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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211208
DTSTAMP:20261020T173206Z
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SUMMARY:Stapferhaus\, European Museum of the Year
DESCRIPTION:The Stapferhaus in Lenzburg celebrates the European Museum of the Year Award. Alain Berset\, as culture minister\, salutes a museum that puts visitors at the centre. \nHis starting point: “Meinungen wachsen uns allen wie Haare.” The danger is to stop asking questions\, like Kissinger opening his press conferences with: “Hat jemand Fragen zu meinen Antworten?” After the vote on the COVID-19 Act\, he argues for democracy as the art of the question: “Wenn eine Staatsform die immerwährende Debatte braucht\, dann ist es unsere direkte Demokratie.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nStapferhaus : European Museum of the Year Award (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nStapferhaus\, 07.12.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/stapferhaus-european-museum-of-the-year/
LOCATION:Lenzburg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211130
DTSTAMP:20261020T173206Z
CREATED:20261016T002800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173206Z
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SUMMARY:Special session of the World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:The World Health Assembly meets in special session\, from 29 November to 1 December\, to decide on an international instrument on pandemic prevention\, preparedness and response. Alain Berset opens it as representative of the host country. \nOn the sidelines\, he meets the delegations of Thailand\, Singapore and Botswana\, then holds a press briefing at the Swiss Mission. The session decides to open negotiations on a pandemic agreement. \nSources \n\nWHO\, Special session of the World Health Assembly
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/special-session-of-the-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211129
DTSTAMP:20261020T173206Z
CREATED:20261016T001139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173206Z
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SUMMARY:Vote: second yes to the COVID-19 Act and yes to nursing care
DESCRIPTION:The people approve the COVID-19 Act a second time\, this time on the certificate\, with 62%. The initiative “For strong nursing care” is accepted by a large majority of the cantons. The campaign was marked by tension and threats. \nAlain Berset: “Il popolo ha detto sì alla legge per la seconda volta in pochi mesi”\, a clear sign “che la nostra democrazia funziona”. And: “Rabbia\, odio e minacce non appartengono alla Svizzera.” \nSources \n\nRSI\, 28.11.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-second-yes-to-the-covid-19-act-and-yes-to-nursing-care/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211126
DTSTAMP:20261020T173205Z
CREATED:20261016T001136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173205Z
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SUMMARY:Meetings of German-speaking health and social affairs ministers
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Luxembourg\, the German-speaking health and social affairs ministers meet by videoconference. Alain Berset takes part with Romain Schneider and Paulette Lenert (Luxembourg)\, State Secretaries Thomas Gebhart and Rolf Schmachtenberg (Germany)\, Manuel Frick (Liechtenstein) and Wolfgang Mückstein (Austria). \nOn the social side: remote work\, the resilience of social insurance\, social security in the digital age\, social partnership. On the health side: long COVID\, vaccination campaigns\, data management. Each meeting adopts a final declaration. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.11.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meetings-of-german-speaking-health-and-social-affairs-ministers/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211118
DTSTAMP:20261020T173205Z
CREATED:20261016T001133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173205Z
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SUMMARY:Milestone\, Swiss tourism award
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, the tourism industry presents its Milestone awards: innovation (Parkn’Sleep\, steam locomotive No. 7 of the Rigi Bahnen\, Berg & Bett Toggenburg)\, young talent\, a special Corona award\, and a lifetime achievement award to Eva Brechtbühl. \nAlain Berset addresses a hard-hit industry and\, eleven days before the vote\, argues for the COVID-19 Act\, put to the vote on 28 November. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nHotellerieSuisse : Milestone – Tourism Award 2021 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nMoneycab\, November 2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/milestone-swiss-tourism-award/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211111
DTSTAMP:20261020T173205Z
CREATED:20261016T002755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173205Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Baukultur Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Before the Swiss Baukultur Foundation\, Alain Berset recalls that everything around us expresses our Baukultur: the new and the old\, houses and infrastructure\, the spaces between buildings. “Bauen ist Kultur. Bauen ist Identität.” \nHe quotes Churchill in 1943\, arguing for rebuilding the House of Commons as a rectangle: “We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFondation Culture du bâti suisse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-baukultur-foundation/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211106
DTSTAMP:20261020T173204Z
CREATED:20261016T002752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173204Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Geneva International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the GIFF\, addressing the “friends of margins and fine sets”. He pretends to know Italian cinema only through forgotten titles\, from Visconti’s “Sandra” to “James Tont Operazione Due”\, the better to speak of what makes a festival: rediscovering cinema together. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGeneva International Film Festival 2021 (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-geneva-international-film-festival-2/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211105
