UNESCO’s Director of the Office of Strategic Planning, Jean-Yves Le Saux, and HE Yvette Lambin Berti, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Monaco to UNESCO, signed a renewal of the Framework Cooperation Agreement concerning the four-year programme 2018-2021 at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters on Wednesday, March 14.
With this signature, the Prince’s Government reaffirmed its commitment to continue its participation in this international specialised institution and its commitment to defend the mandate of UNESCO in order to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
HE Lambin Berti reiterated the Principality’s commitment to the values of UNESCO. On behalf of the Director General, Audrey Azoulay, Mr Le Saux thanked Monaco for its long-term support in helping to make the Organisation’s voice heard.
Hercule Fitness Club, the new municipal sports club, will soon open in the Rainier III Nautical Stadium. Monaco Town Hall has unveiled the logo, representing a torso.
Work on the new space – managed by the Municipal Sports Service and Associations – began in September 2017 and will be completed in a few days. The fitness club will soon welcome its first members and will offer quality equipment and qualified professional coaching with programmes tailored to athletes of all levels.
The club will be open seven days a week, from 7 am to 10 pm, Monday to Friday, and from 8 am to 8 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Single entry costs €25 and a card for 10 sessions is €200. Monthly membership is available from €170.
The children’s playground at Place des Moulins has recently reopened, after a complete 6-week renovation by the Department of Urban Planning which began on January 15.
The redevelopment of the garden concerns in particular the fencing and gates, for the safety of children, the replacement of games and soft ground, the creation of planter-boxes set up around the trees of the garden, and the replacement of grass by synthetic grass that will prevent children from getting dirty in bad weather.
Particular attention has been paid to the choice of games so that children with reduced mobility or visually impaired can take full advantage of this very popular space.
Amadeus, the global provider of technology solutions for the travel and tourism industry, is looking to recruit 500 workers to its Nice-Sophia Antipolis site, where the company’s Research & Development centre is situated.
While the group employs 15,000 worldwide, the Nice location was rated “2016 Best Employer” by Capital Magazine, as well as the fifth best technology company to work for in France, above Microsoft and SAP.
“We value the work of our teams and offer them many advantages as well as attractive prospects for growth,” says Magali Viano, Amadeus’ Director of Human Resources.
With 600 million reservations made a year, Amadeus sees 2018 as a pivotal year for the travel industry and new technologies, like blockchain and AI, and is planning to hire accordingly.
Job openings will include full-time positions, internships, and contracts in R&D, digital, marketing and project management for students, recent engineer, business school or university grads, C ++ developers, Java, marketing product managers, Pdef specialists, QA engineers, IT security and DevOps.
Only 20 minutes from Nice airport and in the centre of EU’s leading Technology hub, Amadeus’ campuses in Sophia-Antipolis are home to 3,800 people of some 70 nationalities.
“Our campuses offer an exceptionally multicultural environment where diversity is valued, and where more than. Our approach is agile and flexible, and our success story is based on collaboration and team spirit. Our work environment reflects this mindset and also favours a better work-life balance,” reads the company’s website.
The Exotic Garden will host a free outdoor concert, Rockbox, on St Patrick’s Day. The event is being organised by the Monaco Town Council in collaboration with Monaco’s Harley Davidson Club, and is part of the Toulouse group’s French tour, which began last month to mark its 10th anniversary.
The band opened for Deep Purple on a tour but also performed on European stages and street concerts. Talent and originality characterise this “school blazer and cap wearing” band, whose lead Richard Rethore sings through a megaphone.
Rockbox offers full covers tunes, and at the base of their repertoire: Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Who, David Bowie and other icons of the international rock scene.
Rockbox should light up the public this March 17 at the Jardin Exotique, “an idyllic setting for an exceptional concert,” the Town Hall says.
The Monaco-Ireland Arts Society will be performing two modern plays on Friday, March 16, Stones in his Pockets by Marie Jones, and Ritual for Dolls by George MacEwan Green.
With just two actors playing over a dozen parts, Stones in his Pockets is a comedic yet tragic take on the effects of the Hollywood dream in a small Irish town. Written by Jones, the play is a sad, hilarious and irresistible two-man show about the filming of a Hollywood epic in rural Ireland. A pair of extras, Charlie and Jake, tell the story by taking on all the roles themselves, an ingenious theatrical trick that has a political kick.
Entr’acte, Ritual for Dolls tells the story of four toys that lie forgotten in an attic, a tale that bursts with violence through the strait-lacing of Victorian society, as a golliwog, a toy soldier, a doll and a monkey with a drum each night re-enact the intense events in the lives of the brother and sister who had owned them.
The 8:30 pm event, which takes place at Auditorium Collège Charles III (parking opposite), is presented by the Monaco-Ireland Arts Society, now in its 24th year. “We are a small group of actors committed to presenting our local audiences with the works of Irish authors and playwrights.
‘We spend many months rehearsing our dramatised costumed play-readings and have produced evenings on Shaw, Wilde, Friel, Synge, and many other well-known authors.”
The March 16 evening, like all of the Monaco-Ireland Arts Society events, are free of charge. “We rely on the memberships to continue our work.”
Membership to the Monaco-Ireland Arts Society is only €15/year. Download an application form here.
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