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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150518
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 68th World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset welcomes the delegates on behalf of the host country. After the Ebola epidemic in West Africa\, he speaks of the resilience of health systems and recalls the role of the WHO in guaranteeing fair and affordable access to essential care. Universal health coverage is a priority of Swiss cooperation in the field of health. \nOn his initiative\, a working lunch on ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 brings together the Senegalese Health Minister\, Awa Marie Coll Seck\, the Mauritian Minister\, Anil Gayan\, and senior figures from UNAIDS\, the Global Fund and Médecins Sans Frontières. \nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is the guest speaker at the opening session. \nMonday 18 May 2015 — Geneva\n\nOpening session\, Palais des Nations: speech by Alain Berset\nSpeech by Angela Merkel\, guest speaker\nWorking lunch on HIV/AIDS with the ministers of Senegal and Mauritius\nMeeting with Hermann Gröhe\, German Health Minister\nMeeting with Micheline Calmy-Rey and the Institute of Global Health of the University of Geneva\, Swiss Mission\nSwiss reception at WHO headquarters\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n68e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 18.05.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 18.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-68th-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150518
DTSTAMP:20261020T173001Z
CREATED:20261016T002959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173001Z
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SUMMARY:Solothurn Literature Days: language in politics
DESCRIPTION:At the Solothurn Literature Days\, Alain Berset speaks about the use of language in politics. He opens with a “confession” (his visit to the Pope has left its mark) and with the constraint of speaking on behalf of the collegial body: to the question “Wer bin ich – und wenn ja\, wie viele?”\, a Federal Councillor can answer: seven. \nHis remarks are aimed not only at elected officials\, but at everyone who speaks in public debate: initiative committees\, organisations\, writers of letters to the editor\, artists. “Kultur ist immer politisch.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournées littéraires de Soleure : la langue en politique (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/solothurn-literature-days-language-in-politics/
LOCATION:Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150513
DTSTAMP:20261020T173000Z
CREATED:20261016T002956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173000Z
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SUMMARY:Innovation and SME Day
DESCRIPTION:At EPFL’s SwissTech Convention Center\, the Innovation and SME Day is devoted to health and the “Health Valley”. Alain Berset opens holding… sheets of recycled paper\, whose manufacture he describes in detail: innovation is also “the struggle between the new and the old”. \nHe stresses the role of the public authorities\, which create the framework conditions\, alongside companies that know how to exploit their potential. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée de l’innovation et des PME (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/innovation-and-sme-day/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150510
DTSTAMP:20261020T173000Z
CREATED:20261016T002055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173000Z
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SUMMARY:56th Art Biennale: Swiss Pavilion and Salon Suisse
DESCRIPTION:On 8 May\, Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss Pavilion\, where Pamela Rosenkranz is showing “Our Product”. He defends a promotion of culture that opens spaces to thought-provoking works whose primary purpose is not to respond to the market. The exhibition speaks of the loss of physical autonomy\, of the boundary between illness and health\, of nature and artifice. \nHe visits the pavilion with the Austrian Minister of Culture\, Josef Ostermayer; they discuss the promotion of culture and international exchanges. \nOn the 9th\, at the Palazzo Trevisan\, he opens Pro Helvetia’s Salon Suisse\, “S.O.S. Dada – The World Is a Mess”. Speech in German\, every sentence launched with “DA”: “Dada is never right”\, proclaimed a Paris leaflet of 1921; for a politician\, that is convenient. \nFriday 8 May 2015 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Swiss Pavilion with the curator\, Susanne Pfeffer\, and the artist\, Pamela Rosenkranz\nMeeting with Josef Ostermayer\, Austrian Minister of Arts and Culture\nInauguration of the Swiss Pavilion: speeches by Charles Beer\, President of Pro Helvetia\, and Alain Berset\n\nSaturday 9 May 2015 — Venice\n\nOpening of the Salon Suisse “S.O.S. Dada – The World Is a Mess”\, Palazzo Trevisan\nVisit to the Biennale (Arsenale\, Austrian Pavilion)\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n56e Biennale de Venise : inauguration du pavillon suisse (French-language page)\nBiennale de Venise : ouverture du Salon Suisse « S.O.S. Dada – The World Is a Mess » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 08.05.2015\nFDHA\, press release of 01.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/56th-art-biennale-swiss-pavilion-and-salon-suisse/