DTSTAMP:20261020T173204Z
CREATED:20261016T002750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173204Z
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SUMMARY:Watchmaking Heritage Biennale: watchmaking craftsmanship at UNESCO
DESCRIPTION:The craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics of the Jura Arc\, put forward by Switzerland and France\, has just been inscribed as intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The 10th Watchmaking Heritage Biennale takes place from 2 to 7 November. \nAlain Berset welcomes the inscription and speaks about passing on skills\, quoting Woody Allen: “I am very attached to my watch… My grandfather sold it to me on his deathbed.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nBiennale du patrimoine horloger : inscription à l’UNESCO (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederation of the Swiss Watch Industry\, 07.10.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/watchmaking-heritage-biennale-watchmaking-craftsmanship-at-unesco/
LOCATION:La Chaux-de-Fonds
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211030
DTSTAMP:20261020T173204Z
CREATED:20261016T002747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173204Z
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SUMMARY:Conference of Cities for Culture
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the authorities’ conference of the Conference of Cities for Culture. He recalls that half of public funding for culture comes from cities and municipalities\, which carry all the more weight when they speak with one voice. \nHe reviews COVID aid for culture and the economic damage of the pandemic for artists and institutions. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence des villes pour la culture : conférence des autorités (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/conference-of-cities-for-culture/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211030
DTSTAMP:20261020T173204Z
CREATED:20261016T001112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173204Z
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SUMMARY:G20: joint meeting of finance and health ministers
DESCRIPTION:Under the Italian presidency\, G20 finance and health ministers meet in Rome. Ueli Maurer attends in person; Alain Berset takes part online from Berne. \nAt the centre: the creation of a G20 task force on pandemic preparedness and response\, focused on coordination and financing\, with a secretariat at the WHO in Geneva. Switzerland argues for thinking about sustainable financing now. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 28.10.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/g20-joint-meeting-of-finance-and-health-ministers-3/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211029
DTSTAMP:20261020T173203Z
CREATED:20261016T002744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173203Z
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SUMMARY:Women’s Session 2021
DESCRIPTION:Fifty years after women’s suffrage\, 246 women sit in the Federal Palace for the Women’s Session. Alain Berset recalls that until 1971\, “die älteste Demokratie der Welt” was not a real democracy but a men’s power. \nThe pandemic threatens to set equality back: “Die Coronakrise ist vor allem eine Krise der Frauen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSession des femmes 2021 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSRF\, 2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/womens-session-2021/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211029
DTSTAMP:20261020T173203Z
CREATED:20261016T002741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173203Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Performing Arts Awards
DESCRIPTION:First joint presentation of the theatre and dance awards\, at the new Théâtre du Jura. The Swiss Grand Award for the Performing Arts / Hans Reinhart Ring goes to the choreographer Martin Zimmermann. \nAlain Berset quotes the postman Cheval\, “This palace is art\, it is dream\, it is energy”\, and notes that the Jura lacked two things: a theatre and an ice hockey team in the national league. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses des arts de la scène 2021 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 02.09.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-performing-arts-awards/
LOCATION:Delémont
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211021
DTSTAMP:20261020T173202Z
CREATED:20261016T001101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173202Z
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SUMMARY:“Die falsche Macht der Monster”: lecture at the Swiss Institute for International Studies
DESCRIPTION:At the University of Zurich\, before the Schweizerisches Institut für Auslandforschung\, Alain Berset starts from Gramsci: “Die alte Welt liegt im Sterben\, die neue ist noch nicht geboren. Es ist die Zeit der Monster.” \nWe are living\, he says\, through an interregnum: the liberal post-war order is crumbling\, its promise of progress for each generation no longer holds. Against paralysis\, he argues for ambivalence and compromise: “Die apodiktischen Gross-Erzählungen vom unaufhaltsamen Niedergang: Sie sind die eigentlichen Monster unserer Übergangszeit.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDie falsche Macht der Monster (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech published on 28.10.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/die-falsche-macht-der-monster-lecture-at-the-swiss-institute-for-international-studies/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211012
DTSTAMP:20261020T173202Z
CREATED:20261016T001057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173202Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Extraordinary Congress of the World Meteorological Organization
