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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120828
DTSTAMP:20261020T172901Z
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SUMMARY:13th Venice Architecture Biennale
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Swiss Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale\, devoted to the architect Miroslav Šik and his exhibition “And Now the Ensemble!!!”. He also visits other pavilions with Pro Helvetia. \nOn the sidelines\, he meets the French Minister of Culture\, Aurélie Filippetti. The two ministers agree to intensify Franco-Swiss cultural cooperation and discuss copyright at a time when works are distributed on the internet. \nMonday 27 August 2012 — Venice\n\nWelcome at the Swiss Pavilion by Pro Helvetia and tour of the exhibition with Miroslav Šik\nVisit to the French Pavilion\nPro Helvetia reception at the Palazzo Trevisan\nOpening of the exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion: speech by Alain Berset\nVisit to the German Pavilion\nMeeting with Aurélie Filippetti\, French Minister of Culture and Communication\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nBiennale d’architecture Venise\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 28.08.2012\nFederal Council\, speech of 27.08.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/13th-venice-architecture-biennale/
LOCATION:Venise
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120820
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120821
DTSTAMP:20261020T172901Z
CREATED:20261016T004140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172901Z
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SUMMARY:Vote on music education for young people: campaign launch
DESCRIPTION:With Isabelle Chassot\, President of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education\, Alain Berset launches the campaign for the federal decree on the promotion of music education for young people. The text\, a counter-proposal to the “youth + music” initiative\, which has been withdrawn\, anchors music in the Constitution. \nIt provides for national objectives for music teaching in schools and easier access to music-making outside school. On 23 September\, the people accept it by nearly 73%. The same day\, the initiative “Protection against passive smoking”\, which the Federal Council opposed\, is rejected by around two to one. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.08.2012\nSwiss Parliament\, popular vote of 23.09.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-on-music-education-for-young-people-campaign-launch/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120807
DTSTAMP:20261020T172901Z
CREATED:20261016T004138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172901Z
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SUMMARY:65th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of 1 August\, Alain Berset opens the 65th Locarno Film Festival in the cloister of the Scuola Magistrale\, in French and Italian. He quotes Hermann Hesse on Ticino and makes Locarno\, in August\, “la vera capitale culturale della Svizzera”. \nOn 3 August\, at a press conference with Jean-Frédéric Jauslin\, Director of the Federal Office of Culture\, and Ivo Kummer\, Head of the Film Section\, he sets out his line: the state provides the framework conditions\, without quotas; cultural policy must “aim for quality and artistic originality\, and reward success”. He argues for Switzerland’s participation in the European MEDIA programmes and announces new Swiss Dance Awards from 2013. In the evening\, at the Leopard Club\, he talks about financing culture\, between the state\, sponsors and crowdfunding. \nWednesday 1 August 2012 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with the festival management\nOpening speech of the festival\nNational Day speech on the Piazza Sant’Antonio\nOpening film on the Piazza Grande\n\nThursday 2 August 2012 — Locarno\n\nMeetings with the media\n\nFriday 3 August 2012 — Locarno\, Ascona\n\nPress conference on cultural and film policy\nLunch hosted by the festival at Monte Verità\nFederal Office of Culture aperitif\nAddress at the Leopard Club\n\nSaturday 4 August 2012 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with members of Parliament\, at the invitation of the Federal Office of Culture\n\nMonday 6 August 2012 — Locarno\n\nVisit to the session of the Federal Film Commission\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 65e Festival du film de Locarno (French-language page)\nLocarno : conférence de presse sur la politique culturelle et du cinéma (French-language page)\nLeopard Club : encouragement public et sponsoring de la culture (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 03.08.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/65th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120802
DTSTAMP:20261020T172900Z
CREATED:20261016T004132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172900Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in the three language regions
DESCRIPTION:For his first 1 August as a Federal Councillor\, Alain Berset speaks in the three main language regions: on the evening of 31 July in Middes\, in his own canton\, at midday on 1 August in Altdorf\, and in the evening in Locarno. The same speech\, in three languages: “Un pays à la fois solide et solidaire”\, “Stark und solidarisch mit den weniger Starken”\, “Forti e solidali con i meno forti”. \nHe opens with “a patriotism without pathos” and with the first 1 August speech\, given by Emil Welti in 1891. Since the end of the Cold War\, Switzerland can no longer define itself by what it is not. It must face up to Europe in crisis: “Das Schicksal Europas ist auch unser Schicksal.” \nTuesday 31 July 2012 — Middes\n\nNational Day speech\n\nWednesday 1 August 2012 — Altdorf\, Locarno\n\nWelcome by the mayor of Altdorf and midday speech\nEvening speech on the Piazza Sant’Antonio in Locarno\, after the opening of the Film Festival\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nUn pays à la fois solide et solidaire (French-language page)\nStark und solidarisch mit den weniger Starken (in German\, French-language page)\nForti e solidali con i meno forti (in Italian\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 31.07.2012\nFederal Council\, speech of 01.08.2012 (Altdorf)\nFederal Council\, speech of 01.08.2012 (Locarno)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-the-three-language-regions/
