Month: December 2018

Between December 3 and 7, the 57th Committee MONEYVAL plenary was held in Strasbourg – the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism (AML / CFT) of Council of Europe.

At this meeting, the Principality was represented by an enlarged delegation composed of Philippe Boisbouvier, Jean-Marc Gualandi, Louis Danty, Karine Imbert and Alison Gérard. This team has the task of preparing the future evaluation 5 th round of the Principality of Monaco and her second National Risk Assessment.

During the plenary, besides reviewing evaluation reports 5 th round of the Czech Republic and Lithuania, the Monegasque delegation was able to follow several presentations to help participants better understand and implement effectively and effective FATF recommendations on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.

During this working week, the Monegasque delegation to the MONEYVAL Committee was received by Rémi Mortier, Ambassador of the Principality to the Council of Europe.

This working visit was also an opportunity for the Monegasque representatives to participate in the meeting of the MONEYVAL Committee’s “Small States Group” (San Marino, Gibraltar, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Andorra, etc.) and a working meeting of the Egmont Group’s “Europe 2” working group.

The Strategic Committee for e-health met for the first time this week, under the chairmanship of Mr. Didier Gamerdinger, Government Counselor-Minister of Social Affairs and Health, and Mr. Frédéric Genta, Interministerial Delegate charged with Digital Transition.

This Committee, which is part of the Government’s digital transition policy, aims to define the main directions in the field of digital health. It is made up of representatives of health professionals, health institutions, public and private payers and representatives of the Government.

On this occasion, the Minister-Counselor reiterated the Government’s wish to initiate concrete actions in the field of e-health, such as the Physicians’ Health Yearbook, secure medical messaging or making appointments online.

He stressed that the key to the success of the e-health development project lies in the commitment of all health actors while keeping the patient at the heart of the reflection. The work of the Steering Committee, which will lead to the implementation of the first e-health projects in 2019, was presented to the members who validated them.

Two Ministerial Orders on noise and construction schedules were published in the Journal de Monaco today, Friday, December 7, 2018.

These texts aim to optimize the quality of life in the Principality. They relate to:

• reinforcement of the supervision of the schedules and periods of realization of the building sites;
• the creation of a device to limit construction noise (all the information in the technical sheet attached).

This evolution of the texts in force responds to a strong expectation of the resident population.

It also responds to that of construction professionals, who can only embark on the path of improvement and exemplarity on strengthened regulatory bases.

It is important to mention that the representatives of the Council of the Architects’ Association, the Union of Real Estate Developers and the Construction Chamber have been consulted prior to the proposed reform. They also intervened twice in the context of the finalization of the new regulation.

These new texts aim to:

• simplify and harmonize the applicable texts, in particular on the schedules and execution periods of the worksites;
• create or reinforce the rules of supervision of the execution of the building sites, by apprehending the nuisances that result;
• evolve towards exemplary projects.

A ministerial decree of September 2010 had already brought a clear improvement on the management of construction schedules, reducing the daily time slot which, since 1930, could authorize the work from 6h to 22h.

The issue of noise nuisance had also led the Environment Department to develop, in 2011, a circular on construction noise.

Thursday, December 6, as part of the General Assembly of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), Mr. Brahmantya Satyamurti Poerwadi, Director General for the Management of Marine Space (Indonesia) and Mr. Patrick Rampal, President of the Scientific Center of Monaco, have signed a letter of intent between the Ministry of Maritime Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia and the Scientific Center of Monaco. The Ceremony took place in the presence of Mrs. Susi Pudjiastuti, Minister of Fisheries and the Sea and Mrs. Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Department of External Relations and Cooperation.

This signature, which follows the bilateral meeting between the President of the Republic of Indonesia and HSH the Sovereign Prince, in Bali on October 29, aims to establish cooperation between the two countries in the fields of research and conservation. coral reefs on the following points:

Understanding the impact and chronology of marine pollution using corals as indicators;

• Identification of bleached and / or damaged coral reefs;
• Study of the climatic variability of ocean acidification and past climates using corals as indicators;
• Monitoring and rehabilitation of coral reefs;
• Capacity building and visit of researchers and experts.

The implementation of these areas of cooperation will be done through an agreement to be agreed between the parties

The Minister of State Serge Telle and the Prime Minister and Minister of State Xavier Bettel signed a declaration of intent allowing the opening of constructive exchanges between the services of the two administrations in the digital domain. 

This declaration is the result of discussions between the teams of the Information Technology Center of the Luxembourg State (CTIE), and the Interministerial Delegation for the Digital Transition Monegasque.  

Frédéric Genta, interministerial delegate for the digital transition accompanied by a delegation, went on December 6 to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to meet Xavier Bettel.

Frédéric Genta visited the Luxembourg Data Center, which is known for its “green IT”.

The Principality of Monaco and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg make the digital transition a priority to support the modernization of their administration and encourage innovation on their territory. 

The synergies and dynamic interactions resulting from new information and communication technologies are creating new challenges for our economies and societies.

Therefore, this partnership will enable the CTIE and the Interministerial Delegation for the Monegasque Digital Transition to organize a sharing of expertise and experimentation on future topics such as the dematerialization of administrative procedures, e-health, or setting up a digital identity for each resident.

The two states are also launching a study aimed at safeguarding sensitive data in a Luxembourg data center with guarantees of immunity and privileges similar to those of an embassy. Data from Estonia are already hosted in Luxembourg on the same model. 

It had become strategically important for the Principality to find a solution to preserve certain data against risks of cyber-attack or natural disaster, guarantees that it is impossible to implement on a territory of two square kilometers.

Luxembourg, a true trusted partner in Europe, also hosts sensitive data such as those of NATO or the European Union.

The two governments welcome the establishment of this partnership, which is fully in line with European programmes for cooperation on innovation and digital security. 

Xavier Bettel underlined that this partnership on digital innovation reinforces the role of Luxembourg as a digital trust center and confirms the progress of e-government in Luxembourg.