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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160916
DTSTAMP:20261020T173028Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Grand Award for Music to Sophie Hunger
DESCRIPTION:In Lausanne\, during the Label Suisse festival\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Music Awards. The Grand Award\, worth 100\,000 francs\, goes to Sophie Hunger\, chosen from fifteen finalists. \nHe starts from the Big Bang and the Big Crunch\, two noises that nobody has heard\, to arrive at music\, which is played between the two. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGrand Prix suisse de musique 2016 à Sophie Hunger (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 15.09.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-grand-award-for-music-to-sophie-hunger/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160916
DTSTAMP:20261020T173029Z
CREATED:20261016T002657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173029Z
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SUMMARY:Feckerchilbi: “Jenische und Sinti bereichern die Schweiz”
DESCRIPTION:At the Feckerchilbi\, the festival of the Yenish and Sinti\, Alain Berset announces that the Confederation will henceforth refer to them by the names they use for themselves. He looks back on the history of the “Children of the Open Road”\, taken from their families. \n“Wir sind kein Volk mit Minderheiten\, wir sind ein Volk der Minderheiten.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJenische und Sinti bereichern die Schweiz (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 15.09.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/feckerchilbi-jenische-und-sinti-bereichern-die-schweiz-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160911
DTSTAMP:20261020T173028Z
CREATED:20261016T002654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173028Z
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SUMMARY:Rio Paralympic Games and the Swiss School of São Paulo
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset attends the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games\, after a reception given by the Brazilian President\, Michel Temer. The Swiss team numbers 24 athletes. He visits them in the Paralympic Village\, visits the House of Switzerland\, devoted to disability\, and presents medals. \nIn Rio\, he also visits the Babilônia favela and meets Manu Dibango\, Grand Witness of La Francophonie for the Games. \nOn 10 September\, he is in São Paulo for the 50th anniversary of the Swiss School. He recounts\, in Portuguese\, that he came to Brazil after the maturité to teach\, that the post no longer existed\, and that he earned his living as a bar pianist. \nWednesday 7 September 2016 — Rio de Janeiro\n\nReception given by President Michel Temer\nOpening ceremony of the Paralympic Games\n\nThursday 8 September 2016 — Rio de Janeiro\n\nVisit to the Swiss athletes in the Paralympic Village\, address\nVisit to the House of Switzerland and the Cybathlon and ICRC exhibition\nVisit to the Babilônia favela\nAthletics events\, medal ceremony\n\nFriday 9 September 2016 — Rio de Janeiro\n\nPara-cycling events\nMeeting with Manu Dibango\, Grand Witness of La Francophonie\nMeeting with Franz Nietlispach and the Swiss delegation\n\nSaturday 10 September 2016 — São Paulo\n\nVisit to the Swiss School of São Paulo for its 50th anniversary\, speech\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n50 ans de l’École suisse de São Paulo (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.09.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rio-paralympic-games-and-the-swiss-school-of-sao-paulo/
LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160907
DTSTAMP:20261020T173028Z
CREATED:20261016T002649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173028Z
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SUMMARY:National meeting on equal pay: the public sector Charter
DESCRIPTION:At the second National Meeting on equal pay in the public sector\, Alain Berset presents the Charter for Equal Pay. The Confederation and 25 cantons and communes have already signed it. \n“The public sector must set an example on equal pay.” It accounts for 36 billion francs of public procurement a year and more than 300\,000 full-time positions. The signatories undertake to monitor compliance with equal pay in the administration and in the companies they commission or subsidise. The Charter is not binding. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRencontre nationale sur l’égalité salariale : lancement de la Charte du secteur public (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.09.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-meeting-on-equal-pay-the-public-sector-charter/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160903
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160904
DTSTAMP:20261020T173027Z
CREATED:20261016T002645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173027Z
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SUMMARY:Tinguely Grand Prix
