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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140322
DTSTAMP:20261020T172937Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Film Award: honorary award to Alexander J. Seiler
DESCRIPTION:The 17th Swiss Film Award ceremony takes place for the first time at the Schiffbau in Zurich. Sabine Boss’s “Der Goalie bin ig” wins four Quartz awards\, including Best Fiction Film. \nAlain Berset presents the honorary award to Alexander J. Seiler\, a pioneer of new Swiss cinema and director of “Siamo Italiani”. His laudatio praises Seiler’s “direct cinema”\, which confronts the ideal image of Switzerland with the daily lives of those who live there: “Niemand beobachtet die Gesellschaft genauer als die Aussenseiter.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix du cinéma suisse : prix d’honneur à Alexander J. Seiler (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 21.03.2014\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 14.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-film-award-honorary-award-to-alexander-j-seiler/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140318
DTSTAMP:20261020T172937Z
CREATED:20261016T005031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172937Z
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SUMMARY:125 years of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
DESCRIPTION:The Inter-Parliamentary Union holds its 130th Assembly in Geneva\, in the year of its 125th anniversary. On behalf of the Federal Council\, Alain Berset welcomes the delegates of the world’s parliaments\, in English and in French. \nHe opens with a remark by Churchill on what is harder than an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall leaning towards you\, kissing a girl leaning away from you. He adds that the delegates have not yet had dinner. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n125 ans de l’Union interparlementaire (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/125-years-of-the-inter-parliamentary-union/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140312
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140314
DTSTAMP:20261020T172936Z
CREATED:20261016T005027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172936Z
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SUMMARY:Leipzig Book Fair\, then three German ministers in Berlin
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland is guest of honour at the Leipzig Book Fair: nearly 70 publishing houses and more than 80 writers. At the Gewandhaus\, Alain Berset delivers the opening speech\, one month after 9 February: multilingual Switzerland explains its singularity to its large neighbour. “Literatur ist der natürliche Feind der Schlagworte.” Later\, at the Swiss reception\, he apologises for giving the tenth speech of the evening\, after nine others. \nThe next day in Berlin\, he meets three members of the new German cabinet for the first time. With Andrea Nahles\, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs\, he discusses ageing and Old-Age Provision 2020; with Hermann Gröhe\, Minister of Health\, he covers patient safety\, hospital financing and cross-border cooperation; with Manuela Schwesig\, Minister for Family Affairs\, the reconciliation of family and working life. She announces a visit to Switzerland. \nWednesday 12 March 2014 — Leipzig\n\nPress briefing at the Gewandhaus\nOpening ceremony of the Book Fair at the Gewandhaus: speech by Alain Berset; presentation of the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding to Pankaj Mishra\nReception by Pro Helvetia and the embassy at the Schauspielhaus: address\n\nThursday 13 March 2014 — Berlin\n\nWorking breakfast with Manuela Schwesig\, Minister for Family Affairs\nMeeting with Swiss artists at the embassy\nTalks and working lunch with Hermann Gröhe\, Minister of Health\nTalks with Andrea Nahles\, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDas Privileg\, uns gegenseitig verstehen zu müssen (in German\, French-language page)\nFoire du livre de Leipzig : réception de la Suisse\, pays à l’honneur (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 10.03.2014\nFDHA\, press release of 13.03.2014\nFDHA\, speech of 12.03.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/leipzig-book-fair-then-three-german-ministers-in-berlin/
LOCATION:Leipzig
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140306
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140307
DTSTAMP:20261020T172936Z
CREATED:20261016T005023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172936Z
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SUMMARY:Working lunch with French minister Pierre Moscovici
DESCRIPTION:The French Minister of the Economy and Finance\, Pierre Moscovici\, is received in Bern by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. Before their meeting\, a working lunch also brings together Johann N. Schneider-Ammann and Alain Berset. \nThe two finance ministers adopt a joint declaration on continuing the tax dialogue between France and Switzerland\, notably on inheritance and administrative assistance. \nSources \n\nFDF\, press release of 06.03.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-lunch-with-french-minister-pierre-moscovici/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140304
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140305
