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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170421
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170422
DTSTAMP:20261020T173040Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 48th Visions du Réel
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the documentary film festival in Nyon. \n“The 21st century is the century of every paradox.” The internet and the “Great Immediate Whole” blur the line between what is real and what is not. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du festival Visions du Réel (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-48th-visions-du-reel/
LOCATION:Nyon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170402
DTSTAMP:20261020T173040Z
CREATED:20261016T001933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173040Z
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SUMMARY:100 years of Pro Senectute
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the ceremony marking the centenary of Pro Senectute\, in the presence of three former Federal Councillors. \nHe starts from Google’s Calico project\, which promises a life of 500 years: he would then be an “Alt-Bundesrat” for 400 years. Then he returns to the substance: longer life expectancy and old-age provision\, six months before the vote on the reform. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n100 ans de Pro Senectute (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/100-years-of-pro-senectute/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170329
DTSTAMP:20261020T173040Z
CREATED:20261016T001931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173040Z
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SUMMARY:Evening marking 70 years of the Locarno Festival
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, Alain Berset speaks to the partners and sponsors of the Locarno Festival\, which is celebrating its 70th edition. \nHe takes up the remark of the department-store pioneer John Wanamaker: half of his advertising budget is wasted\, but he does not know which half. For Locarno\, he says\, both halves are well spent. The festival is “ein nationales Selbstgespräch”\, Switzerland in miniature. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSoirée jubilaire des 70 ans du Locarno Festival (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/evening-marking-70-years-of-the-locarno-festival/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170324
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170325
DTSTAMP:20261020T173039Z
CREATED:20261016T001357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173039Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Film Award: Honorary Award to Bruno Ganz
DESCRIPTION:The 20th Swiss Film Award ceremony takes place at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva\, in the presence of Alain Berset. “Ma vie de Courgette” and “Die göttliche Ordnung” each win in three categories. \nAlain Berset presents the Honorary Quartz to Bruno Ganz. He opens with an image from Angelopoulos’s “Eternity and a Day”: a tired man walking his dog “the way one walks one’s solitude”. “The actor’s filmography is the exact opposite of the man’s discretion.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix d’honneur du Cinéma suisse à Bruno Ganz (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.03.2017\nFederal Council\, press release of 23.02.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-film-award-honorary-award-to-bruno-ganz/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170323
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170324
DTSTAMP:20261020T173039Z
CREATED:20261016T001927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173039Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Baselworld 2017
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 100th edition of Baselworld\, the world watch and jewellery show. \nHe sees it as a sign of optimism at an uncertain time for the industry: more than 100\,000 visitors\, 1\,300 brands. “Krise des Realen in einer virtuellen Shopping-Welt? 1‘300 Marken sind hier präsent.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de Baselworld 2017 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-baselworld-2017/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170323
DTSTAMP:20261020T173039Z
CREATED:20261016T001349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173039Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by the Vice-President of Liberia\, Joseph N. Boakai
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset\, Vice-President of the Federal Council\, receives Liberian Vice-President Joseph N. Boakai in Berne. The talks cover migration\, justice and the economy. \nSwitzerland’s imports from Liberia are mainly gold. Alain Berset draws his guest’s attention to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights\, which Switzerland has helped to shape; Liberia says it is interested in joining. Since March 2017\, Switzerland has been represented in Monrovia by an honorary consulate general. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.03.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-the-vice-president-of-liberia-joseph-n-boakai/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170321
DTSTAMP:20261020T173038Z
CREATED:20261016T001345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173038Z
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SUMMARY:Informal meeting of European health ministers in Malta
DESCRIPTION:In Valletta\, Alain Berset takes part in the informal meeting of health ministers organised by the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU and chaired by Minister Chris Fearne. \nThree themes: childhood obesity\, HIV/AIDS — 30\,000 new cases a year in the EU\, EFTA and Switzerland — and cross-border cooperation on access to advanced technologies and specialised care\, particularly for rare diseases. \nSunday 19 March 2017 — Valletta\n\nVisit to St John’s Co-Cathedral\nDinner hosted by the Maltese Presidency\n\nMonday 20 March 2017 — Valletta\n\nWelcome by Health Minister Chris Fearne\nSession on childhood obesity\nSessions on rare diseases and the mobility of medical specialists\nPress conference\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.03.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/informal-meeting-of-european-health-ministers-in-malta/
LOCATION:La Valette