DESCRIPTION:Twenty-five years after Jean Tinguely’s funeral\, Alain Berset speaks on the square through which the procession passed. He recalls the coffin going down the Rue de Lausanne towards the cathedral\, the silence around the “sculptor of sound” who brought the noise of engines into the museum. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGrand Prix Tinguely (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 03.09.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/tinguely-grand-prix/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160827
DTSTAMP:20261020T173027Z
CREATED:20261016T002641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173027Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of German-speaking health ministers
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of the Luxembourg minister Lydia Mutsch\, the health ministers of Germany\, Austria\, Liechtenstein\, Luxembourg and Switzerland meet at Senningen Castle. The “health quintet” decides to launch a European survey on the population’s health literacy. \nAlain Berset presents the National Strategy on Addiction. The ministers also exchange their campaigns for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. The day before\, he visits Eurostat\, the statistical office of the European Union. \nThursday 25 August 2016 — Luxembourg\n\nVisit to Eurostat\, welcome by Director-General Walter Radermacher\nWelcome programme for the ministers in the old town\n\nFriday 26 August 2016 — Senningen\n\nWorking session of the health ministers\nFamily photo\nAdoption of the final declaration\nPress conference\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.08.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-german-speaking-health-ministers-2/
LOCATION:Luxembourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160815
DTSTAMP:20261020T173027Z
CREATED:20261016T002638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173027Z
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SUMMARY:Marché-Concours national de chevaux
DESCRIPTION:More than 50\,000 visitors attend the 113th Marché-Concours\, with the Canton of Zurich as guest of honour. Alain Berset gives the Federal Council’s official speech. \nHe addresses his “Jura friends” as a Fribourger: born under the sign of the cow\, before a people born under the sign of the horse. He recalls that his grandfather was a farrier. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nMarché-Concours national de chevaux 2016 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo / SDA\, 14.08.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/marche-concours-national-de-chevaux-2/
LOCATION:Saignelégier
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160803
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160809
DTSTAMP:20261020T173026Z
CREATED:20261016T002634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173026Z
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SUMMARY:69th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 69th Locarno Festival on the Piazza Grande. He asks how cinema has portrayed Ticino\, starting with “The Violinist of Florence”\, shot in 1926 by Paul Czinner. \nOn 4 August\, he announces to the press a more targeted promotion of Swiss cinema abroad and new co-production agreements with priority countries\, and recalls the launch of the PICS programme on 1 July. He defends the place of the national languages in schools and presents measures to support Italian. \nHe also meets Jean Studer\, the new President of the Foundation Board of the Cinémathèque suisse. \nWednesday 3 August 2016 — Locarno\n\nOfficial opening of the festival\, speech by Alain Berset\nInterview with RSI\nOpening film on the Piazza Grande\n\nThursday 4 August 2016 — Locarno\n\nPress breakfast with Isabelle Chassot\, Director of the Federal Office of Culture\nMedia interviews\nMeeting with Jean Studer\, President of the Cinémathèque suisse\, Castello Visconteo\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 69e Festival du film de Locarno (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.08.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/69th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160801
DTSTAMP:20261020T173026Z
CREATED:20261016T002630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173026Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of the National Museum extension: “Wir Selbsterfinder”
DESCRIPTION:On the eve of 1 August\, Alain Berset inaugurates the extension of the Swiss National Museum by Christ & Gantenbein. In 1898\, he recalls\, the Federal Council arrived by special train\, to cannon fire\, for three days of celebrations: “Wer zu spät in den Bundesrat kommt\, den bestraft der Lebensstil.” \nThe speech reads Brexit and societies split into two halves\, and defends a Swiss identity that invents itself: “Es kann nicht zwei Schweizen geben. Es gibt nur eine Schweiz. Die Schweiz ist unteilbar.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLandesmuseum (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech (press release of 29.07.2016)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-the-national-museum-extension-wir-selbsterfinder/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160704