DTSTAMP:20261020T172935Z
CREATED:20261016T005020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172935Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Russian Cultural Season in Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:At the Equilibre theatre\, Alain Berset opens the Russian Cultural Season\, in the presence of the Russian Deputy Minister of Culture\, Alla Manilova. It marks the bicentenary of diplomatic relations: in March 1814\, Tsar Alexander I had appointed Count Jean Capo d’Istria minister plenipotentiary to the Diet. \nThe Crimean crisis intrudes on the evening. “It is with concern that we are following the recent developments in Ukraine\,” he says. “No one wants force to replace dialogue.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de la Saison culturelle russe en Suisse (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-russian-cultural-season-in-switzerland/
LOCATION:Fribourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140228
DTSTAMP:20261020T172935Z
CREATED:20261016T005014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172935Z
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SUMMARY:SIAF: “Zeit für eine Neo-Konkordanz”
DESCRIPTION:Three weeks after 9 February\, Alain Berset speaks at the Swiss Institute for International Studies\, at the University of Zurich. He starts from a world without a compass: certainties “zerfallen wie modrige Pilze”\, Taleb’s black swan has become so frequent that white swans look like an endangered minority. \nHis thesis: Switzerland needs a neo-concordance\, a renewed capacity to build majorities. He applies it to pensions: “Gibt es einen Plan B\, falls die Altersvorsorge 2020 scheitert? Nun\, die Altersvorsorge 2020 ist der Plan B.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLe temps d’une néo-concordance (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/siaf-zeit-fur-eine-neo-konkordanz-2/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140225
DTSTAMP:20261020T172935Z
CREATED:20261016T005011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172935Z
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SUMMARY:Press conference: yes to primary medical care
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the Federal Council\, Alain Berset opens the campaign for the federal decree on primary medical care\, put to the vote on 18 May. The President of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors\, Carlo Conti\, is at his side. \nThe diagnosis: many family doctors are retiring without a successor\, the population is ageing\, chronic diseases are on the rise. The new article instructs the Confederation and the cantons to promote family medicine and the training of health professionals. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 24.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/press-conference-yes-to-primary-medical-care/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140221
DTSTAMP:20261020T172935Z
CREATED:20261016T005008Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards: Swiss Grand Awards to Philippe Jaccottet and Paul Nizon
DESCRIPTION:At the National Library\, Alain Berset announces the Swiss Grand Awards for Literature: Philippe Jaccottet and Paul Nizon\, and the Special Translation Award to Christoph Ferber. The Swiss Literature Awards 2014 go to Urs Allemann\, David Bosc\, Roland Buti\, Rose-Marie Pagnard\, Matteo Terzaghi\, Urs Widmer and Vera Schindler-Wunderlich. \nHe jokes about the sobriety of the venue: Switzerland mainly knows “Gala” as a cheese spread. Then he makes translation the heart of the country: “Die Schweiz ist ein Land der Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer – oder sie ist gar nicht.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de littérature 2014 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 20.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-swiss-grand-awards-to-philippe-jaccottet-and-paul-nizon/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140215
DTSTAMP:20261020T172934Z
CREATED:20261016T005005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172934Z
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SUMMARY:Von Wattenwyl talks: old-age provision
DESCRIPTION:Five days after the yes to the initiative “against mass immigration”\, the Federal Council meets the presidents of the parties and parliamentary groups at the Von Wattenwyl House. Alain Berset presents the state of Old-Age Provision 2020\, in consultation until 31 March. \nAll the parties acknowledge the need for the reform. On the method\, they are divided: the SP and the CVP\, like the Federal Council\, support a comprehensive package; the BDP\, the FDP and the SVP want to proceed in stages. \nSources \n\nFederal Chancellery\, press release of 14.02.2014\nFederal Chancellery\, press release of 04.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/von-wattenwyl-talks-old-age-provision/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140212
DTSTAMP:20261020T172934Z
CREATED:20261016T005002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172934Z
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SUMMARY:Second round table on the management of the outpatient sector