LOCATION:Venise
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150507
DTSTAMP:20261020T173000Z
CREATED:20261016T002049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173000Z
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SUMMARY:Rome and the Vatican: swearing-in of the Swiss Guard and working visit
DESCRIPTION:On 6 May\, Alain Berset greets Pope Francis at the end of the general audience in St Peter’s Square. He meets Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher\, Secretary for Relations with States: protection of minorities\, the fight against violent extremism\, the 1\,500th anniversary of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice\, the Confederation’s support for the Pontifical Swiss Guard. \nHe visits the Swiss School of Rome and meets\, at the Swiss Institute in Rome\, a delegation from Valais\, the host canton of the swearing-in. Then two Italian ministers: Giuliano Poletti (Labour and Social Policies) on pensions and older workers; the Deputy Minister of Health\, Vito De Filippo\, on cross-border cooperation\, chronic diseases and food safety ahead of Expo Milano. \nAt the end of the day\, he attends the swearing-in of 32 new guards in the Courtyard of St Damasus\, and addresses a few words to them. \nWednesday 6 May 2015 — Vatican and Rome\n\nMass for the Swiss Guard in St Peter’s Basilica\, celebrated by the Cardinal Secretary of State\, Pietro Parolin\nMeeting with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher\nGeneral audience\, greeting of Pope Francis\nVisit to the Swiss School of Rome\nReception at the Swiss Institute in Rome with the Valais authorities\nMeeting with Giuliano Poletti\, Minister of Labour and Social Policies\nMeeting with Vito De Filippo\, Deputy Minister of Health\nSwearing-in ceremony of the Pontifical Swiss Guard\, Courtyard of St Damasus\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 01.05.2015\nFDHA\, press release of 06.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rome-and-the-vatican-swearing-in-of-the-swiss-guard-and-working-visit/
LOCATION:Rome
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150503
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150504
DTSTAMP:20261020T172959Z
CREATED:20261016T002046Z
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SUMMARY:Guest at the Glarus Landsgemeinde
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is guest of honour at the Glarus Landsgemeinde; the official minutes list him among the guests. \nIn his speech\, he recalls that as early as 1463 the Landsgemeinde laid down the recipe for Schabziger: a designation of origin “avant la lettre”\, decided by direct democracy. The former President of the Swiss AOC-IGP Association says he is impressed. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLandsgemeinde de Glaris (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Glarus\, minutes of the Landsgemeinde of 03.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/guest-at-the-glarus-landsgemeinde/
LOCATION:Glaris
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150430
DTSTAMP:20261020T172959Z
CREATED:20261016T002950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172959Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 29th International Book and Press Fair
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Geneva Book Fair at Palexpo (29 April – 3 May). He begins with a provocation: “I sincerely believe that the book has had its day”\, since Twitter and its 140 characters are enough to say profound things. \nThe rest of the speech dismantles this opening and defends the book and the written press. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 29e Salon international du livre et de la presse de Genève (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nLivres Hebdo\, 03.05.2015 (dates of the fair)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-29th-international-book-and-press-fair/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150416
DTSTAMP:20261020T172958Z
CREATED:20261016T002033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172958Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Press Award 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Press Awards ceremony takes place at the Hotel Bellevue\, in the presence of Alain Berset. He speaks about local journalism and press photography. \nHe worries\, with humour\, about the fashion for “Hyperlokaljournalismus”: the neighbourhood\, the street\, soon journalism “mit Selfie-Stick”. Good journalism\, he says\, looks closely at the world in which people live and knows that it helps to shape it. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSwiss Press Award 2015 : journalisme local et photographie de presse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nMarkt & Kommunikation\, 15.04.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-press-award-2015-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150330
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150331
