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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221116
DTSTAMP:20261020T173219Z
CREATED:20261015T175453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173219Z
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SUMMARY:Signing of the Switzerland–Türkiye agreement on cultural property
DESCRIPTION:On 15 November\, at the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations\, Alain Berset and Mehmet Nuri Ersoy\, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism\, sign the bilateral agreement on the import\, illicit transit and return of archaeological cultural property\, from prehistory to AD 1500. \n“The theft\, looting and illicit trafficking of cultural property […] strike the peoples concerned at the very heart of their identity\,” he says at the signing. Switzerland had already concluded similar agreements with Italy\, Greece\, Colombia\, China\, Egypt\, Cyprus\, Peru and Mexico. He lays a wreath at Atatürk’s mausoleum. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSignature de l’accord Suisse-Türkiye sur les biens culturels (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release\nDaily Sabah
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/signing-of-the-switzerland-turkiye-agreement-on-cultural-property/
LOCATION:Ankara
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221113
DTSTAMP:20261020T173218Z
CREATED:20261015T175451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173218Z
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SUMMARY:G20: joint meeting of finance and health ministers
DESCRIPTION:Joint meeting of G20 finance and health ministers\, under the Indonesian Presidency\, devoted to the new Pandemic Fund. Switzerland takes part by videoconference and announces its contribution to the fund. \nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/g20-joint-meeting-of-finance-and-health-ministers/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221028
DTSTAMP:20261020T173218Z
CREATED:20261015T175448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173218Z
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SUMMARY:20 years of Swissmedic
DESCRIPTION:Ceremony at Berne City Hall for the 20th anniversary of Swissmedic\, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products. Alain Berset recalls the agency’s role during the pandemic — the first authority in the world to authorise a Covid-19 vaccine under the ordinary procedure\, in December 2020 — and the importance of its independence for public trust. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n20 ans de Swissmedic (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSwissmedic\, Annual Report 2022
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/20-years-of-swissmedic/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221022
DTSTAMP:20261020T173218Z
CREATED:20261015T175446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173218Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Performing Arts Awards 2022
DESCRIPTION:At the Théâtre de Carouge\, Alain Berset presents the Hans Reinhart Ring\, the highest Swiss distinction in the performing arts\, to the director Barbara Frey\, the first woman to have headed the Schauspielhaus Zürich. His speech traces her career\, from Sylvia Plath to Thomas Bernhard. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses des arts de la scène 2022 : anneau Hans-Reinhart pour Barbara Frey (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 8 September 2022\nswissinfo.ch / ATS
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-performing-arts-awards-2022/
LOCATION:Carouge
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221014
DTSTAMP:20261020T173218Z
CREATED:20261015T175443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173218Z
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SUMMARY:Global Mental Health Summit
DESCRIPTION:In Rome\, Alain Berset takes part in the 4th Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit\, organised by the Italian Ministry of Health with the WHO\, on the theme “Skills\, rights and care”. He takes part in the panel on people in vulnerable situations\, holds talks with Carla Vizzotti\, Minister of Health of Argentina\, and Carolyn Bennett\, Canadian Minister of Mental Health and Addictions\, and dines with Roberto Speranza. \nSources \n\nWHO\, summit programme
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/global-mental-health-summit-2/
LOCATION:Rome
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221002
DTSTAMP:20261020T173217Z
CREATED:20261015T175441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173217Z
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SUMMARY:Mondiacult 2022\, UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies
DESCRIPTION:Forty years after the first conference in Mexico City\, Alain Berset represents Switzerland at Mondiacult 2022. He speaks in the session “Renewed and strengthened cultural policies”: universal application of the cultural conventions\, cultural diversity\, freedom of expression\, fair remuneration for artists. He announces the second ministerial conference on building culture (Baukultur)\, in Davos in January 2023. \nOn 30 September\, 150 states adopt a declaration that makes culture a “global public good”. On the sidelines: meetings with several ministers of culture\, a lecture at the Matías Romero Institute and the inauguration of an exhibition by Ben Vautier. \nWednesday 28 September 2022 — Mexico City\n\nOpening ceremony and plenary session of Mondiacult\nThematic session “Renewed and strengthened cultural policies”\nMeeting with María Elena Machuca\, Minister of Culture of Ecuador\nMeeting with Julieta Brodsky\, Minister of Culture of Chile\n\nThursday 29 September 2022 — Mexico City\n\nMeeting with Alejandra Frausto\, Minister of Culture of Mexico\nMeeting with Valérie Kaboré\, Minister of Culture of Burkina Faso\nMeeting with Pablo Rodriguez\, Canadian Minister of Canadian Heritage\nLecture “Democracy in Times of Crisis” at the Matías Romero Institute\n\nFriday 30 September 2022 — Mexico City\n\nVisit to the UNAM campus\, a World Heritage site\nInauguration of the Ben Vautier exhibition at the MUAC\n\nSaturday 1 October 2022 — Mexico City\n\nVisit to the Casa Estudio Luis Barragán\nMeeting with Swiss filmmakers\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nMondiacult 2022 : des politiques culturelles renouvelées et renforcées (in French\, French-language page)\nInauguration de l’exposition de Ben Vautier au MUAC (in French\, French-language page)\nTable ronde des cinéastes au festival Black Canvas (in English\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22 September 2022\nUNESCO\, 30 September 2022
