DOCSLIB.ORG

Annual Report

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT 2019 This annual report is interactive. To learn more about a given subject as you peruse this report, click on the pictograms: PODCASTS VIDEOS LINKS TO OUR WEBSITE CONTENT Editorial03 by Pierre-Yves Interview04 with Béatrice Improving05 access Revol, President of the Garrette, Executive to quality healthcare Fondation Pierre Fabre Director of the Fondation in the Global South Pierre Fabre Global06 coverage A 08look back on the 201910 Highlights and investments foundation’s 20th anniversary celebration Training12 of drug Combating20 sickle-cell Access28 to quality specialists disease healthcare 36eHealth 44Dermatology Board52 of directors Partners54 of the Fondation Pierre Fabre EDITORIALby Pierre-Yves Revol President of the Fondation Pierre Fabre In 2019, new advances were made that serve to illustrate the Fondation Pierre Fabre’s determination to develop its programmes across multiple countries and coordinate with the main public health entities, be they institutional or civil society, to do so. Examples of such advances are many and relate to every area of intervention we pursue, from healthcare access to teledermatology to treating sickle- cell disease. This model was celebrated in Lavaur on 12 September 2019 when we marked the Foundation’s 20th anniversary. We invited those who benefited from our work, as well as the partners who make our work CONTENT possible, to share their views and give thought to how we could all, respectively, go further in our missions, This emergency initiative again dovetailing, pooling and enhancing our efforts demonstrates how strength lies in numbers to be of even greater service to the Global South’s most vulnerable peoples. Many key figures from the and networks, exponentially increasing the medical, scientific and institutional realms honoured number of projects that can be undertaken us with their presence, including Dr Denis Mukwege while accurately addressing specific needs. and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian. This day will remain an important event in the Foundation’s history, standing as a reaffirmation of our mission, our values and our ceaseless desire to be aware of, and effectively address, local concerns. The year 2020, however, brought a fearsome and very real threat. That of a pandemic caused by an emerging virus that undermined and overwhelmed our healthcare systems. With the help of the Laboratoires Pierre Fabre – of which the Foundation is the majority shareholder – we have been able to assist many partner health centres in sub-Saharan Africa and Lebanon, sending hand sanitiser and protective masks. At the same time, and for the first time in its history, the Foundation intervened in France, as permitted by its statutes in the event of an exceptional crisis, to support the staff and residents of nursing homes in the Occitanie region. Our assistance entailed primarily supplies of hand-care and hand-hygiene products and masks. This emergency initiative again demonstrates how strength lies in numbers and networks, exponentially increasing the number of projects that can be undertaken while accurately addressing specific needs. On the global level, this health crisis underscores the need so many countries have for reliable, robust and resilient health systems, an objective that the Fondation Pierre Fabre will continue to pursue through the initiatives it supports worldwide. Fondation Pierre Fabre – 3 INTERVIEWwith Béatrice Garrette Executive Director of the Fondation Pierre Fabre The Foundation celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019: why was it important to mark this milestone with your partners working to improve healthcare in the Global South? Because we couldn’t do anything without them! Had they not been there, the event would have been meaningless. It was a unique opportunity to bring them all together and further clarify our mission and areas of intervention. Many of our partners were not aware of how broad our scope of action is, how it has expanded thematically and geographically. This celebration was our chance to reaffi rm our commitments and the principles of our intervention model, to assert our shared values and recognise the importance of collaboration. What were the highlights of the Foundation’s work in 2019? One advance that represents our desire to replicate models that work is the formation of a consortium of partners to create a holistic treatment centre for victims of sexual violence in the Central African Republic, based on Dr Mukwege’s “One-stop center” model. The Agence Française de Développement (French The Covid-19 pandemic reminds Development Agency) is co-fi nancing the project us that public health must be structurally for four years, which is a tremendous indicator strengthened to mitigate the consequences of their trust in our objectives. We have also of such events. intensifi ed the use of teledermatology and support programmes for people with albinism, incorporating new countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The year 2019 will also be remembered as the year we launched the interuniversity eHealth degree programme on health innovation and practices in Bamako, designed to help African countries develop effective, sustainable eHealth strategies. And, of course, we closed the Master Mékong Pharma, the French Master’s programme based in Asia, and created the Mékong Pharma Network so that Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam could establish their own training curricula based on the structural work accomplished over the past six years. What is the outlook for the years to come? At the start of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic caused upheaval in the global health agenda and clearly showed how such a health crisis challenges