Month: June 2017

The International University of Monaco held its traditional graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 24, in the prestigious setting of the Salle des Princes of the Grimaldi Forum.

More than 1,300 close friends from all over the world celebrated with the students the end of a cycle and an important chapter in their lives. Representing more than 75 countries, these new graduates have joined the ranks of IUM alumni, whose number now stands at 2,782.

The Best School Spirit Award, the Monaco Outreach Award, and the Contribution to the Future Award were among the prizes given.

The “Peace & Sport” association, represented by its President and Founder Joël Bouzou, came to honour the event, which conveys a message about the values of the association.

In terms of new developments in 2017, the graduation ceremony was marked by the Bachelor’s degree “Monaco Banking and Financial Services”, a programme offered for the first time this year, created in partnership with the Prince’s government and AMAF, the Monegasque Association of Financial Activities.

Thirty-one years after its first beginnings, the International University of Monaco now offers four specialisations in Bachelors degrees and five specialised Masters, in Finance, Luxury Management, International Marketing, Luxury Marketing and Sport Management, an AMBA-accredited MBA and a DBA that bring together a total of more than 600 students at its premises at Stade Louis II.

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The scientific schooner Tara continues to travel the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to unveil the biodiversity of coral reefs, an important factor in understanding major environmental challenges.

The collection of data that Tara collects during this two-year voyage is none other than an immense and unprecedented library of 40,000 samples that will make it possible to carry out the first global study of coral reefs on an ocean scale.

Initiated by the Tara Expeditions Foundation and coordinated on a scientific level by the Scientific Centre of Monaco (CSM) and Paris Institute of Science and Letters, this expedition will enable the study of an ecosystem essential to the equilibrium of the oceans.

The biodiversity of the reefs represents about 30 percent of the marine species in less than 0.2 percent of the total surface area of the oceans. Particularly threatened by global warming and changes, they are important indicators of the health status of our oceans.

Romain Troublé, Managing Director of the Tara Expeditions Foundation, said, “Tara Pacific, comprised of 70 researchers from 22 laboratories around the world, brings together their expertise to study this fabulous ecosystem and to provide an inventory for future generations.”

The contribution of the CSM is major: for nearly 30 years, it has developed methods of cultivation in controlled conditions that are still unique in the world.

“Among the corals we grow, three species are being precisely studied during Tara Pacific. Analysis of their genomes, thanks to Genoscope DNA sequencing, will serve as a reference for all the reefs studied throughout Tara’s journey. We will be able to offer long-term expertise to many laboratories,” said Denis Allemand, Director of Monaco’s CSM.

Alongside the research institutes, the Tara Expeditions Foundation and its patrons, the Principality of Monaco has invested heavily in this project through the Prince Albert II Foundation. “Our partnership is not just financial support. It is above all a relationship of trust that has been consolidated during nearly 10 years of exchanges and which has made it possible to propose together technical and political solutions to the major challenges of the oceans “said Philippe Mondielli, Scientific Director of the Foundation.

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Monaco Air League held its annual award ceremony on Tuesday, June 20, with 150 people in attendance on Sir Stelios’s terrace.

Patrons Sir Stelios, Prince Alvaro de Orleans-Borbon and Thierry Boutsen (Dame Shirley Bassey, the association’s fourth patron, was unable to attend) presented a total of 13 scholarships, as well as three awards to young people for the Alvaro de Orleans Borbon Essay Prize, and three awards for the Air League Design a Tie Competition.

Christopher Foyle, President and Founder of Monaco Air League, told Monaco Life, “In addition, we pledged 25 prizes to those students at the Collège Charles III and the Lycée Albert Ier who have successfully completed the Brevet d’initiation aéronautique – the BIA, or Brevet – which is the GCSE of aviation studies. These will be presented to the students at their end of term prize givings on June 28 and 30.”

Earlier this year, on April 29, the League funded the entire Brevet BIA class from the lycèe, a dozen students, to have glider flights in Fayence.

Monaco Air League has also pledged to assist both the Disabled Flyers Unit at the Cuers-Pierrefeu airport and the “Dream to Fly” project run by Monika Chambet, which helps terminally ill young people achieve their ambition of having personal flights.

Mr Foyle pointed out, “We are supporting Clemens Toussaint in his aim to turn Albenga Airport, which he purchased about two years ago, into a much enhanced Monaco Riviera Airport for executive jets.”

Future plans for Monaco Air League include a potential arrangement for young people to undertake work experience at the Airbus factory in Toulouse and this August, the League will again be taking a group of up to 12 young people to Doncaster Airport to be involved with the Avro Vulcan nuclear bomber project, and to work in the classic aircraft museum there.

A group outing has been fixed for the February 13, 2018, to tour behind the scenes at the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch and visits are also planned to the French equivalent – the BIA – as well as behind the scenes at Nice Airport, the air base of Patrouille de France with the French Air Force flying display team, and the Airbus factory at Toulouse.

The second edition of the Monaco Air League awards evening included two draws, one for a hot air balloon ride with the Monaco Hot Air Balloon Club – which uses a new ecological balloon enabling 70% energy savings – and another with Surf Air, the new members-only private scheduled air service from Cannes-Mandelieu to London Luton.

Monaco Air League’s committee members comprise Christopher and Catherine Foyle, Francois Gautier, Trevor Gabriel, Ian and Vanessa Ilsley, Susan Webb , Ed Wright, Basil Nalbantis and Bruce Hutchison. Other Committee Members are: Roger Shine, Andrew Lampert, Lee Robinson, Kevin Marsh, William Easun, Nicholas Budd and Liz Roberts.

Article first published June 26. All images: AterlierMike.com

Monaco Air League Awards 2017

Christopher F‎oyle Flying Scholarship
Flavien Allemand
Jean-Marie Binucci

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou Flying Scholarship
Jean Lamblin
Filippo Martini

Avinco Engineering Scholarship
Lucas Parisi
Thomas Pagès (not present)

Boutsen Aviation Flying Scholarship
Timothée Orengo
Robert Nylund

Nalbantis Flying Scholarship
Max Langdon-Banks

Jonathan Lyons Flying Scholarship
Morgane Jay

Brian Gitlin Flying Scholarship
Mathieu Vatrican

Alvaro de Orleans Borbon Essay PrizeWinners of the Leonardo Da Vinci Essay Competition are awarded their certificates and cheques by Prince Alvaro de Orleans-Borbon‎, who set the challenge. The winners are: Andrea Bernardi, Robert Nylund and Elodie Webb (not present)

Air League Design a Tie CompetitionIsabella Nylund, Dominic Webb and Flavien Allemand and  ‎are the winners of the Design-a-Tie Competition and all won ballooning flights with the Aéronautes de Monaco

Experience Day at Fayence Gliding School
Allan Garbagnati

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A new version of a dedicated website for startups is now available in the Principality.

MonacoTech, the incubator and accelerator for startups created by the state, in partnership with Monaco Telecom and Xavier Niel, has launched an updated and enhanced version of its existing website.

MonacoTech is the first of its kind in the Principality. Its main objective is to support the creation of innovative projects by enabling networking between business angels, venture capital, banks and others and to provide a dynamic start-up ecosystem.

The project is important for the Monegasque state to position itself as a credible centre of innovation, and to help create added value and further develop businesses in Monaco.

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