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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190828
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SUMMARY:Ambassadors’ Conference: “Hopp Schwiiz”
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks to Switzerland’s ambassadors and external network\, gathered at the Stade de Suisse. Should one cheer on Switzerland\, “eine Insel der Stabilität”? Yes\, he answers: Switzerland has benefited from the liberal post-war order and must defend it; its stability is the fruit of political effort\, not a given. \nHe rereads the country’s history through its cohesion: “Die Geschichte der Schweiz ist die Geschichte ihrer immer wieder überwundenen Gräben – religiös\, politisch\, sprachlich oder sozial.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence des ambassadeurs 2019 : « Hopp Schwiiz » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDFA\, press release of 26.08.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/ambassadors-conference-hopp-schwiiz/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190828
DTSTAMP:20261020T173134Z
CREATED:20261016T000509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173134Z
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SUMMARY:Extension of the Milan Declaration on sugar
DESCRIPTION:Brought together in Berne by Alain Berset\, fourteen Swiss food companies extend the Milan Declaration until 2024. They commit to cutting sugar further: by 10% in yoghurts and by 15% in breakfast cereals. \nThe reduction is extended to other products\, and the declaration now also covers salt. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.08.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/extension-of-the-milan-declaration-on-sugar/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190821
DTSTAMP:20261020T173134Z
CREATED:20261016T000506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173134Z
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SUMMARY:Gamescom: opening of the SwissGames stand
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset travels to Gamescom in Cologne\, Europe’s major video game fair\, with eighteen Swiss developers presented by Pro Helvetia. On 20 August\, he opens the SwissGames stand. \n“Der Bundesrat ist überzeugt: Games gehören zu den prägenden Kulturformen des 21. Jahrhunderts.” He points out that the games industry turns over more than three times as much as cinema\, and that Pro Helvetia has supported video games for nine years. The day before\, he visits the Kolumba museum\, built by Peter Zumthor. \nMonday 19 August 2019 — Cologne\n\nVisit to the Kolumba museum (Peter Zumthor)\nInformal meeting with game developers\n\nTuesday 20 August 2019 — Cologne\n\nTrial of the Birdly flight simulator (ZHdK)\nOpening of the SwissGames stand\, speech\nExchanges with Swiss studios\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nGamescom 2019 : ouverture du stand suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nNau.ch\, 20.08.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/gamescom-opening-of-the-swissgames-stand/
LOCATION:Cologne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190817
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190818
DTSTAMP:20261020T173134Z
CREATED:20261016T000501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173134Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of CITES CoP18
DESCRIPTION:The 18th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) was to be held in Colombo. After the April attacks in Sri Lanka\, it is moved to Geneva. Alain Berset opens it on 17 August on behalf of Switzerland\, host country and depositary of the convention. \nHe thanks Sri Lanka and offers his condolences to the victims. He lists the threats to biodiversity: climate change\, poaching\, illegal trade. They can be solved only through international cooperation; sustainable management is part of the answer. \nThe conference ends on 28 August. The Swiss proposal to subject trade in marine ornamental fish to a sustainability analysis is accepted. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de la CoP18 de la CITES (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCITES\, summary record of the 1st plenary session\, 17.08.2019\nFSVO\, press release of 28.08.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-cites-cop18/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190807
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190811
DTSTAMP:20261020T173133Z
CREATED:20261016T000457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173133Z
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SUMMARY:72nd Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:On 7 August\, Alain Berset opens the 72nd Locarno Festival. Against Fitzgerald\, for whom Switzerland is a country “where very few things begin”\, he recalls what began in Locarno: the Czechoslovak New Wave with Miloš Forman in 1964\, the debuts of Kathryn Bigelow\, Spike Lee\, Jim Jarmusch. \nOn 8 August\, before the media\, he stresses the weight of international co-productions: 25 Swiss films co-produced in 2018. Future cultural policy will have to take better account of digitalisation and gender equality. On 9 August\, he presents the Leopard Club Award to Hilary Swank and speaks at the Monte Verità reception in Ascona. \nOn 10 August\, he meets film professionals\, then speaks at the Dîner républicain\, where the Slovak President\, Zuzana Čaputová\, receives the European Prize for Political Culture. \nWednesday 7 August 2019 — Locarno\n\nOpening speech of the festival\nPiazza Grande\, opening film\n\nThursday 8 August 2019 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with the media on film policy\n\nFriday 9 August 2019 — Locarno\, Ascona\n\nMeal hosted by the festival in honour of Alain Berset\nMonte Verità reception\, speech\nAperitif of the Federal Office of Culture\, speech\nLeopard Club Award to Hilary Swank\, speech\n\nSaturday 10 August 2019 — Locarno\, Ascona\n\nRound table with film professionals\nDîner républicain: European Prize for Political Culture to Zuzana Čaputová\, speech\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 72e Locarno Film Festival (French-language page)\nLocarno Film Festival : réception du Monte Verità (French-language page)\nLeopard Club Award à Hilary Swank (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 08.08.2019\nThe Slovak Spectator\, 12.08.