Month: April 2019

The Principality was represented by Philippe Boisbouvier and Mrs. Jenny Perrot at an anti-money-laundering seminar in Senegal at the end of March.

Mr Boisbouvier is Acting Director of SICCFIN, the Monegasque Financial Intelligence Unit. Mrs Perrot is a financial analyst.

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), jointly organised the seminar with the Action Group against Money Laundering in Central Africa (GABAC) and the Training Institute of the Financial Action Task Force International (FATF).

This was part of the fourth round evaluations of the countries’ Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (AML / CFT) arrangements.

From March 25 to 29, 2019, more than 40 participants from many French-speaking countries (Benin, Mali, France, Togo, Belgium, Chad, Senegal, etc.) met in Dakar (Senegal), to follow this training and to be able to subsequently, to evaluate the policies and actions of the states in AML / CFT. The evaluations of the different jurisdictions are carried out by the peers.

During this seminar, participants learned about AML / CFT policies put in place by countries with respect to the 40 FATF Recommendations (legal framework and technical compliance) and a series of prioritised outcomes.

After being warmly welcomed by the President of Senegal’s National Cell for Financial Information Processing (CENTIF), Ramatoulaye Gadio Agne, the participants, for a week, deepened their knowledge of the issues related to the evaluation of the countries and participated workshops to enable them to better address the evaluations they will be asked to make. 

For the third consecutive year, SICCFIN, in order to show the Principality’s commitment to the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, has not failed to send its agents to the training of evaluators.

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has sided with fans in his praise for Monaco loanee Youri Tielemans. The club would love to see the star performer sign permanently in January.

Rodgers told Leicestershire Live that he wants to keeep working with the player. He has competition from other clubs – with Tottenham rumoured to be interested in the midfielder.

“I can’t worry about that,” the manager said.

“You can see he’s a top class young talent, but I always have to respect he’s a Monaco player.

“He’s certainly a player that I would love to continue working with. He’s a wonderful boy, 21, so he’s only going to get better, that’s the exciting part about him.

“He’s playing games now and he’s come back from two internationals to this so of course (signing him permanently) would be absolutely fantastic.”

Oceanco’s recently delivered 109-meter motoryacht, Bravo Eugenia, won the award in the category Technology and Innovation on 28 March at the Yacht Club. This newly conceived award is based on the Yacht Club of Monaco’s fundamental values and criteria, which include Naval Etiquette, Preservation of the Ocean and its biodiversity, and Technological Innovation.

HSH the Sovereign Prince attended the Annual Conference for the Energy Transition on March 29, at the Yacht Club of Monaco.

Also attending were HE the Minister of State, Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Government Councilor – Minister of Equipment , Environment and Urbanism, as well as Julien Vidal, guest of honour for the evening.

The evening featured a presentation of the eco-citizen approach of Julien Vidal, a review of year 1 of the National Pact and the perspectives of development of the approach, the awarding of “Trophies of the Energy Transition To three Laureates, rewarded for their good practices and a strong announcement from Décathlon Monaco, which is now abandoning the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. 

HSH the Sovereign Prince concluded the evening by recalling, “To reunite goodwill in the service of our common future, we must of course go beyond international bodies, beyond government decisions, beyond all these projects that we drive. 

“We must involve everyone, as we do today. We must identify, propose and promote concrete and shared solutions, like those of the laureates we have just honoured […] I think especially, more widely, the invention of a new model, more innovative, more virtuous, more sustainable, serving the planet and the quality of life, serving our contemporaries and serving our children.”

As part of the Monaco Ocean Week (MOW), the Scientific Center of Monaco (CSM), and in particular its WHO Collaborating Center, organised a workshop on Ocean Pollution and Human Health.

The workshop was led by Professor Rampal on Wednesday, March 27, in collaboration with Professor Philip Landrigan, Boston College and Coordinator of the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health.

HSH the Sovereign Prince and HE Bernard Fautrier, Vice-President and Managing Director of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, attended the conclusions of this workshop and met the various participants.

A reflection was initiated to achieve, by the MOW 2020, a special report to be distributed at the scientific symposium “Human Health and the Ocean in a Changing World” organized in Monaco by the CSM, in collaboration with WHO and other partners from 11 to 13 May 2020.

The 14 participants, marine biologists, doctors, and / or representatives of international organizations, took part in presentations on the different types of pollution and their effects on the health of populations, then set up the working groups that will take into charges each of the types of pollutants in this special report (plastics, heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, pesticides and pollution from biological sources such as toxic algae or micro-organisms).

This special report, supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, will be written by the CSM and Boston College, in partnership with selected scientists from around the world.

It will include a systematic review of the impacts of ocean pollution on human health, with special attention to vulnerable populations. The report will critically analyze current knowledge about each pollutant that may affect human health, examine the influence of climate change on these effects, and attempt to predict future trends. It will also include economic data. Simultaneously with its broadcast in Monaco in May 2020, this report will also be published in a high-level peer-reviewed journal.