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160705
DTSTAMP:20261020T173026Z
CREATED:20261016T002626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173026Z
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SUMMARY:Rencontres d’Arles and meeting with Audrey Azoulay
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset attends the first day of the Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles\, of which Switzerland is a partner from 2015 to 2017 through Presence Switzerland\, together with the Canton of Vaud and Pro Helvetia. He visits the exhibitions of Yann Gross and Christian Marclay. \nHe meets Audrey Azoulay\, French Minister of Culture\, for the first time. A broad review of cultural relations: he presents the Confederation’s new Culture Message; she presents the French law on freedom of creation. The two discuss strengthening cooperation\, particularly in film. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.07.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rencontres-darles-and-meeting-with-audrey-azoulay/
LOCATION:Arles
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160701
DTSTAMP:20261020T173025Z
CREATED:20261016T002622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173025Z
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SUMMARY:50th Montreux Jazz Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset officially opens the fiftieth edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival. He looks for a definition of jazz among the musicians: Pee Wee Russell\, Woody Herman\, Bobby Hackett. \nJazz\, he suggests\, is a link between generations\, “a bit like an OASI made not of contributions\, but of swing and rhythm”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nMontreux Jazz Festival (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 30.06.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/50th-montreux-jazz-festival/
LOCATION:Montreux
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160627
DTSTAMP:20261020T173025Z
CREATED:20261016T003339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173025Z
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SUMMARY:Mogno: 30 years since the avalanche\, 20 years of Mario Botta’s church
DESCRIPTION:In the Val Lavizzara\, Alain Berset commemorates two events: the avalanche of 25 April 1986\, which destroyed the Baroque church of San Giovanni Battista\, and the completion\, twenty years ago\, of its reconstruction by Mario Botta. \n“In un paesino come Mogno è sorta una chiesa di fama internazionale! Apprezzata persino… a livello locale!” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n20 ans de l’église de Mario Botta à Mogno (in Italian\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/mogno-30-years-since-the-avalanche-20-years-of-mario-bottas-church/
LOCATION:Mogno
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160622
DTSTAMP:20261020T173025Z
CREATED:20261016T003336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173025Z
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SUMMARY:125 years of santésuisse
DESCRIPTION:At the anniversary of the umbrella association of health insurers\, Alain Berset speaks about cost containment\, the needs clause\, the TARMED tariff\, quality and freedom of contract. \nHe recalls that santésuisse was born in 1891 in a restaurant in Wil\, and proposes a commission to find out why so many Swiss institutions were founded in a pub. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n125 ans de santésuisse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/125-years-of-santesuisse/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160622
DTSTAMP:20261020T173025Z
CREATED:20261016T003333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173025Z
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SUMMARY:Employers’ Day 2016
DESCRIPTION:At the Employers’ Day of the Swiss Employers’ Association\, Alain Berset speaks about ageing\, the integration of older workers and the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform\, then under debate in Parliament. \n“Woran man in der Schweiz eine erfolgreiche Reform erkennt: Daran\, dass am Schluss alle unzufrieden sind. Genauer: dass am Schluss alle GLEICH unzufrieden sind.” He also reminds employers that pay inequality between women and men is “inakzeptabel”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée des employeurs 2016 : vieillissement\, inclusion et réforme des retraites (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/employers-day-2016/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160615
DTSTAMP:20261020T173024Z
CREATED:20261016T002606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173024Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Design Awards 2016
DESCRIPTION:During Art Basel\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Design Awards. The Swiss Grand Awards for Design go to the textile designer Claudia Caviezel\, the furniture designer Hans Eichenberger and the graphic designer Ralph Schraivogel. \nHe recalls that the first federal design competition was decided in 1917\, in the middle of the war\, at the request of L’Œuvre and the Werkbund. And he quotes Jean-Pascal Delamuraz: “Die Schweizer stehen früh auf\, aber sie erwachen spät.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de design 2016 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.06.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-design-awards-2016/