DTSTAMP:20261020T172958Z
CREATED:20261016T002946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172958Z
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SUMMARY:Launch of the “Lohnmobil”\, a travelling exhibition on equal pay
DESCRIPTION:Back from Liechtenstein\, Alain Berset inaugurates the “Lohnmobil”\, a travelling exhibition on equal pay\, on the Marktgasse in St Gallen\, together with Cantonal Councillor Martin Klöti and the Mayor\, Thomas Scheitlin. \nThe figures in his speech come from St Gallen statistics: in eastern Switzerland\, women earn on average 4\,630 francs\, 1\,175 less than men. “Es geht um Gerechtigkeit – oder in der Sprache des Sports – um Fairness.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLancement du « Lohnmobil »\, exposition itinérante sur l’égalité salariale (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/launch-of-the-lohnmobil-a-travelling-exhibition-on-equal-pay/
LOCATION:Saint-Gall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150330
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150331
DTSTAMP:20261020T172957Z
CREATED:20261016T002025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172957Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Liechtenstein and Entrepreneurs’ Day
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset signs with Aurelia Frick\, Minister of Foreign Affairs\, Education and Culture\, a declaration of intent opening the “Youth and Music” programme to children and young people in Liechtenstein. He is received by the Head of Government\, Adrian Hasler (strong franc\, economic challenges)\, and by Hereditary Prince Alois (healthcare system\, retirement provision). \nAt the lunch given by Mauro Pedrazzini\, Minister of Social Affairs: trends in health costs\, OASI reform\, reconciling family and work. In his table speech\, he notes that new satellite measurements have reduced the area of Liechtenstein by 0.1 hectare\, and lengthened the distance between Vaduz and Berne by 50 centimetres. \nIn the afternoon\, at the Liechtenstein Entrepreneurs’ Day\, he presents ageing as an opportunity for countries that were “einst arm” and have become\, through their pragmatism\, among the most prosperous in the world. \nMonday 30 March 2015 — Vaduz\n\nMeeting with Aurelia Frick and signing of the “Youth and Music” declaration of intent\, Government Building\nCourtesy visit to the Head of Government\, Adrian Hasler\nCourtesy visit to Hereditary Prince Alois\, Vaduz Castle\nWorking lunch given by Mauro Pedrazzini\, Minister of Social Affairs\nSpeech at the Entrepreneurs’ Day\, University of Liechtenstein\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée des entrepreneurs du Liechtenstein : le changement démographique\, une chance (in German\, French-language page)\nDiscours de table avec les ministres liechtensteinois Aurelia Frick et Mauro Pedrazzini (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 30.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-liechtenstein-and-entrepreneurs-day/
LOCATION:Vaduz
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150328
DTSTAMP:20261020T172957Z
CREATED:20261016T002020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172957Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the “1515 Marignano” exhibition at the National Museum
DESCRIPTION:At the opening of the National Museum’s exhibition\, in the midst of the controversy over the memory of the battle\, Alain Berset refuses to treat it simply as the birth certificate of neutrality. Marignano was followed in 1516 by the “Perpetual Peace” with France\, which bound Switzerland to its neighbour for more than 250 years and supplied it with mercenaries. \nHe recalls that the Marignano myth was constructed in the 1890s\, to give the whole country a common narrative and to reintegrate the losers of the Sonderbund. His conclusion: the country needs “nationale Selbstgespräche”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nWir brauchen nationale Selbstgespräche (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 27.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-1515-marignano-exhibition-at-the-national-museum/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150320
DTSTAMP:20261020T172957Z
CREATED:20261016T002016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172957Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Berlin and Demography Forum
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of 18 March\, at the residence of Ambassador Tim Guldimann\, Alain Berset meets a delegation of federal parliamentarians from the Bavarian CSU: implementation of the initiative against mass immigration\, health\, social affairs. \nOn the 19th\, he speaks at the fourth Berlin Demography Forum (“Activity – Health – Participation”)\, after Health Minister Hermann Gröhe: “Population ageing makes it necessary to involve as many people as possible in economic life.” For him\, social inclusion is a condition for democracy to function properly. \nWith Hermann Gröhe: dementia\, access to high-quality basic medicine\, medicine prices\, antibiotic resistance\, WHO reform. With Andrea Nahles\, Minister of Labour: the reform of retirement provision and a more flexible retirement age. \nWednesday 18 March 2015 — Berlin\n\nDinner debate with CSU federal parliamentarians at the residence of the Swiss Ambassador\n\nThursday 19 March 2015 — Berlin\n\nBerlin Demography Forum\, ESMT: speech by Alain Berset\nCourtesy visit to the Bundestag Health Committee\nWorking lunch with Hermann Gröhe\, Federal Minister of Health\, and joint press briefing\nMeeting with Andrea Nahles\, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nForum de Berlin sur la démographie : « Le changement démographique\, une chance pour la démocratie » (in German\, French-language page)\nDiscours de table au dîner offert par le ministre allemand de la santé Hermann Gröhe (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 19.