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset brings together cantons\, doctors’ associations\, hospitals\, pharmacists\, insurers and patients’ organisations. The aim: a lasting solution for managing the admission of doctors\, temporarily reintroduced since summer 2013. \nThe round table sets out the principles: plan needs from a regional and cantonal perspective\, with the partners; make the quality of care the central criterion; be able to act both in the event of a shortage and of an oversupply of doctors. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 11.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/second-round-table-on-the-management-of-the-outpatient-sector/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140131
DTSTAMP:20261020T172934Z
CREATED:20261016T004958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172934Z
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SUMMARY:Congress of the Swiss Political Science Association
DESCRIPTION:Before the political scientists gathered in congress\, Alain Berset recalls that he himself studied political science before a doctorate in economics. He quotes Groucho Marx: politics is the art of looking for trouble\, finding it everywhere\, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. \nThe substance concerns Old-Age Provision 2020\, presented as a test for Swiss political culture: “un test décisif pour notre culture politique”. After several defeats at the ballot box\, the comprehensive reform must show that the system can still produce compromises. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrévoyance vieillesse 2020 : un test décisif pour notre culture politique (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/congress-of-the-swiss-political-science-association/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140131
DTSTAMP:20261020T172933Z
CREATED:20261016T004955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172933Z
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SUMMARY:25 years of Health Promotion Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:The Health Promotion Switzerland foundation celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary in Lausanne\, at its national conference. Alain Berset links prevention to “Health2020”\, the strategy adopted by the Federal Council a year earlier\, and to its participatory approach. \nHe opens with a quip by Walter Matthau: his doctor had given him six months to live\, but since he could not pay the bill\, he gave him another six. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale de Promotion Santé Suisse (25 ans) (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Vaud\, press release of January 2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/25-years-of-health-promotion-switzerland/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140124
DTSTAMP:20261020T172933Z
CREATED:20261016T004951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172933Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 49th Solothurn Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Solothurn Film Festival. He starts with humour: one film in the programme is called “Ueli Maurers Pommes-frites-Automat”; after “Expérience Blocher”\, he wondered whether an “Expérience Maurer” was coming to the cinema. The film is about an inventor of the same name. \nThe substance is a plea for cinema as a means of self-discovery. He ends with a few words on the opening film\, “Akte Grüninger”\, devoted to the St. Gallen police commander who saved Jewish refugees in 1938. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture des 49es Journées de Soleure : plaidoyer pour la découverte de soi (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-49th-solothurn-film-festival/
LOCATION:Soleure
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140121
DTSTAMP:20261020T172933Z
CREATED:20261016T004947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172933Z
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SUMMARY:State visit by Korean President Park Geun-hye
DESCRIPTION:The first official visit by a Korean head of state since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1963. The Federal Council in corpore welcomes Park Geun-hye with military honours on the Bundesplatz. \nAlain Berset takes part in the official talks\, led by the President of the Confederation\, Didier Burkhalter\, together with Doris Leuthard and Johann N. Schneider-Ammann. Several documents are signed\, including texts on social security and health\, which fall within his department. \nSources \n\nFDFA\, press release of 20.01.2014\nFDFA\, press release of 09.01.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/state-visit-by-korean-president-park-geun-hye/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140116
DTSTAMP:20261020T172933Z
CREATED:20261016T004945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172933Z
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SUMMARY:Campaign against the initiative “Abortion financing is a private matter”
DESCRIPTION:Three weeks before the vote of 9 February\, Alain Berset defends in Sierre the Federal Council’s position against the initiative seeking to remove the termination of pregnancy from basic health insurance. He calls it “misleading”: the sums at stake represent 0.03% of health insurance expenditure\, and premiums would not fall. \nHe also calls it “dangerous”: it calls into question an achievement approved by the people in 2002\, together with the time-limit solution\, and would hit women first. On 9 February\, the initiative is rejected. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNon à l’initiative « Financer l’avortement est une affaire privée » (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nLe Temps\, 09.12.2013 (launch of the campaign by Alain Berset)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/campaign-against-the-initiative-abortion-financing-is-a-private-matter/