all our health systems. It reminds us that public health, along with every level of the health pyramid, must be structurally strengthened to mitigate the consequences of such events. The Foundation plans to pursue its strategy of scaling up intervention models that are proven effective by helping strengthen local skills, supporting university education and promoting innovation, all to make it possible for the Global South to develop solid expertise networks. Fondation Pierre Fabre – 4 LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST “The origins of a humanitarian foundation unlike any other in France,” with a Pierre Fabre audio archive and commentary by Foundation President Pierre-Yves Revol and Executive Director Béatrice Garrette. IMPROVING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE in the Global South MISSION To enable communities from less advanced and emerging countries, as well as those plunged into severe crisis by political or economic upheaval and/or natural disaster, to access the quality and levels of everyday healthcare defined by the WHO and other organisations as essential to human health. METHODS Initiatives in the field… With a focus on innovation… The Foundation operates in around twenty Because Western models are not always suitable resource-poor countries. The initiatives undertaken for the conditions and challenges of countries in these lands are tailored to local health needs with limited resources, the Foundation explores and identified through calls for projects or direct technological or social innovations that can bridge requests. They are then implemented in the field by inequalities in access to healthcare. Innovation is local partners, academics, the physicians and staff central to the work of the Global South eHealth of the healthcare structures involved, civil society Observatory, but the Foundation also strives to organisations, etc., with support from Foundation nourish all its programmes with innovative thinking. staff who have thorough knowledge of the countries in which the interventions take place. To provide global and systemic responses Scientific and medical expertise… The Foundation has chosen first and foremost to Through its own expertise and that of its Scientific address unjustly neglected issues and pathologies, Committee, the Foundation helps informs the where international funding is absent despite major choice, development and final construction of the human needs, such as the lack of pharmacists or sickle- projects, which are then approved by its Board of cell disease, the world’s leading genetic disease. It has Directors. acquired experience that makes it possible to focus on building robust and replicable programmes from a In partnership with local authorities proven model. A successful local project can thus be and entities… scaled up to a country, then duplicated in areas with The Foundation’s work is achieved through a network similar needs, to maximise the model’s impact. of trusted partners in the countries in which it operates to address the populations’ health needs sustainably and over the long term. Its support is also provided over the long term to ensure skills development in its partners so that the initiatives remain sustainably viable. STATUS A Foundation recognised as beign of A shareholding foundation public utility The Fondation Pierre Fabre is the main shareholder Disinterestedly and independently, with a strictly of the Pierre Fabre Group, with an 86% share. humanitarian goal, the Fondation Pierre Fabre This organisation, unique in France at this level was awarded charitable status on 6 April 1999. of commitment, makes it possible to endow the This status entails government oversight of the Foundation with sustainable means to finance its Foundation’s activities through the State’s presence work. The Fondation Pierre Fabre is not directly on the Board of Directors with
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Norwegian Nobel Committee, the Norwegian Nobel Institute NO-0255 Oslo, Norway
    Norwegian Nobel Committee, The Norwegian Nobel Institute NO-0255 Oslo, Norway 12 Sept 2018 Dear Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, 9 December 2018 will mark the 20th anniversary of the UN’s Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) 1. It is an ideal and opportune moment to recognise and celebrate the efforts of these extraordinary individuals who despite threats of violence and unlawful imprisonment, harassment, intimidation, torture and assassination, continue to peacefully challenge injustice and call for the implementation and strengthening of the rule of law. Since 1998, over 3000 human rights defenders have been killed for defending the fundamental values enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN. In recognising the increasingly hostile environments globally, in which human rights defenders must work, the late Former Secretary-General to the United Nations, Kofi Annan, recently said: “To stand up for human rights requires courage, perseverance, vigilance and a strong foundation of knowledge and evidence. We need to be vigilant in the protection of human rights defenders, for when the defenders’ rights are violated, all our rights are injured.” 2 In the same vein and emphasising the critical role that human rights defenders play in promoting and fostering stable democracies and sustainable peace, Permanent Representative of Norway to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Ambassador Steffen Kongstad said: “Threats and attacks against human rights defenders may hamper the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights, undermining social cohesion, and ultimately stability and development.” 3 Despite this recognition and respect at the highest levels of the international community, human rights defenders are killed every day.
