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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230418
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SUMMARY:Visit by Louise Mushikiwabo\, Secretary General of La Francophonie
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of his return from Berlin\, Alain Berset receives Louise Mushikiwabo at the University of Fribourg; she was re-elected head of the International Organisation of La Francophonie at the Djerba summit in November 2022. Switzerland is the OIF’s third-largest donor\, on a par with the Wallonia-Brussels Federation; its statutory contribution is 4.1 million francs in 2023. \nLouise Mushikiwabo presents the next stage of her reform and her vision of a Francophonie that is “connected\, competitive and united”. Alain Berset confirms Swiss support and proposes extending cooperation to support for electoral processes and to the international governance of digital technology\, drawing on International Geneva. He also proposes deepening joint work on multilingualism. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.04.2023\nswissinfo.ch\, 19.04.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-louise-mushikiwabo-secretary-general-of-la-francophonie/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230419
DTSTAMP:20261020T173227Z
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SUMMARY:Inaugural visit to Berlin: Olaf Scholz and Frank-Walter Steinmeier
DESCRIPTION:First visit to Berlin of the presidential year. Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes Alain Berset with military honours at the Chancellery. One-to-one talks\, then talks between the delegations\, then a joint press conference. In the afternoon\, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives him at Bellevue Palace for talks and lunch. \nThree topics: the war in Ukraine\, European policy\, the UN. Before the press\, he condemns the Russian aggression “in aller Schärfe” and puts a figure on Swiss aid: Switzerland has decided “die Ukraine in den nächsten Jahren stark zu unterstützen\, nämlich mit mindestens 1\,8 Milliarden Franken”. On the EU\, he refers to the momentum of the exploratory talks and the agreement on the sectoral approach. He presents Switzerland’s priorities on the Security Council and learns about the “climate club” launched by Germany. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le chancelier fédéral Olaf Scholz (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.04.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inaugural-visit-to-berlin-olaf-scholz-and-frank-walter-steinmeier/
LOCATION:Berlin
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230417
DTSTAMP:20261020T173227Z
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SUMMARY:Presidential visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland sits on the Security Council and is to chair a debate there in May on the protection of civilians in conflict. The DRC is the second stage of this preparation\, after Mozambique in February. On 13 April\, in Kinshasa\, Alain Berset holds lengthy talks with President Félix Tshisekedi: the situation in the east\, MONUSCO\, to which Switzerland contributes police officers and deminers\, the country’s territorial integrity in the face of foreign actors. At the press briefing: “We want to focus on those who are the first victims of insecurity.” The same day\, he is received at the Palais du Peuple by the bureaus of the National Assembly and the Senate\, chaired by Christophe Mboso and Modeste Bahati Lukwebo. \nThen the east. On the 14th\, in Goma\, he visits a camp for internally displaced persons; the M23 rebellion has driven out hundreds of thousands of people since late 2021. On the 15th\, in Bukavu\, he meets the South Kivu authorities and Swiss cooperation partners\, and holds talks with Denis Mukwege\, Nobel Peace Prize laureate\, at his Panzi hospital. At a vocational training centre supported by Switzerland\, he tells the apprentices that training turns population growth “into a genuine economic dividend”. \nOn the 16th\, back in Goma: meeting with the Swiss serving with MONUSCO and tribute to the peacekeepers who fell in the DRC. \nWednesday 12 April 2023 — Kinshasa\n\nWelcome by Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde\nDinner with President Félix Tshisekedi\n\nThursday 13 April 2023 — Kinshasa\n\nMilitary honours at the Palais de la Nation\nMeeting with President Félix Tshisekedi\, followed by a joint press briefing\nOfficial lunch\nReception at the Palais du Peuple by the bureaus of the National Assembly and the Senate\nMeeting with Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo at Notre-Dame Cathedral\nVisit to the Académie des Beaux-Arts\nExchange with the ICRC and UN agencies\nMeeting with the Swiss community\n\nFriday 14 April 2023 — Goma and Bukavu\n\nMeeting with the Governor of North Kivu\, Constant Ndima Kongba\nVisit to a camp for internally displaced persons\nMeeting with the Governor of South Kivu\, Théo Ngwabidje Kasi\n\nSaturday 15 April 2023 — Bukavu\n\nMeeting with Denis Mukwege\, Nobel Peace Prize laureate\nExchange with MONUSCO\, UNDP\, WFP and OCHA\nVisit to Panzi hospital\nExchange with the partners of the peace and human rights programme\nVisit to the CAPA vocational training centre (PROMOST programme\, Swisscontact) and speech\nVisit to the Centrale des médicaments and meeting with survivors of sexual violence\nPress briefing\nMeeting with Swiss cooperation partners\n\nSunday 16 April 2023 — Goma\n\nExchange with MONUSCO on disarmament and the protection of civilians\, with Khassim Diagne\, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General\nWreath-laying in tribute to the peacekeepers who fell in the DRC\nMeeting with the Swiss serving with MONUSCO\nPress briefing\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nAssemblée nationale de la République démocratique du Congo (in French\, French-language page)\nVisite du programme PROMOST à Bukavu (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.04.2023\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.04.2023\nActualite.cd\, 14.04.2023\nAfricanews\, 13.04.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presidential-visit-to-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/
