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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140124
DTSTAMP: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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131108
DTSTAMP:20261020T172930Z
CREATED:20261016T004915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172930Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131027
DTSTAMP:20261020T172930Z
CREATED:20261016T004911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172930Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131011
DTSTAMP:20261020T172929Z
CREATED:20261016T004907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172929Z
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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
END:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130927
DTSTAMP:20261020T172928Z
CREATED:20261016T004858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172928Z
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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
END:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130921
DTSTAMP:20261020T172928Z
CREATED:20261016T004852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172928Z
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SUMMARY:First Swiss Dance Awards
DESCRIPTION:At the Equilibre theatre in Fribourg\, the Federal Office of Culture presents the Swiss Dance Awards for the first time. The Swiss Dance Award goes to Martin Schläpfer\, director of the Ballett am Rhein\, the special award to the Théâtre Sévelin 36 in Lausanne. Yen Han and Foofwa d’Imobilité are honoured as outstanding dancers. \n“It was about time!” Alain Berset quotes Calvin’s ecclesiastical ordinances of 1541: dancing outside weddings cost 60 sous and three days in prison on bread and water. The reformers feared dance because it expresses a primal freedom. He concludes with Merce Cunningham: after the dance\, nothing remains\, “nichts als dieser flüchtige Moment\, wo du fühlst\, dass du lebst”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPremiers Prix suisses de danse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.09.2013\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.09.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-swiss-dance-awards/
LOCATION:Fribourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130911
DTSTAMP:20261020T172928Z
CREATED:20261016T004848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172928Z
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SUMMARY:RehaClinic Gesundheitstreff: ten years of the Bad Zurzach clinic
DESCRIPTION:The RehaClinic in Bad Zurzach celebrates its tenth anniversary. Alain Berset speaks there the day after the National Health2020 Conference. “Wir brauchen eine Gesamtschau. Aber wir brauchen keine Revolution im Gesundheitssystem.” Pragmatic adjustments\, step by step\, so that care remains affordable for low and middle incomes. \nHe recalls local history: at the beginning of the 20th century\, the first thermal spring\, discovered during drilling for salt\, had been concreted over again; it was only reopened in 1955. Good things\, he concludes\, sometimes take a little time. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGesundheitstreff de la RehaClinic : dix ans de la clinique de Bad Zurzach (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rehaclinic-gesundheitstreff-ten-years-of-the-bad-zurzach-clinic/
LOCATION:Bad Zurzach
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130911
DTSTAMP:20261020T172927Z
CREATED:20261016T004844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172927Z
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SUMMARY:Pfeffinger Forum: Old-Age Provision 2020
DESCRIPTION:The Pfeffinger Forum breaks its record: 575 registrations\, the maximum allowed by the fire regulations. Last year\, fog had prevented Didier Burkhalter’s helicopter from landing; Alain Berset is surprised to have arrived on time. \nHe takes up Woody Allen’s life in reverse\, “die eleganteste Reform unserer Altersvorsorge”\, then sets out the actual reform in detail. He ends with the Epidemics Act\, voted on twelve days later: like the pension reform\, a pragmatic project that adapts what has proved its worth. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPfeffinger Forum 2013 : Prévoyance vieillesse 2020 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/pfeffinger-forum-old-age-provision-2020/
LOCATION:Pfeffingen
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130910
DTSTAMP:20261020T172927Z
CREATED:20261016T004840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172927Z
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SUMMARY:First National Health2020 Conference
DESCRIPTION:More than 350 health stakeholders gathered for the first time at the invitation of Alain Berset. “Von hier vorne sieht es fast so aus\, als ob das Gesundheitswesen tatsächlich zu einem Wesen geworden wäre.” A benevolent being\, he adds: it heals and does not bite. \nThe system\, he says\, is efficient\, social and reliable; the population is satisfied with it despite its cost. But ageing\, chronic diseases and growing expectations require the system to adapt. He announces an independent expert group and has the participants work in very small groups\, so that everyone can make proposals. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPremière Conférence nationale Santé2020 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-national-health2020-conference/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130903
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130904
DTSTAMP:20261020T172927Z
