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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181201
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SUMMARY:Celebration of the UNESCO inscription of avalanche risk management
DESCRIPTION:On 29 November\, in Port Louis\, UNESCO inscribes avalanche risk management\, a joint nomination by Switzerland and Austria\, on the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The next day\, Valais celebrates the inscription at the Arsenaux cultural centre in Sion\, with Alain Berset and the President of the Council of State\, Esther Waeber-Kalbermatten. \nHis speech sets Cujo\, Stephen King’s rabid St Bernard\, against Barry\, the dog of the Great St Bernard Hospice\, said to have saved some forty people. From the goat horns of the “Woldmannli” of Andermatt to computer readings\, he traces knowledge passed down from generation to generation: “the dogs will gradually have been replaced by chips”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours à la fête de l’inscription de la gestion du danger d’avalanches au patrimoine immatériel de l’UNESCO (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nState of Valais\, press release of 30.11.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/celebration-of-the-unesco-inscription-of-avalanche-risk-management/
LOCATION:Sion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181130
DTSTAMP:20261020T173123Z
CREATED:20261015T213903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173123Z
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SUMMARY:40 years of the Federal Commission for Child and Youth Affairs
DESCRIPTION:At the PROGR cultural centre in Berne\, the Federal Commission for Child and Youth Affairs (FCCY) celebrates its 40th anniversary with the actors of child and youth policy\, around its President\, Sami Kanaan. An exhibition traces its history\, from the youth protests of 1980 to the digital age. \nAlain Berset speaks about young people and digital technology. He mocks the catalogues of skills demanded of children – “Die armen Kinder!” – and hopes that young people will open “a new Age of Enlightenment”. “The strength of a country is measured by the well-being of its young people.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nEidgenössischen Kommission für Kinder- und Jugendfragen (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, FSIO press release of 28.11.2018\nFederal Council\, text of the speech\, 29.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/40-years-of-the-federal-commission-for-child-and-youth-affairs/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181129
DTSTAMP:20261020T173123Z
CREATED:20261015T213859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173123Z
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SUMMARY:Celebration for Jean-René Fournier\, President of the Council of States
DESCRIPTION:Valais celebrates the election of Jean-René Fournier (CVP) as President of the Council of States\, with 44 votes out of 45. A special train takes the guests from Berne to Visp\, then to Sion for a procession. The day ends with a banquet in Conthey. \nAlain Berset speaks as President of the Swiss Confederation\, alongside Gerhard Pfister and Hans Stöckli. \nSources \n\nSRF\, 28.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/celebration-for-jean-rene-fournier-president-of-the-council-of-states/
LOCATION:Conthey
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181128
DTSTAMP:20261020T173123Z
CREATED:20261015T213857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173123Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials: Brazil\, Estonia\, Jamaica
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset receives the credentials of the new ambassadors of Brazil\, Evandro de Sampaio Didonet\, of Estonia\, Toomas Kukk (resident in Vienna)\, and of Jamaica\, Cheryl Kay Spencer (resident in Geneva). \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials-brazil-estonia-jamaica/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181128
DTSTAMP:20261020T173123Z
CREATED:20261015T213855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173123Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Council objectives for 2019 before the Council of States
DESCRIPTION:At the start of the winter session\, Alain Berset presents to the Council of States the Federal Council’s objectives for 2019\, the last year of the 2015–2019 legislative period. They follow the three guidelines of the legislative period: prosperity\, national cohesion\, security. \nThe programme contains 96 measures in 25 policy areas\, spread across all the departments. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-council-objectives-for-2019-before-the-council-of-states/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181123
DTSTAMP:20261020T173121Z
CREATED:20261015T213853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173121Z
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SUMMARY:Video message to the Climate Vulnerable Forum virtual summit