LOCATION:Middes\, Altdorf\, Locarno
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120630
DTSTAMP:20261020T172900Z
CREATED:20261016T004127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172900Z
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SUMMARY:Visit of Margaret Chan\, Director-General of the WHO
DESCRIPTION:A month after her re-election\, Margaret Chan is received in Berne by Alain Berset for a working lunch. She also sees State Secretary Yves Rossier and visits the SDC. \nOn the agenda: the follow-up to the World Health Assembly\, non-communicable diseases\, research into medicines for diseases of developing countries\, and WHO reform. Switzerland then sits on the organisation’s Executive Board and draws on its foreign health policy\, adopted in March. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.06.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-of-margaret-chan-director-general-of-the-who/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120623
DTSTAMP:20261020T172900Z
CREATED:20261016T004124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172900Z
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SUMMARY:Employers’ Day
DESCRIPTION:Before the Swiss Employers’ Association\, Alain Berset opens with the end of the honeymoon: six months after taking office\, “der Moment\, in dem die Medien nervös zu werden beginnen”. He describes a “heimlicher Konsens”: political stability is Switzerland’s real asset. \nThen he defends the welfare state head-on before the employers. “Der Sozialstaat hat sich keinesfalls überlebt. Dem Sozialstaat gehört das 21. Jahrhundert.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDie Schweiz – viel mehr als ein Standort (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 22.06.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/employers-day/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120622
DTSTAMP:20261020T172859Z
CREATED:20261016T004120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172859Z
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SUMMARY:Zermatt Summit: political life and the common good
DESCRIPTION:At the Zermatt Summit\, devoted to the common good\, Alain Berset delivers a text of political philosophy that opens in Greek: “O bios politikos”. He starts from Arendt: action and speech are the only two truly political activities. \nHis thesis: politics must not give in to technical or economic fatalism. “Politics trumps the expertocracy because it sees in the real world something other than a historical\, theological\, political or economic need.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nZermatt Summit : la vie politique et le bien commun (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nZermatt Summit\, review of the 3rd edition
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/zermatt-summit-political-life-and-the-common-good/
LOCATION:Zermatt
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120622
DTSTAMP:20261020T172859Z
CREATED:20261016T004117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172859Z
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SUMMARY:Fribourgissima
DESCRIPTION:At Fribourgissima\, Alain Berset talks about the balances that make Switzerland: regional\, linguistic\, political. Direct democracy makes it “a country of perpetual bargaining\, of negotiated\, concerted solutions”\, and the search for consensus is part of its identity. \nHe links this stability to innovation\, and recalls the priority the Federal Council gives to education\, research and innovation for the following four years. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFribourgissima (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 21.06.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fribourgissima-2/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120622
DTSTAMP:20261020T172858Z
CREATED:20261016T004113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172858Z
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SUMMARY:Forum Managed Care\, four days after the no
DESCRIPTION:On 17 June\, the managed care revision is rejected by around three voters in four. Four days later\, Alain Berset addresses the Forum Managed Care symposium. “But the reform was clearly rejected by the Swiss people last Sunday.” \nHis reading of the vote: the people did not reject integrated care; they were afraid of seeing their choice limited and feared for solidarity. “Limiting choice” was heard as “restricting”. The way forward lies in projects capable of winning a majority\, such as the master plan on family medicine. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nForum Managed Care : après le non du 17 juin (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSwiss Parliament\, popular vote of 17.06.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/forum-managed-care-four-days-after-the-no/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120620
DTSTAMP:20261020T172858Z
CREATED:20261016T004109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172858Z
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SUMMARY:Launch of the master plan “Family medicine and primary care”
DESCRIPTION:Two days after the no to managed care\, Alain Berset and the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors launch a master plan in support of family medicine. It takes up the main demands of the popular initiative “Yes to family medicine”\, pending in Parliament. \nThree strands: funds for teaching family medicine at universities\, better remuneration of laboratory tests carried out in doctors’ practices\, a revision of the Tarmed tariff in favour of primary care. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.06.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/launch-of-the-master-plan-family-medicine-and-primary-care/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120620
DTSTAMP:20261020T172858Z
CREATED:20261016T004107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172858Z
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SUMMARY:Chamber of Commerce of the two Basels