LOCATION:Bâle
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160613
DTSTAMP:20261020T173024Z
CREATED:20261016T003329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173024Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Festival of Costume Choirs
DESCRIPTION:For the first time in Ticino\, the Federal Festival of Costume Choirs brings together the country’s ensembles in Lugano. Alain Berset speaks in German\, Italian and French. \nTraditional costumes\, he points out\, are not folklore: the young federal state of 1848 sought its cultural identity in them\, “Einheit in der Vielfalt – und Vielfalt in der Einheit”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête fédérale des chœurs en costume 2016 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-festival-of-costume-choirs/
LOCATION:Lugano
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160612
DTSTAMP:20261020T173023Z
CREATED:20261016T003326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173023Z
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SUMMARY:Euro 2016: Albania–Switzerland match with Edi Rama
DESCRIPTION:In Lens\, Alain Berset attends Switzerland’s first match at Euro 2016\, against Albania\, in the official stand of the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The Albanian Prime Minister\, Edi Rama\, is present. \nSwitzerland wins 1–0\, with a goal by Fabian Schär. The match notably pits the Xhaka brothers against each other\, Granit for Switzerland and Taulant for Albania. \nSources \n\nNBC Sports\, match report
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/euro-2016-albania-switzerland-match-with-edi-rama/
LOCATION:Lens
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160612
DTSTAMP:20261020T173023Z
CREATED:20261016T003322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173023Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Music Festival 2016
DESCRIPTION:At the official day of the 34th Federal Music Festival\, Alain Berset speaks to the country’s bands: “Music is a literature of the senses accessible to all.” \nIt is played at baptisms\, weddings and funerals; it has\, he says\, a social function. In a country of four languages\, it is what everyone understands. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête fédérale de musique 2016 (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-music-festival-2016/
LOCATION:Montreux
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160611
DTSTAMP:20261020T173023Z
CREATED:20261016T003319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173023Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Manifesta 11
DESCRIPTION:In Zurich\, Alain Berset opens the 11th edition of Manifesta\, the European biennial of contemporary art\, under the title “What People Do for Money”. Thirty artists have worked with Zurich professionals from every trade. \nHe notes that the title could be that of Euro 2016\, which begins the same day in France. Faced with the fourth industrial revolution\, he says\, only one thing is certain: creativity will count. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nManifesta 11\, biennale européenne d’art contemporain (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-manifesta-11/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160601
DTSTAMP:20261020T173023Z
CREATED:20261016T003316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173023Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Olivier Suter’s “Babel” exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the touring exhibition “Babel”\, devoted to Switzerland’s linguistic diversity. He speaks in French\, Italian and German. \n“I board the train in Fribourg a ‘socialist’ and get off in Berne a ‘social democrat’.” A turn to the right in 22 minutes; in the evening\, a turn to the left. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nVernissage de l’exposition « Babel » d’Olivier Suter (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-olivier-suters-babel-exhibition/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160529
DTSTAMP:20261020T173022Z
CREATED:20261016T003313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173022Z
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SUMMARY:30 years of La Spirale
DESCRIPTION:At the Théâtre Equilibre\, Alain Berset speaks at the thirtieth anniversary of La Spirale\, the Fribourg jazz club\, before the cantonal minister and the Mayor. \nHe begins with the scholars of the curve\, Archimedes\, Galileo\, Fibonacci\, before coming to the musicians: a speech for the “friends of blue notes\, friends of black-and-white clubs”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n30 ans de La Spirale\, cave de jazz de Fribourg (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/30-years-of-la-spirale/
LOCATION:Fribourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160529
DTSTAMP:20261020T173022Z
CREATED:20261016T002538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173022Z