DESCRIPTION:Ahead of COP24\, Alain Berset addresses by video the virtual summit of the Climate Vulnerable Forum\, which brings together the countries most exposed to climate change. The summit is organised by the Marshall Islands. \n“The average temperature in Switzerland has risen by two degrees since 1850.” The Swiss glaciers are lost\, he says\, but there is still time to avoid worse. He calls for rapid and binding implementation of the Paris Agreement\, “even if it may be too late to save the Swiss glaciers”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nMessage vidéo au sommet virtuel du Climate Vulnerable Forum (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/video-message-to-the-climate-vulnerable-forum-virtual-summit/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181121
DTSTAMP:20261020T173121Z
CREATED:20261015T213850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173121Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
DESCRIPTION:The fourth meeting of the year with Sebastian Kurz\, who comes to Berne as Chancellor and as holder of the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. At the centre: the framework agreement between Switzerland and the EU\, Brexit\, the record of the Austrian presidency and the rapprochement of the Western Balkans. “Für die Schweiz ist die Qualität des Abkommens wichtiger als ein Abschluss zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt.” \nThey also discuss migration and the reform of Dublin\, the Iran nuclear agreement\, Russia\, Ukraine and Turkey. The two leaders exchange the instruments of ratification of the air policing agreement signed in Salzburg in September 2017. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDéclaration à la presse lors de la visite du chancelier autrichien Sebastian Kurz (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-by-austrian-chancellor-sebastian-kurz/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181114
DTSTAMP:20261020T173121Z
CREATED:20261015T213846Z
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SUMMARY:International Conference on Libya in Palermo
DESCRIPTION:From Rome\, Alain Berset travels to Palermo for the international conference on Libya\, at the invitation of the Italian Prime Minister\, Giuseppe Conte. The aim: to help the UN Special Envoy\, Ghassan Salamé\, and the Libyan leaders stabilise the country. Switzerland supports this UN process. \nField Marshal Khalifa Haftar comes to Palermo for a restricted meeting organised by Conte on the sidelines of the conference; he lets it be known that he will not take part in the conference itself. \nMonday 12 November 2018 — Palermo\n\nDinner hosted by the President of the Council of Ministers for the heads of delegation\, Villa Igiea\n\nTuesday 13 November 2018 — Palermo\n\nPlenary session chaired by Giuseppe Conte\nPress conference by the President of the Council of Ministers\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.11.2018\nAdnkronos\, 12.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/international-conference-on-libya-in-palermo/
LOCATION:Palerme
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181113
DTSTAMP:20261020T173121Z
CREATED:20261015T213843Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to the Holy See\, Swiss Guard and Istituto Svizzero
DESCRIPTION:On 12 November\, Alain Berset is received in audience by Pope Francis\, five months after the Pope’s visit to Geneva. They discuss peace\, human rights and international humanitarian law\, a hundred years after the end of the First World War. With the Cardinal Secretary of State\, Pietro Parolin\, and Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher\, he discusses crisis areas\, migration and the fight against human trafficking. \nHe then visits the Pontifical Swiss Guard\, whose numbers are increasing and whose barracks are to be rebuilt. Before the guards\, he jokes about the British minister Philip Hammond\, who saw robots replacing the government: the Guard\, for its part\, is irreplaceable. “Acriter et Fideliter!” \nThe evening before\, he had visited the Swiss Institute in Rome\, at the Villa Maraini. He pays tribute there to a palace built on a former rubbish dump: “eine ideale Lage für kreative Arbeit”. \nSunday 11 November 2018 — Rome\n\nEvening at the Swiss Institute in Rome (Villa Maraini)\, meeting with the institute’s members\, address\n\nMonday 12 November 2018 — Vatican City\n\nOfficial welcome at the Vatican\nAudience with Pope Francis\nMeeting with the Cardinal Secretary of State\, Pietro Parolin\, and Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher\, Secretary for Relations with States\nPress conference\nVisit to the Pontifical Swiss Guard: welcome by Commander Christoph Graf\, address\, meal with the guards\, visit to the armoury\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nAllocution devant la Garde suisse pontificale (in German\, French-language page)\nAllocution à l’Istituto Svizzero de Rome (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.11.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-the-holy-see-swiss-guard-and-istituto-svizzero/
LOCATION:Vatican
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181112
DTSTAMP:20261020T173120Z
