Making the wheels go round

Assistant staff is hired to handle practical tasks, from checking access badges to guiding Prime Ministers around the city.

Everywhere in the Bella Center; people wearing a white or blue T-shirts with the COP15 logo, mostly young, with a smile for everyone are there to help delegates and visitor. They are called attachés and hired to make sure that busy delegates rushing from one meeting to another do not have to worry about how to find meeting rooms or where to grab a sandwich.

200 lucky attachés at the conference, handpicked from a pile of 2000 applications like Signe Munck to help journalists and checks access badges in the Media Centre. Like most attachés, she speaks perfect English and an additional language.

Source: The NewsMarket