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on a combination of energies, with the current providers, that the market is not yet mature The construction industry is traditionally
deployment of 5,000 m² of solar panels on enough. a male-dominated environment. Does
Monégasque territory, as well as the production this change anything for you in your
of renewable energy through investments carried Your department, very important both in terms management style?
out by Monaco Energie Renouvelable. The more of the sites it manages and staff, has always I have always worked in a male-dominated
we converge towards this energy mix, the less been particularly exposed, from negotiations environment, plus I have taken over from
we will be dependent and the more we will with property developers to criticism from the Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, who supervised this
have reduced the carbon impact of buildings. National Council. On a personal level, do you department for 10 years, so I suppose that this
Bringing nature back to the city is also essential. have to toughen-up? will not change much for department officials
Monaco must be able to replicate its strong In these positions, exposed to the media as accustomed to being managed by a woman.
international commitments on its own territory, well as politically, you have to be resilient and You would have to ask them.
with biodiversity in the city. not lose sight of your objectives. Don’t get too
overwhelmed by your
Do you think drastic measures are needed? emotions and stay “… abstaining from
No longer using fuel is one of the radical objective. Everything
measures but any radical measure requires prior is not perfect, we communicating allows you
consultation. Workarounds need to be found. can be criticised and
Today, the question arises about the integration we have to question to target the real questions
of biofuel, which is less polluting than fuel oil ourselves; but reviews people are asking, rather
or gas. Biofuel is, for example, interesting for are not always fair.
mobility and construction machinery, for which You have to know how than over-communicating.”
electricity is often less efficient. Hydrogen is also to defend yourself and
on my roadmap. A working group is currently argue, without getting
studying the supply of hydrogen but we do into a game of mutual aggression that does no- What are the characteristics of a leader for
not yet have a sufficiently proven process to one any good. The actions of this department you?
consider an implementation in the Principality. are certainly the most visible. We are exposed A medium- and long-term vision, determination,
There is a hydrogen station prototype project for because people see everything we do. There motivation, flexibility and communication.
2023. Similarly, the hydrogen shuttle project has are more or less objective reviews, more or Sometimes a lack of communication is part
been postponed because the Nice-Côte-d’Azur less reliable. You have to know how to sort, of the communication strategy: abstaining
Regional Council’s working group, on the topic take the best and leave the worst. I’m not saying from communicating allows you to target the
in which the Principality is participating, has that I always succeed but I try to hold onto this real questions people are asking, rather than
noted, after having interviewed various service resilience. over-communicating.

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