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170307
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170308
DTSTAMP:20261020T173038Z
CREATED:20261016T001343Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of the parliamentary group on culture
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset addresses the parliamentary group on culture on digitalisation. He opens with Dickens: “Es war die beste aller Zeiten\, es war die schlimmste aller Zeiten.” \nNew technologies are upending music\, the media and cinema. The Oscar-nominated film “Manchester by the Sea” comes from Amazon. Jobs are disappearing; policy must respond with continuing education and social security. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nTreffen der Parlamentarischen Gruppe Kultur (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 07.03.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-the-parliamentary-group-on-culture/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170302
DTSTAMP:20261020T173038Z
CREATED:20261016T001921Z
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SUMMARY:500 years of the Reformation: Christ and Politics parliamentary group
DESCRIPTION:Before the “Christ und Politik” parliamentary group\, Alain Berset speaks about the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. He opens with his own situation: a Catholic Federal Councillor from Fribourg speaking about Calvin and Zwingli. And with a question: what would Calvin have said about negative interest rates? \nHe offers a political reading of the Reformation: social justice\, schooling\, coexistence between denominations\, but also its dark side. Even a force that places human dignity at the centre is not immune to destructive fundamentalism. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n500 ans de la Réforme : groupe parlementaire Christ et politique (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/500-years-of-the-reformation-christ-and-politics-parliamentary-group/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170301
DTSTAMP:20261020T173037Z
CREATED:20261016T001919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173037Z
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SUMMARY:alliance F: preview screening of “Die göttliche Ordnung”
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks to alliance F\, the alliance of Swiss women’s organisations\, at the preview screening of Petra Volpe’s film on the introduction of women’s suffrage in 1971. \n“Es ist offensichtlich: Ich stehe hier als Mann vor der Alliance F.” He adds that equality is as much a matter for men as for women. The film\, he says\, is “genial getimt. Leider”: it comes out just as the backlash against the gains of the women’s movement sets in. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAlliance F : avant-première du film « Die göttliche Ordnung » (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/alliance-f-preview-screening-of-die-gottliche-ordnung/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170217
DTSTAMP:20261020T173037Z
CREATED:20261016T001332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173037Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen
DESCRIPTION:For his first trip abroad as head of state\, Alexander Van der Bellen comes to Berne. The President of the Confederation\, Doris Leuthard\, receives him together with Sebastian Kurz\, Austrian Foreign Minister. \nAlain Berset\, Vice-President of the Federal Council\, joins the delegations for lunch. On the agenda: relations between Switzerland and the EU after Brexit\, migration\, the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.02.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-austrian-president-alexander-van-der-bellen/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170217
DTSTAMP:20261020T173037Z
CREATED:20261016T001328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173037Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset presents the Swiss Literature Awards 2017. The Grand Award goes to Pascale Kramer. \nHis speech overturns two preconceptions about the winner: the writer of dark texts has “a very cheerful core”; the advertising professional is a master of the unspoken. “Sie ist ein Anti-Candide – sie fürchtet\, dass wir in der Tat in der besten aller möglichen Welten leben.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSchweizer Literaturpreise 2017 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 16.02.2017\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.02.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170215
DTSTAMP:20261020T173037Z
CREATED:20261016T001324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173037Z
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SUMMARY:Berlinale 2017
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset travels to the Berlin International Film Festival. At the Swiss Embassy\, he addresses Swiss filmmakers. In the evening\, he attends the world premiere of “Tiere” by Greg Zglinski\, a Swiss\, Austrian and Polish co-production\, in the Forum section. \nHis speech takes on clichés: “Das postfaktische Zeitalter ist heute in aller Munde. Aber uns Schweizer kann das nicht erschrecken. Wir waren schon immer postfaktisch.” He dismantles Orson Welles’s line about Switzerland and the cuckoo clock. \nThe next day\, he visits the European Film Market and the stands of Germany\, Austria\, Italy\, France and Mexico\, to strengthen co-productions. \nMonday 13 February 2017 — Berlin\n\nWelcome by Ambassador Christine Schraner Burgener\nEmbassy reception in honour of the Swiss films at the Berlinale: speech\nWorld premiere of “Tiere” (Forum)\n\nTuesday 14 February 2017 — Berlin\n\nBreakfast with Swiss filmmakers\nVisit to the European Film Market\, with Swiss Films\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nRéception suisse à la Berlinale (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.02.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/berlinale-2017-2/
LOCATION:Berlin
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170201
DTSTAMP:20261020T173036Z
CREATED:20261016T001321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173036Z
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SUMMARY:Fourth Health2020 national conference: prevention