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/72nd-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190802
DTSTAMP:20261020T173133Z
CREATED:20261016T002249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173133Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Yverdon-les-Bains
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset gives the official 1 August address in Yverdon-les-Bains. He opens with the town’s smoke without fire: the steam of the thermal baths\, then the cloud of Expo.02. \nThen he comes to the theme of the election year\, compromise: “Compromises are not only indispensable to our political system. They also show that we are not indifferent to others.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale 2019 à Yverdon-les-Bains (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-yverdon-les-bains/
LOCATION:Yverdon-les-Bains
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190624
DTSTAMP:20261020T173133Z
CREATED:20261016T000448Z
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SUMMARY:40th anniversary of the Canton of Jura
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset represents the Federal Council at the 40th anniversary of the Canton of Jura. His speech is a historical account of the Jura Question\, later reprinted by Le Temps. \nHe sees in it a Swiss solution\, slow and patient: “If the answer to the Jura Question was ‘so very Swiss’\, it is because it unfolded over the long time of compromise.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n40e anniversaire du canton du Jura (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 23.06.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/40th-anniversary-of-the-canton-of-jura/
LOCATION:Saignelégier
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190611
DTSTAMP:20261020T173133Z
CREATED:20261016T000444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173133Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Art Awards and Prix Meret Oppenheim
DESCRIPTION:Alongside Art Basel\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Art Awards and pays tribute to the winners of the Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim 2019: the architects Marcel Meili and Markus Peter\, the critic Samuel Schellenberg and the artist Shirana Shahbazi. \nHis speech targets the “Rechthaberei” of the digital age: when everyone is always right\, Socratic not-knowing is under threat\, and algorithms claim to know the future before it arrives. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses d’art 2019 (Swiss Art Awards) (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 10.06.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-art-awards-and-prix-meret-oppenheim/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190611
DTSTAMP:20261020T173132Z
CREATED:20261016T000440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173132Z
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SUMMARY:ILO centenary: speech by Switzerland as host country
DESCRIPTION:The 108th International Labour Conference celebrates the ILO’s centenary. Switzerland chairs it. Alain Berset speaks at a special sitting on behalf of Switzerland\, host country and founding member. He recalls the preamble to the ILO Constitution: “Universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice.” \nHe meets the Director-General\, Guy Ryder\, the Swiss tripartite delegation and the Prime Minister of Nepal\, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli. He attends the official lunch for the heads of state and government invited to the centenary. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n100e anniversaire de l’Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 10.06.2019\nSECO\, press release of 21.06.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/ilo-centenary-speech-by-switzerland-as-host-country/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190604
DTSTAMP:20261020T173132Z
CREATED:20261016T000436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173132Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 18th World Meteorological Congress
DESCRIPTION:At the CICG\, Alain Berset opens the 18th Congress of the World Meteorological Organization\, the WMO’s supreme body\, which brings together its 192 member states every four years. He meets the Secretary-General\, Petteri Taalas. \nGeneva\, he says\, is the ideal place for this congress\, at a time when obscurantism is gaining ground\, notably with climate scepticism. “For sustainable development\, the international community depends on reliable information on the state of the climate and how it is changing.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n18e Congrès météorologique mondial (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 03.06.2019\nFederal Council\, speech of 03.06.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-18th-world-meteorological-congress/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190525