LOCATION:Kinshasa
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230404
DTSTAMP:20261020T173227Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees\, Filippo Grandi
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Filippo Grandi\, UN High Commissioner for Refugees\, in Berne. Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider receives him separately. The two men welcome the cooperation between Switzerland and UNHCR\, which has its headquarters in Geneva. \nAlain Berset stresses the need to tackle what drives people into exile. They discuss Switzerland’s priorities on the Security Council and the second Global Refugee Forum\, which Switzerland and UNHCR are organising together in Geneva in December. In 2022\, Switzerland’s contribution to UNHCR was 58 million francs\, 40% more than the previous year. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 03.04.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-the-un-high-commissioner-for-refugees-filippo-grandi/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230330
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230331
DTSTAMP:20261020T173226Z
CREATED:20261015T201934Z
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SUMMARY:Interpharma’s 90th anniversary
DESCRIPTION:In Basel\, Interpharma\, the association of Switzerland’s research-based pharmaceutical companies\, celebrates its 90th anniversary. Alain Berset speaks as President of the Swiss Confederation and health minister. The American economist Elizabeth Teisberg gives the opening lecture; René Buholzer\, Director of Interpharma\, names relations with the EU and the slow digitalisation of healthcare as urgent issues. \nHe does not hide the tension: “Das Verhältnis von Pharmaindustrie und Gesundheitsminister ist ja bekanntlich etwas kompliziert.” He recounts a 1939 quarrel over headache tablets at the Landi pavilion\, then: “Willkommen in meiner Welt! Willkommen in der Schweizer Gesundheitspolitik!” \nOn substance: the price of medicines\, which has risen faster than other costs of basic insurance; supply shortages\, which the Federal Council is examining; the DigiSanté programme for health data\, to be submitted to Parliament in 2024. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n90 ans d’Interpharma (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nInterpharma\, press release of 30.03.2023 (pressetext)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/interpharmas-90th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Bâle
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230330
DTSTAMP:20261020T173226Z
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SUMMARY:Centenary of the customs treaty between Switzerland and Liechtenstein
DESCRIPTION:The customs union treaty was signed on 29 March 1923 by Giuseppe Motta and the Liechtenstein negotiator Emil Beck. A hundred years later to the day\, the Government of Liechtenstein holds a ceremony in Schaan. Beforehand\, at Vaduz Castle\, Alain Berset holds talks with Hereditary Prince Alois: the war in Ukraine\, the two countries’ commitment in international forums\, Switzerland’s relations with the EU. \nAt the ceremony\, he and the Hereditary Prince speak\, along with government councillors from Liechtenstein\, St. Gallen and Graubünden. He begins with the anthems: “Hymnentechnisch könnten wir glatt fusionieren.” Then the substance: the treaty was concluded against economic and denominational prejudice\, on both sides of the Rhine. Today\, more than 56% of people employed in Liechtenstein are cross-border commuters\, two thirds of them live in Switzerland\, and some hundred agreements bind the two countries. \nHis conclusion: “Der Zollvertrag war schon bei seinem Entstehen eine Absage an eng verstandene und kleinliche Interessen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n100 Jahre Zollvertrag Liechtenstein-Schweiz (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.03.2023\nliechtenstein.li\, 30.03.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/centenary-of-the-customs-treaty-between-switzerland-and-liechtenstein/
LOCATION:Schaan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230329
DTSTAMP:20261020T173226Z
CREATED:20261015T201928Z
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SUMMARY:UN Security Council: debate on counter-terrorism in Africa
DESCRIPTION:High-level debate of the Security Council on terrorist threats and cooperation between the UN and regional organisations\, at the invitation of Mozambique and chaired by its head of state\, Filipe Nyusi. Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson of the African Union\, Azali Assoumani\, also speak. Alain Berset speaks in French. \nHis argument: terrorism thrives on conflict\, and Africa bears the brunt of its spread. To break the cycle\, four elements: the rule of law\, prevention\, partnerships\, inclusion. Counter-terrorism operations cannot serve as a pretext to set aside the rules that protect civilians\, nor to sideline political opponents. Children associated with terrorist groups are victims. All of this “in full respect of international law\, because otherwise we would betray our own values”. \nThe debate also serves as a rehearsal: Switzerland holds the Council presidency in May. On the sidelines of the meeting\, he holds talks with several heads of state\, including Filipe Nyusi\, and gives a press briefing. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConseil de sécurité : menaces contre la paix et la sécurité internationales résultant d’actes de terrorisme (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 28.03.2023\nUnited Nations\, verbatim record S/PV.9296\, 28.03.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/un-security-council-debate-on-counter-terrorism-in-africa/
LOCATION:New York
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230324
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230325
DTSTAMP:20261020T173225Z