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset and Thomas Heiniger\, President of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors\, open the fourth Health2020 national conference. More than 360 participants. The theme: chronic diseases and prevention. \nHe opens with irony: in Switzerland\, the word “prevention” sends some people’s blood pressure up\, while others immediately need a drink. His thesis\, taken up in the press release: the question is not whether to do prevention\, but how. Choosing a healthy life must be simple. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nQuatrième Conférence nationale Santé2020 : la prévention des maladies non transmissibles (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 31.01.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fourth-health2020-national-conference-prevention/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170127
DTSTAMP:20261020T173036Z
CREATED:20261016T001317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173036Z
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SUMMARY:National conference on the integration of people with disabilities into the labour market: first day
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the National Conference on the integration of people with disabilities into the labour market. Employers\, trade unions\, doctors\, schools\, cantons\, the invalidity insurance and organisations of people with disabilities are to draw up a joint plan by the end of the year. The first day sets the priorities and closes with a declaration of intent. \nHe opens with a quotation from Zola: “Nothing develops the intelligence like travel.” Then he lays down the principle: integration is a task for society as a whole. “Können wir uns diese Aufgabe überhaupt leisten? Wir können nicht – wir müssen!” And\, according to the press release: it is not enough to support people with disabilities; the barriers in the world of work must also be “torn down”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale pour l’intégration des personnes handicapées sur le marché du travail : allocution de bienvenue (in German\, French-language page)\nConférence nationale pour l’intégration des personnes handicapées sur le marché du travail : exposé principal (in German\, French-language page)\nConférence nationale pour l’intégration des personnes handicapées sur le marché du travail : mot de clôture (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.01.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-conference-on-the-integration-of-people-with-disabilities-into-the-labour-market-first-day/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170120
DTSTAMP:20261020T173035Z
CREATED:20261016T001311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173035Z
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SUMMARY:World Economic Forum 2017
DESCRIPTION:Six members of the Federal Council travel to the WEF. Alain Berset discusses the social and health effects of digitalisation with Andrus Ansip\, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Single Market. He also sees Irina Bokova\, Director-General of UNESCO\, Mélanie Joly\, Canadian Minister of Canadian Heritage\, and Pierre Moscovici\, European Commissioner. \nOn 18 January\, together with the German and Dutch health ministers\, Hermann Gröhe and Edith Schippers\, he co-chairs a closed-door session on antibiotic resistance: how to encourage industry to develop new antimicrobials. In the afternoon\, he interrupts his stay in Davos to bid farewell to the Chinese President in Geneva. \nWednesday 18 January 2017 — Davos\, Geneva\n\nMeeting with Alois Zwinggi\, Managing Director of the WEF\nMeeting with Andrus Ansip\, Vice-President of the European Commission\nMeeting with Jörg Reinhardt\, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Novartis\nMeeting with Mélanie Joly\, Canadian Minister of Canadian Heritage\nSession on antimicrobial resistance\, co-chaired by Alain Berset\nDeparture for Geneva\n\nThursday 19 January 2017 — Davos\n\nMeeting with Charles Michel\, Belgian Prime Minister\, together with the President of the Confederation\nMeeting of the WEF governors on global health\nMeeting with Irina Bokova\, Director-General of UNESCO\nMeeting with Pierre Moscovici\, European Commissioner\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.01.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/world-economic-forum-2017/
LOCATION:Davos
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170118
DTSTAMP:20261020T173035Z
CREATED:20261016T001308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173035Z
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SUMMARY:OECD Health Ministerial Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is Vice-Chair of the third OECD Health Ministerial Meeting\, chaired by the British minister Jeremy Hunt. He leads the Swiss delegation. The theme: the next generation of health system reforms\, more centred on patients. \nSwitzerland’s main interest is in tackling inappropriate treatment and waste\, two priorities of the Health2020 strategy. As Vice-Chair\, Alain Berset leads the ministerial workshop on the governance of big data in health. \nMonday 16 January 2017 — Paris\n\nWelcome by the Swiss delegation to the OECD\nMinisters’ dinner at the invitation of Marisol Touraine\, French Minister of Social Affairs and Health\n\nTuesday 17 January 2017 — Paris\n\nOpening by Angel Gurría\, Secretary-General of the OECD\, and Jeremy Hunt\nSession on wasteful health spending\nMeeting with Jane Philpott\, Canadian Minister of Health\nMinisterial workshop on health data governance\, chaired by Alain Berset\nClosing and press briefing\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.01.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/oecd-health-ministerial-meeting/
LOCATION:Paris
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170119
DTSTAMP:20261020T173035Z
CREATED:20261016T001305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173035Z
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SUMMARY:State visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping
DESCRIPTION:Chinese President Xi Jinping pays a state visit to Switzerland. The full Federal Council receives him in Berne on 15 January. The next day\, Alain Berset\, Vice-President of the Federal Council\, takes part in the official talks alongside the President of the Confederation\, Doris Leuthard\, and Federal Councillors Didier Burkhalter\, Ueli Maurer and Johann N. Schneider-Ammann. Ten agreements\, conventions and protocols are signed\, including an agreement on culture. \nOn 18 January\, Alain Berset leaves the WEF for Geneva. Together with Xi Jinping\, he meets the new UN Secretary-General\, António Guterres\, for an informal meeting. The Chinese President then addresses the UN. In the evening\, Alain Berset bids him farewell on behalf of the Federal Council. \nSunday 15 January 2017 — Berne\n\nReception of President Xi Jinping by the full Federal Council\n\nMonday 16 January 2017 — Berne\n\nOfficial talks between the Swiss and Chinese delegations\nSigning of ten agreements\, conventions and protocols\n\nWednesday 18 January 2017 — Geneva\n\nMeeting with António Guterres\, UN Secretary-General\, in the presence of Xi Jinping\nSpeech by Xi Jinping at the Palais des Nations\nDinner in honour of the Chinese President\nOfficial farewell\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.01.2017\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.01.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/state-visit-by-chinese-president-xi-jinping/
LOCATION:Berne\, Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170114
DTSTAMP:20261020T173035Z
CREATED:20261016T001300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173035Z
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SUMMARY:Health: memorandum of understanding with Liechtenstein
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, Alain Berset and Mauro Pedrazzini\, Liechtenstein’s Minister of Social Affairs\, sign a memorandum of understanding on cross-border outpatient medical care. \nThe aim: a bilateral agreement that allows insured persons on either side of the border to receive outpatient treatment in the other country\, and that settles how health insurers reimburse the services. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.01.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/health-memorandum-of-understanding-with-liechtenstein/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161215
DTSTAMP:20261020T173034Z
CREATED:20261016T003413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173034Z
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SUMMARY:Parliamentary group on non-communicable diseases
DESCRIPTION:Before the new parliamentary group devoted to non-communicable diseases\, Alain Berset presents the national strategy and its action plan\, adopted in November by the Confederation\, the cantons and Health Promotion Switzerland. \n“Sie sind mutig. Sie bekennen sich zur Prävention.” Prevention\, he says\, is an act of faith in the future\, in an era that prefers to mourn good old days that never existed. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGroupe parlementaire Maladies non transmissibles : la stratégie MNT (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.11.2016 (action plan)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/parliamentary-group-on-non-communicable-diseases/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161208
DTSTAMP:20261020T173034Z
CREATED:20261016T002804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173034Z
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SUMMARY:Election as Vice-President of the Federal Council
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Assembly elects Doris Leuthard President of the Confederation for 2017 and Alain Berset Vice-President of the Federal Council\, with 187 votes out of 206 valid ballots. \nSources \n\nRSI\, 07.12.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/election-as-vice-president-of-the-federal-council/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161202
DTSTAMP:20261020T173033Z
CREATED:20261016T003409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173033Z
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SUMMARY:Fête des Vignerons added to UNESCO intangible heritage list
DESCRIPTION:UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee inscribes the Fête des Vignerons on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In Vevey\, Alain Berset speaks at the celebration\, before the Vaud and Vevey authorities and the Abbé-Président of the Confrérie des Vignerons. \nHe compares the effect of the inscription to “the beginnings of a sensation that might be akin to intoxication”. A “light and joyful” intoxication. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInscription de la Fête des Vignerons au patrimoine culturel immatériel de l’UNESCO (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Vaud\, news item of 02.12.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fete-des-vignerons-added-to-unesco-intangible-heritage-list/
LOCATION:Vevey
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161123
DTSTAMP:20261020T173033Z
CREATED:20261016T002757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173033Z
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SUMMARY:National Conference against Poverty
DESCRIPTION:Nearly 7% of the population lives in poverty and 13.5% is at risk of falling into it. At the National Conference in Biel/Bienne\, the Confederation\, the cantons\, the cities and the communes sign a joint declaration to invest in prevention: early childhood education\, support for parents\, vocational training\, social integration. \nAlain Berset draws up an initial assessment of the National Programme against Poverty launched in 2014: “No one should have to live in poverty.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale contre la pauvreté 2016 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.11.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-conference-against-poverty-2/
LOCATION:Bienne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161120
DTSTAMP:20261020T173033Z
CREATED:20261016T002753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173033Z
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SUMMARY:German-speaking social affairs ministers and cultural protocol with Austria
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of the Austrian minister Alois Stöger\, the social affairs ministers of Germany\, Austria\, Liechtenstein\, Luxembourg and Switzerland meet in Vienna on work in the digital age and its effects on social insurance. Alain Berset stresses that training will not be enough: social insurance must remain robust. \nThe ministers decide to meet every year. Alain Berset invites them to Switzerland in 2017. \nOn 18 November\, he signs a memorandum of understanding on cultural cooperation with Thomas Drozda\, Austrian Minister of Culture: publishing\, cultural participation\, film. \nFriday 18 November 2016 — Vienna\n\nWorking session of the social affairs ministers on the digitalisation of work\nFamily photo\nMeeting with Thomas Drozda\, Minister of Culture\, and signing of the memorandum of understanding\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.11.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/german-speaking-social-affairs-ministers-and-cultural-protocol-with-austria/