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SUMMARY:15th Architecture Biennale: inauguration of the Swiss Pavilion
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss Pavilion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale\, designed by Christian Kerez (“Incidental Space”)\, in the presence of the curator Sandra Oehy. For him\, creation is a laboratory: “Wir haben in der Schweiz das Privileg zu experimentieren. Nein: Wir haben geradezu die Pflicht zu experimentieren.” \nOn the sidelines\, he meets three culture ministers: Aurelia Frick (Liechtenstein)\, on the Youth and Music programme; Dario Franceschini (Italy)\, on the protection of heritage in the event of conflict and the film co-production agreement; Bertel Haarder (Denmark)\, on cinema and the cultural economy. \nFriday 27 May 2016 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Swiss Pavilion with Christian Kerez\nMeeting with Aurelia Frick\, Liechtenstein’s Minister of Culture\nInterview with the Corriere del Ticino\nInauguration of the Swiss Pavilion\, speech by Alain Berset\nMeeting with Dario Franceschini\, Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities\, Ca’ Giustinian\n\nSaturday 28 May 2016 — Venice\n\nMeeting with Bertel Haarder\, Danish Minister of Culture\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n15. Architekturbiennale Venedig (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.05.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/15th-architecture-biennale-inauguration-of-the-swiss-pavilion/
LOCATION:Venise
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160527
DTSTAMP:20261020T173022Z
CREATED:20261016T002534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173022Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Theatre Awards 2016
DESCRIPTION:At the Théâtre de Carouge\, at the opening of the 3rd Swiss Theatre Meeting\, the first in French-speaking Switzerland\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Grand Award for Theatre / Hans Reinhart Ring to Theater HORA in Zurich. For 25 years\, the company has enabled people with intellectual disabilities to perform at a professional level. \nHe begins with his own apprehension at facing an audience of theatre people\, and quotes Thomas Bernhard on the Austrian minister who once presented him with an award: “A truly indescribable arrogance…” “I really hope that is not how you see me.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de théâtre (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.05.2016\nFederal Council\, speech of 26.05.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-theatre-awards-2016/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160525
DTSTAMP:20261020T173021Z
CREATED:20261016T003310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173021Z
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SUMMARY:Pro Senectute\, “care@home” national day
DESCRIPTION:At Pro Senectute’s national day on home help and home care\, Alain Berset speaks about ageing and family carers. \nHe starts from the Rolling Stones\, first concert in 1962\, free concert in Havana in 2016: “Was ist das eigentlich\, das Alter?” The baby boomers defined what it means to be young; today they are defining what it means to grow old. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPro Senectute\, journée nationale « care@home » : vieillir et soigner ses proches (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/pro-senectute-carehome-national-day/
LOCATION:Bienne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160525
DTSTAMP:20261020T173021Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 69th World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset gives the opening speech of the 69th World Health Assembly at the Palais des Nations. He starts from the 2030 Agenda: “Transforming our world!” The Sustainable Development Goals now concern all states\, and no longer only low- and middle-income countries. \nOn the same day\, he chairs a ministerial round table on dementia\, organised by Switzerland with fifteen other states\, including Germany\, the United Kingdom\, the United States and Ethiopia\, represented by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In the evening\, he receives the delegations on behalf of the Federal Council. \nOn the sidelines\, he meets some ten health ministers\, including those of Canada\, China\, Iran\, Norway\, the Netherlands and South Africa. \nMonday 23 May 2016 — Geneva\n\nOpening session of the World Health Assembly\, speech by Alain Berset\nInformal ministers’ lunch\nMinisterial round table on dementia\, organised by Switzerland: welcome address and conclusions by Alain Berset\nPress briefing\nMeeting with Edith Schippers and Martin van Rijn (Netherlands)\nSwiss reception on behalf of the Federal Council\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n69e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 23.05.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-69th-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160521
DTSTAMP:20261020T173020Z
CREATED:20261016T003306Z