CREATED:20261015T213839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173120Z
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SUMMARY:Armistice centenary and Paris Peace Forum
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Emmanuel Macron\, Alain Berset attends the commemorations of the centenary of the 1918 Armistice\, with more than sixty heads of state and government. Switzerland is invited in tribute to its humanitarian action during the First World War: its neutrality had allowed it to offer its good offices. \nOn the afternoon of the 11th\, he takes part in the opening of the first Paris Peace Forum\, at the Grande Halle de la Villette\, then in a round table on “Peace and Security” with Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta\, moderated by Thierry de Montbrial. \nSaturday 10 November 2018 — Paris\n\nDinner hosted by the President of the Republic for the heads of state and government\, at the Musée d’Orsay\n\nSunday 11 November 2018 — Paris\n\nMeeting of the heads of state at the Élysée Palace\nArmistice centenary ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe\nLunch hosted by the President of the Republic at the Élysée Palace\nOpening of the Paris Peace Forum\, Grande Halle de la Villette\nRound table “Peace and Security”\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.11.2018\nThierry de Montbrial\, round table of 11.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/armistice-centenary-and-paris-peace-forum/
LOCATION:Paris
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181110
DTSTAMP:20261020T173120Z
CREATED:20261015T213837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173120Z
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SUMMARY:Von Wattenwyl talks
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Federal Council delegation at the Von Wattenwyl talks with the party and parliamentary group leaders of the CVP\, FDP\, SP and SVP. Johann Schneider-Ammann\, Ignazio Cassis and Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr also attend. \nFour topics: foreign economic policy in the face of protectionism\, the framework agreement with the EU\, Switzerland’s candidacy for the Security Council for 2023–2024 and the UN Migration Pact. The Federal Council repeats that it will conclude no agreement “that does not take account of Switzerland’s vital interests”. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/von-wattenwyl-talks-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181106
DTSTAMP:20261020T173120Z
CREATED:20261015T213835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173120Z
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SUMMARY:economiesuisse conference against the self-determination initiative
DESCRIPTION:In the evening\, in Bulle\, Alain Berset speaks at an economiesuisse conference in the campaign against the initiative “Swiss law instead of foreign judges”. He opens with the stock market bestiary\, from the Bulle bull to the Bernese bear. \nThen he takes the initiative apart: Switzerland decides in full sovereignty which treaties it concludes\, and the people have the last word on the most important ones. A yes would bring the threat of denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights. “Switzerland must remain a reliable partner.” He concludes in Gruyère style: “Don’t sell the bull’s hide before you have killed it.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours contre l’initiative pour l’autodétermination à la conférence d’economiesuisse (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/economiesuisse-conference-against-the-self-determination-initiative/
LOCATION:Bulle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181106
DTSTAMP:20261020T173120Z
CREATED:20261015T213832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173120Z
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SUMMARY:Foreign Press Association in Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the guest at the lunch of the Foreign Press Association in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In his speech\, he describes a “slow erosion of the rules-based international order” and links it to the self-determination initiative\, put to the vote on 25 November. The text\, he says\, would threaten every treaty\, from the WTO to the European Convention on Human Rights. \nAt table\, he turns to humour. On Brexit: “Fortunately\, we in Switzerland have already sorted out our relationship with the EU…” And on Swiss slowness\, a punchline: the Federal Council has set up a working group\, which will deliver its interim report in five years. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours devant l’Association de la presse étrangère en Suisse (APES) (French-language page)\nAllocution de table devant l’Association de la presse étrangère en Suisse (APES) (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/foreign-press-association-in-switzerland/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181104
DTSTAMP:20261020T173119Z
CREATED:20261015T213828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173119Z