DESCRIPTION:Before the Handelskammer beider Basel\, Alain Berset talks about trade\, research and art. He recalls that one franc in two is earned through exports\, one in three with the EU\, and that pharmaceuticals account for more than 60 billion francs of exports. \nBefore this audience close to the pharmaceutical industry\, he addresses the price of medicines and the National Bank’s minimum exchange rate. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nHandelskammer beider Basel (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 19.06.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/chamber-of-commerce-of-the-two-basels/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120616
DTSTAMP:20261020T172857Z
CREATED:20261016T004103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172857Z
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SUMMARY:Caritas Prize 2012 to José María Romero
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset presents the Caritas Prize 2012 to José María Romero\, a Guatemalan smallholder and founder of the association “Instancia Tierra Norte”. He speaks to him in Spanish. \nHe traces the life of a sharecropper who has fought several times to keep the land he farms and to feed his family\, and salutes “un esfuerzo extraordinario defendiendo la dignidad humana y la justicia social”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix Caritas 2012 à José María Romero (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/caritas-prize-2012-to-jose-maria-romero/
LOCATION:Lucerne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120614
DTSTAMP:20261020T172857Z
CREATED:20261016T004059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172857Z
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SUMMARY:Foundation stone of the new FOPH building in Liebefeld
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset lays the foundation stone of the Confederation’s new administrative building in Liebefeld\, which is to house 720 workplaces of the Federal Office of Public Health. Cost of the first phase: 98 million francs; entry into service planned for December 2014. \nHe opens with a Russian proverb\, “a wall is not made with a single stone”. In the casket placed in the foundations: the building permit\, the jury report\, the day’s newspapers and a dose of vaccine\, symbol of the FOPH. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPremière pierre du nouveau bâtiment de l’OFSP (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.06.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/foundation-stone-of-the-new-foph-building-in-liebefeld/
LOCATION:Köniz
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120612
DTSTAMP:20261020T172857Z
CREATED:20261016T004055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172857Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Art Awards 2012
DESCRIPTION:During Art Basel\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Art Awards 2012: 20 works by artists\, architects and mediators\, each awarded 25\,000 francs\, selected from 660 submissions. For the first time\, the competition is open with no age limit. \nHe cites former winners John M Armleder\, Roman Signer\, Peter Fischli and David Weiss\, and salutes “a critical Switzerland\, which fears neither being called into question nor a certain touch of irony”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSwiss Art Awards 2012 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 11.06.2012\nFederal Council\, speech of 11.06.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-art-awards-2012-2/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120611
DTSTAMP:20261020T172857Z
CREATED:20261016T004052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172857Z
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SUMMARY:27th French-speaking Yodelling Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the 27th French-speaking Yodelling Festival in Plaffeien\, which also marks the 75th anniversary of the French-speaking Yodellers’ Association. He refrains from greeting the audience with a “Jutz”: his abilities lie in politics\, not in singing. \nHe tells the story of the association’s founding\, “typisch schweizerisch”: a quarrel with the German speakers\, then a French-speaking section within the national federation. Yodelling as a bond across the Sensegraben. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n27e Fête romande des Yodleurs (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 10.06.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/27th-french-speaking-yodelling-festival/
LOCATION:Planfayon
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120601
DTSTAMP:20261020T172856Z
CREATED:20261016T004048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172856Z
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SUMMARY:Argomed: the managed care reform ahead of the vote
DESCRIPTION:Three weeks before the vote\, Alain Berset defends the managed care revision at the information evening of Argomed\, a company that supports doctors’ networks. He says it from the outset: he will vote yes on 17 June\, out of personal conviction as much as by virtue of his office. \nHe explains the bill: freely formed integrated care networks\, contracts with insurers\, shared budgetary responsibility. The networks have existed for twenty years; according to the Forum Managed Care survey he cites\, four out of five already meet the requirements of the law. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nArgomed : la réforme Managed Care (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/argomed-the-managed-care-reform-ahead-of-the-vote/
LOCATION:Lenzburg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120525
DTSTAMP:20261020T172855Z
CREATED:20261016T004044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172855Z
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SUMMARY:“Europe meets Swiss eHealth” conference
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the “Europe meets Swiss eHealth” conference\, held on the sidelines of the IHE Connectathon. He starts with a question to the audience: who has never booked a holiday or paid online? “The digital revolution does not stop at the doors of our health system.” \nHe presents the eHealth Switzerland strategy adopted by the Confederation and the cantons in 2007 and the draft law on the electronic patient record\, which the Federal Council has instructed the FDHA to prepare by the end of the year. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence « Europe meets Swiss eHealth » (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/europe-meets-swiss-ehealth-conference/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120522
