 300 experts from government departments and agencies rep...
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Haiti: Prince Albert II of Monaco School celebrates tenth anniversary
Built in 2012 in a shanty town in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince following the earthquake which hit the country on 12 January 2010, the Prince Albert II of Monaco School (EPAM) was officially opened ten years ago, on 15 February 2013, by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince.In the wake of the devastating January 2010 ear...
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COVID-19: weekly health update for the Principality
As of Sunday 26 February, a total of 16,115 people have been infected with coronavirus in the Principality since the beginning of the health crisis, and 16,043 people have recovered.Last week (from 20 to 26 February), seven new positive cases of COVID-19 were recorded.On Sunday 26 February, one person, who is not a...
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Monaco participates in second meeting of WHO Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations
A Monegasque delegation led by H.E. Ms Carole Lanteri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Principality of Monaco to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, took part in the second meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations from M...
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United Nations: Monaco takes part in discussion on equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems
On 22 February 2023, at the initiative of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), a general discussion on equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems was held in Geneva.The event was an opportunity for CEDAW to officially launch the process of drafting a g...
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Annual meeting of Monaco Humanitarian Collective: 515 children treated in 15 years
On Friday 17 February 2023, members of the Monaco Humanitarian Collective (charities, treatment centres and the Prince’s Government) held their annual meeting to review the previous year and discuss celebrations of the Collective’s fifteenth anniversary. The Collective has treated 515 children since it was first est...
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Creation of voluntary fund to protect marine mammals in Pelagos Sanctuary
The tripartite Pelagos Agreement1, signed in 1999 by France, Italy and the Principality of Monaco, last year created the Pelagos Voluntary Fund. The purpose of this new instrument is to provide financial support for the ambitious Pelagos Action Plan 2022–2027.This fund will make it possible to finance priority tripa...
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4th plenary meeting of the Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights: report and prospects
The Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights recently presented its fourth annual report during its plenary meeting, which was chaired by Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and attended by representatives from Monegasque institutions, the Department of Justice, go...
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