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SUMMARY:Centenary of the 1918 general strike\, Swiss National Museum
DESCRIPTION:At the Swiss National Museum in Zurich\, Alain Berset speaks at the opening of the exhibition on the general strike of November 1918: 250\,000 strikers\, three days of national shutdown\, the army deployed\, three dead in Grenchen. \nHe sees it as a “Stunde der Wahrheit” for Swiss democracy and a lesson in compromise: “Wir sind eine Kompromissnation – oder wir sind keine Nation.” He links it to the digital economy and bogus self-employment: “Auch im Zeitalter von Uber ist ein funktionierender Sozialstaat alles andere als Uber-flüssig.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLandesstreik 1918 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, text of the speech\, 03.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/centenary-of-the-1918-general-strike-swiss-national-museum/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181102
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Romania
DESCRIPTION:A visit to Romania\, which will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU for the first time from January 2019. It is the first bilateral presidential visit since 2011. At the Cotroceni Palace\, Alain Berset discusses with President Klaus Iohannis the institutional agreement under negotiation between Switzerland and the EU\, the integration of the Western Balkans and the second Swiss enlargement contribution. \nIn the afternoon\, he meets Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă. In his toast\, he marks the centenary of the Great Union of 1918\, recalls the artistic ties between the two countries\, from Tristan Tzara to Daniel Spoerri\, born in Galați\, and wishes success to the European summit in Sibiu. The day before\, he had visited the Muzeul de Artă Recentă and met Romanian artists. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nToast au palais Cotroceni lors de la visite officielle en Roumanie (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 01.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-romania/
LOCATION:Bucarest
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181031
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit by the President of Malta\, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives the President of Malta\, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca\, in Berne on an official visit. On the agenda: bilateral relations\, European policy\, migration in the Mediterranean. Both countries want a reform of the Dublin system\, for a fairer sharing of refugees in Europe. \nThey also discuss Syria and Libya\, two weeks before the Palermo conference\, the institutional agreement with the EU and the second Swiss contribution to selected member states\, including Malta. The visit returns the one made by Johann Schneider-Ammann to Malta in 2016. Switzerland and Malta jointly founded the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (1990) and DiploFoundation (2002). \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 30.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-by-the-president-of-malta-marie-louise-coleiro-preca/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181027
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture at the Blavatnik School of Government\, Oxford
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Dean Ngaire Woods\, Alain Berset speaks to students of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford\, then takes questions from the audience and from Swiss students at Oxford. Subject: democracy in the face of inequality. \nThe title of the lecture: “Boring can be good”. He starts from Oscar Wilde\, for whom the Swiss had less expression than their cows\, and turns it into a praise of slowness: “Stability is boring\, but stability is good.” Direct democracy serves as an “early warning system” against resentment. But it is not an autopilot: “Switzerland also had its Brexit moment”\, he says of the 2014 initiative against mass immigration. \nHe mentions the self-determination initiative\, put to the vote a month later\, and concludes on equal opportunities: “It is by strengthening others\, that we strengthen ourselves.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours à l’Université d’Oxford (Blavatnik School of Government) : « Boring can be good » (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/lecture-at-the-blavatnik-school-of-government-oxford/
LOCATION:Oxford
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181026
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Second Digitaltag\, Zurich main station
