Day: 5 February 2019

Delegations from the Prince’s Government and the Lebanese Association of Knights of the Order of Malta met this week.

The Monaco delegation was led by Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Department of External Relations and Cooperation at the Ministry of State.

They were joined by Marwan Sehnaoui, President of the Lebanese Association of Knights of the Order of Malta, in the presence of HE Mr. Umberto Di Capua, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Order of Malta in the Principality.

This meeting was designed to strengthen the partnership between the Prince’s Government and the Lebanese Association of Knights of the Order of Malta (ALCM) and follows the ministerial visit to Lebanon in April 2018.

This trip was particularly thanks to Gilles Tonelli, Government Counselor – Minister of External Relations and Cooperation, to visit the project supported by the Monegasque cooperation in Kefraya, Beqaa.

This project aims to improve the living conditions of older people in rural areas, particularly in the health field, by maintaining a social link.

Since 2017, the Principality of Monaco has been strengthening its support to vulnerable populations in Lebanon, a country that faces major challenges, particularly because of the Syrian crisis.

By 2020, the partnership between the Prince’s Government and the ALCM could continue in areas of common interest such as health or support for people with disabilities.

As part of the 20th edition of JEUN’ELEC programme, pupils of Charles III college and St. Francis of Assisi Nicolas Barré attended a test day of electric vehicles.

Organised by Club Electric Vehicles of Monaco, with the Directorate of Education, Youth and Sports and the Department of the Environment, the event took place on February 5 at the Fishermen’s Car Park.

The main modes of electric transport were presented with, this year, a focus on the electric bike.

Events covered a range of vehicles

• Road safety, workshop led by the Public Security Department
• A fun circuit of electric bikes, proposed by MonacoBike, with the support of FatBike
• The discovery of the Monaco bikes, led by the Monaco Bus Company.
• The electric kart offered by Kart Indoor Monaco
• A circuit in electric cars (Tesla, Twizy, Renault Zoé, etc.) with the participation of the Urban Planning Department, the Prince Albert I Foundation, the Monaco Post, the SMEG, the Town Hall, Mobee and Limousine Tours.

Beyond the simple test of electric vehicles, the objective of this day was to make students aware of the problem of the preservation of the environment, in particular pollution related to road transport and the notion of intermodality.

Since its launch in 2017, MonacoTech, the startups program created by the Monaco State in partnership with Monaco Telecom, has supported 24 startups, 14 of which are still going.

In order to continue to detect new innovative startups, a new call for projects is open on www.monacotech.mc.

MonacoTech selects ambitious and innovative projects in line with Monaco’s strategy.

Successful startups are encouraged to grow in a trusted environment in which their members benefit not only from a single global ecosystem, but also from personalized monitoring and a best practices program.

Startups are, however, reviewed every six months by an independent committee to assess their progress.

The Monegasque incubator therefore offers project sponsors:

• Personalised follow-up (individual roadmaps and specific methods) coached by the Director of the Program and the Director of MonacoTech,
• Regular mentoring,
• Custom workshops,
• Formations,
• Connections with the main actors of the ecosystem: experts, mentors, investors, partners…
• Visibility and events organised by the incubator,
• Sharing experiences between startups.

Monaco City Hall hosted the “Snack of Chefs” on Saturday, February 2. This event is organised every year by the Monaco Goût & Saveurs association.

Chefs coome together to exchange culinary specialties.

This year was the turn of the Municipal Restaurant, located at the level of the Court of Honor of the Town Hall, to host thirty heads of restaurants in the Principality.

The Communal Council invited six traders from La Condamine Market, including the newcomers, to exchange with the Chefs present and offer them their specialties for tasting: cheese head, tripe to the old, aged cheeses, seafood, Scandinavian products, Italian mozzarella and meat products, carpaccio of meat …

The Chef of the Municipal Restaurant, Julien Baldacchino, on this candlelight day, proposed delicious pancakes and sweet verrines.