The Extended Monaco programme, launched in 2019, aims to adapt the Monegasque model to the digital world.
To take advantage of the enormous potential offered by digital technology and ensure that it directly benefits the entire Monegasque community, the Government has launched #ExtendedMonaco.
Read moreSince the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year, pupils enrolled at Monegasque schools have been learning to code – all the way from nursery to lower secondary.
An hour of coding lessons per week is one of the innovations that have been introduced for the 2019/2020 academic year, making Monaco the first country to teach all pupils, from nursery through to lower secondary, how to code.
Read moreThe Principality has become the first European country to have a sovereign cloud. Monaco Cloud has been operational since October 2021.
The Principality has added another element to its digital transition programme, Extended Monaco. “Monaco is the first country in Europe to launch a sovereign cloud,” announced Prince Albert II of Monaco. With all-Monegasque shareholders – the State being the majority shareholder – Monaco Cloud enables State data, as well as that of private players, to be stored in the Principality under Monegasque law.
Read moreThanks to the MonaMove app and two smart fitness stations designed by former rugby player Sébastien Chabal, Monaco offers an original way to engage in sport for wellbeing.
Since December 2019, the sea walls at Monaco’s ports have been home to two smart fitness stations that can be used independently and are completely free.
“The MonaMove project lies at the heart of the Extended Monaco smart city programme. It uses digital technology to support sport for wellbeing in the Principality,” explains Frédéric Genta, Country Chief Officer for Attractiveness and the Digital Transition.
Read moreGlobally, 5G has the potential to add 12 trillion dollars to the economy and create 22 million jobs by 2035. Monaco has adopted this technology, which opens up a multitude of prospects.
In summer 2019, Monaco became the first state to achieve full 5G network coverage. The roll-out of this fifth generation mobile telephony standard by operator Monaco Telecom and its longstanding partner Huawei seeks to address the saturation of the 4G network in the face of rapidly expanding usage.
Read moreSmart bus shelters featuring multiple functions were installed in Monaco during 2019, embodying and helping to develop the smart city in the Principality.
This new-generation street furniture, installed in partnership with ClearChannel, is used to host Wi-Fi hotspots, provide targeted, real-time mobility information to transport users, enable access to online public services, and offer a medium for information and entertainment, all in one place.
Read moreThe Monegasque education system is going digital with the Digital Secondary School project.
“Digital technology represents a fundamental change with which we must reckon. It is comparable to the development of the printing press. Digital is the twenty-first century’s Gutenburg.” For Isabelle Bonnal, Director of Education, Youth and Sport in Monaco, the education system must take the plunge and adopt digital tools that help students to learn.
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