CREATED:20261015T201925Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Film Award 2023: honorary award to Ruth Waldburger
DESCRIPTION:At the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Film Award honorary prize to the producer Ruth Waldburger. With her company Vega Film\, she has produced eleven films by Jean-Luc Godard since 1988\, but also Alain Tanner\, Ursula Meier\, Alain Resnais\, Leos Carax. “Johnny Suede”\, which she co-produced\, gave Brad Pitt his first leading role. \nHe opens his laudatio on “the first Swiss Film Awards of the year 1 after JLG”\, a few months after the deaths of Godard and Alain Tanner. He recalls that she started out as a receptionist-trainee with Tanner. In German\, he talks about money: the revision of the Film Act\, accepted at the ballot box in 2022\, requires streaming platforms to invest 4% of their revenue in Swiss production. \nThe Quartz for best fiction film goes to “Drii Winter” by Michael Koch\, that for best documentary to “Cascadeuses” by Elena Avdija. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix du cinéma suisse 2023 : prix d’honneur à Ruth Waldburger (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nBlick\, 24.03.2023\nswissinfo.ch\, 28.02.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-film-award-2023-honorary-award-to-ruth-waldburger/
LOCATION:Genève
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230318
DTSTAMP:20261020T173225Z
CREATED:20261015T201922Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 37th Fribourg International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The FIFF opens its 37th edition with a sold-out ceremony\, staged as a restaurant dinner. Alain Berset is one of the seven guests on stage\, with Thierry Steiert\, Mayor of Fribourg\, Mathieu Fleury and Marine Jordan for the association\, and Thierry Jobin\, Artistic Director. Opening film: “Umami” by Slony Sow\, with Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard\, a Swiss premiere. \nHis address is a series of toasts\, in tune with the new section devoted to the pleasures of the table. To Plato and Socrates\, to Georges Méliès\, to the turkeys “systematically forgotten by the FIFF”. Then to Claude Goretta’s “L’invitation”\, released in 1973\, in which two visions of Switzerland clash. The last glass goes to the festival\, which “quenches our thirst for curiosity and revives our hunger for debate”. \nOn the programme: 99 films from 52 countries. More than 10\,600 pupils take part in the Planète Cinéma schools programme. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 37e Festival international de films de Fribourg (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFIFF\, opening press release of 17.03.2023 (EN)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-37th-fribourg-international-film-festival/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230317
DTSTAMP:20261020T173225Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the exhibition “Zum Geburtstag viel Recht” at the Swiss National Museum
DESCRIPTION:At the Swiss National Museum in Zurich\, Alain Berset opens the exhibition “Zum Geburtstag viel Recht. 175 Jahre Bundesverfassung”\, devoted to fundamental rights. Four interactive games let visitors test naturalisation\, the limits of free speech\, the protection of privacy and the right to a fair trial. \nHis speech starts from John Dewey in 1939: democracy is not a perpetual-motion machine. The 1848 Constitution was written in 51 days\, a speed “die in Bundesbern seither nie wieder erreicht wurde”. Without fundamental rights\, he says\, there is no freedom\, no dignity\, no protection against an overreaching state; the exhibition shows this “mit spielerischem Ernst”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de l’exposition « CH Lab » au Musée national suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSwiss National Museum\, press release of March 2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-exhibition-zum-geburtstag-viel-recht-at-the-swiss-national-museum/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230311
DTSTAMP:20261020T173225Z
CREATED:20261015T201918Z
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SUMMARY:International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH)
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the FIFDH in Geneva\, during the session of the Human Rights Council. He starts from the words Charlie Chaplin dictated on 5 June 1940 for the final speech of “The Great Dictator”: “Reason. Happiness. Kindness. Humanity.” Then he links cinema and the 1948 Universal Declaration\, signed at the Palais de Chaillot\, which once housed the Cinémathèque française. \nHe pays tribute to Alain Tanner\, who died in September 2022\, co-founder of the Ciné-club universitaire de Genève\, who “reinvented Swiss cinema”. He speaks of Ukraine\, “which has become a tragic backdrop of death and violence”. And concludes: promoting threatened rights and preserving a film heritage “is also a duty of remembrance”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFestival du film et forum international sur les droits humains (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.03.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/international-film-festival-and-forum-on-human-rights-fifdh/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230308
DTSTAMP:20261020T173224Z
CREATED:20261015T201915Z
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SUMMARY:Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) and Security Council
