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Day: 14 January 2021

Fifth Covid victim within a fortnight

by: Cassandra Tanti
14/01/2021

Monaco’s Covid fatality rate continues to rise sharply, with the death of an 88-year-old woman on Thursday.
The government reported the death in its daily Covid count on Thursday, saying, “The Princely Government offers its sincere condolences to the family and relatives of this person. We wish to assure them of our full support in these painful times.”
The 88-year-old female resident marks the 8th Covid fatality since the epidemic began. Five of those deaths have occurred since 1st January 2021, compared to three deaths in the entire year of 2020.
Faced with a rising incidence rate, the Monaco government has regularly boosted health measures in the Principality, most recently closing restaurants in the evening and bringing the curfew forward one hour to 7pm.
Meanwhile, there were 17 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the total in Monaco to 1,145.
Currently, 30 people are being cared for in the Princess Grace Hospital Centre, 14 of whom are hospitalised residents. The intensive care unit is treating nine critical patients, of which six are residents.
There are 114 people with mild symptoms being monitored by the Home Monitoring Centre, and 21 new recoveries brings that total to 947.
 
 

Noise disruption expected

by: Cassandra Tanti
14/01/2021

The government has warned of sound disturbances at night for the next fortnight as new worksite containers are transported to the Testimonio II construction site.
Testimonio II is an enormous project that is currently being erected on the last remaining large-scale building plot in the Principality, stretching from Boulevard d’Italie to Avenue Princesse-Grace – just a stone’s throw from the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort.
By the time it is finished in 2024, Testimonio II will offer 339 housing units in two residential towers, a 50-place nursery, and a new site for the 700-student International School of Monaco. Meanwhile, 54 grand Bay House apartments will be provided for luxury living, as well as five magnificent villas each with their own private roof gardens and pools.

Groupe Marzocco has teamed up with Vinci Immobilier and Vinci Construction to work on the project alongside SATRI. Source: Groupe Marzocco

Work began on the site in the second quarter of 2017 and is now picking up pace, requiring a number of worksite containers to be erected on site for labourers.
In a statement on Thursday, the government said the public can expect sound disturbances between 7pm and 1am until the end of the month as the containers are transported at night, so as not to disrupt traffic during the day.
 
Photo by the Government Communication Department
 
 

Prince to headline Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week

by: Cassandra Tanti
14/01/2021

Prince Albert will give a keynote speech on national resilience in the face of Covid-19 at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, designed to help set the agenda for a green recovery from the health crisis.
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), hosted by Masdar, is a global platform for accelerating sustainable development and will be held virtually from 18th to 21st January 2021.
ADSW 2021 will feature a series of high-level virtual events, including the ADSW Summit, IRENA Assembly, Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum, Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, Youth 4 Sustainability Virtual Forums and the World Future Energy Summit Webinars.
“As our economies and industries begin to recover from the impact of the global pandemic, we have an opportunity to set ambitious goals, invest in new technologies and put the necessary policies in place that will deliver a sustainable recovery,” said Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE’s Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy for Climate Change and Chairman of Masdar. “Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week embodies the United Arab Emirate’s proactive and forward-thinking approach to climate change and sustainability and underlines the UAE’s role as a responsible, solutions oriented global citizen, enabling dialogue to be turned into action.”
Dr Sultan Al Jaber will be delivering a keynote speech at the ADSW Summit, which will feature more than 70 high-level speakers from around the world, including Prince Albert II of Monaco, Head of State, who will share how his Principality has handed the coronavirus crisis.
“The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause unprecedented levels of disruption to lives all over the world. But the recovery period offers energy policy makers and the investment community a moment to realign their decisions and actions with sustainable growth, economic resilience, and shared prosperity,” said Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). “The IRENA Assembly and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week represent a starting point for a year that we must come to define as pivotal in our pursuit of a sustainable future.”
This year’s summit follows a successful 2020 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, which hosted around 45,000 attendees from 170 countries, with more than 500 high-level speakers from around the world. After this year’s virtual event, the physical program of ADSW will return in 2022.
To ensure the safety of all participants, ADSW 2021 and all related high-level events will take place virtually. The physical program of ADSW will return in 2022.
 
