The Association
Mission
Activities: studies , colloquia , Advisory Council conferences
Executive Committee
Contact
The Association Everything is subjected to the changes of time. Man’s drive for freedom, however, remains constant, and freedom not least implies thinking freely.
Tito Tettamanti
Constant change and increasing complexity demand an active and committed civil society. The Civil Society Association seeks to create and strengthen this consciousness so that society can act as a dialectical corrective of political and economic structures.
Mission Founded in 1996, the Civil Society Association brings together personalities from the economy, science, politics and culture to cultivate a dialogue. The Association’s goal is not only to foster a culture of civil debate, but also to propagate it as a basis for the peaceful resolution of social challenges: listening to what others are saying, being open for debates and having the courage to unconventional ideas – this is the paradigm embodied by the Association.
Activities The Civil Society Association holds every year alternatively a colloquium and a Advisory Council conference. The thematic focus of the events organized by the Association rests on current challenges that civil society sees itself faced with: values , democracy und Switzerland's future .
The most important insights and conclusions from the events are published.
Moreover the Association mandates studies and and expert reports on political, social and economic issues.
Studies:
- Mut zum Aufbruch? Damals und heute. Das Weissbuch von 1995 und die schweizerische Reformdebatte, Prof. Dr. Ernst Baltensperger, August 2004
- Die internationale Verkehrsanbindung der Schweiz in Gefahr?, BAK Basel, Mai 2004
- Die Schweiz aus volkswirtschaftlicher Sicht, BAK Basel, September 1998
Colloquia:
- „ Jugend. Herausforderungen für die junge Generation in der Welt von morgen.“ (November 2007)
- „Sind unsere westlichen Werte in Gefahr?“ (Oktober 2005)
- „Demokratie – Staatsform der Zukunft?“ (November 2003)
- „Risikogesellschaft – auf der Suche nach Sicherheit“ (November 2001)
- „Die Schweiz – eine Utopie?“ (Oktober 1999)
- „Die Arbeitslosigkeit von heute und die Arbeit von morgen“ (November 1997)
Advisory Council conferences:
- „Politik als Sache aller oder Expertokratie? – Sollen uns nur Fachleute regieren?“, Oktober 2006
- „Wer zahlt für die soziale Gerechtigkeit?“, November 2004
- „Ehrlich währt am längsten? Lüge, List und Wahrheit als Überlebensstrategie“, Referat von Dr. Peter Studer, April 2002
Executive Committee
Tito Tettamanti, attorney-at-law
entrepreneur and financier (president)
Jörg N. Rappold, attorney-at-law
former Member of the Cantonal Parliament and of the Constitutional Council (vice-president)
Jacqueline Burckhardt, Art historian
President of the Federal Art Commission, 1995-2006
Iso Camartin, writer and essayist
Director of the Culture Department, SF DRS, 2000-2003
Daniel Heller, historian
Partner Farner Consulting AG, Member of the Cantonal Parliament of Aargau
Anne Keller Dubach, Head Corporate Citizenship, Swiss Re
Urs B. Rinderknecht, Director general, UBS AG
ContactShould you have any questions on the Civil Society Association please contact us by means of the following form. Many thanks for your interest.
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