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Swiss delegation to the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women\, devoted to innovation\, technological change and education in the digital age. On 6 March\, in the general debate\, he quotes Simone de Beauvoir: “Nothing is ever permanently won. A political\, economic or religious crisis will be enough for women’s rights to be called into question.” Crises\, he says\, hit women first. Digital technology helps them\, but also reproduces bias through discriminatory algorithms and feeds online violence. In Switzerland\, women account for only 37% of graduates in science subjects. \nOn 7 March\, he speaks at the Security Council open debate on women\, peace and security\, under the Mozambican presidency: “lasting peace will be built by and with women\, or will simply not exist”. He recalls that Switzerland adopted a national action plan for Resolution 1325 as early as 2007\, and asks that the Council’s mandates be translated into budget\, staff and policy. \nThe same day\, he opens the ministerial round table on inclusive innovation and safe digital spaces\, then brings together his German-speaking counterparts responsible for equality at the Swiss mission: Lisa Paus (Germany)\, Susanne Raab (Austria)\, Taina Bofferding (Luxembourg) and Manuel Frick (Liechtenstein). \nSunday 5 March 2023 — New York\n\nHigh-level reception at the Swiss residence\, in the presence of Sima Bahous\, Executive Director of UN Women\, address by Alain Berset\n\nMonday 6 March 2023 — New York\n\nOpening of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women\nSpeech in the Commission’s general debate\nVisit to the Swiss Institute\nReceptions hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland and the European Union delegation\n\nTuesday 7 March 2023 — New York\n\nSpeech at the Security Council open debate “Women\, peace and security”\nOpening speech at the ministerial round table on innovation and safe digital spaces\nMeeting of German-speaking ministers for equality at the Swiss mission\nPress briefing\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n67e session de la Commission de la condition de la femme (in French\, French-language page)\nConseil de sécurité : débat ouvert sur les femmes\, la paix et la sécurité (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.03.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/commission-on-the-status-of-women-csw67-and-security-council/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230228
DTSTAMP:20261020T173224Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of German-speaking ministers of culture
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Luxembourg’s Minister of Culture\, Sam Tanson\, the ministers of culture of the German-speaking countries and regions meet in Luxembourg: Germany with Claudia Roth\, Austria with Andrea Mayer\, Liechtenstein with Manuel Frick\, the German-speaking Community of Belgium with Isabelle Weykmans\, and Switzerland with Alain Berset. Working session at the Ministry of Culture\, round table on the situation in each country. \nAlain Berset then has a one-to-one meeting with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel. He is received in audience by Grand Duke Henri at the Grand Ducal Palace\, then joins the ministers at Mudam\, the Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art\, to visit the exhibition “Face-à-face”. \nThe ministers discuss the ecological transition in culture: energy adaptations\, sustainable development of built heritage\, environmentally responsible cultural activities. On the sidelines of the meeting\, Sam Tanson signs the Davos Baukultur Alliance\, launched by Switzerland in January\, on behalf of Luxembourg. \nMonday 27 February 2023 — Luxembourg\n\nWorking session of the German-speaking ministers of culture at the Ministry of Culture\nOne-to-one meeting with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel\nAudience with Grand Duke Henri at the Grand Ducal Palace\nVisit to the exhibition “Face-à-face\, Two collections in dialogue” at Mudam with the ministers\n\nSources \n\nGovernment of Luxembourg\, Ministry of Culture\, press release of 27.02.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-german-speaking-ministers-of-culture/
LOCATION:Luxembourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230223
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230225
DTSTAMP:20261020T173224Z
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SUMMARY:5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety
DESCRIPTION:With the support of the WHO\, Switzerland hosts the 5th “Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety” in Montreux\, postponed since 2020 because of the pandemic. More than 600 experts and nearly 80 delegations\, including some thirty health ministers. The WHO Director-General\, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, attends. Theme: “Less Harm\, Better Care – from Resolution to Implementation”. \nAlain Berset welcomes the ministers at the dinner on 23 February\, opens the ministerial day on the 24th and leads the round table. The ministers agree that\, despite progress\, further efforts are needed to guarantee safe\, high-quality care for all patients. The lessons of Covid-19 must serve to build more resilient health systems; the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021–2030 remains the roadmap. Chile will host the next summit. \nThursday 23 February 2023 — Montreux\n\nMinisterial dinner\, opening address by Alain Berset\n\nFriday 24 February 2023 — Montreux\n\nOpening speech of the ministerial day\, followed by the address by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\nMinisterial panel on implementing global action for patient safety\nPress briefing with the WHO Director-General\nMinisters’ round table\, chaired by Alain Berset\nClosing address and handover to Chile\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.02.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/5th-global-ministerial-summit-on-patient-safety/
LOCATION:Montreux
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230214
DTSTAMP:20261020T173224Z
CREATED:20261015T201906Z
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SUMMARY:Courtesy visit by Volker Türk\, High Commissioner for Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Volker Türk\, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights since October 2022\, for a courtesy visit. He praises the work of the Office of the High Commissioner in countries affected by conflict and crisis. The two men agree on the role of human rights in development and conflict prevention\, and on closer cooperation during Switzerland’s mandate on the Security Council. \nThe same day\, Ignazio Cassis receives the High Commissioner for a working session. In 2022\, Switzerland paid 10 million francs to the Office of the High Commissioner\, 26% more than the previous year. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.02.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/courtesy-visit-by-volker-turk-high-commissioner-for-human-rights/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230211
