Ministers attending Normandy Summit (FOI)

​​Request

1

Did any representative of the Jersey Government, such as reps for the Office of the Chief Executive (formerly Chief Minister's Department, includes External Relations Department and Economy), or any Ministers, attend the summit in Normandy? 

2

If so, which representatives on behalf of which departments? Please list (and where it is not possible to provide the lower-level employee's name, for instance, because of data protection concerns, please list their job title). 

3

What events and/or meetings did they each go to? Please list. 

4

Who else attended those events and/or meetings? Please list. 

5

Please share with me any materials which were shared as part of those meetings and/or events, for instance, a presentation Powerpoint document, and/or minutes taken at the meetings.

Response

1.

Yes

2.

Chief Minister, Minister for External Relations, Private Secretary to the Chief Minister, Principal External Relations Officer for European Relations, European Relations Attaché and Assistant to French and European Cultural Affairs. 

3.

Normandy Summit’s plenary session.

• A lunch event.
• Visit of the Mont Saint Michel abbey.
• Visit of the port of Granville and the premises of the potential future Border Inspection Post.

4.

Région Normandie - 5 representatives:

• President
• CEO
• Private Secretary
  
• External Relations Officer
• Decarbonisation and Energy Transition Officer 

Manche - 6 representatives

• President
• Vice President in charge of Attractivity and Culture 
• CEO
• Deputy Chief of Staff
• Director of infrastructure & Nature
• Director International Relations 

Préfecture - 4 representatives

• Prefect of la Manche Xavier Brunetière
• Chief of Staff
• Customs Regional Director
• Diplomatic adviser of the regional Prefect 

Maison de Normandie - 4 representatives

• Chair
• Vice-Chair
• Director
• Attaché 

Guernsey - 3 representatives

• Chief Minister 
  
• Director of International Relations and Constitutional Affairs
• External Relations Officer 

Alderney - 1 representative

• Chair of the Policy & Finance Committee 

Bureau des Iles Anglo-Normandes

• Director
• Attaché 
• Interpreters x 2 

5.

No Minutes were taken; therefore, this information is not held by the Government of Jersey and Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law applies. A PowerPoint presentation highlighting the work that was delivered in 2024 was shared at the summit which is attached. 

PP Présentation.pdf​

Article applied 

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.​