15 April 2025
Overseas development - a work visit to Madagascar
Isabelle ROSABRUNETTO avec le Pr Zely Arivelo RANDRIAMANANTANY ministre de la Santé publique ©DCI
From 24 March to 4 April, a Monégasque delegation* led by Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, travelled to Madagascar to meet local partners, beneficiaries of projects supported by the Monégasque Cooperation and the Malagasy authorities.Through this partnership with Madagascar, a country that has remained the primary beneficiary of the Monégasque Cooperation for the past two decades, around 40 projects are being carried out across the public sector and civil society. Both countries entered a healthcare agreement in 2016 and a general framework agreement in 2022, the latter was signed during a visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. This latest visit also included a meeting with Prof Zely Arivelo Randriamanantany, Minister for Public Health.Among the flagship programmes supported by the Prince's Government, the Monégasque delegation was able to visit Sainte-Marie Island and see the progress made on the Ministry of Public Health's national strategy for universal health coverage, which is being rolled out with support from the World Health Organisation.During the visit, the delegation travelled through four regions of the country, where more than 8 out of 10 people live below the poverty line but where civil society shows remarkable drive and resilience. Discussions were held with the local population and with around thirty partners, where the Monégasque delegation expressed its satisfaction with ''the diversity and quality of the projects supported by the Prince's Government, whether in the fields of health, food and nutritional security, education and child protection, or local entrepreneurship and access to quality employment.‘’From the capital, Antananarivo, to the highland city of Fianarantsoa, project visits and meetings took place one after the other to focus on the initiatives supported by the Prince's Government throughout this island nation.
Madagascar - Centre d'accueil Les enfants du soleil pour enfants vulnérables ©DCI
Meetings were held with local authorities and partners such as the agricultural consortium FERT/FEKAMA/FIFATA, which is working towards a shift to ecological agriculture, the new entrepreneurial hub of the Miarakap company and long-standing partners such as the IECD on the hotel/catering trades or the Sandrata project led by Apprentis d'Auteuil, which supports partners working in child protection. The Monaco Collectif Humanitaire's paediatric heart surgery programme is also proving successful within the country.The delegation was welcomed to the Rainier III Preventorium by the convent that runs it.This visit also allowed Isabelle Rosabrunetto to meet with the Consul General of Monaco, Cyril Juge, who also supports Malagasy youth and the local team of the Monégasque Cooperation. *The Monégasque delegation comprised Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Head of Delegation), Bénédicte Schutz, Monaco's Special Envoy for International Cooperation, Candice Manuello, Programme Manager for Madagascar at the Ministry of International Cooperation (MIC), and Natacha Tang, MIC Country Coordinator in Madagascar.
Madagascar - Projet CSU 2 ©DCI
*La délégation monégasque était composée de Isabelle ROSABRUNETTO, Directeur Général du Département des Relations Extérieures et de la Coopération Chef de Délégation Bénédicte SCHUTZ, Représentant Spécial de Monaco pour la Coopération Internationale, Candice MANUELLO, Responsable Programmes Madagascar à la Direction de la Coopération Internationale ( et Natacha TANG, Coordinateur Pays de la DCI à Madagascar.