DTSTAMP:20261020T173223Z
CREATED:20261015T201904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173223Z
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SUMMARY:Presidential visit to Mozambique
DESCRIPTION:In Maputo\, Alain Berset holds talks with President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi. Mozambique has been a priority country for Swiss cooperation since 1979; Switzerland played a central role in the 2019 peace agreement between Frelimo and Renamo. The two countries sit together on the Security Council in 2023 and 2024 and want to bring joint initiatives there\, notably on water and access to basic services in conflict zones. They also welcome their cooperation on the restitution of illicit assets. \nOn 9 February\, with President Nyusi\, he travels to Cabo Delgado province\, where violent extremism has left almost 1.5 million people dependent on humanitarian aid. In Mueda\, he visits the Eduardo Mondlane camp\, home to more than 2\,000 displaced families. In Pemba\, he discusses the peace process with UN representatives\, including the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy\, Mirko Manzoni\, a former Swiss ambassador who led the 2019 negotiations. \nThe trip prepares the debate he will chair in May at the Security Council on the protection of civilians. A month later\, before the same Council\, he returns to it: his exchanges in Mozambique confirmed to him that women “are committed to peace\, both within their communities and at national level”. \nWednesday 8 February 2023 — Maputo\n\nWelcome by Foreign Minister Verónica Macamo\nWreath-laying at the monument in Mozambican Heroes Square\nOfficial reception at the presidential palace\, meeting with President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi\, followed by talks between the delegations\nJoint press briefing\nState dinner\n\nThursday 9 February 2023 — Cabo Delgado\n\nFlight to Pemba and Mueda with President Nyusi\nVisit to the Mueda interpretation centre (museum)\nVisit to the Eduardo Mondlane camp for displaced persons with UNFPA and UNHCR\nMeeting in Pemba on the peace process with former combatants\, local authorities and the team of the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy\nCultural evening with young artists at Maputo’s old railway station\n\nFriday 10 February 2023 — Maputo\n\nMeeting with representatives of Swiss companies\nMeeting with the Swiss community and embassy staff\nDeparture ceremony\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.02.2023\nFederal Council\, press release of 02.02.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presidential-visit-to-mozambique/
LOCATION:Maputo
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230209
DTSTAMP:20261020T173223Z
CREATED:20261015T201901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173223Z
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SUMMARY:Presidential visit to Botswana
DESCRIPTION:The first visit by a President of the Swiss Confederation to Botswana. Alain Berset discusses bilateral relations and global issues with President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi: cooperation at the UN\, democracy and human rights\, Russia’s war in Ukraine. With Foreign Minister Lemogang Kwape\, he signs a declaration of intent on health cooperation. \nHe visits the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership\, where the Omicron variant was first sequenced. At SADC\, he meets the Executive Secretary\, Elias Magosi. On the economy\, he argues for sustainability clauses in the modernisation of the EFTA–SACU free trade agreement. He announces several trips to Africa during his presidential year\, linked to Switzerland’s mandate on the Security Council. \nMonday 6 February 2023 — Gaborone\n\nWelcome at the airport by President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi\, military honours\nCultural evening and dinner at the National Museum\, in the presence of President Masisi\n\nTuesday 7 February 2023 — Gaborone\n\nMeeting with President Masisi\, followed by talks between the delegations\nSigning of a declaration of intent on cooperation in the field of health\nVisit to the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership and round table on the geopolitics of pathogens\nVisit to the Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital\nCourtesy visit to the Acting Speaker of the National Assembly\, Phandu Skelemani\nMeeting with Elias Magosi\, Executive Secretary of SADC\nState banquet\n\nWednesday 8 February 2023 — Tlokweng and Gaborone\n\nKgotla of Tlokweng\, traditional assembly\, address by Alain Berset\nOpening of the Botswana–Switzerland symposium on trade and investment\nJoint press conference with President Masisi\nDeparture ceremony\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 02.02.2023\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.02.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presidential-visit-to-botswana/
LOCATION:Gaborone
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230128
DTSTAMP:20261020T173223Z
CREATED:20261015T201859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173223Z
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SUMMARY:International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:For 27 January\, Alain Berset publishes a message from the President of the Swiss Confederation. He places the commemoration “under the twin sign of historical truth and resistance”. He denounces the so-called “denazification” invoked by Russia to invade Ukraine: a crude pretext and “a distortion of history”. \nHe recalls that 80 years earlier\, in January 1943\, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising began; the example of the insurgents\, he writes\, reminds us of our responsibilities against antisemitism\, racism and barbarism. He mentions Switzerland’s entry to the UN Security Council on 1 January 2023. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée internationale dédiée à la mémoire des victimes de l’Holocauste (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.01.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/international-day-of-commemoration-in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230127