 

How many workers in Monaco are female?

by: Stephanie Horsman
14/01/2021

Women made up 41% of the workforce in large companies in 2019 and the majority of working females in Monaco were French. These are just some of the findings to come out of the latest report by IMSEE.
New figures by Monaco’s statistics body show that 53,091 people were employed in the private sector in 2019. Of those, just over 21,000 were women, constituting 40% of the total.
The overwhelming nationality was French at 63%, while Italians made up 15%, and Portuguese 7%.
Meanwhile, 43% of women lived in Monaco or the communities immediately surrounding it such as Beausoleil, Cap d’Ail, La Turbie and Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. This is compared to 32% of private sector men.
The average age of women skewed a bit lower than that of the men, but only just. Males were aged 42.2 on average, and women 41.6 years. In the 25 to 34 age range, women had a slight edge over men, making up 25% of the sector’s workforce compared to 22% of men.
The biggest sector in Monaco – Scientific and Technical Activities, Administrative Services and Support – is also the biggest employer of women in the Principality, with 3,000 females coming under this umbrella.
Hospital Activities, GSA Admin, Teaching and Social Health and Action Services are primarily female dominated sectors, with seven out of 10 employees being women.
On the other end of the scale, only one construction worker in 10 was female.
The number of working hours each week varied only slightly in two categories. Women worked more than 39 hours a week in 12% of cases, whilst 26% of men did the same. In other categories, it is roughly even. For those working under 20 hours per week, women came in at 12% and men at 9%. Meanwhile, 41% of women worked exactly 39 hours a week compared to 39% of men.
The figures show that women made up the majority of employees in small companies in the private sector. In those with less than five employees, they represented 53%. However, in companies with 50 or more employees that figure drops to 41%.
Finally, there were 48 companies of more than five employees that were 100% female, versus 129 that were 100% male.
 
Photo source: Unsplash
 
 

Sportel cancelled

by: Stephanie Horsman
14/01/2021

As a resurgence of the Covid pandemic brings continued uncertainty for the coming months, organisers of Sportel Monaco have given up trying to pursue their February event at the Grimaldi Forum.
Sportel Monaco was originally scheduled from 26th to 28th October 2020 and was pushed back to 22nd to 24th February 2021 at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco.
However the event organiser, Monaco Mediax, revealed on Wednesday that it has now decided not to pursue the event at all this winter.
“When I postponed Sportel Monaco to February 2021, the horizon was quite positive, but today I have to face the reality,” said Laurent Puons, CEO of Monaco Mediax, in a statement. “We cannot hold an international event in this current sanitary context. The regulations and health situation in Monaco, France, Europe and the world as a whole, evolve and change by the day, stating the obvious that the sports industry is not able to travel and meet face-to-face. However, the vaccine is giving us hope for the near future. We are not giving up and will continue to work hard to be ready for the day we can organise an event that can meet the expectations of our clients.”
Replacing the physical event at the Grimaldi Forum will be a series of free webinars starting in March 2021, allowing for deal making and face to face networking to continue. It follows the success of the company’s collaborative e-sports webinar last November.
“Sportel will continue to connect with the sports business community digitally,” said Mr Puons. “Industry heavyweights and dynamic innovators will discuss key industry trends emerging through the disruptive Covid climate including: navigating media rights negotiations, ‘crossover’ partnerships between parallel ecosystems such as e-sports, exciting new tech and digital evolutions, and more.”
Sportel Monaco, the world’s leading Sports Content Media Rights and Technology Convention, will return to the Principality from 5th to 7th October 2021.
 
 

Roca Team clobbers Nanterre in Euro Cup match

by: Stephanie Horsman
14/01/2021

The Roca Team came out swinging and never stopped in their Wednesday night Euro Cup 7 Top 16 match against Nanterre, beating their opponent 93 to 65.
AS Monaco Basketball is back on form after their disappointing loss to Orleans last weekend when they were knocked out of the Coupe de France.
It was clear from the start that Nanterre didn’t stand a chance on Wednesday. The team was determined to take home the win and win they did. They delivered both offensively and defensively, dominating the game on the opponent’s home turf.
Top scorer Marcos Knight had praise for his team, saying “I think we played a big team game in defense. We forced them to take some tough shots and from our side we shared the ball well.”
Knight took home 20 points and seven rebounds on the night, followed by Rob Gray who had 19 points and an impressive four for seven three-pointers. Damien Inglis had 11 points and nine rebounds, and JJ O’Brien brought home 10 points. Will Yeguete picked up 10 rebounds to match his 10 points scored.
The team made 26 out of 38 shots on the night and a whopping 39 total rebounds.
“I’m very happy with the performance of my team, with the way we won this match,” said Coach Zvezdan Mitrovic. “We produced a very good game in attack, collectively. Everything worked out well with a good share of the ball, it was really better than usual in this sector. We confirmed our status as the best defense in the Euro Cup but I really liked what I saw in attack. It’s only the first game but the Top 16 is off to a good start.”
The Roca Team face off against Unicaja Malaga next Tuesday at home at Salle Gaston Médecin.
 
Photo source: AS Monaco Basketball