Day: 16 May 2018

SBM Offshore in Monaco held its fifth edition of Life Day on Tuesday, May 15. The principle: the holding of a special day centred on themes related to safety, health, the environment, the welfare of employees and sustainable development.

Between 10 am and 4:30 pm, employees were able to participate in informational and training workshops related to these different themes.

This operation is held every year in all the countries in which the company operates – Malaysia, Brazil, United States, Angola, and others. The Group is composed of 850 employees in the Principality and more than 4,700 worldwide.

This fifth edition was marked by an energy transition component. The Mission for Energy Transition, supported by a team made up of six volunteers from SBM Offshore, had a dedicated pop-up stand at the entrance to the SBM building. The objective was to encourage employees to join Monaco’s National Pact for energy transition. The event raised some 60 new memberships.

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National Council President Stéphane Valeri held the first press conference of the 2018-2023 term on Tuesday, May 15, which was dedicated to housing.

“The lines are moving,” said Valeri, referring to discussions with the Government, in particular during the Plenary Study Commission on May 8, that have made progress on a number of crucial issues. This will allow the National Council to consider exceeding 700 new homes, against 800 required in the projections. “But there is still a lot to be done,” he added, “and we have to go from good intentions to concrete actions on several projects.”

Several topics were discussed during the conference, many of them of a technical nature. Substantively, the creation of Mobility Assistance while a new Plenary Study Commission will be established with the Government to advance the various ongoing projects in the housing sector.

Also present from the National Council was Brigitte Boccone-Pagès, Vice-President, Franck Lobono Chair of the Housing Committee, Christophe Robino, Chair of the Committee on Social Interests, Balthazar Seydoux, Chair of the Finance Committee and the representative of the National Council at the Observatory of Commerce, Corinne Bertani).

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A delegation from the Monaco Tourism and Convention Bureau, accompanied by several Monegasque tourism partners, visited Brazil (Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo and Porto Allegre) and Argentina (Buenos Aires), from April 14 to April 24.

The Monaco delegation was led by Corinne Kiabski, DTC’s Director of Communications, and Laurence Aquilina, Head of the South American Market in DTC’s Marketing and Sales Department. They were accompanied by Marion Fernandez from Meridien Beach Plaza, Claudia Ellmer from the Hotel Metropole Monte Carlo and Alexandre Lebrat from Monte-Carlo SBM.

In Sao Paolo, a working meeting between hotel partners and wedding planners was held in order to present Monaco as an ideal destination for Brazilian clients on a special honeymoon. The wedding industry is experiencing an exponential boom in Brazil.
Throughout the promotional tour, lunches and meetings, to which the national media were invited, provided an opportunity for Monaco to showcase its new travel slogan: “Green is the new Glam.”

Members of the DTC, as well as the representatives of the Brazilian office, then continued their meetings in Buenos Aires. They made first contact with high-end travel agencies to make them aware of the attractions of destination Monaco. At the same time, meetings with the Argentinean media helped to place the Principality at the heart of the Argentinean news agenda.

Brazil is an emerging market for Monaco. In 2017, Brazil was in 18th place among the top 20 arrivals in the Principality. For its part, Argentina, the third largest economy in Latin America, is growing at an annual rate of 2.8 percent and could become a buoyant market for the DTC.

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On May 14, Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Monaco’s Permanent Representative at the International Maritime Organisation, submitted to its Secretary-General the Instruments of Adhesion to the 1997 Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, known as the MARPOL 73/78 Convention.

The text is a recognition of the menace of pollution of the atmosphere by ships and is part of the evolution of the MARPOL Convention to which the Principality is already a signatory.

The 1997 Protocol is an important tool to reinforce the international system to fight atmospheric pollution, and the latest protocol adds Annex VI to MARPOL 73/78, which limits the pollution of the atmosphere by ships.

More specifically, these rules set emission limits for sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides from ship exhaust and prohibit deliberate emissions of ozone-depleting substances. The adherence to this text illustrates the importance that Prince Albert attaches to the protection of the environment.

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