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SUMMARY:National Dialogue on Social Policy: women and the labour market
DESCRIPTION:At the National Dialogue on Social Policy of the Conference of Cantonal Directors of Social Affairs\, Alain Berset speaks about the shortage of skilled workers and about reconciling work and family life. \nHe opens with a finding from neuroscience: strategic tasks call on the same regions of the brain as looking after children. Good managers therefore have what it takes to be good fathers\, and vice versa: “Mütter haben die besten Voraussetzungen dafür\, gute Manager zu sein.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDialogue national sur la politique sociale : intégration des femmes au marché du travail (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-dialogue-on-social-policy-women-and-the-labour-market/
LOCATION:Scuol
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160520
DTSTAMP:20261020T173020Z
CREATED:20261016T003303Z
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SUMMARY:European Heritage Heads Forum 2016
DESCRIPTION:From 18 to 21 May\, the Federal Office of Culture hosts in Berne the 11th annual meeting of the forum of European heritage heads. Alain Berset addresses the participants at Schadau Castle in Thun. \n“Our cultural heritage is the exact opposite of national stereotypes.” Switzerland\, reduced to cheese\, banks and chocolate\, was already an industrial power when Johanna Spyri was born\, in 1827. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nEuropean Heritage Heads Forum 2016 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nEHHF\, 2016 annual meeting
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/european-heritage-heads-forum-2016/
LOCATION:Thoune
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160520
DTSTAMP:20261020T173020Z
CREATED:20261016T003300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173020Z
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SUMMARY:25 years of the Swiss Path
DESCRIPTION:On the Rütli\, Alain Berset celebrates 25 years of the Swiss Path\, the trail laid out around Lake Uri for the 700th anniversary of the Confederation\, and of the Square of the Swiss Abroad. School classes from every canton are present. \n“Unser Nationaldenkmal ist… eine Wiese.” No bronze horseman\, no pantheon: “Gras statt Grandiosität: Das ist die Schweizer Bodenhaftung.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n25 ans de la Voie suisse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/25-years-of-the-swiss-path/
LOCATION:Rütli
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160420
DTSTAMP:20261020T173020Z
CREATED:20261016T002508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173020Z
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SUMMARY:Special session of the UN General Assembly on drugs (UNGASS)
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Swiss delegation to the special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the world drug problem. He gives a press briefing at the Swiss Mission before the opening. \nSwitzerland defends its four-pillar policy (prevention\, therapy\, harm reduction\, law enforcement)\, which treats addiction as an illness. It calls for international policy to incorporate human rights and for the death penalty for drug-related offences to be abolished. \nOn the sidelines\, he holds talks with Martin van Rijn\, Dutch State Secretary for Health\, with the Danish Health Minister\, Sophie Løhde\, and with the Iranian Minister of the Interior\, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli\, who heads his country’s fight against drugs. \nTuesday 19 April 2016 — New York\n\nPress briefing at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN\nOpening of the special session\, General Assembly Hall\nExplanation of Switzerland’s position on the adoption of the outcome document\nMeetings with Sophie Løhde (Denmark)\, Martin van Rijn (Netherlands) and Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (Iran)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.04.2016\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.04.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/special-session-of-the-un-general-assembly-on-drugs-ungass/
LOCATION:New York
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160419
DTSTAMP:20261020T173019Z
CREATED:20261016T002505Z
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SUMMARY:Informal meeting of EU health ministers
DESCRIPTION:In Amsterdam\, Alain Berset takes part in the informal meeting of the health ministers of the European Union\, chaired by the Dutch minister Edith Schippers. \nOn access to innovative treatments at an acceptable price\, he raises the difficulty of reconciling thriving pharmaceutical research with affordable prices. On improving foodstuffs\, he presents the Swiss nutrition strategy\, pursued with industry and based on reducing salt and sugar. He also holds talks with his counterparts from neighbouring countries. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.04.2016
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/informal-meeting-of-eu-health-ministers-2/
LOCATION:Amsterdam
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