Month: October 2018

Since 2016, British artist Celia Pym has been conducting a research project on the restoration of stage costumes by the Société des Bains de Mer at the New National Museum of Monaco.

This Friday, October 12, at the Ecole Saint-Charles, the artist inaugurated ‘The Voyageur Collection’. This educational project, conceived in collaboration with the artist, is the first in a series of out-of-the-wall workshops based around NMNM collections. A team of the Museum, accompanied by a few fragments of fabrics, embroidery, headdresses and accessories from the collection of costumes of the Monte-Carlo Opera House in deposit at the Museum, will animate several workshops in schools, associations and medical proposing to discover this ‘Voyageuse Collection’. From touch to drawing to poetry, these creative workshops will also be an opportunity to raise awareness of the issues of conservation and restoration.

Celia Pym will host Saturday, October 13 at Villa Paloma a workshop called ‘Repair’ which will bring together fifteen people accompanied by their textile parts to repair. The meeting will also be an opportunity to discuss issues related to this approach, including how and why we repair, patch and mend the fabrics. Finally, this workshop will examine the qualities of tenderness and care inherent in the act of reparation.

From October 12 to November 18, the public can discover in ‘The Table of Contents’ Flying Gold Cape, result of a performance designed around a single artifact: a golden cape, embroidered with many sequins, initially created by the workshop costumes from the Monte Carlo Opera House and repaired by the artist. This performance took place in 2018 in Iceland, the United Kingdom and Monaco.

Clotilde Ferry, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Monaco to the United Nations, participated in the Committee on Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Affairs on Children’s Rights Issues, held on October 10, 2018, in the United Nations.

After discussing the 16-year goal set by the Commission – “to build a world fit for children” – Ms. Ferry emphasized in her speech that the situation of children around the world is worsening.

She recalled the commitment of HRH the Princess of Hanover for the reintegration of child victims of armed conflict and the support of the Principality of Monaco for the Security Council resolutions on the fate of children in armed conflict and, in particular, the “Declaration on safety in schools”.

The Adviser to the Mission in New York also highlighted the different actions of the Principality for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child.

AS Monaco announces the appointment of Thierry Henry as coach of the professional team. He commits himself for three seasons, until June 2021.

Thierry Henry, 41, will take control of the group on Monday. He will be joined by Joao Carlos Valado Tralhao, U23 coach of Benfica, and Patrick Kwame Ampadu, coach at the Arsenal Academy.

The former striker of the French team returns to Monaco where he was trained and played between 1993 and 1999 (141 games, 28 goals).

Sacred World Champion in 1998 one year after the title of 1997 French Champion with AS Monaco, winner of Euro 2000, double champion of England (2002, 2004), winner of the Champions League (2009) and double champion of Spain (2009, 2010), Thierry Henry has past the biggest challenges during a career marked by stints at Arsenal, Barcelona, the New York Red Bulls and more recently in the Belgian National Team.

Present alongside Roberto Martinez in the staff of the Red Devils since 2016, Thierry Henry contributed to the third historic place of Belgium at the last World Cup.

Vadim Vasilyev, AS Monaco Vice President and Chief Executive Officer: “His knowledge of football, his passion for the game, his high standards and his commitment to our colors make his nomination a reality.

“Thierry is both aware of the task ahead and eager to start his new job. He can count on our trust and all our support to bring a new dynamic to the team and carry out the mission.”

Thierry Henry: “In the first place, I thank AS Monaco for giving me the opportunity to coach the team of this club which is so special to me. I am very happy to come back to AS Monaco and extremely determined to meet the challenges ahead. I can not wait to meet the players to start working together.”

On 11 October, the Conseil National welcomed 16 girls from Monaco schools to take part in the #Girl2Leader global campaign. The objective of #Girl2Leader is to encourage young girls to consider a career in politics and to understand the role and importance of women in politics.