DTSTAMP:20261020T173132Z
CREATED:20261016T000433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173132Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Theatre Awards ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset presents the Swiss Theatre Awards at the Théâtre du Crochetan\, as part of the 6th Swiss Theatre Meeting. The Swiss Grand Award for Theatre / Hans Reinhart Ring goes to the Geneva performer Yan Duyvendak. \nHe opens with the election of an actor\, Volodymyr Zelensky\, to the presidency of Ukraine\, and with the links between theatre and power. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de théâtre 2019 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.04.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-theatre-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Monthey
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190524
DTSTAMP:20261020T173131Z
CREATED:20261016T002241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173131Z
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SUMMARY:Centenary of the Conference of Cantonal Health Directors (GDK)
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors celebrates its hundredth anniversary in Basel. Alain Berset speaks about federalism in health: abroad\, he says\, he never mentions that he is not the country’s only health minister\, and that there are twenty-six others. \nHe pays tribute to the outgoing president\, Zurich Councillor of State Thomas Heiniger. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n100 ans de la Conférence des directeurs cantonaux de la santé (CDS) (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/centenary-of-the-conference-of-cantonal-health-directors-gdk/
LOCATION:Bâle
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190522
DTSTAMP:20261020T173131Z
CREATED:20261016T000425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173131Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 72nd World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 72nd World Health Assembly at the Palais des Nations. On the agenda: the WHO’s 2020-2021 budget\, its reform and universal health coverage. More than half of the world’s population still lacks access to basic care. \nHe holds a series of bilateral meetings with health ministers. In the evening\, he receives the delegations at the Campus Biotech\, with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, to present the “Swiss Health Valley”. On 21 May\, with the Afghan and Central African ministers\, he takes part in an event launched by Switzerland on strengthening health systems in emergencies. \nMonday 20 May 2019 — Geneva\n\nOpening session of the World Health Assembly\, speech\nMeeting with Juan Pablo Uribe\, Colombian Minister of Health\nMeeting with Saeed Namaki\, Iranian Minister of Health\nMeeting with Alfred Madigele\, Minister of Health of Botswana\nMeeting with Veronika Skvortsova\, Russian Minister of Health\nMeeting with Bruno Bruins\, Dutch minister\nSwiss reception at the Campus Biotech\, speech\n\nTuesday 21 May 2019 — Geneva\n\nMeeting with Arsen Torosyan\, Armenian Minister of Health\nMeeting with Ahmed Al Saidi\, Minister of Health of Oman\nEvent “Partnerships for Health Systems Strengthening – Prepared for Emergencies”\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n72e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\nRéception de la Suisse pour la 72e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.05.2019\nFederal Council\, speech of 20.05.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-72nd-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190520
DTSTAMP:20261020T173131Z
CREATED:20261016T000420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173131Z
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SUMMARY:Vote on the tax reform and AHV financing (TRAF)
DESCRIPTION:The people approve the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV Financing with 66.4% of the vote\, on a turnout of 43.7%. All cantons vote yes. The reform abolishes preferential tax status for companies and\, in return\, brings some 2 billion francs a year to the AHV from 2020. \nAlain Berset had launched the Federal Council’s campaign on 18 February with the President of the Confederation\, Ueli Maurer: a bill that “preserves jobs and tax revenue while strengthening the AHV”. On the evening of the vote\, the two Federal Councillors comment on the result before the press in Berne. As the additional funding covers only part of the needs\, the Federal Council goes straight on to the AHV 21 reform. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.02.2019\nSwissvotes\, official result
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-on-the-tax-reform-and-ahv-financing-traf/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190511
DTSTAMP:20261020T173131Z
CREATED:20261016T002236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173131Z
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SUMMARY:58th Art Biennale: opening of the Swiss Pavilion
