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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121219
DTSTAMP:20261020T172913Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Moscow: science cooperation agreement
DESCRIPTION:In Moscow\, Alain Berset and the Minister of Education and Science\, Dmitry Livanov\, sign the agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between Switzerland and Russia. Priority areas: engineering sciences\, nanosystems and materials\, life sciences\, energy\, transport\, humanities and social sciences. \nHe is accompanied by EPFL President Patrick Aebischer\, the Rector of the University of Geneva\, Jean-Dominique Vassalli\, and the President of the SNSF Research Council\, Dieter Imboden. The delegation visits the Kurchatov Institute; on the cultural side\, he meets Deputy Minister Alla Manilova and visits the National Centre for Contemporary Arts. \nMonday 17 December 2012 — Moscow\n\nMeeting with Alla Manilova\, Deputy Minister of Culture\nMeeting with Dmitry Livanov\, Minister of Education and Science\, and signing of the agreement on scientific and technological cooperation\nReception at Moscow State University\, Faculty of Psychology\nVisit to the Kurchatov Institute\nReception with representatives of politics\, science and culture\n\nTuesday 18 December 2012 — Moscow\n\nVisit to the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA)\nLunch with representatives of the cultural sector\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.12.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-moscow-science-cooperation-agreement/
LOCATION:Moscou
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121207
DTSTAMP:20261020T172912Z
CREATED:20261016T004346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172912Z
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SUMMARY:FMH Medical Chamber
DESCRIPTION:Before the FMH Medical Chamber\, Alain Berset sets out his guiding idea: “the patient must be at the centre of our concerns”. The system is excellent and accessible to all\, but part of the rise in costs escapes political steering. \nHe argues for a multisectoral health policy and addresses medical demography: “too many doctors\, and yet we must train more of them”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nChambre médicale de la FMH (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nZWP online\, 10.12.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fmh-medical-chamber/
LOCATION:Bienne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121206
DTSTAMP:20261020T172912Z
CREATED:20261016T004343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172912Z
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SUMMARY:“Der Wert der Sicherheit”: Zürcher Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft
DESCRIPTION:Two weeks after the guidelines for Retirement Provision 2020\, Alain Berset sets out the method of the reform before the Zürcher Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft: realistic\, fair\, prudent. He starts from the rankings that put Switzerland at the top: the Swiss economic miracle is first of all a political miracle\, built on trust and security. \nHe embraces the Swiss paradox of slowness and asserts the primacy of politics: “Die Zeiten\, als die Politik der Wirtschaft nachgehechelt ist\, sie zu imitieren versucht hat – diese Zeiten sind vorbei.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n« Der Wert der Sicherheit » : Zürcher Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/der-wert-der-sicherheit-zurcher-volkswirtschaftliche-gesellschaft-2/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121130
DTSTAMP:20261020T172912Z
CREATED:20261016T004339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172912Z
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SUMMARY:“Culture without barriers!”
DESCRIPTION:At the Zentrum Paul Klee\, Alain Berset opens the day organised by the Federal Bureau for the Equality of People with Disabilities\, the Federal Office of Culture and Égalité Handicap on access for people with disabilities to cultural life. He follows a “Beschwerdechor”: “Receiving complaints is the daily lot of every Federal Councillor. But in song\, that is something new.” \nHis thesis: people with disabilities must not only have access to culture\, they must be able to shape it. He cites the Beweggrund company. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n« Culture sans barrières ! » (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.11.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/culture-without-barriers/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121128
DTSTAMP:20261020T172912Z
CREATED:20261016T004335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172912Z
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SUMMARY:Marcel Benoist Prize presented to Michael N. Hall
DESCRIPTION:As President of the foundation’s board\, Alain Berset presents the Marcel Benoist Prize\, “often regarded as the Swiss Nobel Prize”\, to Michael N. Hall\, a biochemist at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. He had received him in Berne on 24 September\, when the prize was announced. \nHall is honoured for the discovery of the TOR protein\, which controls cell growth and plays a part in the formation of tumours. Alain Berset makes the link with the young winners of “Swiss Youth in Science”: curiosity\, “the art and the pleasure of asking questions”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix Marcel Benoist (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 27.11.2012\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.09.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/marcel-benoist-prize-presented-to-michael-n-hall/
LOCATION:Bâle
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121124
DTSTAMP:20261020T172911Z
CREATED:20261016T004332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172911Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration at the Imprimerie Saint-Paul