The event was attended by M. Stephane Valeri, President of the Conseil National, Ms. Isabelle Bonnal, Director of the Department of Youth, Education and Sports, M. Marc Mourou, President of the Education and Youth Commission in the Conseil National and several female MPs, including Ms. Brigitte Boccones-Pages, the first female Vice-President of the Conseil National in Monaco.

Following speeches by M. Stephane Valeri, President of the Conseil National, Ms. Nathalie Amoratti-Blanc, MP and President of the Women and Family Commission in the Conseil National, and Vibeke Brask Thomsen, Director of SheCanHeCan, the girls had the opportunity to ask questions to the Members of Parliament.

The #Girl2Leader campaign represents a special opportunity for girls to hear inspiring personal stories from women politicians, to learn how they got involved in politics and to have the chance to ask them questions. The Monaco-based non-profit organization SheCanHeCan is a proud partner in this initiative and spoke about its activities on promoting girls’ leadership.

SheCanHeCan is a Monaco-based organization, established in 2011, whose aim is to support and inspire girls to take leadership roles. It encourages both boys and girls to challenge deeply-held gender stereotypes and realize their full potential, independent of their gender. Its work is three-fold: conducting workshops on equality in schools and for companies, hosting Parent-Child Book Clubs and celebrating the Day of the Girl in Monaco every year since 2013.

#Girl2Leader is a global initiative which aims to empower girls from all over the world, encouraging them to consider leadership roles in their communities and to get involved in politics by connecting them with female politicians. To mark the International Day of the Girl, the Conseil National and the Odeon Tower were lit in purple on the evening of 11 October.

For its 3rd edition in Monaco, the organic festival La Route du Goût is setting up, from 12 to 14 October, an organic vegetable garden and a floating village at Quai Antoine 1er, where chefs, artisans, producers and organic vine growers present their products.

Organized by the Bio Chef Global Spirit Association and chaired by Paolo Sari, Michelin-starred chef at Monte-Carlo Beach, this major annual event aims to raise awareness of organic, local and seasonal cuisine, respectful of the environment.

The Festival La Route du Goût is also:

• A culinary competition for children: 10 children from 8 to 12 years old from Monaco schools will accompany 10 chefs from the Principality to prepare an exceptional organic dinner
• An ecological innovation contest
• An Exceptional Organic Dinner “The Flavor Market” at Monte-Carlo Beach
• A culinary demonstration of 10 starred chefs aboard Riva boats
• Organic Gala “Chefs love the Planet” at Villa La Vigie
• Guided tours of the cellar of the Hotel de Paris
• Institutional partners: Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Monte-Carlo Société des Bains, Monte-Carlo Country Club, Monaco Boat Service and Tourism and Convention Bureau
• A charitable project: the profits of the Festival will be used to equip the Training Center “Hotel and Culinary Institute Organic Moné and Paolo Sari” in Madagascar.

As part of the energy transition policy of the Prince’s Government, Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Councilor of Government – Minister of Equipment, Environment and Urbanism, presented yesterday, accompanied by Georges Marsan, Mayor of Monaco and Thomas Battaglione, Managing Director of SMEG, some 160 m² of photovoltaic panels recently installed on the roof of the nursery of the Roseraie. The City Council and the State jointly decided to make a photovoltaic generator on the building.

As solar energy is a major driver of the energy transition in Monaco, the Government has photovoltaic panels installed during the construction of public buildings. The State also encourages the local production of electricity from renewable sources, through a subsidy and the provision of a solar land register (https://transition-energetique.gouv.mc/).

This partnership between Mairie – Etat – SMEG is the result of the common will to develop exemplary projects in Monaco, particularly on public buildings. Marie-Pierre Gramaglia declares: “This equipment illustrates the determination of the Government to support the country in its energy transition”.

The power of the installation is 30 kWp. It will produce locally 35,000 KWh and 3500 kg of annual release of CO2 into the atmosphere will be avoided. A production that covers about half of the building’s consumption and is equivalent to the electricity needs of 7 homes. The technique chosen – a method of integration with buildings, on a roof tile – is a first on Monaco. It is an operational demonstrator that can be replicated to other buildings.