LOCATION:Sierre
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140111
DTSTAMP:20261020T172932Z
CREATED:20261016T004941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172932Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar of the cantonal governments: Old-Age Provision 2020 before the cantons
DESCRIPTION:The ch Foundation brings members of the cantonal governments together in Interlaken for their annual seminar. On the evening of 9 January\, Alain Berset speaks at the official dinner. He quotes Aristotle\, “das Ganze ist grösser als die Summe seiner Teile”: the formula holds for Switzerland and its twenty-six republics\, and he hopes it will hold for Old-Age Provision 2020\, a comprehensive reform made up of a sum of reforms. \nOn 10 January\, he presents the reform to the cantonal executives\, two months after the opening of the consultation. He compares it to a puzzle whose pieces must all fit together\, borrowing a headline from the French-speaking press: “The puzzle is on the table. Now the serious business begins.” His conclusion: “Success will be collective\, or it will not be at all.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDîner officiel du Séminaire des gouvernements cantonaux (in German\, French-language page)\nPrévoyance vieillesse 2020 : une réforme équilibrée pour une Suisse forte (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSpeech by the President of the Confederation at the seminar of the cantonal governments\, Interlaken\, 09.01.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/seminar-of-the-cantonal-governments-old-age-provision-2020-before-the-cantons/
LOCATION:Interlaken
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131210
DTSTAMP:20261020T172932Z
CREATED:20261016T004937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172932Z
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SUMMARY:Press conference: no to the initiative on abortion financing
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the Federal Council\, Alain Berset recommends rejecting the initiative “Abortion financing is a private matter”\, put to the vote on 9 February 2014. Women facing this decision must not be subjected to the pressure of economic considerations\, and the savings targeted are minimal. \nHe recalls that the decriminalisation of abortion and its reimbursement by basic health insurance were approved by 72.2% in 2002\, and that the abortion rate has remained low: 6.9 per 1\,000 women aged 15 to 44 in 2012\, one of the lowest in Europe. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.12.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/press-conference-no-to-the-initiative-on-abortion-financing/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131210
DTSTAMP:20261020T172932Z
CREATED:20261016T004934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172932Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium on the language rights of national minorities
DESCRIPTION:To mark 50 years of Switzerland’s membership of the Council of Europe\, the Federal Office of Culture and the Directorate of International Law devote a day to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and to the Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Alain Berset opens it. The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities presents his approach\, on the eve of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship. \n“A language is not just a language.” It carries a culture and a way of seeing the world. He takes a position in the debate on language teaching: multilingualism must not be a code word for saying that minorities must learn the language of the majority. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nColloque sur les droits linguistiques des minorités nationales en Suisse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 09.12.2013\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.11.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/colloquium-on-the-language-rights-of-national-minorities/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131203
DTSTAMP:20261020T172931Z
CREATED:20261016T004930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172931Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with the Kosovar Minister of Labour and Social Welfare
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Nenad Rašić. Since 2010\, Switzerland has no longer applied to Kosovo the social security agreement concluded with the former Yugoslavia\, a decision confirmed by the Federal Supreme Court in June 2013. The two ministers examine the conditions for a new agreement\, including the export of benefits\, which Kosovar legislation does not yet guarantee. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 02.12.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-the-kosovar-minister-of-labour-and-social-welfare/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131130
DTSTAMP:20261020T172931Z
CREATED:20261016T004928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172931Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Zhang Yong and memorandum of understanding with China
