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culturally, it was exciting as negotiation is not is less and less the case and we work more a balance, an organisation, an urban plan. When
the same with a Japanese or German buyer. I and more interdepartmentally. We have made a you launch an operation, you have to make
like these cross-functional missions and find lot of progress since the period when I entered sure that there is not another one next door
the gymnastics of adaptation fascinating. It the administration. At that time, we did not and assess the consequences for economic
is a question of succeeding in convincing, speak English so easily, we had to favour the life. Public and private construction must be
uniting and embarking everyone on a common French language in our responses to citizens. compatible with other economic activities,
adventure, to reconcile the objectives of each In Monaco, we have everything we need to particularly in a small territory which can quickly
one in the service of the collective. face the challenges of tomorrow and, looking become congested if we do not do this. We all
back, I find that our ability to adapt has been share this idea and planning is also one of the
In the Civil Service, you worked for different quite strong. components of our reflections on mobility.
departments, such as the Business
Development Agency, Tax Services, Foreign What are your current priorities? The Housing Could you give us an example?
Affairs and Social Affairs. Is it good training Plan for Monégasques (PNL)? This August, a certain number of exemptions
to become a government minister, moving This is an interdepartmental portfolio. My were granted exceptionally to continue cons-
through different departments? department only pilots part of the PNL truction, whilst traditionally there is less building
Personally, it has helped me. I ask the other (Carmelha, Bel Air, Lierres and Nathalie). The work in the summer period. We fully assume
advisers about the portfolios that concern others, which are under a property development this at governmental level. It’s a blessing in
my depar tment contract, such as Villa disguise, as we will gain three months and be
- and vice-versa - Ida and Mas Honoria, able to finish certain operations, letting some
because everything “In the are managed by the more air into our roads. Monaco is always
is intertwined. In administration, Ministry of Finance under constant construction and in particular
my career, there and E conomy. right now. We need to get out of this period
has always been a we are in the In addition, the to deliver as many projects as possible. We
common thread. I did D ep ar tment of are looking, by working with the operators,
not arrive in these public service.” Public Works, the for the best scheduling of construction sites
different services by Environment and by district. It is not an easy choice, there are
chance. I entered the Urban Development always unhappy people. The perfect life does
administration because I was drawn by the is sprawling…The National Housing Plan is one not exist in terms of construction sites in such
notion of working for my country. Economics of my priorities, of course; but my real priority a constrained territory. You cannot expect large
and geopolitics are in my DNA, my intellectual is to deliver and carry out all the operations, deliveries of housing without the noise of a
sensitivity...I wanted to offer my technical skills, both those of state housing and amenities pneumatic drill! The trick is to try to keep it
so I favoured jobs in sectors linked to economic such as the Pasteur Island (including the new sustainable and balanced both for the legitimate
players such as the Business Development school), the new hospital, as well as the future expectations of local residents and for the
Agency, Tax Services, Foreign Affairs and Social Charles III Island area, needs of construction
Affairs, where I mainly embraced the labour law which will reconfigure operators who,
aspect. The issue of the public/private interface the entrance to the “This August, a it sh ould be
is essential for me. A state is only strong when Principality and certain number remembered, are
the interests of the private and the public represents a very also job providers in
sectors are well balanced. My first position at real urban planning of exemptions the Principality. The
the Business Development Agency allowed me challenge! Priorities government makes
to understand how the administration thought. need to be combined. were granted strong decisions
When you leave the private sector, it’s a bit of In addition, I exceptionally when they have to
a culture shock but in a good way, bringing an personally have no be made. During the
understanding of the impact of a portfolio for new arbitration to do to continue 2022 Grand Prix, for
a state on a large scale. once the decisions example, we stopped
have been taken at construction” certain construction
The public and private sectors are often the highest level of sites for a week
viewed as incompatible the state. when the long team
I don’t like to oppose public and private. In the convoys arrived. The Principality’s media
administration, we are in the public service. Does this involve many simultaneous exposure post-Covid, the holding of these
We are not part of the culture of performance construction sites in the city and urban events without a hitch, were a priority. Real
for maximisation of profit but in that of an planning? estate developers understood this and were
efficient service rendered to the community. Construction sites are not all plain sailing. by our side when we decided to suspend the
It is a heavier machine, a mega-company We have indeed many public and private work, even if time is money! We were able to
with different departments. In the past, the construction sites at the moment in Monaco, agree smoothly and no-one got upset. We must
administration tended to work in silos but this requiring lane and road closures. We have to find address problems together to find the best

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