DESCRIPTION:The second national digital day\, organised by digitalswitzerland in a dozen stations and venues across the country. Alain Berset speaks at Zurich main station. Johann Schneider-Ammann and Ignazio Cassis also take part in the day. \nHis speech asks two questions: what must change\, and what must be kept? To change: education\, social insurance\, data protection\, so that no one is left behind in the platform economy. To keep: the Swiss balance between competitiveness and social and regional compensation. “Wir dürfen nicht einer digitalen Euphorie verfallen und auch keinem digitalen Fatalismus.” \nHe then answers questions from the audience. On jobs: “Einige Jobs werden sicher verschwinden.” On a self-driving official car\, he remains sceptical: “Ich fahre sehr gerne selber Auto.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours au Digitaltag 2018 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch (SDA/ATS)\, 25.10.2018\nNetzwoche\, 26.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/second-digitaltag-zurich-main-station/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181023
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:UNCTAD World Investment Forum
DESCRIPTION:At the Palais des Nations\, Alain Berset opens the World Investment Forum\, alongside Mukhisa Kituyi\, Secretary-General of UNCTAD\, and María Fernanda Espinosa\, President of the UN General Assembly. Theme: “Investing in sustainable development”. Some 5\,000 participants. \nHe points out that foreign direct investment fell by 23% in 2017 and warns against nationalist withdrawal. “If we want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals\, we must better coordinate the efforts of the public and private sectors.” Switzerland\, he says\, hosts 30% of global microfinance. \nOn the sidelines of the forum\, he discusses economic relations between the two countries with the President of Botswana\, Mokgweetsi Masisi. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAllocution d’ouverture du Forum mondial de l’investissement de la CNUCED (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/unctad-world-investment-forum/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181020
DTSTAMP:20261020T173117Z
CREATED:20261015T213810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173117Z
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SUMMARY:12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Brussels
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset takes part in the 12th ASEM summit\, at the invitation of Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker. Theme: “Europe and Asia: global partners for global challenges”. The forum brings together 53 partners; Switzerland joined it in 2012. \nHis statement in the plenary describes a “paradox of our time”: challenges are becoming international\, while multilateralism is in retreat. “All states win when others are seen as potential partners and not as competitors.” He cites the Asia-Europe Foundation\, which Switzerland co-finances. \nOn the sidelines\, he meets Pedro Sánchez\, President of the Government of Spain\, the first member of the Swiss government to see him since he took office in June. He also holds talks with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev\, with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and with representatives of Bangladesh and Myanmar. \nThursday 18 October 2018 — Brussels\n\nPress statement on arrival\nMeeting with Myanmar’s Minister for International Cooperation\, U Kyaw Tin\nMeeting with Pedro Sánchez\, President of the Government of Spain\nMeeting with Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister\, Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali\nWelcome of the heads of delegation by Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker\nOpening ceremony of the summit\nGala dinner at the Royal Museums of Art and History\, in the presence of King Philippe\n\nFriday 19 October 2018 — Brussels\n\nPlenary session I\, “Building the Future Together”: speech by Alain Berset\nMeeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev\nPlenary session II\, on the multilateral system\nFamily photo\, closed working session on international issues\nClosing ceremony\nMeeting with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha\nPress conference\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours au 12e sommet ASEM : « L’ASEM\, une réponse à un paradoxe de notre temps » (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.10.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 15.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/12th-asia-europe-meeting-asem-summit-in-brussels/
LOCATION:Bruxelles
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181017
DTSTAMP:20261020T173117Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials: Croatia and Belgium
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset receives in audience the new ambassadors of Croatia\, Andrea Bekić\, and of Belgium\, Willy Debuck. They present the letters accrediting them to the Federal Council. The ceremony falls to the President of the Swiss Confederation. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials-croatia-and-belgium/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181013
DTSTAMP:20261020T173117Z
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SUMMARY:17th Summit of La Francophonie in Yerevan