DESCRIPTION:At an open day in Fribourg\, the Imprimerie Saint-Paul inaugurates a twelve-unit Rapida 106 press\, a first in Switzerland in this configuration. Alain Berset speaks there together with Georges Godel\, member of the cantonal government. \nHis theme: two linked inventions\, printing and freedom of thought. He quotes Swift\, who counted printing among the inventions that emerged “from the darkness of ignorance”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInauguration de l’Imprimerie Saint-Paul (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nDruckmarkt Schweiz\, No. 70
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-at-the-imprimerie-saint-paul/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121124
DTSTAMP:20261020T172911Z
CREATED:20261016T004328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172911Z
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SUMMARY:30 years of the Le Tremplin Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset celebrates 30 years of Le Tremplin\, a Fribourg foundation that supports people with addictions. He describes the vicious circle of marginalisation\, unemployment and relapse that the foundation tries to break. \nHe names the new pressures: companies less inclined to hire people with complicated backgrounds\, and a stricter invalidity insurance that can also encourage relapses. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n30 ans de la Fondation Le Tremplin (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/30-years-of-the-le-tremplin-foundation/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121122
DTSTAMP:20261020T172911Z
CREATED:20261016T004324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172911Z
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SUMMARY:“A language is more than a language”: the French-speaking and Fribourg communities of Berne
DESCRIPTION:In the evening\, at the reception of the Communauté francophone de Berne and the Société fribourgeoise de Berne\, Alain Berset makes a plea for multilingualism. “A language is not just a language. […] It carries a culture\, it expresses a way of seeing the world.” \nHe quotes Dürrenmatt on the gulf between German and French\, then makes a commitment: “I will always work to ensure that the first foreign language learned in our country’s schools is one of the national languages.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n« Une langue est plus qu’une langue » : communautés romande et fribourgeoise de Berne (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/a-language-is-more-than-a-language-the-french-speaking-and-fribourg-communities-of-berne/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121122
DTSTAMP:20261020T172910Z
CREATED:20261016T004321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172910Z
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SUMMARY:Retirement Provision 2020: the Federal Council sets the course
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council lays the foundations of the “Retirement Provision 2020” reform. For the first time\, the first and second pillars are analysed and reformed together. Objective: maintain the level of pensions and secure their financing. \nThe diagnosis: life expectancy is rising\, the baby boomers are reaching retirement\, returns on capital are disappointing. OASI reserves will begin to fall from 2020. The FDHA is to present the guidelines for the reform by summer 2013. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.11.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/retirement-provision-2020-the-federal-council-sets-the-course/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121121
DTSTAMP:20261020T172910Z
CREATED:20261016T004318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172910Z
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SUMMARY:30 years of the Swiss Foundation for Child Protection
DESCRIPTION:On Universal Children’s Day\, Alain Berset speaks at the study day marking the 30th anniversary of the Swiss Foundation for Child Protection\, devoted to non-violent upbringing. \nHe recalls that the notion of “elterliche Gewalt” left the Civil Code only twelve years ago. Overwhelmed parents hit more often\, and children who are beaten hit in turn: to break this cycle\, the state must first guarantee good living conditions for families. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n30 ans de la Fondation suisse pour la protection de l’enfant (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/30-years-of-the-swiss-foundation-for-child-protection/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121120
DTSTAMP:20261020T172910Z
CREATED:20261016T004314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172910Z
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SUMMARY:Round table on combating poverty
DESCRIPTION:Two years after the National Conference on Poverty\, Alain Berset brings together cantons\, communes\, cities\, social partners\, NGOs and people affected by poverty to take stock. \nThe outcome: the Confederation steps up its commitment. The FDHA is preparing for the spring a five-year national programme for the prevention of and fight against poverty\, from 2014 to 2018. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.11.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/round-table-on-combating-poverty/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121117
DTSTAMP:20261020T172909Z
CREATED:20261016T004311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172909Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Youth Session
DESCRIPTION:In the National Council chamber\, Alain Berset addresses the Federal Youth Session. He disputes the headline of a major daily newspaper\, “Generation Bünzli”\, and quotes Einstein: it is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom. \nYoung people vote more than those of forty years ago; they are the first generation for whom the internet and globalisation are the norm. “Politisches Engagement – wichtiger als je zuvor”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPolitisches Engagement – wichtiger als je zuvor (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 16.11.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-youth-session/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121115