DTSTAMP:20261020T173223Z
CREATED:20261015T201856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173223Z
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SUMMARY:Launch of Project Rosling
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland and the World Health Organization launch Project Rosling in Geneva\, with the Gapminder Foundation\, in tribute to the Swedish statistician Hans Rosling. Aim: to bring data producers and users closer together for fact-based decisions. Alain Berset sees a role in it for International Geneva\, home to 39 international organisations and more than 400 NGOs: to become a recognised data hub. \nHis speech begins with a quip: in Rosling’s knowledge test\, chimpanzees do better than humans. Then the substance: our picture of the world and the data are worlds apart\, and political decisions rest on fragile foundations. “We can do better.” He links the project to the “Road to Bern”\, launched by Switzerland after the 2021 UN World Data Forum\, and to the 2030 Agenda. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLancement du Project Rosling (in English\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Statistical Office\, press release of 26.01.2023\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.01.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/launch-of-project-rosling/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230124
DTSTAMP:20261020T173222Z
CREATED:20261015T201853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173222Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Holocaust survivors
DESCRIPTION:Ahead of the International Day on 27 January\, Alain Berset receives Holocaust survivors living in Switzerland in Berne. The meeting is organised with the Gamaraal Foundation and the Swiss Association of Jewish Welfare Committees (VSJF). He thus continues a tradition set by his predecessors. \nIn his welcome address\, he names the dangers that threaten memory: forgetting\, distortion\, minimisation. He cites Russian propaganda about a supposedly Nazi Ukraine\, whose president “is Jewish”. Almost 80 years after the war\, the witnesses are ever fewer; the greatest danger\, he says\, is indifference. “That is why I am here with you today. To listen to you.” Several participants had brought a document attesting to their link with Switzerland. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRencontre avec des survivantes et survivants de l’Holocauste (in French\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-holocaust-survivors/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230120
DTSTAMP:20261020T173222Z
CREATED:20261015T201850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173222Z
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SUMMARY:World Economic Forum 2023: opening speech and bilateral meetings
DESCRIPTION:On 17 January\, Alain Berset opens the 53rd WEF Annual Meeting with Klaus Schwab. His speech starts from Russia’s war against Ukraine\, an attack on international law by a permanent member of the Security Council. He stresses inequality\, which he presents as the source of populism\, and the fragility of poor countries hit by the pandemic and soaring prices. He concludes: “For a long time\, we considered that defending our interests\, on the one hand\, and protecting the most vulnerable\, on the other\, were two quite separate things. Today\, we know that one does not go without the other.” \nOn the sidelines of the forum\, he holds bilateral meetings with some fifteen heads of state and government. First\, the neighbours of Russia or Ukraine: Sanna Marin (Finland)\, Andrzej Duda (Poland)\, Gitanas Nausėda (Lithuania)\, Egils Levits (Latvia)\, Maia Sandu (Moldova)\, Irakli Garibashvili (Georgia). He also meets Olena Zelenska. With Viola Amherd\, he meets António Guterres: multilateralism\, the Geneva Conventions\, Switzerland’s role on the Security Council\, climate. \nHe also sees Guillermo Lasso (Ecuador)\, with whom he takes part in an event on plastic waste\, Gustavo Petro (Colombia)\, Rodrigo Chaves Robles (Costa Rica)\, Félix Tshisekedi (DR Congo)\, Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania) and Najla Bouden (Tunisia)\, with whom he debates at the round table “Realizing Africa’s Century”. With Olaf Scholz\, Alexander De Croo\, Mark Rutte and Xavier Bettel\, and on the sidelines of the opening with Ursula von der Leyen\, the talks turn to Switzerland’s European policy\, Horizon Europe and Erasmus+. On 19 January\, he takes stock before the press at the House of Switzerland. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nWorld Economic Forum Davos (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.01.2023\nPresidency of the Republic of Moldova\, 17.01.2023\nAllnews / ATS\, 17.01.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/world-economic-forum-2023-opening-speech-and-bilateral-meetings/
LOCATION:Davos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230117
DTSTAMP:20261020T173221Z
CREATED:20261015T201846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173221Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Conference of European Ministers of Culture and launch of the Davos Baukultur Alliance
