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GENEVA, Nov 12 (KUNA) -- The annual meeting of the Swiss science consulates
(swissnex) addressed the issue of scientific collaboration and exchange of
expertize between Switzerland and other international scientific institutions.
"Switzerland has to compete globally for the best minds. It needs to
promote it-self abroad as an attractive location for education, research and
innovation," said the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER)
in the occasion of its annual meeting in the Swiss capital Bern.
About half of the lecturers at Swiss universities are foreign nationals.
This makes Switzerland one of the world's leading centres for international
education.
The Swiss Federal Council is keen to continue its policy of promoting
international exchange and importing talent in accordance with its
international strategy for education, research and innovation. Science
diplomacy supports these efforts in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South
Africa in particular.
The Federal Councillor and Minister of Education and Research Alain Berset
recognized that Swiss universities have an interest in the global exchange of
young talent and top researchers. The swissnex science consulates play an
important role in this. These centres are important in presenting Switzerland
as a location for expertise and know-how. They also enable leading minds to
network. Furthermore, they give highly skilled Swiss in and around Boston, San
Francisco, Singapore, Shanghai and Bangalore the opportunity to remain in
touch with their home country.
At this year's swissnex Day, Federal Research Minister Alain Berset will be
speaking on the topic of brain circulation. Other speakers include State
Secretary Mauro Dell'Ambrogio, Prof.
Martin Tauber, Vice Chancellor of the University of Bern, Dr. Rudolf Minsch
of economiesuissse, Professor. Michael Pepper of the University of Pretoria
and University of Geneva, Prof. Martin Vetterli, of EPF Lausanne, Prof. Stefan
Wolter of the Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education and Pascal
Marmier, director of swissnex China in Shanghai.
SwissnexDay'12 provides a platform for sharing views and experiences on the
challenges of talent circulation. Swissnex is a network of hubs in the world's
most innovative regions. In cooperation with the Swiss Embassy Offices of
Science and Technology, Switzerland, swissnex is active in drawing attention
to Switzerland as a leading location for education, research, art and
innovation. (end)
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