Month: June 2017

Monaco’s football team is encouraging supporters to sign up for special discounted season ticket deals. Fans of the winners of France’s Ligue 1 title can benefit from a reduced rates of up to 25 percent, while loyal fans who attended all 19 games of L1 at home last season can benefit from a 19 percent further reduction. For diehard fans, discounts range from 120 to 850 euros.

Students under 26 qualify for season tickets at just 49 euros, while normal adult rates vary from 180 to 1,100 euros.

Old or new, all subscribers will have priority for tickets for next season’s Champions League matches with preferential rates.

Special offers are also planned with “La Munegu Family” tickets, now valid for all stands and with a discounted rate for parents and a 50 percent discount for children. Further reductions also apply to members of the Supporters Club and the Ultras.

Despite outstanding successes on the pitch, AS Monaco often has trouble attracting enough spectators to home games at Stade Louis II, due to the small population of the Principality.

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Prince Jacques meets AS Monaco team at Palace

As part of the policy of educational excellence sought by HSH Prince Albert and the Government of Monaco, the system for granting scholarships has been supplemented to allow young Monegasque students at high-level international universities to benefit from lower tuition fees.

A list of these institutions of higher education has been drawn up using three internationally-recognised rankings: Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Rankings), QS World University Rankings (QS) and the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking,

This list of 62 international establishments was formalised by Ministerial Decree No. 2017-258 on April 21, 2017, the associated regulatory framework being specified by Ministerial Decree No. 2017-257 of the same date.

For these institutions, the state now determines the amount of the grant on the basis of actual tuition fees, with a state contribution ranging from 25 percent to 100 percent depending on the family’s circumstances.

Applications for scholarships must be sent to the Directorate of National Education, Youth and Sports by July 31, 2017, the deadline. The documents required to compile the file can be downloaded from the following links:
• http://service-public-particuliers.gouv.mc/Education/Allocations-aides-and- scholarships / Scholarships / Apply-a-scholarship
• Websites of the Lycée Albert Ier, the Lycée Technique et Hôtelier of Monaco and the Lycée François d’Assise-Nicolas Barré.

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IMSEE publishes Focus on Education

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Students design and build powered bikes

Launched in 2007 by the Directorate of International Cooperation, the International Voluntary Service (VIM) programme has enabled many young people to live and work in one of the countries receiving help from Monegasque Cooperation.

To mark the 10 years of the VIM program, the DCI last week brought together a large number of volunteers who have carried out a mission since 2007, as well as some key partners who welcomed them, in the presence of the Government-Minister of External Relations and Cooperation.

Testimonies, round tables and workshops were held during the day to take stock of these ten years, to promote the programme and to help it evolve.

All the volunteers were unanimous in saying that it was an enriching life experience, both in human terms and professionally. For some, it is an intercultural experience and the opportunity to give meaning to their professional career by putting themselves at the service of others. For others, it is a stepping stone towards a career in international aid.

The aim of the VIM program is to allow young people between the ages of 21 and 35 to have professional experience of one to three years in international aid, within a structured and secure framework. For the host partners, it is a guarantee of expertise and a transfer of skills.

To date, 35 volunteers have been deployed in eight countries, mainly in Africa, in support of an international or local NGO or a UN agency. The missions entrusted are various: project coordinator, responsible for partner relations and fundraising, administrative and financial management, social worker, facilitator, nurse, occupational therapist, and more.

The Tourism and Convention Bureau carried out a successful and varied promotional tour of Brazil from May 28 to June 3 in order to promote the strategy of diversifying tourism in the Principality. The DTC has a representative office in the country.

On Sunday, May 28, 50 press guests and leisure tourism professionals were able to watch a video link to the Monaco Grand Prix of Monaco at the Cervejeria Nacional Brewery in São Paulo, next to The Ayrton Senna Foundation.

Corinne Kiabski, Head of the DTC’s Press Department and Laurence Aquilina for the Sales and Leisure Department, said that Formula 1 remains, along with Football, one of the top sports of Brazil. The six victories won by Ayrton Senna in the Principality made the Monaco Grand Prix the favourite race of the Brazilians, creating close ties between the two countries.

After two days of meetings in São Paulo, the Monegasque delegation flew to Brasilia to attend events organised with “upscale” end customers. The delegation then traveled to Rio de Janeiro for a cocktail with travel agents.

