Alumni

SSPG alumni profit from a unique network of people from the public sector, para-state institutions and NGOs. To provide their alumni with the possibility of a continuous exchange among each other, the SSPG organises different alumni events. In addition, the SSPG also acts as direct mediator in case of specific contact requests of former participants.

Past SSPG Alumni Events

Thomas Gürber

31 August

Switzerland at the UN Security Council: Challenges and Opportunities

Presentation by Ambassador Thomas Gürber, Head of the UN Division at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

30 August 2022

Development cooperation and humanitarian aid in the context of the war in Ukraine

Presentation by Ambassador Patricia Danzi, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

Greminger

1 September 2021

How to Promote Dialogue in a Polarized Political Climate

Presentation by Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and former Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Breiding

25 January 2021

Big Lessons from Small Nations

Guest lecture by Mr. R. James Breiding, author of «Swiss Made – the Untold Story of Switzerland's Success» and «Too Small to Fail - How some Small Nations are Reshaping the World»

Mme Rola Noureddine

10 September 2019

The Lebanese Model of Consociational Democracy and its Foreign Policy Implications

Guest lecture by S.E. Mme Rola Nourredine, Ambassador of Lebanon to Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Bruno Lezzi

29 March 2019

The Mordern War

Presentation by Dr. Bruno Lezzi, Swiss military historian, former NZZ journalist on security and military policy and lecturer at University of Zurich

Michael_Matthiessen

11 September 2018

The Role of the EU as a Global Actor

Presentation by Michael Matthiessen, former EU Ambassador to Switzerland

Tiana_Moser

23 March 2018

Open Switzerland quo vadis?

Presentation by Tiana Angelina Moser, Member of the Swiss Parliament, Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (GLP)

Gnesa

23 November 2017

Approaches from Switzerland, the EU and the UN on migration

Presentation by Ambassador (ret.) Eduard Gnesa

Katja-Gentinetta

14 September 2017

The power of the State: More necessary than ever

Presentation by Dr. Katja Gentinetta, political philosopher and advisor

Ambassador_Urs_Bucher

12 April 2017

On Swiss - EU Relations

Presentation by Ambassador Urs Bucher, former Swiss Ambassador to the European Union

Ambassador Martin Dahinden

7 April 2016

Public Diplomacy in Washington

Presentation by Ambassador Martin Dahinden (ret.), former Swiss Ambassador to the US.

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