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Monaco’s Permanent Representation to the European Union - Director of the Prince’s Palace Archives and Library gives presentation to European Parliament
On Wednesday 6 February 2019, at the joint invitation of MEP Juan Ferrando Lopez-Aguilar and H.E. Ms Sophie Thevenoux, Ambassador and Head of Monaco’s Permanent Representation to the European Union, representatives from European institutions and the diplomatic corps in Brussels attended a presentation delivered by M...
Read morePrince’s Government receives representatives from Order of Malta Lebanon
On Tuesday 5 February 2019, a delegation* led by Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, received Marwan Sehnaoui, President of the Lebanese Association of the Knights of the Order of Malta (ALCM), at the Ministry of State, in the presence of H.E. Mr Umberto Di Cap...
Read more20th Jeun’Elec event
As part of the 20th Jeun’Elec event, Monaco’s Club des Véhicules Électriques (Electric Vehicles Club), working closely with the Department of Education, Youth and Sport and the Department of the Environment, offered willing Year 9 (4ème) pupils from Collège Charles III and Collège Saint-François d’Assise Nicolas Bar...
Read moreMonacoTech launches 4th call for applications!
Since it was first set up in 2017, MonacoTech, the start-up programme created by the Monegasque Government in partnership with Monaco Telecom, has supported 24 start-ups, of which 14 are still with the programme.To continue to identify new, innovative start-ups, another call for applications has been launched on www...
Read moreEGMONT Group Working Groups in Jakarta - The Principality Signs Four Cooperation Agreements
SICCFIN, the Principality's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), represented by PhilippeBoisbouvier, Karine Imbert and Jenny Perrot, took part in an inter-sessional meeting of the EGMONT Group, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 29 to 31 January 2019.The EGMONT Group is an international organisation that now includes 15...
Read moreMarine educational area to be created in Monaco
The Principality of Monaco has embarked on the creation of a marine educational area.The project, put forward by the Monegasque Association for the Protection of Nature (AMPN), is part of a partnership with the Prince’s Government and is supported by the Prince Albert II Foundation.The concept was born in the Marque...
Read moreLionel Galfré joins the DITN; Sophie Vincent Succeeds him as Head of IMSEE
Lionel Galfré, who has been Director of the Monegasque Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (IMSEE) since it was founded in 2011, joined the Digital Transition Office (DITN) on 28 January, where he will be become Chief Data Officer."It will be a matter of organising the management and processing of data...
Read moreThe Alcatel Lucent Enterprise in Monaco Celebrates its 100th anniversary
Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and Economy, gave a welcoming address to the 1,000 or so employees and guests who had gathered at the Grimaldi Forum for two days to celebrate the centenary of the Alcatel Lucent Enterprise (ALE). This anniversary was an opportunity for the Group's management to present a vision...
Read more8th Le Temps Presse Festival: Monaco pupils head to Paris for award ceremony
The award ceremony for the short film festival LE TEMPS PRESSE was held on Friday 1 February in Paris, and attended by representatives from the Prince’s Government, pupils from École de Fontvieille and students from the Sciences Po campus in Menton, who were there to present the Children’s Prize and the Students’ Pr...
Read moreThe Welcome Office Meets New and Future Residents
The Welcome Office, headed by Laurence Garino, held an information meeting at the Foreign Residents' Club of Monaco (Club des Résidents Étrangers de Monaco) (CREM) for new and future residents.This meeting was an opportunity to present various practical aspects of life in the Principality, from healthcare to the dif...
Read moreThe Ambassador of Monaco to the United Nations is Appointed Co-Chair of the "Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea"
The President of the UN General Assembly has appointed H.E. Ms Isabelle Picco and her counterpart from Trinidad and Tobago, H.E. Ms. Pennelope Beckles, to lead the next meeting of the Process, which will take place from 10 to 14 June 2019, on the theme "Ocean Science and the United Nations Decade of Ocean Scien...
Read moreEnergy transition is a key concern for the Prince’s Government
At a press breakfast this morning, the Minister of State, flanked by Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, and Annabelle Jaeger-Seydoux, Director of the Mission for Energy Transition, discussed the Prince’s Government’s policy on energy transition.Addressing the pro...
Read morePrince Albert I commemoration committees established
The Prince Albert I Commemoration Committee and the Albert I – 2022 Executive Committee were established by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince today, at a ceremony in the Oceanographic Museum attended by the Minister of State and a number of other personalities.Created by Sovereign Ordinance No. 7.253 of 14 December 2018,...
Read moreThéâtre Princesse Grace signs up to join Monaco’s energy transition
On Tuesday 29 January, Françoise Gamerdinger, Deputy Director for Cultural Affairs with responsibility for programming at the Théâtre Princesse Grace, signed the National Energy Transition Pact Commitment Charter. By taking this powerful step, the theatre is pledging to support efforts to achieve a carbon-free Monac...
Read moreA Picina Bibliuteca - A Self-Service Participatory Library
A participatory library - a project led by the Department of Urban Amenities (DAU) - has recently been set up in the Jardin de l'Âne, near the Ecole de Fontvieille school.The aim of A Picina Bibliuteca is to give a new life to books (and DVDs); users can leave some there and borrow others. The content of the library...
Read moreTourist and Convention Authority launches second digital "Green is the new glam" campaign
With support from the Côte d’Azur Regional Tourism Committee, the Tourist and Convention Authority recently launched the 2019 edition of its digital “Green is the new glam” campaign. In essence, the campaign slogan promotes an idea of “glammy-yet-eco-friendly” luxury.A “digital afterwork” evening organised on the Ra...
Read moreSMIC 2019
18/01/2019 - (JO 8.417) - Circular no. 2018-16 of 27 December 2018 on the Statutory Minimum Wage (Salaire Minimum Interprofessionnel de Croissance, SMIC) which came into force on 1st January 2019 18/01/2019 - (JO 8.417) - Circular no. 2018-17 of 27 December 2018 on the Statutory Minimum Wage (Salaire Minimum Interp...
Read moreSBM commits to Monaco’s energy transition
On Friday 25 January, Jean-Luc Biamonti, CEO of the Société des Bains de Mer (SBM), signed the National Energy Transition Pact Commitment Charter. By taking this powerful step the company, which also signed its third Sustainable Development Charter, is pledging to support efforts to achieve a carbon-free Monaco.The...
Read morePrince’s Government and Sciences Po host Winter School to raise student awareness of vulnerable children
From 21 to 25 January, the Department of International Cooperation held a week-long Winter School at the Sciences Po Middle East-Mediterranean Campus in Menton. Now in its fifth consecutive year, the School features themed lessons designed to raise awareness and inspire vocations among first-year students.The theme...
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