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Swiss Pavilion at the 58th Art Biennale\, “Moving Backwards”\, by Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz\, curated by Charlotte Laubard. The pavilion is organised by Pro Helvetia. \nHe plays on the Biennale’s title\, “May you live in interesting times”: in English\, “interesting” often means its opposite; in German\, an “interesting” idea has no chance of being carried out within fifty years. The word therefore promises diversity and a nuanced view of the present. \nOn the sidelines\, he visits the Russian pavilion with Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets and meets the Chilean Minister of Culture\, Consuelo Valdés. On 10 May\, he tours the Arsenale and talks with the Swiss artists Christian Marclay and Christoph Büchel. \nThursday 9 May 2019 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Russian pavilion with Olga Golodets\, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia\nOpening of the Swiss Pavilion\, speech\nMeeting with Consuelo Valdés\, Chilean Minister of Culture\nVisit to the Giardini\nMeeting with the Swiss artists at the Biennale\n\nFriday 10 May 2019 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Arsenale and the main exhibition\nExchanges with Christian Marclay and Christoph Büchel\nVisit to the pavilions of Chile and China\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nBiennale d’art de Venise 2019 : pavillon suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nPro Helvetia\, Swiss Pavilion 2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/58th-art-biennale-opening-of-the-swiss-pavilion/
LOCATION:Venise
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190508
DTSTAMP:20261020T173130Z
CREATED:20261016T000414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173130Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to the Central African Republic
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the first member of the Federal Council to visit the Central African Republic. The armed conflict\, under way since 2012\, has hit civilians hard and damaged the health system; a peace agreement was signed on 5 February 2019 between the government and fourteen armed groups. Switzerland has funded humanitarian aid there since 2014. \nOn 6 May\, he travels to Kaga-Bandoro\, in the north\, where thousands of people driven out by violence live in displacement sites. He visits the hospital there with the ICRC. On 7 May\, in Bangui\, he visits the paediatric hospital\, then meets the Minister of Health\, Pierre Somse\, Prime Minister Firmin Ngrebada and President Faustin-Archange Touadéra\, with whom he discusses the peace agreement and humanitarian aid. \n“I wanted to go and see what is happening on the ground\,” he tells RTS. He offers Swiss expertise in conflict resolution\, dealing with the past\, the rule of law and justice. \nSunday 5 May 2019 — Bangui\n\nWelcome by the Minister of Foreign Affairs\, Sylvie Baipo-Temon\nMeeting with Central African artists\nEvening with the Swiss community\, partners and artists\, speech\n\nMonday 6 May 2019 — Kaga-Bandoro\, Bangui\n\nMeeting with the Prefect of Nana-Grébizi\nICRC humanitarian briefing\nVisit to the Kaga-Bandoro hospital and the displacement site\nLunch with humanitarian organisations (OCHA)\nVisit to Radio Ndeke Luka\, supported by the Fondation Hirondelle\nMeeting with the Platform of Religious Confessions\, with Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalaïnga\n\nTuesday 7 May 2019 — Bangui\n\nVisit to the Bangui paediatric hospital\nMeeting with Pierre Somse\, Minister of Health and Population\nMeeting with Prime Minister Firmin Ngrebada\nAudience with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra\nLunch with MINUSCA and the diplomatic corps\nPress conference\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nSoirée de rencontre à Bangui (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 02.05.2019\nSwissinfo\, 07.05.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-the-central-african-republic/
LOCATION:Bangui
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190501
DTSTAMP:20261020T173130Z
CREATED:20261016T000410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173130Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of German-speaking social affairs ministers
DESCRIPTION:In Zurich\, Alain Berset hosts the social affairs ministers of Germany\, Austria\, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. It is the second meeting in this format\, after Vienna in 2016. Present are the Austrian minister Beate Hartinger-Klein\, the Liechtenstein minister Mauro Pedrazzini\, the German State Secretary Rolf Schmachtenberg and the Luxembourg First Government Counsellor Abilio Fernandes. \nThe theme: work transformed by digitalisation\, in particular the platform economy. In a joint declaration\, signed at the National Museum\, the five countries state that social protection and continuing education must also be guaranteed in new forms of work. \nMonday 29 April 2019 — Zurich\n\nWelcome at the Swiss National Museum\, visit of the restored rooms\nWorking session on platform workers\, presentation by Michael Marti\nSigning of the joint declaration\nOfficial dinner\n\nTuesday 30 April 2019 — Zurich\n\nSession at the Kraftwerk on artificial intelligence and new forms of employment\, presentation by Antoine Verdon\nSession on a new model for covering social risks\, presentation by Silja Häusermann\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.04.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-german-speaking-social-affairs-ministers/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190416
DTSTAMP:20261020T173130Z
CREATED:20261016T000407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173130Z
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SUMMARY:Informal meeting of EU health ministers