DTSTAMP:20261020T172855Z
CREATED:20261016T004040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172855Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 65th World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Switzerland\, the host country\, Alain Berset opens the 65th World Health Assembly. The general debate is on universal coverage: how to guarantee everyone fair and affordable access to essential care. The Assembly is also to reappoint Margaret Chan at the head of the WHO. \nOn the sidelines\, he discusses health reforms in both countries with the Chinese Minister of Health\, Chen Zhu\, and eHealth and hospital financing with the Austrian minister Alois Stöger. He also meets Margaret Chan. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAssemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.05.2012\nFederal Council\, speech of 21.05.2012\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.05.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-65th-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120509
DTSTAMP:20261020T172855Z
CREATED:20261016T004037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172855Z
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SUMMARY:World Red Cross Day: blood donation on the Bundesplatz
DESCRIPTION:For World Red Cross Day\, Alain Berset supports the Swiss Red Cross blood donation drive on the Bundesplatz\, “as minister of health and as a citizen of this country”. \nHe recalls that Switzerland needs around 1\,250 donations a day to meet hospitals’ needs. “Those who give blood know that our society is much more than a mere sum of individuals.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée mondiale de la Croix-Rouge : don du sang (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/world-red-cross-day-blood-donation-on-the-bundesplatz/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120506
DTSTAMP:20261020T172855Z
CREATED:20261016T004033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172855Z
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SUMMARY:Award ceremony of “Swiss Youth in Science”
DESCRIPTION:In Lugano\, Alain Berset presents the prizes of the competition of the foundation “Schweizer Jugend forscht – Swiss Youth in Science”. Some 80 young people from fifteen cantons took part. \nHe praises their art of asking questions\, a lesson for politicians: “die schlimmsten Politiker diejenigen sind\, die schon eine Antwort wissen\, bevor sie überhaupt die Frage begriffen haben”. He announces that the Federal Council intends to support the foundation from 2013 with an annual contribution of 150\,000 francs. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRemise du Prix “La science appelle les jeunes” (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 05.05.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/award-ceremony-of-swiss-youth-in-science/
LOCATION:Lugano
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120503
DTSTAMP:20261020T172854Z
CREATED:20261016T004029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172854Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Schaffhausen Jazz Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Schaffhausen Jazz Festival. Only his position allows him to be there\, he says: as a musician\, he would not have been booked. He mentions his “brief career as a bar pianist in South America”. \nHe draws the parallel between jazz and politics: a craft learned by practice\, the repertoire\, and improvisation\, which demands “a very great open-mindedness” and listening to others. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du festival de jazz de Schaffhouse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 02.05.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-schaffhausen-jazz-festival/
LOCATION:Schaffhouse
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120427
DTSTAMP:20261020T172854Z
CREATED:20261016T004025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172854Z
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SUMMARY:Pro Senectute national symposium on successful ageing
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset brings the Federal Council’s greetings to the Pro Senectute symposium on ageing well and solidarity between generations. He recalls the federal decree of 1929 on aid to destitute elderly people and the nearly quarter of a century it took to go from the constitutional article on OASI to the 1948 law. \nHis formula\, in French in a German speech: “Stabilité ne veut pas dire immobilité.” The quality of social insurance is not set in stone: it must be secured for the long term\, and therefore reformed in good time. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nColloque national Pro Senectute sur le vieillissement réussi (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 26.04.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/pro-senectute-national-symposium-on-successful-ageing/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120426
DTSTAMP:20261020T172854Z
CREATED:20261016T004021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172854Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Geneva Book and Press Fair
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Geneva International Book and Press Fair\, with Morocco as guest of honour. He pays tribute to its tradition of oral storytelling and its contemporary authors. \nHe argues for special treatment of the book\, a cultural good and not an interchangeable consumer good. The remarks are topical: fixed book prices have just been rejected at the ballot box on 11 March. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Salon du Livre (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 25.04.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-geneva-book-and-press-fair/
LOCATION:Genève
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120425
DTSTAMP:20261020T172854Z
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SUMMARY:Informal meeting of European health ministers