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/mondiacult-2022-unesco-world-conference-on-cultural-policies/
LOCATION:Mexico
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220917
DTSTAMP:20261020T173217Z
CREATED:20261015T175439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173217Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Music Awards 2022
DESCRIPTION:At the Octogone in Pully\, Alain Berset attends the presentation of the Federal Office of Culture’s Swiss Music Awards. The Swiss Grand Award for Music goes to Yello\, Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. Awards also go to Marina Viotti\, Ripperton\, the Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp\, Arthur Hnatek\, Daniel Ott\, Simone Keller and Fritz Hauser. \nSources \n\nRadio Lac
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-music-awards-2022/
LOCATION:Pully
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220910
DTSTAMP:20261020T173217Z
CREATED:20261015T175437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173217Z
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SUMMARY:Assembly of the Cities’ Initiative for Social Policy
DESCRIPTION:In the Grenette hall\, Alain Berset opens the autumn assembly of the Cities’ Initiative for Social Policy\, devoted to neighbourhoods as the key to social cohesion: “Only a mixed city is an innovative city. And a living city”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSeules les villes où règne la mixité culturelle sont des villes vivantes (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCities’ Initiative\, invitation
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/assembly-of-the-cities-initiative-for-social-policy/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220906
DTSTAMP:20261020T173217Z
CREATED:20261015T175434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173217Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture and debate “OASI 21\, an essential reform”
DESCRIPTION:Three weeks before the vote of 25 September\, Alain Berset defends the OASI 21 reform at the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne\, at the invitation of the Vaud Chamber of Commerce and Industry\, the Swiss Employers’ Association and FER Genève. Some 400 opponents\, mobilised by the left\, the trade unions and the feminist strike collective\, demonstrate at the entrance. The reform will be accepted on 25 September. \nSources \n\nFER Genève\n24 heures
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/lecture-and-debate-oasi-21-an-essential-reform/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220826
DTSTAMP:20261020T173216Z
CREATED:20261015T175432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173216Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of the Numerik Games
DESCRIPTION:For the second year running\, Alain Berset inaugurates the Numerik Games festival\, devoted to digital cultures\, in the courtyard of Yverdon-les-Bains Castle. The theme of the 2022 edition is music. \nSources \n\nCanal Alpha\, 26 August 2022
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-the-numerik-games/
LOCATION:Yverdon-les-Bains
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220826
DTSTAMP:20261020T173216Z
CREATED:20261015T175429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173216Z
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SUMMARY:Ambassadors’ Conference
DESCRIPTION:On 25 August in Berne\, Alain Berset addresses the Ambassadors’ Conference\, held from 22 to 26 August in Pontresina and Berne on the war in Ukraine and its consequences for foreign policy. Speaking freely\, in French\, he outlines a “politics of crisis” inspired by Gaston Bachelard: sudden uncertainty\, disruption\, retreat\, and only then the search for a new equilibrium. His answer: a return to fundamentals. Internationally\, Switzerland needs clear rules of the game; at home\, long-term thinking and a demanding public debate. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/ambassadors-conference/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220803
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220809
DTSTAMP:20261020T173216Z
CREATED:20261015T175427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173216Z
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SUMMARY:75th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:On 3 August\, on the Piazza Grande\, Alain Berset opens the 75th Locarno Film Festival\, with Marco Solari\, President\, and Giona A. Nazzaro\, Artistic Director: “Locarno ist eine kulturelle Hauptstadt mit internationalem Renommee.” \nOn 4 August\, before the media\, he presents the main lines of the Confederation’s cultural policy for 2025–2028: more flexible funding\, the digital transition\, working conditions for artists\, heritage\, sustainability and coordination between funding bodies. The following days: lunch at Monte Verità\, an aperitif hosted by the Federal Office of Culture\, the Leopard Club\, a political dinner and a meeting with the film industry. \nWednesday 3 August 2022\n\nOfficial inauguration of the festival\nOpening film on the Piazza Grande\n\nThursday 4 August 2022\n\nPress meeting: cultural policy 2025–2028\n\nFriday 5 August 2022\n\nLunch at Monte Verità\, Ascona\, hosted by the festival\nAperitif hosted by the Federal Office of Culture\, Minusio\nLeopard Club\, Palacinema\nPolitical dinner\n\nSaturday 6 August 2022\n\nMeeting with the film industry\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 75e Locarno Film Festival (in French\, French-language page)\nLocarno Film Festival : Leopard Club (in English\, French-language page)\nLocarno Film Festival : apéritif de l’Office fédéral de la culture (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch\, 3 August 2022\nBlick
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/75th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
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