Day: 4 February 2019

Jean Castellini, Government Counselor – Minister of Finance and Economy, gave a welcome address to the 1000 or so employees and guests gathered for two days at the Grimaldi Forum for the centenary of Alcatel Lucent Enterprise (ALE).

This anniversary was an opportunity for Group leaders to present the vision of an innovative and futuristic company for the next 100 years in 5 priority areas: the public sector, e-Transport, e-Education, the e -Health and E-Hospitality.

At the end of this event, Albert Croesi, Managing Director of Monaco Inter Expo and General Commissioner of the Monaco Pavilion at the EXPO DUBAI World Expo 2020, has signed a partnership with Jack Chen, CEO of the ALE Group to equip the Monaco Pavilion with the latest technological innovations developed by ALE and Frédéric Genta, Interministerial Delegate for Digital Transition, spoke about Monaco’s determination to define an ambitious economic model that respects its values ​​and DNA in today’s connected and digital.

Lionel Galfré, Director of the Monegasque Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (IMSEE) since its creation in 2011, joined the Interministerial Delegation in charge of Digital Transition (DITN) on January 28, in which he will be responsible as the Chief Data Officer.

He said, “It involves organizing the control and the processing of the data collected by the Administration, at the service of the State, the population, the employees and the entrepreneurs. It will also be necessary to ensure their protection. Joining the project led by Frédéric Genta and his team is exciting; for the opportunity of change of our administration that it hints at, for the purpose of service of the general interest that it pursues and by the people who carry it.”

Sophie Vincent, Deputy Director of Labor for 4 years, succeeds him today as head of the IMSEE. She joined the Administration in 2001 as Head of the Youth Employment Unit, she was then appointed Head of the Employment Service in 2009 and Deputy Director of Labor in 2015.

About her new duties, she says: “The IMSEE is a beautiful house with a competent team. It is one of the windows of the Administration, characterized by an independent and neutral spirit. I am fortunate to inherit a strong leadership. I am keen to perpetuate his ethics and his philosophy.”

The Principality of Monaco is committed to the creation of a marine educational area.

This project, proposed by the Monegasque Association for the Protection of Nature (AMPN), is conducted as part of a partnership with the Prince’s Government and with the support of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.

The concept of marine educational area was born in 2012 in Polynesia, in the Marquesas Islands, from the imagination of the children of the Vaitahu school. It is a small coastal sea area, managed in a participatory manner by the children of a primary school, thus promoting the knowledge and protection of the marine environment by young audiences. Each school year, pupils in a 7th class, assisted by their teacher and accompanied by a scientific referent, define management objectives and set up “actions for the sea”.

In the Principality, the class 7C of the Ecole des Révoires has been selected by the Department of National Education, Youth and Sports to initiate the marine educational area. Once the project was presented to children by the AMPN team, they set up a “children’s council for the sea” in their class to reflect on the choice of the most suitable site.

The study of the Monegasque coast led them to favor the area between the floating dike of Port Hercule and the Oceanographic Museum, which has a diversity of habitats, natural or artificial, but also a great wealth in terms of marine biodiversity and terrestrial.

A thorough visit of the site allowed them to understand all the peculiarities and to draw up a first inventory of fixtures, a step necessary for the identification of the next “actions for the sea”.

In addition to its invaluable value in educating children about the protection of the environment, the concept of marine educational area fits easily into official educational programs by promoting transversal activities.

Ultimately, students will also build a network of relationships with many entities in the Principality who, through their commitment, their areas of expertise or their know-how, will accompany them to achieve their goals.

The official presentation by the children of this unifying project, which corresponds to the wish of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco to protect the seas and the oceans and to multiply the campaigns of sensitization will take place on March 27, 2019, on the occasion of Oceans Week.

The Information and Financial Circuits Control Service (SICCFIN), the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Principality, represented by Philippe Boisbouvier Karine Imbert and Jenny Perrot, participated, from 29 to 31 January, in the EGMONT Group intersessional meeting held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The EGMONT Group is an international organization that now has 159 CRFs. Its mission is to fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (AML / CFT).

At this event, Philippe Boisbouvier signed four cooperation agreements with the following FIUs: NAFI – Cameroon, UAF – Chile, CVI – Guatemala FIU – Benin.

Based on a model framework agreement validated by the EGMONT Group, these agreements are intended to facilitate and strengthen the exchange of information between the signatory countries in order to optimize investigations. Their implementation is subject to certain mutual guarantees.

During their visit to Jakarta, the members of the Monegasque delegation actively participated in the activities of several working groups, the groups “Exchange and cooperation”, “Support and Training” and “Policies and Procedures”.

They also had many fruitful discussions with members of other delegations.

Several contacts were also taken to sign new cooperation agreements at the 26th Plenary Meeting of the Egmont Group to be held in The Hague (Netherlands) in July 2019.