    [Show full text]
  • The Nobel Foundation Annual Review 2018
    THE NOBEL FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW • 2018 THE NOBEL FOUNDATION · ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 1 1901 WILHELM CONRAD RÖNTGEN The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for his discovery of X-radiation. The X-ray tube pictured on the cover is on display at the Nobel Prize Museum. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud 2018 BERNICE A. KING “I wish to commend the Nobel Museum for (…) this new exhibition. I believe that my parents’ message of social justice and equality is as important today as ever before.” The exhibition A Right to Freedom - Martin Luther King, Jr. was inaugurated by King’s daughter Bernice A. King at the Nobel Prize Museum on 28 September 2018. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud 2 THE NOBEL FOUNDATION · ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 THE NOBEL FOUNDATION · ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 3 For the greatest beneft to humankind ALFRED NOBEL 4 THE NOBEL FOUNDATION · ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 “I can tell you how. It is very easy. The first thing you must do is to have great teachers.” Paul A. Samuelson, 1970 Laureate in Economic Sciences, on how to earn a Nobel Prize. obel Laureates often Luther King, Jr., and with a Nobel Prize attest to how crucial Teacher Summit on the theme Teach their teachers have been. Love and Understanding, with 350 Teachers, researchers and teachers from 15 countries attending. others who contribute Al Gore, the 2007 Peace Prize Lars Heikensten, Executive Director Nto increased knowledge are the heroes Laureate, addressed How to Solve the of the Nobel Foundation since 2011. and heroines of our age. When the very Climate Crisis when he spoke at the 2018 Photo: Kari Kohvakka idea of science is being questioned, our Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo.
    [Show full text]
  • The Nobel Foundation Annual Review 2018
    THE NOBEL FOUNDATION ANNUAL REVIEW • 2018 THE NOBEL FOUNDATION · ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 1 For the greatest beneft to humankind ALFRED NOBEL 2 THE NOBEL FOUNDATION · ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 “I can tell you how. It is very easy. The first thing you must do is to have great teachers.” Paul A. Samuelson, 1970 Laureate in Economic Sciences, on how to earn a Nobel Prize. obel Laureates often Luther King, Jr., and with a Nobel Prize attest to how crucial Teacher Summit on the theme Teach their teachers have been. Love and Understanding, with 350 Teachers, researchers and teachers from 15 countries attending. others who contribute Al Gore, the 2007 Peace Prize Lars Heikensten, Executive Director Nto increased knowledge are the heroes Laureate, addressed How to Solve the of the Nobel Foundation since 2011. and heroines of our age. When the very Climate Crisis when he spoke at the 2018 Photo: Kari Kohvakka idea of science is being questioned, our Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo. During school systems are being allowed to the coming year, many of our outreach decay, children are even being prevented activities will focus on the climate crisis. from attending school and many people It will be a central issue at both the are still being denied fundamental hu- Nobel Week Dialogue in Gothenburg and man rights, the forces of open, tolerant the Nobel Prize Teacher Summit in and democratic societies need to defend Stockholm. We are also planning a major education, research and enlightenment – conference on the climate change issue proactively and passionately. in Washington D.C.
