Gibraltar Chronicle - Govt confirm €200,000 fees for Gore environmental conference
Gibraltar Government has released information on its website related to the funding of the recent ‘Thinking Green’ environmental seminar which included a keynote presentation by Al Gore, the former vice-president of the US.
In an extensive table of statistics detailing the Government awarded contracts (over £2,000) by direct allocation since the general election, under entry number 36 it states “Thinking Green Conference – Department of the Environment – Chrand 04 Jul 2012 200,000 Euros.”
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A spokesman for the Ministry for the Environment said: “The sum of €200,000 quoted by GBC ‘as the cost’ of the Thinking Green Conference is not the real cost of the event. This sum was the fee paid to Vice President Gore’s agents. The fee included Speakers’ fees, travel expenses and management fees. There were additional organisational costs as well as income from sponsors, ticket sales and trade fair exhibitors’ fees.
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