CREATED:20261016T004837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172927Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Bankers Day
DESCRIPTION:Before the Swiss Bankers Association\, Alain Berset reads out the Wikipedia definition: the reputation of the banking centre rests on the country’s political and economic stability. He adds social stability\, without which there is neither. As a citizen and taxpayer\, he says\, he is reassured; as a Federal Councillor\, he would like meetings where something other than the financial centre is discussed. \nThe heart of the speech is a warning: “Denn die Annahme\, dass alles\, was im eigenen Land legal ist\, auch international als legitim gilt\, hat sich als ebenso gefährlich wie naiv erwiesen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée des banquiers (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 03.09.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-bankers-day/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTAMP:20261020T172927Z
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SUMMARY:Epidemics Act: presentation evening in Bulle
DESCRIPTION:In the Gruyère\, Alain Berset recalls that until the 19th century epidemics governed people’s lives\, taking several children from every mother. Hygiene and vaccines brought them under control\, but these victories are only ever temporary\, and the 1970 act is no longer sufficient. \nHe ends with Giono and “The Horseman on the Roof”\, in which the hero confronts cholera: “Let us try to rise to the occasion.” Cantons\, Parliament\, Federal Council and health professionals\, he recalls\, support the revision. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLoi sur les épidémies : soirée de présentation à Bulle (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/epidemics-act-presentation-evening-in-bulle/
LOCATION:Bulle
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130823
DTSTAMP:20261020T172926Z
CREATED:20261016T004829Z
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SUMMARY:Epidemics Act and Health2020: campaign evening in Schaffhausen
DESCRIPTION:Back from China\, Alain Berset defends the Epidemics Act in Schaffhausen. He sets two answers against each other on the question of good politics: Max Weber’s\, passion\, responsibility\, a sense of proportion\, and the town’s motto\, “Lappi tue d’Auge uf!”. In Beijing and Shanghai\, he says\, people told him they envied the quality of the Swiss system. \nHe responds to fears of forced vaccination: everyone remains free to be vaccinated or not\, and for children\, it is the parents who decide. And he quotes Senator Moynihan: “Sie haben ein Recht auf Ihre eigene Meinung. Aber Sie haben kein Recht auf Ihre eigenen Fakten.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSanté2020 et loi sur les épidémies : soirée de campagne à Schaffhouse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/epidemics-act-and-health2020-campaign-evening-in-schaffhausen/
LOCATION:Schaffhouse
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130820
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130821
DTSTAMP:20261020T172926Z
CREATED:20261016T004826Z
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SUMMARY:Ambassadors’ Conference: “Politische Führung in einer komplexen Welt”
DESCRIPTION:Before more than 230 representatives of Switzerland abroad\, Alain Berset speaks about political leadership in the information age. The printing press\, he recalls\, made the Reformation possible when Luther only wanted a theological debate. The Internet will have consequences on the same scale. \nThree changes\, in his view: knowledge is becoming democratised\, which means involving staff more; the population is becoming more critical and demands transparency; and Switzerland\, the most complex political system in the world\, is also at the forefront of the digital revolution. “Orientierung ist nicht alles\, aber ohne Orientierung ist alles nichts.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence des ambassadeurs 2013 : « Politische Führung in einer komplexen Welt » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/ambassadors-conference-politische-fuhrung-in-einer-komplexen-welt/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130820
DTSTAMP:20261020T172926Z
CREATED:20261016T004822Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to China
DESCRIPTION:Three months after Li Bin’s invitation in Geneva\, Alain Berset spends four days in Beijing and Shanghai\, with State Councillors Carlo Conti (Basel-Stadt)\, President of the GDK\, and Pierre-François Unger (Geneva)\, whose cantons have partnerships with Chinese hospitals\, and a medical technology delegation. On 15 August\, at Peking University\, he opens a conference on infectious diseases and vaccination. \nOn the 16th\, he holds talks with Vice-Minister Yin Li of the China Food and Drug Administration\, created in March: an agreement on food and medicine safety is envisaged. At the Ministry of Culture\, he holds talks with Vice-Minister Ding Wei\, then signs the bilateral agreement on cultural property\, against illicit trafficking. Talks also cover a social security agreement under negotiation\, useful for Swiss nationals posted to China. \nOn the 17th\, he speaks at the opening of the Chinese Health Forum\, then meets Li Bin: communicable and non-communicable diseases\, health workforce\, the Chinese reform launched in 2009\, Health2020. In Shanghai\, on the 18th\, he visits Shanghai East Hospital\, the Pro Helvetia office and galleries\, and meets artists\, curators and museum directors. \nThursday 15 August 2013 — Beijing\n\nLunch debate with experts on infectious