DESCRIPTION:In Bucharest\, Alain Berset attends the informal meeting of European Union health ministers\, organised by the Romanian presidency. The dialogue covers timely and affordable access to innovative therapies\, the fight against hepatitis C and the European directive on cross-border healthcare. \nOn the sidelines\, he holds several bilateral meetings: with the Romanian Minister of Health\, Sorina Pintea\, the Romanian Minister of Culture\, Valer-Daniel Breaz\, Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister\, Etienne Schneider\, and the Belgian minister Maggie De Block. He invites his colleagues to the ministerial summit on patient safety planned in Switzerland. \nSunday 14 April 2019 — Bucharest\n\nMeeting with Sorina Pintea\, Romanian Minister of Health (access to medicines\, Switzerland–EU relations)\nMeeting with Valer-Daniel Breaz\, Romanian Minister of Culture\nMinisters’ dinner at the National Museum of Art of Romania\n\nMonday 15 April 2019 — Bucharest\n\nSession on access to innovative and expensive medicines\, Palace of the Parliament\nMeeting with Etienne Schneider\, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health of Luxembourg\nWorking lunch on hepatitis\nSession on the directive on cross-border healthcare\nMeeting with Maggie De Block\, Belgian Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.04.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/informal-meeting-of-eu-health-ministers/
LOCATION:Bucarest
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190413
DTSTAMP:20261020T173129Z
CREATED:20261016T000404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173129Z
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SUMMARY:New exhibition hall of the Stiftsbezirk
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset inaugurates the new exhibition hall of the Abbey precinct of St Gallen\, a World Heritage site. The ninth-century Plan of St Gall is shown there a few seconds at a time\, to protect the original from light. \nHe defends a sense of history in a restless present: “Wer die Macht der Geschichte verkennt\, tut dies auf eigene Gefahr.” Museums\, he says\, remind us that the past was once the future. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nEröffnung des neuen Ausstellungssaals im Stiftsbezirk St.Gallen (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 12.04.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/new-exhibition-hall-of-the-stiftsbezirk/
LOCATION:Saint-Gall
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190405
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190406
DTSTAMP:20261020T173129Z
CREATED:20261016T000400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173129Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 50th Visions du Réel
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 50th edition of the documentary film festival in Nyon\, with the President of the Vaud Council of State\, Nuria Gorrite\, the mayor\, Daniel Rossellat\, the festival president\, Claude Ruey\, and the artistic director\, Emilie Bujès. \nHe compares the history of the festival to growing up: born in 1969 under a purely descriptive name\, it became “Visions du Réel” in 1995\, like a teenager who chooses concepts. He speaks of the therapeutic effect of documentary: by escaping into the reality of others\, one becomes aware of one’s own. He pays tribute to Claude Ruey\, the outgoing president. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n50e édition du festival Visions du Réel (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nVisions du Réel\, press release of 05.04.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-50th-visions-du-reel/
LOCATION:Nyon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190404
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190405
DTSTAMP:20261020T173129Z
CREATED:20261016T000356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173129Z
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SUMMARY:Carl Spitteler: 100 years since the Nobel Prize in Literature
DESCRIPTION:In Liestal\, Alain Berset speaks at the celebration of the centenary of Carl Spitteler’s Nobel Prize. Spitteler is the only Swiss-born writer to have received it and\, in his words\, “der grosse Unbekannte der Schweizer Literatur- und Geistesgeschichte”. \nHe first jokes about the fourteen years of work on “Prometheus und Epimetheus”\, which console him a little about the AHV reform. Then he returns to the speech of December 1914\, “Unser Schweizer Standpunkt”\, a plea against internal division and for neutrality at the start of the war. Spitteler\, he says\, embodies civic courage: “Dafür\, dass Feigheit vor dem Freunde eben nicht von Freundschaft zeugt\, sondern von Feigheit.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLiestal\, 4. April 2019. Betrachtungen eines Politischen (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 04.04.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/carl-spitteler-100-years-since-the-nobel-prize-in-literature/
LOCATION:Liestal
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190324
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190327
DTSTAMP:20261020T173128Z
CREATED:20261016T000352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173128Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Tunisia: social security agreement