DESCRIPTION:Five years after the 2018 Davos Declaration\, Alain Berset brings the European ministers of culture together again. Thirty-one countries are represented\, along with civil society organisations and construction and real estate companies. He opens the conference on 15 January: “At present\, high-quality Baukultur is more important than ever. Without it\, there can be no sustainable development.” It is\, he says\, a precondition for a rapid energy transition and for the fight against urban sprawl. \nOn 16 January\, the conference launches the Davos Baukultur Alliance. The members sign its founding charter; Switzerland chairs it for five years; the secretariat is hosted by the World Economic Forum\, which acts as the interface with the private sector. Working groups are planned on the circular economy\, the quality of energy renovations and a certification system. \nAt the official dinner\, he wonders why English has no word for “Baukultur”\, and whether to welcome a borrowing from German\, a language that has already given Angst and Schadenfreude. The answer lies in another word: Gesamtkunstwerk. And in a conviction: “There IS such a thing as society.” \nSunday 15 January 2023 — Davos\n\nOpening of the conference\, speech by Alain Berset\nWelcome address by Klaus Schwab\, founder of the World Economic Forum\nPresentations by Jenny Osuldsen (Snøhetta) and Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt (London School of Economics)\, discussion chaired by Alain Berset\nOfficial dinner\, address by Alain Berset\n\nMonday 16 January 2023 — Davos\n\nStatements by the delegations\nAdoption of the Davos memorandum and signing of the founding charter of the Davos Baukultur Alliance\nElection of the Alliance’s steering committee\nClose of the conference\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDavos Baukultur Alliance : allocution de table (in English\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.01.2023\nICCROM\, 17.01.2023\nFederal Office of Culture\, 19.01.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/2nd-conference-of-european-ministers-of-culture-and-launch-of-the-davos-baukultur-alliance/
LOCATION:Davos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230114
DTSTAMP:20261020T173221Z
CREATED:20261015T201843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173221Z
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SUMMARY:First visit abroad: Vienna
DESCRIPTION:By tradition\, the first visit abroad of the President of the Swiss Confederation is to Austria. On 12 January\, Alain Berset is at the OSCE: he meets the Secretary General\, Helga Maria Schmid\, and the Chairman-in-Office\, North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. On the agenda: the European security architecture\, Ukraine\, the Balkans. \nOn 13 January\, Alexander Van der Bellen receives him with military honours at the Hofburg. Then come Chancellor Karl Nehammer\, with Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg present\, the President of the National Council\, Wolfgang Sobotka\, and the Minister of Health and Social Affairs\, Johannes Rauch. \nThe two countries welcome the strategic partnership concluded in 2021. On Europe\, Alain Berset defends the package approach proposed by the Federal Council and thanks Austria for its efforts to unblock Switzerland’s association to Horizon Europe and Erasmus+. The talks also cover Russia’s war against Ukraine\, migration\, climate and cooperation at the UN and the OSCE. \nThursday 12 January 2023 — Vienna\n\nMeeting with Bujar Osmani\, OSCE Chairman-in-Office\nMeeting with Helga Maria Schmid\, OSCE Secretary General\n\nFriday 13 January 2023 — Vienna\n\nVisit to the exhibition “Ingeborg Bachmann – Eine Hommage” at the Literaturmuseum\nWelcome with military honours by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen\, Hofburg\nMeeting with Alexander Van der Bellen\, followed by talks between the delegations\nJoint press conference\nMeeting with Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg\nMeeting with Wolfgang Sobotka\, President of the National Council\nMeeting with Johannes Rauch\, Minister of Social Affairs\, Health\, Care and Consumer Protection\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.01.2023\nORF\, 12.01.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-visit-abroad-vienna/
LOCATION:Vienne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230112
DTSTAMP:20261020T173220Z
CREATED:20261015T201840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173220Z
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SUMMARY:New Year reception for the diplomatic corps
DESCRIPTION:At the Parliament Building\, Alain Berset receives the heads of mission accredited to Switzerland for the first time in his presidential year. The Apostolic Nuncio\, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps\, presents the New Year greetings. The Vice-President of the Federal Council and the presidents of both chambers attend. \nHe opens with a sentence he had spoken himself in the same place five years earlier: “We seem well prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century.” Then: “Five years later\, things have changed profoundly.” The pandemic\, then the war in Ukraine\, with its effects on energy\, food and the cost of living\, and the hunger that threatens Africa and the Middle East. \nHe sets out the lines for the year: Switzerland’s seat on the UN Security Council\, focused on the protection of civilians; the climate conference in Dubai; the exploratory talks with the European Union\, which are “progressing positively”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRéception de Nouvel An (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.01.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/new-year-reception-for-the-diplomatic-corps/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221216
DTSTAMP:20261020T173221Z
CREATED:20261015T175507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173221Z
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SUMMARY:Celebration for the President-elect of the Confederation in Murten and Fribourg