DESCRIPTION:In Geneva\, Alain Berset opens the extraordinary session of the WMO Congress\, alongside the President\, Gerhard Adrian\, the Secretary-General\, Petteri Taalas\, and Mami Mizutori\, UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction. Beforehand\, he visits the MeteoSwiss forecasting room. \nAfter the summer of floods\, he stresses reducing the impact of natural disasters and climate change\, and cooperation without borders\, since the climate has none. Switzerland supports the Weather4UN pilot project. On the International Day of the Girl\, he quotes Churchill: “You must look at the facts because they look at you.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCongrès extraordinaire de l’Organisation météorologique mondiale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.10.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-extraordinary-congress-of-the-world-meteorological-organization/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211003
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211007
DTSTAMP:20261020T173202Z
CREATED:20261016T001054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173202Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the United Nations World Data Forum
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland hosts the third UN World Data Forum\, for the first time in hybrid format: 7\,626 registered participants\, 668 of them present in Berne. On 3 October\, Alain Berset opens it as host; António Guterres and Brad Smith\, President of Microsoft\, speak by video. \nHe starts from a quotation attributed to Churchill\, about the statistics one has falsified oneself\, in order to correct it: in an age of fake news\, false figures circulate\, distort perception and make rational debate difficult\, especially in a pandemic. \nThe forum closes on 6 October with a compact on data for the Sustainable Development Goals. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Forum mondial de l’ONU sur les données (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Statistical Office\, press release of 06.10.2021\nFederal Statistical Office\, press release of 28.09.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-united-nations-world-data-forum/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211002
DTSTAMP:20261020T173202Z
CREATED:20261016T002735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173202Z
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SUMMARY:150 years of La Liberté
DESCRIPTION:The Fribourg daily celebrates its 150th anniversary. Alain Berset addresses the “friends of editorials and columns” by way of a detour: another “Liberté”\, French-speaking and Catholic\, born in 1913 in Winnipeg\, whose first issue proclaimed: “La Liberté n’est pas et ne sera jamais une feuille politique”. \nHe speaks about the role of the regional press and its independence\, at a time of crisis for the media. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n150 ans de La Liberté (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/150-years-of-la-liberte/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210924
DTSTAMP:20261020T173201Z
CREATED:20261016T001046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173201Z
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SUMMARY:Architecture Biennale and ministerial debate on Baukultur
DESCRIPTION:On 22 September\, at the Giorgio Cini Foundation\, the Federal Office of Culture and Europa Nostra organise a high-level debate on Baukultur\, as part of the European Cultural Heritage Summit. Keynote by the architect David Chipperfield. Alain Berset debates with the German State Secretary Anne Katrin Bohle and Francisco de Paula Coelho\, Dean of the European Investment Bank Institute. \nHe explains what quality means in the Davos process: a balance between function and technique that integrates culture and respects the character of a place. The debate builds on the 2018 Davos Declaration and the Davos Baukultur Quality System\, published in May 2021. \nOn 23 September\, he visits the Swiss Pavilion\, “Orae – Experiences on the Border”\, then the Giardini and the Arsenale. “Sind Grenzen Linien oder Lebensräume?” \nWednesday 22 September 2021 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Fondazione Prada\nMinisterial debate on Baukultur at the Giorgio Cini Foundation\, with David Chipperfield\, Anne Katrin Bohle and Francisco de Paula Coelho\n\nThursday 23 September 2021 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Swiss Pavilion “Orae – Experiences on the Border”\, address by Alain Berset\nVisit to the Giardini and the Arsenale\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nBiennale d’architecture de Venise : pavillon suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nEuropa Nostra\, September 2021\nDavid Chipperfield Architects\, 2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/architecture-biennale-and-ministerial-debate-on-baukultur/
LOCATION:Venise
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210922
DTSTAMP:20261020T173201Z
CREATED:20261016T001042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173201Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Grand Award for Design 2021
DESCRIPTION:In Basel\, presentation of the Swiss Design Awards and of the Swiss Grand Award for Design to the graphic designer Julia Born\, the photographer and art director Peter Knapp and the researcher Sarah Owens. \nAlain Berset asks what the pandemic will make of society: more innovative or more conservative\, open or tempted by a new Biedermeier? Uncertainty\, he answers\, pushes us to think of alternatives\, to experiment\, to create. Design has its place in this. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGrand Prix suisse de design 2021 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.09.2021\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.06.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-grand-award-for-design-2021/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210918
DTSTAMP:20261020T173201Z
CREATED:20261016T001038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173201Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Music Awards: Grand Award to Stephan Eicher
DESCRIPTION:At the LAC cultural centre in Lugano\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Music Awards. The Grand Award goes to Stephan Eicher; fourteen other musicians are honoured. \nHe addresses the “friends of roads and guitars” and proposes a journey from Engelberg to Carcassonne\, a thousand kilometres for a thousand lives to honour\, with a detour via Zurich: a nod to Eicher’s songs and itinerant life. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de musique 2021 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-music-awards-grand-award-to-stephan-eicher/