DESCRIPTION:On 25 March in Tunis\, Alain Berset and the Minister of Social Affairs\, Mohamed Trabelsi\, sign a social security agreement. It covers old age\, survivors and invalidity\, guarantees equal treatment and allows pensions to be paid abroad. \nHe is received by President Béji Caïd Essebsi and by the Head of Government\, Youssef Chahed\, then meets the Minister of Cultural Affairs\, Mohamed Zine El Abidine. In the evening\, he launches Switzerland’s regional cultural cooperation programme for North Africa. \nOn 26 March\, he visits two projects supported by Switzerland that give prospects to young people in the suburbs of Tunis\, to prevent radicalisation. Switzerland invests nearly 20 million francs a year in cooperation in Tunisia. \nMonday 25 March 2019 — Tunis\n\nCourtesy call on the Head of Government\, Youssef Chahed\, at the Kasbah\nCourtesy call on President Béji Caïd Essebsi\, Carthage Palace\nMeeting with Mohamed Trabelsi\, Minister of Social Affairs\nSigning of the social security agreement\nMeeting with Mohamed Zine El Abidine\, Minister of Cultural Affairs\nPress briefing\nMeeting with Ghassan Salamé\, UN Special Representative for Libya\nLaunch of the regional cultural programme of Swiss cooperation\, speech\n\nTuesday 26 March 2019 — Le Kram\, Douar Hicher\n\nVisit to the Mobdiun – Creative Youth project in Le Kram\, theatre workshop with young people\nVisit to an International Alert project in Douar Hicher\nLunch with the partners of the project to prevent violent extremism\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nLancement du Programme culturel Afrique du Nord de la coopération suisse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.03.2019\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.03.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-tunisia-social-security-agreement/
LOCATION:Tunis
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190323
DTSTAMP:20261020T173128Z
CREATED:20261016T000348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173128Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Film Awards: Honorary Award for Beki Probst
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Film Awards ceremony takes place at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices\, in the presence of Alain Berset. “Ceux qui travaillent” by Antoine Russbach and “Chris the Swiss” by Anja Kofmel each win three awards. \nAlain Berset gives the tribute to Beki Probst\, Honorary Award for a career devoted to bringing films to audiences. He opens by paying tribute to Bruno Ganz and Claude Goretta\, who had died a few weeks earlier. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix du cinéma suisse 2019 : Prix d’honneur à Beki Probst (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.03.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-film-awards-honorary-award-for-beki-probst/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190320
DTSTAMP:20261020T173128Z
CREATED:20261016T002350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173128Z
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SUMMARY:Forum Gesundheit Schweiz: quality of care
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks about quality at the Forum Gesundheit Schweiz. He notes with irony that the word appears only six times in the Constitution\, “gleich häufig wie Frieden\, Zweitwohnungen und Spezialfinanzierung”. \nHis starting point: the quality of the Swiss health system is high\, thanks to compulsory insurance and trained staff. But it must be measured and improved systematically\, at a time when Parliament is debating stronger quality requirements in health insurance. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nForum Santé pour tous : la qualité dans le système de santé (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/forum-gesundheit-schweiz-quality-of-care/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190313
DTSTAMP:20261020T173128Z
CREATED:20261016T000340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173128Z
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SUMMARY:Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) at the UN
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Swiss delegation to the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The theme: social protection for women and girls\, and their access to public services and infrastructure. Switzerland puts forward two priorities: equal pay and recognition of unpaid domestic and care work. \nBefore the plenary\, he quotes Simone de Beauvoir and speaks “as minister for equality and as a man”. He recalls that no country has fully achieved equality\, and that only 20% of permanent representatives to the UN are women. At the round table on women’s leadership\, he recalls that Switzerland is a young democracy\, “one of the youngest in the world”: women have voted at federal level only since 1971. \nSwitzerland organises an event on the pay gap with the ILO\, with Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Alain Berset gives a figure: in Switzerland\, the average gap is 18%\, and more than two fifths of this gap\, in the private sector\, cannot be explained by objective factors. \nSunday 10 March 2019 — New York\n\nMeeting with Swiss artists based in New York\nReception for equality ministers at the invitation of Katrín Jakobsdóttir\, Prime Minister of Iceland\n\nMonday 11 March 2019 — New York\n\nOpening of the 63rd session of the CSW\, with António Guterres\nMeeting with Taina Bofferding\, Luxembourg Minister for Equality\nPress briefing\nMinisterial round table on social protection and unpaid work\nMeeting with Marius-Constantin Budai\, Romanian Minister of Labour\nMeeting with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka\, Executive Director of UN Women\nEvent “Closing the Gender Pay Gap”\, organised by Switzerland and the ILO\n\nTuesday 12 March 2019 — New York\n\nOpening