DESCRIPTION:Following on from the visit to China\, Alain Berset receives Zhang Yong\, Minister in charge of the China Food and Drug Administration. The two ministers sign a memorandum of understanding with a view to an agreement on medicines\, medical devices\, foodstuffs and cosmetics\, to be concluded in 2014: technical exchanges and institutional dialogue. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.11.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-zhang-yong-and-memorandum-of-understanding-with-china/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131123
DTSTAMP:20261020T172931Z
CREATED:20261016T004925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172931Z
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SUMMARY:National congress on gender-based violence
DESCRIPTION:The FDHA and the FDFA bring together some 180 specialists in domestic violence\, female genital mutilation\, forced marriage and human trafficking. In Switzerland\, domestic violence kills one person every two weeks. A few weeks after Switzerland signed the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention\, Alain Berset opens the congress. \n“Ein Leben ohne Gewalt ist ein Menschenrecht\, kein Privileg.” A society that tolerates violence\, he says\, “bricht am Wochentag jene Versprechen\, die sie sonntags feierlich verkündet”. He cites 16\,000 domestic violence offences known to the police in one year and a cost of 164 million francs a year for intimate partner violence alone. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCongrès national sur la violence de genre : une question de droits humains (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.11.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-congress-on-gender-based-violence/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131121
DTSTAMP:20261020T172931Z
CREATED:20261016T004921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172931Z
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SUMMARY:Old-Age Provision 2020: opening of the consultation
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council adopts the preliminary draft of the reform and sends it out for consultation to the cantons\, the parties and the organisations. A comprehensive package: a reference age of 65 in both pillars\, flexible transition to retirement\, adjustment of the second-pillar conversion rate while maintaining the level of benefits\, greater transparency in occupational pensions. \nIt is the culmination of the year: the orientations of November 2012\, the guidelines of June\, then the rounds before industry\, the cantons\, the trades and crafts sector and the entrepreneurs. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.11.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-2020-opening-of-the-consultation/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131116
DTSTAMP:20261020T172930Z
CREATED:20261016T004919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172930Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of the Balzan Prizes
DESCRIPTION:The Balzan Prizes reward both the natural sciences and the humanities. Alain Berset sees in them a bridge between the “two cultures” of C. P. Snow\, who asked literary intellectuals to explain the notion of mass: no one could. \nHe notes that since 2001 each prizewinner has given half of the prize to young researchers\, and speaks of a “crisis of progress”: social progress has become synonymous with preserving what has been achieved. He concludes in Italian: the prizewinners change the world through their thinking. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix Balzan (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 15.11.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-the-balzan-prizes/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131108
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SUMMARY:Congress of H+ The Swiss Hospitals
DESCRIPTION:Before the hospitals\, Alain Berset sets out the health trilemma: quality\, access\, price. He tells of the surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch\, who agreed to operate for less than 300 marks but warned that at that price his hands would tremble. \nHospitals and clinics are concerned by 28 of the 36 Health2020 measures. He discusses outpatient financing and quality\, and promises a frank exchange: “if our health system is excellent\, it is thanks to your excellence”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCongrès de H+ Les Hôpitaux de Suisse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/congress-of-h-the-swiss-hospitals/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131027
DTSTAMP:20261020T172930Z
CREATED:20261016T004911Z
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SUMMARY:30 years of Fri-Son
DESCRIPTION:The Fribourg concert venue celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. Alain Berset remembers a “permanent firework display”: like other young people from Fribourg\, he appreciated the privilege of having such a lively and international stage on his doorstep. Fri-Son has grown without losing its soul; it took thirty years to move “from transgression to a certain normality”. \nHe quotes Zorg\, the hero of “37°2 le matin”\, and ends with Sid Vicious: “If it’s too loud\, you’re too old”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n30 ans de Fri-Son (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/30-years-of-fri-son/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131011