LOCATION:Lugano
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210917
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T002729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173200Z
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SUMMARY:Official celebration of 2\,000 years of Solothurn
DESCRIPTION:Solothurn celebrates its bimillennium. Alain Berset first plays with the local passion for the number eleven: his name\, ALAIN BERSET\, has eleven letters; the town clock shows only eleven hours. \nThen he speaks of the spirit of Wengi\, of compromise and shared sovereignty\, all the way to Europe: “Gute Kompromisse sind oft grösser als der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n2000 ans de Soleure (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-celebration-of-2000-years-of-solothurn/
LOCATION:Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210915
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T002727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173200Z
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SUMMARY:Parliamentary Group on Work: reconciliation and childcare
DESCRIPTION:Before the Parliamentary Group on Work\, Alain Berset speaks about reconciling family and work and about early childhood support. Starting point: “Die Corona-Krise ist – was die Arbeit betrifft – eine Krise der Frauen.” In Switzerland too\, unemployment caused by the pandemic hit young women first\, as they hold the jobs without working from home\, in hospitals\, crèches and at supermarket tills. \nThe question he puts to the parliamentarians: will we finally manage to mobilise fathers and mothers fully\, or will we weaken ourselves further\, economically and socially? \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGroupe parlementaire Travail : conciliation et accueil de l’enfance (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/parliamentary-group-on-work-reconciliation-and-childcare/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210911
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T001026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173200Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to London: social security agreement
DESCRIPTION:Since Brexit\, the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons no longer governs social security between Switzerland and the United Kingdom. On 9 September\, at the Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office\, Alain Berset signs the new social security agreement with Minister of State Nigel Adams. It applies provisionally from 1 November 2021. \nThe same day\, at the House of Commons\, he meets the Health Secretary\, Sajid Javid: epidemiological situation\, vaccination in both countries\, strengthening the WHO\, fair distribution of vaccines through COVAX\, a future pandemic treaty. A press briefing follows at the ambassador’s residence. \n10 September is devoted to culture\, with a visit to Tate Modern. \nThursday 9 September 2021 — London\n\nMeeting with Sajid Javid\, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care\, at the House of Commons\nSigning of the social security agreement with Nigel Adams\, Minister of State\, at the Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office\nPress briefing at the residence of the Swiss ambassador\n\nFriday 10 September 2021 — London\n\nVisit to Tate Modern\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.09.2021\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.08.2021\nFederal Council\, press release of 01.11.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-london-social-security-agreement/
LOCATION:Londres
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210910
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T002723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173200Z
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SUMMARY:Annual meeting of organisations working for equality
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives the presidents of women’s\, men’s and equality organisations. 2021 is a year of anniversaries: 50 years of women’s suffrage\, 40 years of equality in the Constitution\, 25 years of the Gender Equality Act\, 30 years since the first women’s strike. \n“Die Dinge bewegen sich.” But pay discrimination\, the unequal sharing of domestic work and sexism remain daily reality for many. And the pandemic\, he says\, is above all a crisis for women. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRencontre annuelle des organisations engagées pour l’égalité (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/annual-meeting-of-organisations-working-for-equality/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210909
DTSTAMP:20261020T173200Z
CREATED:20261016T002721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173200Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: COVID certificate extended
DESCRIPTION:Hospitals are under strain\, intensive care units very full\, some cantons are postponing operations. From 13 September\, the Federal Council extends the COVID certificate requirement to restaurants\, cultural and leisure venues and indoor events. Employers may use it in their protection plans. The measure is limited to 24 January 2022. \nTwo proposals go out for consultation: entry into Switzerland for people who are neither vaccinated nor recovered\, and access to the Swiss certificate for people vaccinated abroad. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.09.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-covid-certificate-extended/
LOCATION:Berne
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SUMMARY:Swiss Statistics Days
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Statistics Days are held in Lugano under the title “Data: from all\, for all?”. Alain Berset: “Die Corona-Krise hat uns eines gelehrt: Bescheidenheit. Gerade auch in Bezug auf Prognosen.” \nThe world will be even more volatile\, from climate to migration\, from inequality to the culture wars flaring up around identity or vaccination. Hence the need for reliable data\, to grasp the real state of the world rather than the imagined one\, and to bring emotional debates back to the ground of facts. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSchweizer Statistiktage (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 07.09.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-statistics-days/