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-berlin-and-demography-forum/
LOCATION:Berlin
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150314
DTSTAMP:20261020T172957Z
CREATED:20261016T002011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172957Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Film Award: open letter to Jean-Luc Godard
DESCRIPTION:“Der Kreis” by Stefan Haupt wins four Quartz awards\, including Best Fiction Film. The Honorary Award goes to Jean-Luc Godard\, absent for health reasons\, who addresses the audience by video. \nAlain Berset reads an “Open letter to Jean-Luc Godard\, from the minister of culture with a c”\, echoing Godard’s 1966 letter to “André Malraux\, ministre de la Kultur”. “If I present you with an honorary award of Swiss cinema\, it is not so much you as I who am honoured.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix du cinéma suisse 2015 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 13.03.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 13.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-film-award-open-letter-to-jean-luc-godard/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150302
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150303
DTSTAMP:20261020T172956Z
CREATED:20261016T003113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172956Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Culinary Championships
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks before the prize-giving of the Swiss Culinary Championships. The speech extends the metaphor: “Im Bundesrat haben wir sieben Köchinnen und Köche\, die politisch backen\, braten\, grillieren – zum Glück nicht einander.” \nSwiss democracy\, he says\, turns the proverb on its head: the more cooks\, the better. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nChampionnats suisses de cuisine (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-culinary-championships/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150302
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150303
DTSTAMP:20261020T172956Z
CREATED:20261016T002001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172956Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with the Swiss Council of Religions
DESCRIPTION:After the Paris attacks in January\, Alain Berset receives the Swiss Council of Religions in Berne. He assures the communities that the Federal Council shares their concern at the rise of hostility towards people of the Muslim and Jewish faiths. \n“Social cohesion cannot be taken for granted\,” he says. He welcomes the calls for respect made by the Christian and Jewish communities and by the Muslim umbrella organisations\, and their condemnation of racism\, and invites them to step up interfaith dialogue. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 02.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-the-swiss-council-of-religions/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150220
DTSTAMP:20261020T172956Z
CREATED:20261016T001957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172956Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards: Grand Award to Adolf Muschg
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset presents the Swiss Literature Awards for the third time. The Grand Award goes to Adolf Muschg\, novelist and essayist\, professor at ETH Zurich from 1970 to 1999. Awards go to Dorothee Elmiger\, Eleonore Frey\, Hanna Johansen\, Guy Krneta\, Frédéric Pajak\, Claudia Quadri and Noëlle Revaz; the special mediation prize to the “Roman des Romands”. \nHis speech is about Muschg’s critical patriotism\, his “intime Halb-Distanz” from Switzerland. He admits to having quoted him several times already without naming him. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNoch bessere Fragen stellen. Adolf Muschgs Art des Patriotismus (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 19.02.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 19.02.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-grand-award-to-adolf-muschg/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150131
DTSTAMP:20261020T172956Z
CREATED:20261016T001953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172956Z
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SUMMARY:Centenary of the Swiss Tenants’ Association