DESCRIPTION:The canton of Fribourg celebrates its President-elect of the Confederation. A special train from Berne brings some 250 guests\, including the President of the National Council\, Martin Candinas\, and the President of the Council of States\, Brigitte Häberli-Koller\, to Murten\, where Alain Berset speaks about the town’s history. In Fribourg\, the procession led by the Landwehr makes its way to the Théâtre Équilibre\, where\, before more than 600 guests\, he gives the speech at the official ceremony: “There is no stability except in movement.” The evening ends at Fri-Son. \nThierry Steiert\, Mayor of Fribourg\, and Olivier Curty\, President of the Fribourg cantonal government\, also speak. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRéception du président de la Confédération élu à Fribourg (in French\, French-language page)\nFête du président de la Confédération élu : discours de Morat (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Fribourg\nBlick\nswissinfo.ch / ATS
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/celebration-for-the-president-elect-of-the-confederation-in-murten-and-fribourg/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221208
DTSTAMP:20261020T173220Z
CREATED:20261015T175504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173220Z
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SUMMARY:Election as President of the Confederation for 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Assembly elects Alain Berset President of the Confederation for 2023\, with 140 votes (absolute majority: 91). Viola Amherd is elected Vice-President. On the same day\, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider and Albert Rösti join the Federal Council. \nIn his speech\, he recalls the 175th anniversary of the federal state\, to be celebrated in 2023\, speaks of the major tasks in the face of crises and the inequalities to be overcome\, and calls for debates “geprägt von Respekt”: “ensemble\, insieme\, ensemen\, zusammen”. \nSources \n\nAnnée politique suisse\nSRF
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/election-as-president-of-the-confederation-for-2023/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221201
DTSTAMP:20261020T173220Z
CREATED:20261015T175502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173220Z
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SUMMARY:Celebration for the President of the Council of States\, Brigitte Häberli-Koller
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset represents the Federal Council in Frauenfeld at the celebration for Brigitte Häberli-Koller\, the first woman from Thurgau to preside over the Council of States and the fifth woman to hold the office. He pays tribute to a politician who is “gradlinig\, aber nicht stur” and who does politics “mit einer selbstbewussten Bescheidenheit”. Other speakers: Anders Stokholm\, Mayor of Frauenfeld\, Cornelia Komposch\, President of the cantonal government\, Barbara Dätwyler Weber\, President of the Grand Council\, and Gerhard Pfister. \nSources \n\nCanton of Thurgau\nnau.ch
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/celebration-for-the-president-of-the-council-of-states-brigitte-haberli-koller/
LOCATION:Frauenfeld
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221130
DTSTAMP:20261020T173219Z
CREATED:20261015T175459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173219Z
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SUMMARY:Helvetia Latina annual evening
DESCRIPTION:At the Hotel Kreuz in Berne\, Alain Berset is the guest at the annual evening of Helvetia Latina\, the association that defends the place of French- and Italian-speaking Swiss in the federal administration. He speaks about multilingualism\, the representation of the language regions in the Federal Council\, the rise of English and ways of promoting the national languages. \nSources \n\nHelvetia Latina\, annual evenings
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/helvetia-latina-annual-evening/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221120
DTSTAMP:20261020T173220Z
CREATED:20261015T175457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173220Z
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SUMMARY:ETH Day
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset gives the keynote address at ETH Day\, marking the university’s 167th anniversary\, alongside President Joël Mesot and Rector Günther Dissertori. He thanks science for its role in the pandemic and reflects on the crisis of confidence in progress: “We have to convince the vast majority of society\, once again\, that it is possible to live well and safely in this society.” Theodor W. Hänsch and Thomas Zurbuchen receive honorary doctorates. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée de l’EPFZ 2022 (ETH-Tag) (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nETH Zurich\, ETH Day 2022
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/eth-day/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221119
DTSTAMP:20261020T173219Z
CREATED:20261015T175455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173219Z
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SUMMARY:German-speaking ministers of social affairs and health in Liechtenstein
DESCRIPTION:On 17 November\, in Mauren\, Alain Berset takes part in the meeting of German-speaking ministers of social affairs (Germany\, Austria\, Liechtenstein\, Luxembourg\, Switzerland)\, hosted by Government Councillor Manuel Frick. Outcome: the special arrangement for cross-border commuters working from home is extended until 30 June 2023; a joint declaration is signed. The delegations are received in Vaduz by the Head of Government\, Daniel Risch. \nOn 18 November\, in Schaan\, the meeting of the health ministers of the same countries follows. At the joint dinner\, Alain Berset gives the customary address\, as the longest-serving of the guest ministers. \nThursday 17 November 2022 — Mauren and Vaduz\n\nMeeting of the ministers of social affairs\, Mauren\nCourtesy visit to the Head of Government\, Daniel Risch\, Vaduz\nVisit to the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein\, Candida Höfer exhibition\nDinner of the ministers of social affairs and health\n\nFriday 18 November 2022 — Schaan\n\nMeeting of the health ministers\n\nSources \n\nLuxembourg Government\, press release\nLiechtensteiner Vaterland\, 19 November 2022
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/german-speaking-ministers-of-social-affairs-and-health-in-liechtenstein/
LOCATION:Vaduz
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