LOCATION:Vienne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161116
DTSTAMP:20261020T173033Z
CREATED:20261016T003404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173033Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Public Health Conference: migration and health
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Public Health Conference 2016 is devoted to the health of refugees and migrants. Alain Berset opens it with an observation: the world is experiencing the largest refugee movements since the end of the Second World War. \nHe sets out the conference’s questions: what health problems refugees have\, how well the Swiss system is prepared for them\, what experience already exists. “Es gibt sie noch\, die Fakten.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSwiss Public Health Conference 2016 : migration et santé (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-public-health-conference-migration-and-health/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161115
DTSTAMP:20261020T173032Z
CREATED:20261016T002746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173032Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health
DESCRIPTION:Since 2013\, Switzerland has chaired the Bureau of the Protocol on Water and Health of UNECE and WHO Europe. At the Palais des Nations\, Alain Berset opens the three-day meeting\, which brings together representatives of the health and environment ministries of 52 countries. \nGlobal demand for water is set to rise by 55% by 2030. He calls on health and environment ministries to work together to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals on water and sanitation. At the end of the meeting\, the chairmanship passes to Serbia. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de la 4e Réunion des Parties au Protocole sur l’eau et la santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.11.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-4th-meeting-of-the-parties-to-the-protocol-on-water-and-health/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161112
DTSTAMP:20261020T173032Z
CREATED:20261016T002742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173032Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of “Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections” with Hereditary Prince Alois
DESCRIPTION:Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein is on an official visit to Berne. In the evening\, together with Alain Berset\, he opens the exhibition of the Princely Collections at the Kunstmuseum Bern. \nAlain Berset quotes de Gaulle: “Staaten haben keine Freunde\, sondern nur Interessen.” And sees an exception: “Liechtenstein und Schweiz. Hier darf man durchaus von Freundschaft sprechen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n« Liechtenstein. Die Fürstlichen Sammlungen » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.11.2016\nFederal Council\, speech of 11.11.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-liechtenstein-the-princely-collections-with-hereditary-prince-alois/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161104
DTSTAMP:20261020T173032Z
CREATED:20261016T002737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173032Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of the EPFL ArtLab
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset inaugurates the ArtLab\, Kengo Kuma’s building on the EPFL campus\, which brings together under one roof a museum space\, a music venue and a science laboratory. He opens with some “arithmological considerations”: three pavilions\, 23 metres wide\, foundation stone laid on the 23rd. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInauguration de ArtLab\, le nouveau bâtiment de l’EPFL (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 03.11.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-the-epfl-artlab/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161104
DTSTAMP:20261020T173032Z
CREATED:20261016T002733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173032Z
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SUMMARY:Launch of 500 years of the Reformation
DESCRIPTION:“I do not know what Calvin or Zwingli would say if they knew that it is a Catholic Federal Councillor who is speaking for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.” In Geneva\, Alain Berset launches the national celebrations of the jubilee. \nHe offers a political reading of the Reformation: social justice\, its dark side\, the coexistence of denominations. And a warning: “even a force that places human dignity at the heart of its concerns is NOT immune to destructive fundamentalism”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n500 ans de la réforme (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 03.11.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/launch-of-500-years-of-the-reformation/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161101
DTSTAMP:20261020T173031Z
CREATED:20261016T002729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173031Z
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SUMMARY:Cinécivic 2016 awards ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is patron of the Cinécivic awards and opens the ceremony; the film and poster competition encourages young people to vote. For this first edition in French-speaking Switzerland\, 360 young people submitted 45 films and 134 posters. \nHe pays tribute to Homer Simpson\, “a great thinker\, no doubt the most important and the most prolific of the last 25 years”. Reading\, film and fiction are\, for him\, “the best teachers of civics there are”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRemise des prix du concours Cinécivic 2016 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nRepublic and Canton of Geneva\, 31.10.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/cinecivic-2016-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Genève
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