DTSTAMP:20261020T172909Z
CREATED:20261016T004308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172909Z
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SUMMARY:HIV/AIDS\, migration and discrimination
DESCRIPTION:At the event organised by the SDC and the Swiss AIDS Federation\, Alain Berset first says what Switzerland can be proud of: 25 years of the STOP AIDS campaign\, now LOVE LIFE\, and the harm reduction of the four-pillar policy\, developed under Ruth Dreifuss. \nThen the problems that remain\, including discrimination. For\, as he reminds his audience\, “humanity cannot be divided!” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nVIH/sida : « L’humanité n’est pas divisible » (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/hiv-aids-migration-and-discrimination/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121114
DTSTAMP:20261020T172909Z
CREATED:20261016T004304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172909Z
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SUMMARY:40 years of the World Heritage Convention
DESCRIPTION:At the Dampfzentrale\, Switzerland celebrates 40 years of the UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Heritage. The Swiss Commission for UNESCO presents the first book devoted to all the Swiss sites on the list. \nAlain Berset opens with Malraux: “The future is a present given to us by the past.” He recalls the commitment Switzerland made by ratifying the Convention in 1975; as a member of the World Heritage Committee\, it emphasises the conservation of sites over new inscriptions. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n40 ans de la Convention du Patrimoine mondial (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.11.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/40-years-of-the-world-heritage-convention/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121114
DTSTAMP:20261020T172908Z
CREATED:20261016T004300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172908Z
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SUMMARY:National Palliative Care Congress
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the National Palliative Care Congress. “There are three things that concern every human being on this planet\, whether pastry chefs\, cosmonauts or Federal Councillors: being born\, living and dying.” \nWe prepare for birth\, not for death. He calls for end of life to be given more attention again\, in society as in the health system. The national palliative care strategy has just been extended. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCongrès national des soins palliatifs (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-palliative-care-congress/
LOCATION:Bienne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121113
DTSTAMP:20261020T172908Z
CREATED:20261016T004257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172908Z
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SUMMARY:SwissnexDay: brain circulation
DESCRIPTION:The annual conference of the swissnex science consulates is devoted to “brain circulation”. Alain Berset quotes Kissinger: “there is nothing more international than science”. 35% of scientific articles are the result of international cooperation. \nHalf of the teaching staff at Swiss universities come from abroad. He defends openness to people\, ideas and goods as the foundation of prosperity\, and the role of the swissnex offices in Boston\, San Francisco\, Singapore\, Shanghai and Bangalore. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSwissnexDay (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 12.11.2012\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.11.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swissnexday-brain-circulation/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121110
DTSTAMP:20261020T172908Z
CREATED:20261016T004253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172908Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Paris to Health Minister Marisol Touraine
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset travels to Paris for a working visit to Marisol Touraine\, French Minister of Social Affairs and Health. He is accompanied by the Director of the FOPH. \nAfter the meeting at the ministry\, the Swiss Embassy organises a small-group meeting at the residence. \nFriday 9 November 2012 — Paris\n\nMeeting with Marisol Touraine at the Ministry of Health\nMeeting at the residence of the Swiss Ambassador
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-paris-to-health-minister-marisol-touraine/
LOCATION:Paris
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121107
DTSTAMP:20261020T172907Z
CREATED:20261016T004251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172907Z
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SUMMARY:Admission of doctors and National Health Policy
DESCRIPTION:On 5 November\, at a conference in Berne\, Alain Berset concludes the consultation on reintroducing\, for three years\, the restriction on the admission of doctors. Since the freeze was lifted at the beginning of the year\, applications for billing numbers have risen sharply. Dispatch to Parliament planned for the 2013 spring session. \nThe next day\, at the Zentrum Paul Klee\, he opens the 14th Working Conference of the National Health Policy\, devoted to “outpatient care for the future”. The no to managed care has not buried integrated care\, he says; he welcomes the cantons’ support for the needs clause. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPolitique nationale de la santé : les soins ambulatoires (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.11.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/admission-of-doctors-and-national-health-policy/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121103
DTSTAMP:20261020T172907Z
CREATED:20261016T004247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172907Z
UID:48238-1351814400-1351900799@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Opening of Bédémania