    [Show full text]
  • World Assembly for Women
    5th World Assembly for Women March 23 (Sat)-24(Sun), 2019 Hotel New Otani Tokyo Report W20 Japan 2019 SPONSOR September 1 2005 ブランドロゴ＿基本タイプ［ プロセスカラー再現 ］ Materials for Reproduction : Master Data ［ 再現用資料 ］ 01-3 ■ フルカラー／ポジティブ表示（ LW = 150mm ） A y u w a https://akari-kikaku.com/ https://www.seeds-virtue.com Contents 1. Opening Speech/ Keynote Speeches/ Special Address ................................................................................................................ 2 2. WAW!/W20 Joint Panel Discussion "Human Resource Development in a Changing Society with Technology Transformation" ...................................................... 4 3. WAW! Panel Discussion "Leadership for Regional Development and Job Creation" ................................................................. 6 4. W20 Panel Discussion 1 "Closing the Gender Gap for New Prosperity: Enhancing Governance for Women's Empowerment" ....................................... 8 5. High-Level Panel Discussions/ Special Sessions WAW! High-Level Panel Discussion 1 "Media and Contents to Nurture Diversity" ................................................................ 10 WAW! High-Level Panel Discussion 2 "Women's Participation in Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Post Conflict Recovery" .................................................. 12 W20 High-Level Panel Discussion 1 "Creation of New Market Value by Women Entrepreneurs" .......................................... 14 W20 Special Session 1 "Gender Lens Investing: Emerging Global Trends" ............................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • In Defence of Humanity: WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS and the STRUGGLE AGAINST SILENCING in Defence of Humanity in Defence of Humanity
    In Defence of Humanity: WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SILENCING In Defence of Humanity In Defence of Humanity The lack of access to justice and resources, together with the failure of states to provide protection for Executive summary WHRDs, affects the work of WHRDs around the world. Accordingly, WHRDs need appropriate protection that is flexible to their needs. However, very little is done to respond to threats that WHRDs receive, In recent years, combined with existing threats, the rise of right-wing and nationalist populism across the and often, as Front Line Defenders reports, killings are preceded by receipt of a threat.1 This means that world has led to an increasing number of governments implementing repressive measures against the protection mechanisms need to focus too on prevention of harm by perpetrators to ensure that the right to space for civil society (civic space), particularly affecting women human rights defenders (WHRDs). The life is upheld for WHRDs and take seriously the threats that they receive. Despite efforts to implement the increasingly restricted space for WHRDs presents an urgent threat, not only to women-led organisations, Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the United Nations but to all efforts campaigning for women’s rights, gender equality and the rights of all people. In spite of (UN) Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and the Maputo Protocol - which calls for “corrective and these restrictions, WHRDs have campaigned boldly in the face of mounting opposition: movements such positive” actions where women continue to face discrimination - WHRDs still operate in dangerous contexts as #MeToo #MenAreTrash, #FreeSaudiWomen, #NiUnaMenos, #NotYourAsianSideKick and #AbortoLegalYa and are at risk of being targeted or killed.
    [Show full text]
  • 2018 Charlevoix G7 Final Compliance Report 10 June 2018 — 25 July 2019
    The G7 Research Group at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at Trinity College in the University of Toronto presents the 2018 Charlevoix G7 Final Compliance Report 10 June 2018 — 25 July 2019 Prepared by Angela Min Yi Hou, Julia Tops, and Cindy Xinying Ou 23 August 2019 www.g7.utoronto.ca [email protected] @g7_rg “We have meanwhile set up a process and there are also independent institutions monitoring which objectives of our G7 meetings we actually achieve. When it comes to these goals we have a compliance rate of about 80%, according to the University of Toronto. Germany, with its 87%, comes off pretty well. That means that next year too, under the Japanese G7 presidency, we are going to check where we stand in comparison to what we have discussed with each other now. So a lot of what we have resolved to do here together is something that we are going to have to work very hard at over the next few months. But I think that it has become apparent that we, as the G7, want to assume responsibility far beyond the prosperity in our own countries. That’s why today’s outreach meetings, that is the meetings with our guests, were also of great importance.” Chancellor Angela Merkel, Schloss Elmau, 8 June 2015 G7 summits are a moment for people to judge whether aspirational intent is met by concrete commitments. The G7 Research Group provides a report card on the implementation of G7 and G20 commitments. It is a good moment for the public to interact with leaders and say, you took a leadership position on these issues — a year later,
    [Show full text]
  • DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS October 12Th 2019 1. Nobel Prize for Peace
    DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS th October 12 2019 1. Nobel Prize for Peace Prelims: International Institutions Mains: GS-II- Important International Institutions, Agencies and fora- their Structure, Mandate. Why in News? Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was chosen as the awardee for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for “his important work to promote reconciliation, solidarity and social justice”. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said: “Abiy Ahmed Ali has initiated important reforms that give many citizens hope for a better life and a brighter future.” Achievements of Abiy Ahmed Ali When Abiy became Prime Minister in 2018, Ethiopia had been locked in conflict with Eritrea for 20 years. In July that year, the former Army officer-turned-PM, stepped across the border, held Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in a warm embrace and signalled the beginning of a peace effort, announcing to the world that war was no longer an option. It also listed domestic achievements by Abiy in his first 100 days as Prime Minister — lifting Emergency, granting amnesty to thousands of political prisoners, discontinuing media censorship, legalising outlawed opposition groups, dismissing military and civilian leaders suspected of corruption, and increasing the influence of women in political and community life. Roots of the Conflict: Eritrea, once an Italian colony, was merged with Ethiopia in 1936 during Benito Mussolini’s regime, then taken over by the British during the Second World War. After the War, a United Nations declaration in 1950 made Eritrea part of a federation with Ethiopia. When Eritrean groups launched a struggle for independence in 1961, Ethiopia dissolved the federation and annexed Eritrea in 1962.
