Junior Chamber awards tomorrow's business leaders.

On Thursday 3rd December Monaco's Jeune Chambre Economique (JCEM) handed out prizes to the winners of their 14th enterprise creation competition. Out of 10 pre-selected projects, 4 were presented awards by a jury composed of Monegasque entrepreneurs and Government representatives.

• Thierry Passeron won the JCE prize of 21,000 euros offered by the Government, for Monte Carlo Computing, an IT services company promoting open source software

Sharing the Government Prize of 40,000 euros:

• Laurie and Sandie Giacobi, My Marketing Manager, providing outsourced marketing services for SMEs
• Lion Bio Nutrition, nutritional products

A special prize was awarded by the jury:

• Polutos project, children's toys that aim to raise ecological awareness in 4-10 year olds

The JCE honours entrepreneurs