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Tenants’ Association (ASLOCA / Mieterverband) celebrates its hundredth anniversary in Biel/Bienne\, where it was founded in 1915. Alain Berset speaks\, in German and in French. \nHe opens with the “professional bias” of a minister of social insurance: a centenary makes him think of OASI funding. He quotes Woody Allen\, then defends social mix in towns and neighbourhoods: “Outside social mix\, there is no salvation.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCentenaire de l’ASLOCA Suisse (Mieterverband) (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSRF\, January 2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/centenary-of-the-swiss-tenants-association/
LOCATION:Bienne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150127
DTSTAMP:20261020T172955Z
CREATED:20261016T001949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172955Z
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SUMMARY:Second Health2020 national conference: coordinated care
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens and closes the second Health2020 national conference\, devoted to the coordination of care. Around 10% of patients account for 70 to 80% of care; they are often chronically ill\, and for them poorly coordinated care means lower quality\, unnecessary treatment and superfluous costs. \nHe opens with the Davos Forum\, where the world was described as “kaum mehr steuerbar”: a phrase that sounds familiar to a health minister. In closing\, he returns to the patient testimonies shown during the day: the family doctor and the specialist who do not talk to each other\, the data that do not circulate. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDeuxième conférence nationale Santé2020 (in German\, French-language page)\nDeuxième conférence nationale Santé2020 : mot de clôture (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 26.01.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/second-health2020-national-conference-coordinated-care/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150123
DTSTAMP:20261020T172955Z
CREATED:20261016T001943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172955Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 50th Solothurn Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Back from Davos\, Alain Berset opens the fiftieth Solothurn Film Festival. His speech\, in German\, makes the event a mirror of the country: “Wer die Geschichte der Solothurner Filmtage kennt\, versteht die Schweiz.” \nThe films shown over fifty years are\, he says\, seismographs of the Swiss state of mind: the Switzerland of rapid change and the Switzerland of traditions\, real or invented. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLes Journées de Soleure (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 22.01.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-50th-solothurn-film-festival/
LOCATION:Soleure
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150123
DTSTAMP:20261020T172955Z
CREATED:20261016T001939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172955Z
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SUMMARY:World Economic Forum: talks with Li Keqiang and agreement with China on health products
DESCRIPTION:On 21 January\, at Davos town hall\, Alain Berset joins Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf in the talks between the President of the Confederation\, Simonetta Sommaruga\, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. The two countries are celebrating 65 years of diplomatic relations; an agreement abolishing visas for diplomatic passports is initialled. \nImmediately afterwards\, Alain Berset signs with Zhang Yong\, Minister of the China Food and Drug Administration\, a cooperation agreement on foodstuffs\, medicines\, medical devices and cosmetics. Its implementation involves the FOPH\, Swissmedic\, the FSVO and SECO. \nOn the margins of the Forum\, he holds several bilateral meetings\, including one with the German Health Minister\, Hermann Gröhe. \nWednesday 21 January 2015 — Davos\n\nTalks between the President of the Confederation and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang\, town hall\nSigning of the cooperation agreement with Zhang Yong\, Minister of the CFDA\nMeeting with Sigmar Gabriel\, German Vice-Chancellor\nMeeting with Martin Schulz\, President of the European Parliament\n\nThursday 22 January 2015 — Davos\n\nMeeting with Thomas Jordan\, Chairman of the Swiss National Bank\nMeeting with Hermann Gröhe\, German Health Minister\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.01.2015\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.01.2015\nFDHA\, press release of 17.09.2015 (recalling the signing of 21.01)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/world-economic-forum-talks-with-li-keqiang-and-agreement-with-china-on-health-products/
LOCATION:Davos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150120
DTSTAMP:20261020T172954Z
CREATED:20261016T001935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172954Z
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SUMMARY:National meeting on equal pay in the public sector