DESCRIPTION:In the evening\, Alain Berset opens Bédémania\, the comics festival of Belfaux\, his village. He has been coming “for years”\, but speaks there for the first time as a Federal Councillor. \nComics\, he says\, achieve “the feat of saying a lot in few words. A feat that not many politicians have mastered!” He cites Spiegelman and Maus\, Chappatte on Syria\, and Cosey: “in a comic there is a story\, you don’t need to take three aspirins to understand it”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nBédémania (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 02.11.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-bedemania/
LOCATION:Belfaux
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121103
DTSTAMP:20261020T172907Z
CREATED:20261016T004243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172907Z
UID:48234-1351814400-1351900799@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Opening of the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences\, near EPFL. He recalls that two thirds of Swiss research is privately funded\, nearly twelve billion francs in 2008. \nHe stands by the closeness between the Federal Institutes of Technology and companies\, contested in Parliament\, while acknowledging the questions it raises. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNestlé Institute of Health Sciences (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 02.11.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-nestle-institute-of-health-sciences/
LOCATION:Lausanne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121101
DTSTAMP:20261020T172906Z
CREATED:20261016T004240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172906Z
UID:48230-1351641600-1351727999@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Swiss Goûts et Terroirs fair
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the Swiss Goûts et Terroirs fair in Bulle. “Terroir naturally marks a sense of belonging. But taste sets people apart even more\, for taste is a private matter.” \nHe lets slip that he has “some – rare – disagreement” with the fair’s president\, on public health issues linked to products “so delicately intoxicating”. Then he talks about the emblem of the Bénichon: the cuchaule and its mustard. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGoûts et Terroirs (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 31.10.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-gouts-et-terroirs-fair/
LOCATION:Bulle
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121031
DTSTAMP:20261020T172906Z
CREATED:20261016T004236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172906Z
UID:48226-1351555200-1351641599@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Capital Region Switzerland Forum
DESCRIPTION:At the forum of the Capital Region Switzerland\, Alain Berset pokes fun at the caution of the Mittelland: the Solothurn “S’isch immer so gsi”\, the Bernese “Nume nid gsprängt”\, the historian Fritz René Allemann’s mistrust of “Gstürm”. \nAnd yet\, a vision. He defends it against the suspicion of naivety: Switzerland has also known phases of historical acceleration\, from 1848 to the nuclear phase-out. That Berne was not classified as a metropolitan region was\, in his view\, a stroke of luck: it forced the five cantons to cooperate. “Die Hauptstadtregion ist eine realistische Vision.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRégion capitale Suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 30.10.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/capital-region-switzerland-forum/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121030
DTSTAMP:20261020T172906Z
CREATED:20261016T004233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172906Z
UID:48222-1351468800-1351555199@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:First extraordinary congress of the World Meteorological Organization
DESCRIPTION:With WMO President David Grimes and Secretary-General Michel Jarraud\, Alain Berset opens in Geneva the organisation’s first extraordinary congress in 62 years. MeteoSwiss then comes under the FDHA. \nThe congress is to adopt the implementation plan of the Global Framework for Climate Services\, without waiting for the ordinary congress of 2015. A subject that is “hot in every sense of the word”\, he says. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCongrès de l’Organisation météorologique mondiale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.10.2012\nFederal Council\, speech of 29.10.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-extraordinary-congress-of-the-world-meteorological-organization/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121026
DTSTAMP:20261020T172906Z
CREATED:20261016T004229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172906Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Design Awards
DESCRIPTION:At the Museum Bellerive\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Design Awards for the first time\, including three “Grand Prix Design”: Franco Clivio\, the studio Gavillet & Rust and Karl Gerstner. \nHe speaks of an “Aladdin’s cave” and defends the Confederation’s model for promoting design\, a field in which\, unlike others\, cities and cantons are little involved. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix fédéraux de design (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 24.10.2012\nFederal Council\, speech of 25.10.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-design-awards/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121014
DTSTAMP:20261020T172905Z
CREATED:20261016T004225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172905Z
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SUMMARY:Visit of German Health Minister Daniel Bahr
DESCRIPTION:At his invitation\, Alain Berset receives the German Health Minister\, Daniel Bahr\, in Berne. The working session and the meal focus on the health reforms under way in both countries. \nThe minister then visits the proton therapy centre of the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen. On the Saturday\, the two ministers go on an excursion in the canton of Fribourg. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.10.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-of-german-health-minister-daniel-bahr/