    [Show full text]
  • ICAN Congratulates 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Nadia Murad and Dr Denis Mukwege ICAN Wishes to Congratulate the 2018 Nobel
    STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ICAN congratulates 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Nadia Murad and Dr Denis Mukwege ICAN wishes to congratulate the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nadia Murad and Dr Denis Mukwege. Both laureates thoroughly deserve this honour through their incredible work to address sexual violence in conflict, and we look forward to working with them as Nobel laureates dedicated to a peaceful world safe from both the threats of nuclear weapons and the use of sexual violence in war, both fundamental violations of international law. The Nobel Committee has rightly chosen to highlight the role of women this year in giving the award to Nadia and Denis, and it is great to see women like Nadia leading on this issue just as they do in the disarmament movement. Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad have been given a great platform by recognising the importance of preventing sexual violence against women, as ICAN found the year since winning the Nobel to be a watershed one for nuclear disarmament thanks to the doors the Nobel Peace Prize opened and the focus it gave to our important issue. We found that when we act together in shared humanity, the human race is an unstoppable force for good and we look forward to being part of that journey with Denis and Nadia. AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW: Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director, ICAN CONTACT: [email protected] About ICAN The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty.
    [Show full text]
  • Q6romena Newsletter-July-Sep2018
    ROMENA Newsletter Quarterly Newsletter from the Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa July/September 2018 Countering Human Trafficking: a core task for the In my many years with UNODC, I have met human trafficking United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) survivors who were able to overcome their trauma and turn to action against human trafficking, advocating, seeking justice and Message by Ms. Cristina Albertin, UNODC Regional providing shelter and support to victims and survivors. Representative for the Middle East and North Africa On 5 October 2018, Nadia Murad, a young Yezidi woman from In the last years, human trafficking Iraq, who survived sexual slavery, was awarded the Nobel Peace and smuggling of migrants have Prize for her unwavering work seeking justice for survivors of attained public attention without human trafficking and sexual violence perpetrated against her precedent given the emotional people. As the UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the dignity of images of drowning migrants and the Survivors of Human Trafficking, she is a shining light of hope refugees, appalling news on slave for survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking, and an markets and heart-breaking icon reminding us of our collective obligation to deliver justice to testimonies from people identifying victims of human trafficking and sexual violence. their smugglers or traffickers on the As UNODC Regional Representative for North Africa journey or at arrival points. With the and the Middle East, I am proud of our partnership with many entry into force in 2003 of the United countries in the Region which are committed to end human Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime trafficking and smuggling of migrants and with the countries and (UNTOC) and its supplementary protocols on Trafficking in Persons organizations that provide funding for this work, such as (TiP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SoM) State parties count with a Belgium, EU, GIZ, Italy and the US.
