{"id":124187,"date":"2021-07-14T14:51:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/un-seminario-per-una-migliore-comprensione-del-federalismo\/"},"modified":"2021-07-14T17:08:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T17:08:51","slug":"a-seminar-for-a-better-understanding-of-federalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/a-seminar-for-a-better-understanding-of-federalism\/","title":{"rendered":"A seminar for a better understanding of federalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>A seminar for a better understanding of federalism<\/h1>\n<h3><em>Continuing education for civil servants, politicians and the media on Switzerland, its foundations and functioning in Schwarzenberg in January 2022&#8230;<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>In cooperation with the ch Foundation and other partners, the Institute of Federalism (IFF) at the University of Fribourg offers continuing education on the Swiss federal state, its foundations and functioning.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar is aimed primarily at employees of public administrations at the federal, cantonal and municipal levels, politicians and media professionals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Dalla Fondazione ch un podcast giornalistico sul federalismo\" href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/from-ch-foundation-a-journalistic-podcast-on-federalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From ch Foundation a journalistic podcast on federalism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103968\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103968\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Il-logotipo-della-Stiftung-ch--300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Il logotipo della Stiftung ch \/ Fondation ch \/ Fondazione ch\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Il-logotipo-della-Stiftung-ch--300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Il-logotipo-della-Stiftung-ch--1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Il-logotipo-della-Stiftung-ch--768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Il-logotipo-della-Stiftung-ch--1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Il-logotipo-della-Stiftung-ch-.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The logo of Stiftung ch \/ Fondation ch \/ Foundation ch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>The IFF of the University of Fribourg remains in the front line<\/h4>\n<p>How are the responsibilities shared between the Confederation, the cantons and the municipalities? Who bears the costs of the state&#8217;s tasks? What are the possibilities for cooperation? The continuing education organized by IFF answers these and many other questions.<\/p>\n<p>Lectures, working groups and collective discussions will clarify the fundamentals of Swiss federalism and explore specific topics in greater depth.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar is an initiative of the ch Foundation. The cantons consider it important that administrative staff, politicians and media professionals have adequate knowledge about federalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Il vincitore del \u201cPremio per il Federalismo 2021\u201d \u00e8 easyvote\" href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/the-winner-of-the-prize-for-federalism-2021-is-easyvote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The winner of the &#8220;Prize for Federalism 2021&#8221; is easyvote<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90422\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90422 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KM05-00205-00-c-greg-2000-df-COMPUTED_THUMBNAIL-1024x683.png\" alt=\"La ripartizione della Svizzera in Regioni e Cantoni\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KM05-00205-00-c-greg-2000-df-COMPUTED_THUMBNAIL-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KM05-00205-00-c-greg-2000-df-COMPUTED_THUMBNAIL-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KM05-00205-00-c-greg-2000-df-COMPUTED_THUMBNAIL-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KM05-00205-00-c-greg-2000-df-COMPUTED_THUMBNAIL-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KM05-00205-00-c-greg-2000-df-COMPUTED_THUMBNAIL.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The division of Switzerland into regions and cantons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>The cantons provide support through the ch Foundation<\/h4>\n<p>However, institutionalized continuing education in this area was still lacking. The ch Foundation therefore invited the IFF to organise a seminar for reflection on Swiss federalism.<\/p>\n<p>The project is also sponsored by the Council of States, the Federal Office of Justice, the Association of Swiss Communes and the Union of Swiss Cities.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 edition of the seminar had been cancelled. In July, however, it was announced that the next event will be held in January 2022 in Schwarzenberg, in the Lucerne Countryside District of the canton of the same name.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"La \u201cDichiarazione di Basilea\u201d per il federalismo del futuro\" href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/the-basel-declaration-for-the-federalism-of-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The &#8220;Basel Declaration&#8221; for the federalism of the future<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124172\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124172 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ll-territorio-del-municipio-di-Schwarzenberg-nel-Canton-Lucerna-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"ll territorio del municipio di Schwarzenberg nel Canton Lucerna\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ll-territorio-del-municipio-di-Schwarzenberg-nel-Canton-Lucerna-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ll-territorio-del-municipio-di-Schwarzenberg-nel-Canton-Lucerna-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ll-territorio-del-municipio-di-Schwarzenberg-nel-Canton-Lucerna-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ll-territorio-del-municipio-di-Schwarzenberg-nel-Canton-Lucerna-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ll-territorio-del-municipio-di-Schwarzenberg-nel-Canton-Lucerna.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The territory of the municipality of Schwarzenberg in Canton Lucerne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing education for public employees, policymakers, and the media on Switzerland, the basics, and how it works in Schwarzenberg in January 2022&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":124169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378,364,302,305,257],"tags":[398,263,472,887],"class_list":["post-124187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canton-fribourg","category-canton-lucerne","category-history","category-politics","category-switzerland","tag-federalism","tag-future","tag-regions","tag-switzerland-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124189,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124187\/revisions\/124189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}