LOCATION:Berne\, Villigen\, Fribourg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121004
DTSTAMP:20261020T172905Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to India
DESCRIPTION:Three days in New Delhi\, one theme per day. On 1 October\, health: with Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad\, Alain Berset agrees on a memorandum of understanding (universal coverage\, non-communicable diseases\, medicines\, complementary medicine)\, to be signed at the 2013 World Health Assembly. He also sees the Minister of Culture\, Kumari Selja\, and presents Swiss foreign health policy at the Public Health Foundation of India. \nOn 2 October\, culture\, with Pro Helvetia. On the 3rd\, science: with Minister Vayalar Ravi\, he signs a joint declaration on scientific cooperation for 2013–2016 and opens the joint committee of the Indo-Swiss research programme\, extended to renewable energy and biomedicine. \nMonday 1 October 2012 — New Delhi\n\nMeeting with Ghulam Nabi Azad\, Minister of Health and Family Welfare\nVisit to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)\nMeeting with Kumari Selja\, Minister of Culture\nSpeech at the Public Health Foundation of India\nReception at the ambassador’s residence\n\nTuesday 2 October 2012 — New Delhi\n\nMeeting with the Pro Helvetia liaison office and artists in residence\nVisit to Humayun’s Tomb with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture\nVisit to the Sanskriti Foundation\n\nWednesday 3 October 2012 — New Delhi\n\nMeeting with Vayalar Ravi\, Minister of Science and Technology\, and signing of a joint declaration\nOpening of the joint committee of the Indo-Swiss research programme\nVisit to the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi\nVisit to the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology\nMeeting with the Swiss media\nWorking dinner with Indian figures\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 01.10.2012\nFederal Council\, press release of 03.10.2012\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.09.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-india/
LOCATION:New Delhi
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120928
DTSTAMP:20261020T172905Z
CREATED:20261016T004220Z
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SUMMARY:25 years of the Erasmus programme
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset celebrates 25 years of the European Erasmus programme\, in which Switzerland is then a partner. He places it under the motto of Erasmus: “Die ganze Welt ist ein gemeinsames Vaterland”. \nHe makes the scholar a kind of “Weltenbürger” before the term existed\, one who thought beyond his own garden. Since 1987\, around three million young Europeans have studied abroad thanks to the programme. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n25 ans Erasmus (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 27.09.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/25-years-of-the-erasmus-programme/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120921
DTSTAMP:20261020T172904Z
CREATED:20261016T004216Z
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SUMMARY:10 years of Swissmedic
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset congratulates Swissmedic on its tenth anniversary. He recalls that the control of medicines is much older: in 1900\, Switzerland was one of the first countries to regulate it. \nHe answers those who would like Swissmedic simply to adopt foreign decisions: those voices fall silent as soon as a scandal breaks. Mediator had disappeared from the Swiss market as early as 1998\, on evidence of serious side effects. The Swiss authority must also be able to authorise innovative medicines on its own\, sometimes as the first in the world. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n10 ans Swissmedic (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 20.09.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/10-years-of-swissmedic/
LOCATION:Interlaken
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120919
DTSTAMP:20261020T172904Z
CREATED:20261016T004212Z
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SUMMARY:Association of Former Members of the Federal Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset addresses former federal parliamentarians\, as a former member of the Council of States and as a member of the government. He describes how quickly he left Parliament: the announcement of the result on 14 December shortly before noon\, the swearing-in\, then sixteen days before taking office. \nHe speaks of his joy at having taken over the FDHA\, “ein äusserst vielfältiges Departement”\, and talks about it with humour. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAssociation des anciens membres de l’Assemblée fédérale (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/association-of-former-members-of-the-federal-assembly/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120915
DTSTAMP:20261020T172903Z
CREATED:20261016T004209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172903Z
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SUMMARY:Memorandum with China on higher education
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, Alain Berset and the Chinese Vice-Minister of Education\, Du Zhanyuan\, sign a memorandum on cooperation in higher education. \nThe text raises to 25 a year the maximum number of exchange scholarships for young researchers\, provides for the waiving of tuition fees for up to 30 advanced students\, and involves the Chinese ministry in the Sino-Swiss science cooperation programme launched in 2008. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.09.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/memorandum-with-china-on-higher-education/
LOCATION:Berne
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