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset represents Switzerland at the 17th Summit of La Francophonie\, in Yerevan. Theme: “Living together in solidarity\, sharing humanist values and respecting diversity”. Switzerland presents a resolution on cultural participation: opening culture to as many people as possible\, making creation a factor of social cohesion. It also supports the organisation’s strategy on equality between women and men. \nIn his opening speech\, he makes a diagnosis: “a crisis of multilateralism\, a crisis of democracy\, a crisis of communication”. Against withdrawal\, La Francophonie is an asset\, because French is “the frame of reference in which we can think the world”. Three lines for Switzerland: learning French\, defending the organisation’s principles\, discipline in its priorities. He quotes Édouard Glissant and his “mondialité”\, a world of exchange where differences remain and become a strength. \nThe summit adopts the Yerevan Declaration and appoints Rwanda’s Louise Mushikiwabo as Secretary General of the OIF. Switzerland has been a member of the organisation since 1996. \nThursday 11 October 2018 — Yerevan\n\nWelcome of the heads of state and government by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Secretary General Michaëlle Jean\, family photo\nOpening ceremony of the summit: speech by Alain Berset\nFirst plenary session\, then closed session on the international situation\nBilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit\, including with Canada and Quebec\nInterview with TV5 Monde\nConcert in tribute to Charles Aznavour at the Francophonie Village\nState dinner hosted by the Armenian authorities\n\nFriday 12 October 2018 — Yerevan\n\nPlenary session: general debate\, adoption of the Yerevan Declaration and resolutions\nVisit to the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA)\nClosed session: election of the Secretary General of La Francophonie\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours au XVIIe Sommet de la Francophonie à Erevan (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/17th-summit-of-la-francophonie-in-yerevan/
LOCATION:Erevan
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180928
DTSTAMP:20261020T173117Z
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SUMMARY:UN High-Level Week in New York and lecture in Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset represents Switzerland at the opening of the 73rd General Assembly\, with Ignazio Cassis. On 25 September\, he speaks in the general debate: the crisis of multilateralism\, the Middle East\, Syria\, Yemen\, the protection of health workers in conflict\, support for António Guterres’s reforms. “We can only successfully meet the challenges posed by rising inequality\, demographic change or migration – and their causes – if we approach them in a spirit of trust.” \nOn the 26th\, he speaks alongside Ruth Dreifuss at an event on drug policy and sustainable development\, organised with the Global Commission on Drug Policy\, Senegal and Thailand. At the Bloomberg Global Business Forum\, he presents with Enrique Peña Nieto and Michael Bloomberg the Global Compact for Migration\, negotiated under the leadership of Swiss and Mexican diplomats; in the afternoon\, he speaks at the “Road to Marrakech” event. On the 27th\, he opens the event co-organised with Afghanistan on universal health coverage in emergencies\, with Peter Maurer and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, then speaks at the high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases. \nBilateral meetings with António Guterres\, Michelle Bachelet\, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi\, Hilda Heine\, Khadga Prasad Oli\, Hassan Rouhani\, Borut Pahor\, Ana Brnabić\, Hashim Thaçi\, Filipe Nyusi and Mauricio Macri. The stay ends at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia\, with a lecture on direct democracy and the threats facing democracy. He opens with Einstein: “If the world were to end I’d prefer to be in Switzerland – Everything happens five years later there.” \nMonday 24 September 2018 — New York\n\nReception for the Nelson Mandela centenary\, at the invitation of Cyril Ramaphosa\nReception hosted by the President of the United States\n\nTuesday 25 September 2018 — New York\n\nReception hosted by the UN Secretary-General\nOpening of the general debate of the 73rd General Assembly\nPress conference\nOfficial lunch hosted by António Guterres\nSpeech in the general debate\n\nWednesday 26 September 2018 — New York\n\nMeeting with António Guterres\nEvent on drug policy and sustainable development\nMeetings with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi\, Hilda Heine\, Khadga Prasad Oli and Hassan Rouhani\nBloomberg Global Business Forum: round table on economic migration and press conference on the Global Compact\nHigh-level event “Road to Marrakech”\nMeetings with Borut Pahor\, Ana Brnabić\, Michelle Bachelet and Hashim Thaçi\nEuropean Union reception\n\nThursday 27 September 2018 — New York and Philadelphia\n\nEvent on universal health coverage in emergencies\nHigh-level meeting on non-communicable diseases\nLecture at the University of Pennsylvania Law School (Penn Law)\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n«Eine Welt des Nullsummenspiels kennt keine Gewinner» (in German\, French-language page)\nIntervention à l’événement parallèle sur la politique en matière de drogues et le développement durable (French-language page)\nDéclaration au Bloomberg Global Business Forum sur le Pacte mondial sur les migrations (French-language page)\nDiscours à l’événement de haut niveau « Road to Marrakech » sur le Pacte mondial sur les migrations (French-language page)\nDiscours à l’événement de haut niveau sur la couverture sanitaire universelle dans les situations d’urgence (French-language page)\nDiscours à la réunion de haut niveau de l’ONU sur les maladies non transmissibles (French-language page)\nDiscours à la faculté de droit de l’Université de Pennsylvanie sur les fausses nouvelles et la démocratie (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.09.2018\nFederal Council\, speech of 25.09.