LOCATION:Lugano
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210905
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SUMMARY:G20 health ministers’ meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Italian presidency invites Switzerland\, as in the previous year. The ministers address management of the pandemic\, access for all countries to vaccines\, tests and treatments\, a lasting commitment to pandemic prevention and the effect of the crisis on the 2030 Agenda. Alain Berset defends a strong WHO at the centre of preparedness and response. \nOn the sidelines\, he meets the Italian Minister of Health\, Roberto Speranza\, host of the meeting\, and his counterparts from Indonesia\, Budi Gunadi Sadikin\, and India\, Mansukh Mandaviya. He holds a press briefing at the embassy and meets Swiss artists at the Istituto Svizzero. \nSunday 5 September 2021 — Rome\n\nOpening of the meeting\, address by the WHO Director-General\nPlenary session\nMeeting with Budi Gunadi Sadikin\, Minister of Health of Indonesia\nMeeting with Mansukh Mandaviya\, Minister of Health of India\n\nMonday 6 September 2021 — Rome\n\nMeeting with Roberto Speranza\, Minister of Health of Italy\nWorking sessions and final session\nPress briefing at the Swiss Embassy\nMeeting with Swiss artists at the Istituto Svizzero\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 02.09.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/g20-health-ministers-meeting/
LOCATION:Rome
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210828
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210829
DTSTAMP:20261020T173158Z
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SUMMARY:Funeral of Princess Marie of Liechtenstein
DESCRIPTION:Princess Marie of Liechtenstein\, wife of Prince Hans-Adam II\, died in August. Alain Berset represents the Federal Council at the funeral service in Vaduz\, attended by several European royal families. \nHe offers his condolences to the princely family. In the evening\, he is in Geneva for the inauguration of the Comédie. \nSources \n\nPresseportal (Government of Liechtenstein)\, August 2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/funeral-of-princess-marie-of-liechtenstein/
LOCATION:Vaduz
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210828
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210829
DTSTAMP:20261020T173158Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of the Nouvelle Comédie in Geneva
DESCRIPTION:The new building of the Comédie\, in Eaux-Vives\, is inaugurated after months of closed theatres. Cost: 94 million francs\, 45 million of it borne by the canton. Speakers include Councillor of State Thierry Apothéloz\, Administrative Councillor Sami Kanaan and the directors\, Natacha Koutchoumov and Denis Maillefer. \nAlain Berset opens with the last line of Caligula: “I am still alive!” “That could be the cry of the theatre”\, battered by the pandemic. Camus’s play premiered at the Comédie on 27 June 1945\, directed by Giorgio Strehler\, three months before Paris. The next day\, the house opens to the public. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInauguration de la Nouvelle Comédie de Genève (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nRadio Lac\, 28.08.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-the-nouvelle-comedie-in-geneva/
LOCATION:Genève
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210828
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SUMMARY:Opening of Numerik Games
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the digital cultures festival in Yverdon-les-Bains. He addresses the “friends of algorithms and pixels” and claims\, with scientific method in support\, to trace the link between the spa town and video games back to the menhirs of Clendy bay. \nThe point: digital technology\, first a matter of science\, has become a culture in its own right\, which cultural policy must recognise. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNumerik Games 2021 (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-numerik-games/
LOCATION:Yverdon-les-Bains
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210804
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210807
DTSTAMP:20261020T173158Z
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SUMMARY:74th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:On 4 August\, on the Piazza Grande\, Alain Berset opens the first festival since the 2020 cancellation. He quotes D. W. Griffith\, who predicted in 1924 that cinema would eliminate all conflict: the prophecy is running late\, but summer 2021 will at least have driven the pandemic from people’s minds. The edition celebrates films shot in Ticino. \nOn 5 August\, before the media\, he presents the industry’s challenges: about 360 million francs paid by the Confederation and the cantons under the COVID measures for culture\, specific aid for film\, the “Back to the Cinema” campaign. After the institutional framework agreement was abandoned\, participation in the MEDIA programme remains a goal; until then\, compensatory measures and co-production agreements. He defends the investment obligation for online platforms and presents a study on unequal opportunities between women and men in film. \nOn 6 August\, he speaks at the lunch hosted by the festival at Monte Verità in Ascona\, then at the Federal Office of Culture aperitif. \nWednesday 4 August 2021 — Locarno\n\nOpening ceremony on the Piazza Grande\, speech by Alain Berset\n\nThursday 5 August 2021 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with the media\n\nFriday 6 August 2021 — Ascona and Locarno\n\nLunch hosted by the festival at Monte Verità\, addresses by Marco Solari and Alain Berset\nFederal Office of Culture aperitif\, address by Alain Berset\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 74e Locarno Film Festival (French-language page)\nLocarno : réception du Monte Verità (French-language page)\nLocarno : apéritif de l’Office fédéral de la culture (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.08.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/74th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
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