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the national meeting of municipal\, cantonal and federal executives on equal pay in public administration and public procurement. He stresses the public sector’s role as a model: the Confederation\, the cantons and the communes must step up their efforts and send a clear signal to all employers. \nThe figures on the table: in 2012\, women employed in the public sector earn 13.6% less than men\, 18.9% less in the private sector. According to an IDHEAP report\, 64% of cantonal and communal administrations say they check their pay practices or intend to do so; only eleven monitor public procurement. \nIn his address: “The aim is to make Article 8\, paragraph 3 of the Constitution more than a pious wish… a reality.” The President of the Conference of Cantonal Governments\, Jean-Michel Cina\, undertakes to raise awareness among the cantons. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRencontre nationale sur l’égalité salariale dans le secteur public (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.01.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-meeting-on-equal-pay-in-the-public-sector-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141219
DTSTAMP:20261020T172954Z
CREATED:20261016T005333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172954Z
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SUMMARY:Round table on quality of care
DESCRIPTION:After the consultation on the plan for a national centre for quality\, launched by the Federal Council in May\, Alain Berset brings together cantons\, doctors’ associations and other health stakeholders. \nThe principle of a stronger commitment by the Confederation to quality and patient safety meets with consensus; the form of its implementation divides the some 150 opinions submitted. The round table looks for formulas involving the partners more closely. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 18.12.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/round-table-on-quality-of-care/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141210
DTSTAMP:20261020T172954Z
CREATED:20261016T005330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172954Z
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SUMMARY:Working visits to Norway and Finland
DESCRIPTION:In two days\, Alain Berset meets six ministers and a state secretary. In Oslo\, with Health Minister Bent Høie: quality of care\, cancer registry\, electronic patient record\, antibiotic resistance. With Culture Minister Thorhild Widvey: cultural exports and private contributions. With State Secretary Torkil Åmland: flexible retirement. With Equality Minister Solveig Horne\, he proposes an exchange on the assessment of pay discrimination. \nIn Helsinki\, he proposes to Finland an exchange on the mechanism for setting medicine prices. There he meets the Ministers of Health and Social Affairs Susanna Huovinen and Laura Räty\, and the Minister of Culture Pia Viitanen. \nMonday 8 December 2014 — Oslo\n\nWorking breakfast with Bent Høie\, Minister of Health and Care Services\nVisit to the exhibition “Europe\, Europe” at the Astrup Fearnley Museum\nVisit to the Oslo Opera House\nTalks with Thorhild Widvey\, Minister of Culture\nTalks with Torkil Åmland\, State Secretary for Labour and Social Affairs\nTalks with Solveig Horne\, Minister of Children\, Equality and Social Inclusion\n\nTuesday 9 December 2014 — Helsinki\n\nTalks with Susanna Huovinen\, Minister of Health and Social Services\nTalks with Pia Viitanen\, Minister of Culture and Housing\nLunch with Finnish public figures\nTalks with Laura Räty\, Minister of Social Affairs and Health\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 09.12.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visits-to-norway-and-finland/
LOCATION:Oslo
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141203
DTSTAMP:20261020T172954Z
CREATED:20261016T005328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172954Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives in Bern the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church\, Ignatius Ephrem II Karim\, on a pastoral visit to Switzerland. \nThe Patriarch describes the situation of the Christian minorities in Syria and Iraq\, persecuted by jihadist groups. Alain Berset recalls that the rights of religious and ethnic minorities are principles of the rule of law\, and presents Switzerland’s humanitarian engagement in the region since 2011. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 02.12.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-syriac-orthodox-patriarch-ignatius-ephrem-ii/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141202
DTSTAMP:20261020T172953Z
CREATED:20261016T005325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172953Z
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SUMMARY:Ten years of the Disability Discrimination Act
DESCRIPTION:The FDHA brings together some 150 people\, including many experts with disabilities\, to mark ten years of the Disability Discrimination Act. The motto of the International Day on 3 December: “We too have our say”. \nAlain Berset makes the participation of people with disabilities a test for Switzerland\, “the country where everyone has their say”. He announces a new strategy that will make equality for people with disabilities a cross-cutting issue. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nParticiper rime avec codécider (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 01.12.2014\nFDHA\, speech of 01.12.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/ten-years-of-the-disability-discrimination-act/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141127