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/un-high-level-week-in-new-york-and-lecture-in-philadelphia/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180920
DTSTAMP:20261020T173116Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit by Finnish Minister Annika Saarikko
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Annika Saarikko in Berne for a working visit. She is Finland’s Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services\, within the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-by-finnish-minister-annika-saarikko/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180914
DTSTAMP:20261020T173116Z
CREATED:20261015T213750Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi
DESCRIPTION:Seven months after his official visit in February\, Filipe Nyusi comes back to see Alain Berset at the Von Wattenwyl House in Berne. A one-to-one meeting\, then a working session. \nHe reviews the peace process: an agreement on decentralisation with Renamo in February\, a constitutional revision in May\, a military agreement in mid-July that opens the way to the disarmament\, demobilisation and reintegration of combatants. Alain Berset welcomes this progress. Switzerland has offered its good offices to Mozambique since 2016 and chairs the contact group that supports the two parties. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-by-mozambican-president-filipe-nyusi/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180913
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Paris and meeting with Emmanuel Macron
DESCRIPTION:On 11 September\, Alain Berset visits the Liberté Living Lab\, a Paris start-up hub\, then meets OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría at the Château de la Muette: the global economic outlook and transatlantic trade. \nOn the 12th\, he visits the Giacometti Institute\, opened in June\, and the CENTQUATRE. In the afternoon\, an official meeting with Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée. On the agenda: bilateral relations\, research\, European policy and the state of negotiations on the institutional agreement\, the consequences of Brexit. In the Middle East\, Switzerland\, protecting power for Iran and Saudi Arabia\, argues for confidence-building measures. The Sahel\, North Korea\, world trade and La Francophonie complete the talks\, with International Geneva as the French-speaking hub of the UN. \nFrance is home to the largest community of Swiss abroad\, some 195\,700 people; 170\,000 cross-border commuters come to work in Switzerland every day. Press conference at the Swiss Delegation to the OECD\, then a meeting with TV5Monde. \nTuesday 11 September 2018 — Paris\n\nVisit to the Liberté Living Lab\nMeeting with Angel Gurría\, OECD Secretary-General\, Château de la Muette\n\nWednesday 12 September 2018 — Paris\n\nVisit to the Giacometti Institute\nVisit to the CENTQUATRE\nMeeting with President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée\nPress conference\nMeeting with TV5Monde\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.09.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-paris-and-meeting-with-emmanuel-macron/
LOCATION:Paris
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180909
DTSTAMP:20261020T173115Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Images Vevey festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Images Vevey photography biennial. “Only in the world of photography can one\, when invited to give a speech\, speak freely of negatives and trials.” \nWith no overhead projector\, requisitioned\, he says\, by Guy Parmelin\, he describes seven pictures from memory: the bathers suspended above the lake\, a bare tree on a façade\, a photographer in a temple\, binoculars pointed at North Korea\, “Think of Switzerland”\, Joachim Schmid’s selfies\, Le Corbusier’s Villa Le Lac in Corseaux with Juergen Teller and Erwin Wurm. He also recalls René Burri and Werner Bischof. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFestival Images (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 08.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-images-vevey-festival/
LOCATION:Vevey
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180908
DTSTAMP:20261020T173115Z
CREATED:20261015T213743Z
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SUMMARY:National Conference against Poverty