of the “Women in Power” event of the President of the General Assembly\nMeeting with Juliane Bogner-Strauss\, Austrian Minister for Women\nRound table “How women leaders change the world”\nStatement by Switzerland in the plenary\nMinisterial dialogue on alliances for social protection\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n63e session de la Commission de la condition de la femme (French-language page)\nCSW63 : table ronde ministérielle sur le travail domestique non rémunéré (French-language page)\nCSW63 : « Closing the Gender Pay Gap »\, événement parallèle (French-language page)\nCSW63 : table ronde « How women leaders change the world » (French-language page)\nCSW63 : dialogue ministériel sur les alliances pour la protection sociale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.03.2019\nFederal Council\, speech of 12.03.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/commission-on-the-status-of-women-csw63-at-the-un/
LOCATION:New York
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190307
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190308
DTSTAMP:20261020T173127Z
CREATED:20261016T000333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173127Z
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SUMMARY:Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the Rencontres du 7e Art in Lausanne\, a festival founded by Vincent Perez. \nHe opens with a mock settling of scores with “Monsieur Couchepin”: not his predecessor at the FDHA\, but Aloïs Couchepin\, the character played by Vincent Perez in the comedy “Bienvenue en Suisse” (2004). \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRencontres 7e art Lausanne (Fra\, Eng) (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 07.03.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rencontres-7e-art-lausanne-2/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190215
DTSTAMP:20261020T173127Z
CREATED:20261016T002346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173127Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset presents the Swiss Literature Awards 2019. The Grand Award goes to Zsuzsanna Gahse; the Special Award for Mediation to the Centre de traduction littéraire de Lausanne and the Looren Translation House. \nHis speech has a title: “Literatur – die Feindin der Rechthaberei”. He quotes Susan Sontag and defends empathy as literature’s most topical quality\, in a world shrunk by the internet. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de littérature 2019 : « Literatur – die Feindin der Rechthaberei » (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-ceremony-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190201
DTSTAMP:20261020T173126Z
CREATED:20261016T000325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173126Z
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SUMMARY:Health2020 national conference on digitalisation
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, Alain Berset brings together some 300 health policy stakeholders for the sixth Health2020 national conference\, devoted to the digitalisation of the health system. \nHe opens with a figure: about 350\,000 health apps for smartphones\, and 200 new ones every day. The problem\, he says\, is the gap between what technology allows and how the health system is organised. Policy must build everyone’s digital skills\, make better use of data and guarantee trust in their safe use. The priority of the eHealth Switzerland 2.0 strategy is the introduction of the electronic patient record. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale Santé2020 : la numérisation dans le système de santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 31.01.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/health2020-national-conference-on-digitalisation/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190127
DTSTAMP:20261020T173126Z
CREATED:20261016T000322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173126Z
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SUMMARY:Vogel Gryff: guest of honour at the Gryffe-Mähli
DESCRIPTION:On the day of Vogel Gryff\, the great festival of Kleinbasel\, Alain Berset is the guest of honour at the Gryffe-Mähli\, the banquet of the three honorary societies (Drei Ehrengesellschaften Kleinbasels). \nHe gives the guest’s speech\, on the theme of misunderstandings. After the formal greetings\, he thanks his hosts in Basel dialect. \nSources \n\nBlick\, 26.01.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vogel-gryff-guest-of-honour-at-the-gryffe-mahli/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190125
DTSTAMP:20261020T173125Z
CREATED:20261016T000319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173125Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 54th Solothurn Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Solothurn Film Festival at the Reithalle\, arriving straight from Davos. He starts from good news from America to speak about the place of cinema: film remains\, “ob gestreamt oder im Kino”\, the main medium through which a society understands itself. \nHe sees in recent Swiss cinema a return to political seriousness. And he widens the view: “Die Alternativlosigkeit wird gegenwärtig als das entlarvt\, was sie ist: Denkfaulheit\, Phantasielosigkeit\, Kleinmut.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSolothurner Filmtage (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 24.01.2019
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-54th-solothurn-film-festival/
LOCATION:Soleure
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