    [Show full text]
  • S/PV.8514 Security Council
    United Nations S/ PV.8514 Security Council Provisional Seventy-fourth year 8514th meeting Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 10 a.m. New York President: Mr. Maas ...................................... (Germany) Members: Belgium ....................................... Mr. Kenes China ......................................... Mr. Ma Zhaoxu Côte d’Ivoire ................................... Mr. Ipo Dominican Republic .............................. Mr. Singer Weisinger Equatorial Guinea ............................... Mr. Nguema Ndong France ........................................ Mr. Delattre Indonesia. Mr. Syihab Kuwait ........................................ Mr. Alotaibi Peru .......................................... Mr. Meza-Cuadra Poland ........................................ Mr. Radomski Russian Federation ............................... Mr. Nebenzia South Africa ................................... Mr. Nkosi United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .. Lord Ahmad United States of America .......................... Mr. Cohen Agenda Women and peace and security Sexual violence in conflict Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence (S/2019/280) Letter dated 11 April 2019 from the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2019/313) This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the translation of speeches delivered in other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council. Corrections should
    [Show full text]
  • En Moins De Vingt Ans, Le Monde S'est Liquéfié. Hommes, Capitaux
    3 Introduction 5 n moins de vingt ans, le monde s’est liquéfié. Hommes, capitaux, marchandises, informations, idées et savoirs circulent désormais Elibrement. Temps et distances sont abolis. Mais dans le monde idéal que nous avaient promis les chantres de l’auto-régulation et les disciples de l’école de la « main invisible » d’Adam Smith, ces avancées devaient entraîner la fin des inégalités par la valeur partagée, la paix en- tre les peuples et la disparition des États, formes obsolètes du pouvoir. Il n’en est évidemment rien. Pandémies, famines, déplacements de po- pulations dus à la pauvreté ou aux conflits armés, bulles spéculatives, trafics de toutes natures, propagandes et fanatismes prolifèrent, tandis qu’émergent de nouvelles entités criminelles, aux fortes capacités fi- nancières, parfois appuyées sur des États fantoches. Simultanément, la compétition s’est exacerbée entre États, entre en- treprises. Prix et spécificités des produits ou services ne constituent plus exclusivement les facteurs déterminants de conquête des marchés. Dans ce climat de guerre économique 1 où tous les coups sont permis, de nombreuses entreprises françaises sont restées ou devenues les meilleures mondiales dans leur secteur d’activité. Les ouvriers fran- çais sont considérés parmi les plus qualifiés et les plus productifs ; la recherche française jouit d’une grande réputation en dépit d’un cadre institutionnel et juridique archaïque. Mais la compétitivité de notre pays a régressé. Autour de nous, en France, un million d’enfants et de jeunes de moins de dix-huit ans vivent au-dessous du seuil de pauvreté 2. Qui peut ac- cepter cela ? Pour le salarié, le cadre ou le chef d’entreprise, le fonction- naire, ou chaque citoyen, c’est un échec collectif.
    [Show full text]
  • Laurent D'estienne D'orves, Délégué Consulaire Pour
    Un territoire, un élu, une histoire LAURENT D’ESTIENNE D’ORVES, DÉLÉGUÉ CONSULAIRE POUR LA CIRCONSCRIPTION DE BELGIQUE Né à Paris dans une famille originaire de Provence et de Toulouse, Laurent est le neveu de Honoré d’Estienne d’Orves, l’un des premiers Résistants français fusillé au début de la IIème Guerre mondiale. Laurent suit des études à Paris, puis il part faire son service militaire à Berlin en 1983. A son retour, il entre rapidement dans la vie active en créant une société de production de jus de fruits à Paris. Entre 1989 et 1995, il s’installe avec son épouse en Belgique. Tous deux créent à Uccle un centre d’enseignement pour les Français de l’étranger (FLEE). Puis Laurent s’oriente vers l’immobilier. Le couple rentre en France pour gérer une maison d’hôtes dans le Tarn, pendant 12 ans. A cette époque, Laurent préside également l’Office de tourisme de Lavaur, « capitale du Pays de Cocagne ». Il retourne en Belgique en 2007, où il crée une agence immobilière spécialisée dans la gestion de syndics (à Bruxelles). En mai 2014, il se présente sur une liste divers droite, dans la circonscription de Belgique, lors des premières élections consulaires qui suivent la réforme initiée par la loi du 22 juillet 2013. La même année, à la suite de la démission de Frédéric Chadelas, il devient délégué consulaire.. Pourquoi vous êtes-vous engagé dans les élections consulaires? Lorsque je vivais dans le Tarn, je militais au sein de l’UMP, aux côtés du député-maire de Lavaur, Bernard Carayon.
    [Show full text]