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the conference that closes the National Programme for the Prevention and Reduction of Poverty 2014–2018. The record: sixteen research reports\, seven practical guides\, 27 approaches tested. Poverty still affects 7.5% of the population\, or 615\,000 people\, including more than 100\,000 children. \nHis speech traces the history: poverty long regarded as a private matter\, then the destitution of the First World War: in 1918\, one sixth of the population depended on relief. “Without social benefits\, four to five times as many people would be affected in Switzerland today.” That there are still poor people in the country is\, for him\, unacceptable. \nThe Confederation\, cantons\, cities and municipalities sign a joint declaration: cooperation continues until 2024\, with the Confederation in a supporting role. Speakers also include Pierre-Yves Maillard for the SODK/CDAS\, Hannes Germann\, Franziska Teuscher and Hugo Fasel of Caritas. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours à la Conférence nationale contre la pauvreté (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-conference-against-poverty/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180907
DTSTAMP:20261020T173115Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of the heads of state of the German-speaking countries
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland hosts the annual meeting of the German-speaking heads of state\, for the first time since 2012. In the Engadine\, Alain Berset and Muriel Zeender Berset receive Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg\, Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein\, King Philippe of Belgium\, Alexander Van der Bellen and Frank-Walter Steinmeier\, with their spouses. At the dinner on 5 September\, at the Hotel Waldhaus\, he summons the illustrious guests of Sils\, from Nietzsche to Walter Benjamin\, and Tucholsky: “Hier gletschern die Gletscher.” \nOn 6 September\, official talks on cultural participation\, opened by a contribution from the philosopher Stefan Zweifel\, then on international cooperation\, pressure on institutions\, Europe and migration. Alain Berset: the more diverse our societies are\, the more culture is needed to reflect this complexity. At the press conference\, he presents the Youth and Music programme: “Musizieren soll keine elitäre Angelegenheit sein.” \nThe meeting ends at the Julier Pass\, in the Origen theatre tower. There he quotes Richard Strauss: “Es gibt nur ein Engadin auf der ganzen Welt.” \nWednesday 5 September 2018 — Sils Maria\n\nWelcome of the heads of state and group photo\nGala dinner at the Hotel Waldhaus\n\nThursday 6 September 2018 — Sils Maria and Julier Pass\n\nOfficial talks: cultural participation\nOfficial talks: national and international affairs\nPress statement\nVisit to the Origen tower\, Julier Pass\, and cultural programme\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours de table à l’hôtel Waldhaus de Sils Maria (in German\, French-language page)\nAllocution sur la participation culturelle à la rencontre des chefs d’Etat germanophones (in German\, French-language page)\nDéclaration à la presse sur la rencontre des chefs d’Etat germanophones (in German\, French-language page)\nAllocution de clôture à la tour Origen du col du Julier (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.09.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.08.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-the-heads-of-state-of-the-german-speaking-countries/
LOCATION:Sils Maria
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180904
DTSTAMP:20261020T173115Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of health ministers of the German-speaking countries
DESCRIPTION:In Lindau\, on Lake Constance\, Alain Berset takes part in the annual meeting of the health ministers of Germany\, Austria\, Switzerland\, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. The host: Jens Spahn. Around the table: Beate Hartinger-Klein\, Mauro Pedrazzini and\, for Luxembourg\, Jean-Claude Schmit. \nFour topics: big data in health\, recruiting nursing staff abroad\, cancer research\, and health literacy (Gesundheitskompetenz). On cancer\, an exchange with Professor Michael Baumann of the German Cancer Research Center. The final declaration provides for a network of the five countries on language requirements for foreign nursing staff\, joint ideas for applying the WHO code of practice on international recruitment\, and a joint project on artificial intelligence and big data. Joint press conference on 3 September. \nSunday 2 September 2018 — Lindau\n\nWorking session: review of the year\, big data and health\n\nMonday 3 September 2018 — Lindau\n\nWorking session: recruiting nursing staff abroad\nExchange on cancer research\, signing of the final declaration\nPress conference of the five ministers\n\nSources \n\nGerman Federal Ministry of Health\, press release of 03.09.2018\nDeutsches Ärzteblatt\, 03.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-health-ministers-of-the-german-speaking-countries/
LOCATION:Lindau
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