diseases and vaccination\, Peking University\nOpening of the conference “Infectious Disease and Vaccination”\, address\nLecture at the medical school’s global health diplomacy course\nVisit to the Urs Meile gallery and meeting with artists\n\nFriday 16 August 2013 — Beijing\n\nTalks with Vice-Minister Yin Li\, China Food and Drug Administration\nTalks with the Vice-Minister of Human Resources and Social Security\nTalks with Vice-Minister of Culture Ding Wei\nSigning of the agreement on the protection of cultural property\nReception for the Swiss community at the residence of Ambassador Jacques de Watteville\, address\n\nSaturday 17 August 2013 — Beijing and Shanghai\n\nAddress at the opening of the Chinese Health Forum\nTalks with Li Bin\, Minister of Health\nPress briefing\n\nSunday 18 August 2013 — Shanghai\n\nVisit to Shanghai East Hospital\nVisit to the exhibition “Portrait of the Times – 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art” at the Power Station of Art\, round table with artists\, curators and museum and festival directors\nVisit to galleries and artists’ studios at Moganshan\nMeeting with representatives of the medical technology sector and of the Swiss community\, address\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 17.08.2013\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-china/
LOCATION:Pékin
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130813
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130814
DTSTAMP:20261020T172926Z
CREATED:20261016T004819Z
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SUMMARY:Press conference: yes to the Epidemics Act
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the Federal Council\, Alain Berset recommends accepting the revised Epidemics Act\, put to the vote on 22 September. The 1970 act no longer offers enough protection against threats such as SARS. The revision is to enable the Confederation and the cantons to act faster\, manage crises better and combat antibiotic resistance and hospital infections\, which cause some 2\,000 deaths a year. \nThe Basel State Councillor Carlo Conti brings the support of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors. Vaccination practice\, based on voluntary participation\, does not change; compulsory vaccination could only target specific groups\, in a crisis situation and for a limited period. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/press-conference-yes-to-the-epidemics-act/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130807
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130811
DTSTAMP:20261020T172925Z
CREATED:20261016T004816Z
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SUMMARY:66th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:On 7 August\, on the Piazza Grande\, Alain Berset opens the first edition directed by Carlo Chatrian. The festival\, he says\, is “the gold prospector’s sieve”. He ends with the American critic Roger Ebert\, honoured at Locarno this year: there must be another world somewhere\, “a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers live”. \nAt Monte Verità\, the same evening\, he evokes the community that lived there until 1914\, mocked by the press\, several of whose ideals have become the norm: “Artists are often condemned to be right before everyone else.” Before the Leopard Club\, he lists the Swiss contradictions\, an island of stability under international fire\, pragmatic and given to myth-making\, and suggests inviting Robert Redford\, while pointing out that the Federal Council has never discussed it. \nOn 8 August\, at a press conference\, he launches the discussion on a national cultural policy involving the Confederation\, the cantons and the cities; the FOC announces stronger support for screenwriting together with the SRG SSR and easier co-productions. On the 10th\, in Ascona\, he meets European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou: a positive assessment of Swiss participation in the MEDIA programme\, which Switzerland wishes to renew. \nWednesday 7 August 2013 — Locarno and Ascona\n\nOpening speech of the festival on the Piazza Grande\nSpeech at the Monte Verità reception\n\nThursday 8 August 2013 — Locarno\n\nPress conference on cultural policy and cinema\n\nFriday 9 August 2013 — Locarno\n\nSpeech before the Leopard Club\n\nSaturday 10 August 2013 — Ascona\n\nTalks with Androulla Vassiliou\, European Commissioner for Education\, Culture\, Multilingualism and Youth\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 66e Festival du film de Locarno (French-language page)\nFestival de Locarno : réception du Monte Verità (French-language page)\nFestival de Locarno : rencontre du Leopard Club (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.08.2013\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.08.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/66th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130801
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DTSTAMP:20261020T172925Z
CREATED:20261016T004810Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Rümlang
DESCRIPTION:On 1 August\, Alain Berset speaks in Rümlang\, in the canton of Zurich. The speech takes up the Stansstad one: the European crisis\, older workers\, a multipolar world\, the relationship with the European Union and the financial centre. \nHe adds a passage on Kleinjogg\, the 18th-century Zurich reforming farmer admired by Goethe. The conclusion does not change: “In der Schweiz steckt viel Vergangenheit. Aber noch viel mehr Zukunft!”
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-rumlang/
LOCATION:Rümlang
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