On the following days, the delegation met with agencies specialising in luxury tourism and media agencies, such as “TV Globo” – the top Brazilian communication group – to initiate new projects with Monaco. The tour ended in Curitiba, Brazil’s eighth most populous city, known worldwide for its urban planning, ecological innovations, transportation network and quality of life.

In Curitiba, the DTC delegation took part in a train tour in private coaches, specially chosen for the occasion, so that the DTC delegation could offer Brazilian travel agents and journalists the latest news of Destination Monaco in an unusual setting.

Brazil remains, despite its political problems, the ninth largest economic power in the world, and in 2017 the Brazilian economy has been moving towards economic growth. Analysts forecast growth of about two percent in 2017, before a stronger recovery in 2018.

Gilles Tonelli, Government Counselor for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, received new ambassadors at a luncheon at Monte Carlo Bay on Friday, June 16.

HE Mr. Moin ul Haque, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ; HE Mr. Rupert Schlegelmilch, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union; HE Mrs Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of El Salvador and HE Mr Imants Viesturs Liegis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia, had earlier in the day presented their Letters of Appointment to HSH the Sovereign Prince.

HE Mr. Moin ul Haque joined the Diplomatic Service of Pakistan in 1987, where he became Director in 2005 and then Director General in 2013. In the same year, he was appointed Chief of Protocol. He has held various diplomatic posts abroad: Brussels, New York, Colombo, Vancouver and Ankara.

After five years in the Directorate General of External Relations of the European Commission in Brussels HE Mr. Rupert Schlegelmilch joined the Directorate-General for Trade in Brussels in 2003 as Head of Section in charge of international business relations. In 2012, he was appointed Director of Services, Investments, Public Procurement and Intellectual Property Rights.

HE Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez began her diplomatic career in 1993 as Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of El Salvador to Unesco. She is then appointed Ambassador to France and Portugal, Executive Director of FUNDAPAZ and Member of the Task Force. In 2007, she became Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and then served as Ambassador in Austria and in five countries in the East and South East Asia. In 2014 HE Ms Hernandez joined the Permanent Representation to the International Organisations and the United Nations in Vienna.

Ambassador of Latvia to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1997, HE Mr. Imants Viesturs Liegis joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2004 as Under-Secretary of State. He then served as Ambassador to Spain. In 2010, he was successively appointed Acting Minister of Justice, then Minister of Defence. He subsequently joined Parliament as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for European Affairs. From September 2012 to June 2016, he served as Ambassador to Hungary, Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia.

The 57th Monte-Carlo Television Festival was officially opened on Friday evening by Honorary President HSH Prince Albert II. The red carpet event was attended by a host of acting and creative talent from around the world.

The presidents and members of the 2017 Golden Nymph juries were introduced to a packed auditorium of invited guests and fans in the Salle Des Princes at the Grimaldi Forum.

Golden Nymph Fiction Jury President Juan José Campanella was accompanied by Fiction Jury members, Shohreh Aghdashloo, John Corbett, Peter M Lenkov and Odile Vuillemin. News Jury President Etienne Leenhardt was joined by News Jury members, Mona Friis Bertheussen, Eszter Cseke, Phil Rees, Andras Takacs and Annette Young.

The Opening Ceremony was followed by the global premiere screening of the first episode of Sony Pictures Television Networks’ new thriller series Absentia, in the presence of actors, Stana Katic, Patrick Heusinger and other members of the cast and crew. The 57th edition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival sees a number of new initiatives which are open to the public such as Behind The Scenes panels, Meet The Stars autograph and selfie sessions and brand new programming screenings.

Laurent Puons, CEO said: “The Festival has a long-held ambition to develop opportunities for fans to get up-close and personal with their idols. I am therefore very pleased to have extended the scope this year to include the many fans who are eager to know more about their favourite shows, enabling them to make true connections here in Monaco.”

The Monte-Carlo Television Festival attracts a wide range of acting, production and writing talent from around the world who travel to Monte-Carlo for the four-day celebration of programming including many nominated for the Golden Nymph Awards which will be presented later this week at the close of the Festival.

The Festival was inaugurated by HSH Prince Rainier and is widely recognised as one of the many legacies of Princess Grace that helped put Monaco on the world map as a centre of excellence in modern culture.

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Humanitarian issues recognised at Monaco TV festival

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News and Fiction jury presidents announced for TV awards