On March 30, 2012, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco hosted a reception at the Palais Princier de Monaco honoring the three Monégasque athletes who participated in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

Attendees included Mr. Rudy Rinaldi and Mr. Jérémy Torre who won the bronze medal in the Bobsleigh competition, Alpine skier, Mr. Bryan Pelassy, the Mayor of Monaco, and Mr. Georges Marsan to name a few.

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Meanwhile, the sovereign prince’s personal foundation, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, has signed an agreement to protect 80,000 acres of forest in northern Guatemala.  According to Monaco Life the agreement will, “…help reduce deforestation and degradation…”

To read more about this latest news please click here.  For more information about the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco and its latest activities please click here.

Sources: Palais Princier de Monaco and Monaco Life

Photo courtesy of the Palais Princier de Monaco

On April 2, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline of Hanover opened the Princesse Grace: Habiller une Image exhibition held at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Villa Sauber.

The exhibition was developed in “…collaboration between the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and Pringle of Scotland.”

According to the official website for the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco the exhibition was created by:

…the BA Fashion Course History & Theory students who carried out extensive research into the wardrobe of Princess Grace of Monaco through accessing archives of personal contacts of the Palace, as well as Institutions in the Principality including the Prince’s Palace Archives and Library, the Archives Audiovisuelles de Monaco, the Bibliothèque Municipale Louis Notari, and the Garden Club of Monaco.

The research focused on Princess Grace’s daily wardrobe, particularly knitwear and Pringle of Scotland archive styles, and how this was essential to her personal interests and passions. The findings will be debuted in an Exhibition hosted by the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco- an intimate study capturing her style in the most relaxed and familial situations. The second stage of the project, set to launch in September will see Pringle of Scotland and the Central Saint Martins MA Fashion Design students take aesthetic elements from the exhibition and translate them into a knitwear capsule collection.

For more information about the exhibition please click here.

Sources: Palais Princier de Monaco and the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco

Photo courtesy of: Palais Princier de Monaco

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco attended a reception on March 28, 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Monégasque Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation.

According to the Palais Princier de Monaco the reception “… brought together all the athletes, coaches, volunteers, partners who contributed for a quarter of a century development and sporting success of this discipline.”  Attendees at the event also included Mr. Rudy Rinaldi and Mr. Jeremy Torre, the Monégasque bobsleighers who won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Winter Youth Games.

Source and photo courtesy of the Palais Princier de Monaco

Per the PR Newswire:

CleanEquity Monaco, the forum for emerging cleantech companies, closed Friday 30 March with an Awards Ceremony presided over by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.

The event showcases cutting-edge emerging cleantech companies to a world-class gathering of senior delegates including specialist financial and strategic investors, established industry players, key policymakers and international trade media.

H.S.H. Prince Albert II audited the judging process and awarded the prizes.

The award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Research went to ArcActive Limited, a New Zealand company developing a new negative electrode for the Lead Acid battery for use in Start/Stop or Micro Hybrid vehicles. These batteries will enable automakers to significantly improve fuel economy compared to the state of the art AGM batteries, while being cost competitive with AGM.

The award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Development went to GreenCom Networks, a German company enabling distributed energy management for utilities with its Energy Information Brokerage Platform.

The award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Commercialization went to Tendril, a US Energy Platform company delivering end-to-end consumer engagement products, applications and services powered by Tendril Connect(TM) – an open standards-based, secure and scalable platform that takes the complexity out of the Energy Internet.

The presenting companies were sourced and screened by Innovator Capital, a boutique investment bank with a focus on cleantech, with help from international partners from Europe, America, India and Japan.

The conference offered a sneak preview of next wave cleantech technologies and associated commercial opportunities.

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco gave a speech this morning during the 2012 World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Norway.  The sovereign prince spoke at the seminar entitled, Arctic Change, Indigenous Youth and Future Opportunities.  

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