DTSTAMP:20261020T172929Z
CREATED:20261016T004907Z
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SUMMARY:Lilienberg Forum: “Politische Führung in einer komplexen Welt”
DESCRIPTION:Before the Lilienberg entrepreneurs\, Alain Berset takes up the theme of political leadership in the information age. He mentions the “Living Earth Simulator” project\, meant to model economic\, social and ecological systems: he is already looking forward to relaxed Federal Council meetings. And he quotes Wilhelm II: “Das Automobil ist nur eine vorübergehende Erscheinung. Ich glaube an das Pferd!” \nThe sovereign people\, he says\, are becoming more critical and better informed: “So gesehen\, wird die Schweiz im Internet-Zeitalter noch schweizerischer.” Hence his method for old-age provision and health. And a question: how do you explain Old-Age Provision 2020 in twenty seconds on the television news? \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLilienberg Forum : « Politische Führung in einer komplexen Welt » (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/lilienberg-forum-politische-fuhrung-in-einer-komplexen-welt-2/
LOCATION:Ermatingen
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131011
DTSTAMP:20261020T172929Z
CREATED:20261016T004903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172929Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with the Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Natalia Korolevska\, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine\, for a courtesy meeting. Three topics: the long-term financial sustainability of old-age provision\, with the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform\, equality for people with disabilities\, and invalidity insurance. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.10.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-the-ukrainian-minister-of-social-policy/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131003
DTSTAMP:20261020T172929Z
CREATED:20261016T004901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172929Z
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SUMMARY:Informal meeting of EU culture and audiovisual ministers
DESCRIPTION:Lithuania holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It invites the ministers of the EU\, the EEA and EFTA to Vilnius. On the evening of 1 October\, the Lithuanian Minister of Culture\, Šarūnas Birutis\, welcomes them at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. \nOn 2 October\, at the National Gallery of Art\, two sessions: culture as a driver of economic growth and social cohesion\, then freedom and pluralism of the media in the age of audiovisual and digital convergence. \nTuesday 1 October 2013 — Vilnius\n\nWelcome by the Minister of Culture\, Šarūnas Birutis\, and visit to the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania\nGala dinner\n\nWednesday 2 October 2013 — Vilnius\n\nSession I: cultural policies as a driver of economic growth and social cohesion\nSession II: freedom and pluralism of the media in the convergence of audiovisual and media\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 30.09.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/informal-meeting-of-eu-culture-and-audiovisual-ministers/
LOCATION:Vilnius
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130927
DTSTAMP:20261020T172928Z
CREATED:20261016T004858Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Zurich Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:“Ich freue mich\, Ihnen die Filmförderung des Bundes erklären zu können…” Alain Berset breaks off at once: he only wanted to check that people were listening. He recounts being turned away in 1984 at the entrance to the second Indiana Jones film\, too young; today he walks on a carpet\, green rather than red. \nThe festival\, he says\, is not only a glamorous event: boundaries of identity and background are crossed there. He mentions a Japanese documentary in the programme about a company that rents out fake parents; in Switzerland\, neither families nor members of the government are for hire: “Ich bin es wirklich selber!” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nZurich Film Festival (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 26.09.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-zurich-film-festival-2/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130923
DTSTAMP:20261020T172928Z
CREATED:20261016T004854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172928Z
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SUMMARY:Vote of 22 September: the Epidemics Act accepted
DESCRIPTION:The people accept the revision of the Epidemics Act with 60% of the vote. Six months after the family policy article failed to win the cantons\, Alain Berset wins the vote on the dossier he defended all summer. \nThe campaign was hard-fought. According to the VOX analysis\, many voters found it difficult to decide and many only did so late. The act came into force in 2016. \nSources \n\nVOX analysis of the vote of 22.09.2013 (swissvotes)\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-of-22-september-the-epidemics-act-accepted/
LOCATION:Berne
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