DESCRIPTION:Invited by the Danish Presidency of the EU\, Alain Berset takes part in the informal council of health ministers in Horsens. Switzerland and the other EFTA countries are invited\, together with the candidate countries. \nThe themes: eHealth for older people and the chronically ill\, so that they remain independent for longer\, personalised medicine and patients’ participation in their own treatment. \nMonday 23 April 2012 — Horsens\n\nVisit to a regional hospital\nWorking lunch of the heads of delegation on medical devices\n“Smart Health – Better Lives” session on innovation in health\n\nTuesday 24 April 2012 — Horsens\n\nSession on the management of chronic diseases and patient autonomy\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.04.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/informal-meeting-of-european-health-ministers/
LOCATION:Horsens
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120421
DTSTAMP:20261020T172853Z
CREATED:20261016T004014Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Visions du Réel
DESCRIPTION:In the evening of the same day\, Alain Berset opens the 18th edition of Visions du Réel in Nyon\, for a few days the “international capital” of documentary film. \nHe pays tribute to a place of formal freedom\, with no imposed formats or running times\, and recalls that documentary is a Swiss speciality\, long a German-speaking one\, now shared: the Swiss Film Award for best documentary has just gone to “Vol spécial” by Fernand Melgar. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de Visions du Réel (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 20.04.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-visions-du-reel/
LOCATION:Nyon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120421
DTSTAMP:20261020T172853Z
CREATED:20261016T004011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172853Z
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SUMMARY:1400th anniversary of Saint Gall
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the celebration of the 1400th anniversary of Gall’s arrival in St. Gallen. He rereads the legend: the fever that held back the Irish monk was probably an inner struggle\, his refusal to follow his abbot Columbanus. \nHe draws from it a lesson on freedom\, quoting the preamble to the Constitution. “Freiheit ist das grösste Gut der Menschen. Und es ist das unbequemste.” Freedom must be won\, including against one’s own convictions of yesterday. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nGallusjubiläum (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 20.04.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/1400th-anniversary-of-saint-gall/
LOCATION:Saint-Gall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120328
DTSTAMP:20261020T172853Z
CREATED:20261016T004007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172853Z
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SUMMARY:100-day press conference
DESCRIPTION:At the Rosengarten\, Alain Berset takes stock of his first hundred days at the head of the FDHA and sets out his priorities. He states his line: people express a need for security\, “and the most important security is first of all social security”. \nHe describes a department tied to everyone’s daily life: social insurance\, health\, education\, culture. He says he has visited the FDHA’s offices and met several hundred staff members\, and warns that he does not intend to wait. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence de presse des 100 jours (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 27.03.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/100-day-press-conference/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120324
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120325
DTSTAMP:20261020T172853Z
CREATED:20261016T004003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172853Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 26th Fribourg International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 26th edition of the FIFF\, the first under artistic director Thierry Jobin. He returns as a regular: his position has changed\, “the pleasure of discovering new films” has remained. \nHe defends the “right to diversity\, artistic and human”: only 3 to 4% of the films shown in Switzerland come from neither the United States nor Western Europe. The festival opens with “Sal” by the Chilean Diego Rougier. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 26e Festival international de films de Fribourg (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nculture360.org (ASEF)\, 2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-26th-fribourg-international-film-festival/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120323
DTSTAMP:20261020T172852Z
CREATED:20261016T003959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172852Z
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SUMMARY:Culture and Economy Forum
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, Alain Berset addresses the cultural delegates of the cantons and cities and the private partners in cultural promotion\, gathered in St. Gallen. He thanks business and patrons\, whose commitment “sets an example”. \nHe proposes a distinction borrowed from science: a “basic culture”\, a field for experimentation that the Confederation must guarantee\, and an “applied culture”\, more oriented towards the public. And he quotes an African proverb: “a man without culture is like a zebra without stripes”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nForum Culture et Économie (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/culture-and-economy-forum/
LOCATION:Saint-Gall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120323
DTSTAMP:20261020T172852Z
CREATED:20261016T003956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172852Z
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SUMMARY:Managed care: launch of the referendum campaign
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the campaign for the revision of the Health Insurance Act on integrated care networks (managed care)\, put to the people on 17 June. He presents it with Carlo Conti\, President of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors\, and its Vice-President\, Philippe Perrenoud. \nThe Federal Council and Parliament recommend a yes. The argument: networks of doctors and carers who follow the patient throughout the treatment improve the quality and safety of care and curb rising costs. It is the first vote the new head of the FDHA defends. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.03.2012
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/managed-care-launch-of-the-referendum-campaign/
LOCATION:Berne
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