World Economic Forum 2016: talks on health and culture

Six members of the Federal Council are in Davos for the WEF annual meeting. Alain Berset devotes two days to health policy and culture. On 20 January, he attends the opening of the forum by the President of the Confederation, Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, and Klaus Schwab.

His talks cover the reforms under way and international health issues: antibiotic resistance, the Sustainable Development Goals, dementia, access to innovative medicines. He sees the European Commissioner for Health, Vytenis Andriukaitis, the German Health Minister, Hermann Gröhe, the Dutch minister Edith Schippers, whose country then holds the Presidency of the European Union, the French minister Marisol Touraine and the South African minister Aaron Motsoaledi.

With the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, he discusses Switzerland’s commitment to the organisation, world heritage and the protection of heritage in armed conflict. He also talks with Thomas Zwiefelhofer, Deputy Head of Government of Liechtenstein.

Wednesday 20 January 2016 — Davos

• Meeting with Aaron Motsoaledi, South African Minister of Health
• Meeting with Thomas Zwiefelhofer, Deputy Head of Government of Liechtenstein
• Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
• Meeting with Edith Schippers, Dutch Minister of Health
• Official opening of the annual meeting, Congress Centre
• Live interview for the SRF programme “Eco”

Thursday 21 January 2016 — Davos

• Meeting with Hermann Gröhe, German Federal Minister of Health
• Meeting with Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
• Meeting with Marisol Touraine, French Minister of Social Affairs and Health

Sources

• Federal Council, press release of 19.01.2016