DTSTAMP:20261020T172953Z
CREATED:20261016T005322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172953Z
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SUMMARY:Reception for Claude Hêche\, President of the Council of States
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, a citizen of Jura becomes president of one of the chambers of the Federal Assembly. Alain Berset speaks at the reception for Claude Hêche in Jura: “this day is a historic day”. \nHe recalls the long period of tension that began in 1947 and the role of poets in the emancipation of Jura\, quoting the “Ode au pays qui ne veut pas mourir”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nClaude Hêche (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 26.11.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/reception-for-claude-heche-president-of-the-council-of-states/
LOCATION:Courroux
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141120
DTSTAMP:20261020T172952Z
CREATED:20261016T005318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172952Z
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SUMMARY:Old-Age Provision 2020: the dispatch to Parliament
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council adopts the dispatch on the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform and submits it to Parliament. The first and second pillars are reformed together. \nThe main measures: a reference age of 65 for women and men; retirement chosen between 62 and 70\, full or partial; adjustment of the minimum conversion rate in occupational pensions\, with compensatory measures; additional financing for OASI. On the same day\, the Federal Council rejects the “AHVplus” initiative. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 19.11.2014\nFDHA\, press release of 19.11.2014 (AHVplus)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-2020-the-dispatch-to-parliament/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141101
DTSTAMP:20261020T172952Z
CREATED:20261016T005315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172952Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of the new Geneva Ethnography Museum
DESCRIPTION:The new MEG building opens on the evening of 31 October. Alain Berset speaks in the presence of the Peruvian Minister of Culture: the exhibition “Les rois mochica” was born of a collaboration between the two countries. \nHe opens with the ethnologist Marcel Appenzzell\, who set off in 1932 to observe the Kubus of Sumatra\, who constantly avoided him: a parable on encountering the other\, the guiding thread of an ethnography museum. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInauguration du nouveau Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nAtelier Brückner\, press release of 30.10.2014 (opening date)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-the-new-geneva-ethnography-museum/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141101
DTSTAMP:20261020T172951Z
CREATED:20261016T005311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172951Z
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SUMMARY:EDK assembly: national languages at school
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset takes part in the annual assembly of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education\, at the Basel Fair\, at a time when several German-speaking cantons are calling into question the early teaching of French. \nHe takes a clear position: if harmonisation is no longer guaranteed\, “wird der Bund von seiner subsidiären Kompetenz Gebrauch machen\, die ihm die Verfassung gibt”. Federalism\, he says\, does not mean that everyone does what they like on their own territory\, whatever it costs Switzerland. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAssemblée plénière de la CDIP : l’enseignement des langues nationales (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Basel-Stadt\, press release of October 2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/edk-assembly-national-languages-at-school/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141029
DTSTAMP:20261020T172951Z
CREATED:20261016T005308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172951Z
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SUMMARY:Old-Age Provision 2020 before the ASIP
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Pension Fund Association asks the question: “Altersvorsorge 2020 – zielführender Weg oder vorprogrammierter Absturz?”. Alain Berset thanks it for the question mark. \nBefore second-pillar specialists\, he can\, for once\, go into the detail without restraint: conversion rate\, intervention mechanism\, abolition of the coordination deduction\, three weeks before the adoption of the dispatch. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrévoyance vieillesse 2020 devant l’Association suisse des institutions de prévoyance (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-2020-before-the-asip/
LOCATION:Berne
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