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Embassy of Switzerland in Canberra / Consulate General in Sydney

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6162 8400

Address: 7 Melbourne Ave 2603 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: www.eda.admin.ch/canberra

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25.01.2022 A flashback to the #swissprize 2020 Award Ceremony of 5/11/2020 at the Residence of the Ambassador of Switzerland, where students with the best essays in Italian, French, and German receive their prizes and enjoy an evening full of Swiss culture, food and music. The flagship event of our partnership with the The Australian National University was organized in collaboration with the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics.

22.01.2022 On 13 and 14 November, more than 50 teams from all over the world will compete against each other in the #CYBATHLON2020 Global Edition. Watch the video and click on the following link to learn more and cheer on your favorite team: https://cybathlon.ethz.ch/en CYBATHLON ETH Zürich #disability #innovation #socialinclusion

15.01.2022 On 5/11/2020, the Embassy of Switzerland hosted the 22nd Swiss Prize Ceremony, a yearly essay competition organised in collaboration with the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. The #swissprize promotes multilingualism and multiculturalism in French, Italian, and German. This year, students engaged with the topic "21st Century Switzerland: Challenges and Transformation" and explored aspects of climate change, gender equality, migration, the black-lives-matter-movement, and the pandemic. For the first time in 22 years the ceremony was accessible to people attending online. See below the address of the Ambassador of Switzerland, Mr Pedro Zwahlen. #multilingualism #multiculturalism #language

14.01.2022 Top foodie experiences! The canton of Vaud is full of wonders, here we propose six delicious reasons to visit Lake Geneva region, when the situation allows it again. https://www.helloswitzerland.ch//top-foodie-experiences-in

13.01.2022 Getting up off the sofa, climbing stairs, slicing bread or changing a light bulb: everyday tasks like these can be a real obstacle for people with disabilities. Assistive technologies are there to help with such day-to-day challenges. At #Cybathlon, a rather unique competition, people with physical disabilities compete to complete everyday tasks using state-of-the-art technical assistance systems. Follow the link to find out more. https://houseofswitzerland.org//socie/technology-moves-you CYBATHLON ETH Zürich #Cybathlon2020 #disability #innovation

13.01.2022 Excited about Christmas? Open today the first door of our digital advent calendar and get ready for Christmas! https://calendar.myadvent.net/ #Christmas #adventcalendar

12.01.2022 Today and tomorrow (13th and 14th November) people with physical disabilities will compete in over 50 teams in 20 countries at #Cybathlon2020 using state-of-the-art assistive devices. The competition initiated by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zürich) aims to raise awareness, foster social inclusion of people with disabilities, and promotes progress in assistive technologies. Find out more at https://cybathlon.ethz.ch/en. #innovation #socialinclusion #disability CYBATHLON

11.01.2022 Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first General Assembly of the League of Nations (15 November 1920)! This first Assembly paved the way for extensive international cooperation on global challenges for a more peaceful and secure future. Click on the video below to find out more! #LeagueOfNations #UN https://vimeo.com/476199523/986524dc3e

11.01.2022 A very special drone! Engineers at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) have developed a drone with a feathered wing and tail that give it unprecedented flight agility. #EPFL #innovationtechnology #drone https://actu.epfl.ch//raptor-inspired-drone-with-morphing/

09.01.2022 Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we communicate, how we are being creative and how we experience and understand our world. Kulturtechniken 4.0: Creating in the Age of AI, a project from Goethe-Institut Australien, invites artists, thinkers and creative minds to participate in one of the most important discussions of our time. Website: https://www.goethe.de/creativeAI With the support of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Sydney, a guest essay by renowne...d Swiss Curator Hans Ulrich Obrist titled Making the invisible visible: Art meets AI is available here: https://www.goethe.de/prj/k40/en/kun/ooo.html Hans Ulrich Obrist is Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. Prior to this, he was the Curator of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Since his first show World Soup (The Kitchen Show) in 1991, he has curated more than 300 shows. Photo credit: 1) Hito Steyerl's "Power Plants" exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries in 2019 Serpentine Galleries; 2) Ian Cheng's "BOB (Bag of Beliefs)", artificial lifeform Ian Cheng, Gladstone Gallery, Pilar Corrias Gallery; 3) Hans Ulrich Obrist Andreas Schmidt

09.01.2022 Switzerland is contributing USD100,000 to build capacity on climate change and disaster related migration, displacement and planned relocation for resilient development in the Pacific. Project partners, including the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme - SPREP and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat, are working under the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific, endorsed by the Leaders of PIF in 2016. Switzerland’s Special Envoy for th...e Pacific Region Ambassador Yasmine Chatila Zwahlen said The Pacific Islands Region is not only very exposed to Climate Change with its adverse effects on all aspects of Human Security, but it also harbours knowledge, tradition, solutions and best practices which the Blue Continent can share with the international community. I am proud that #Switzerland can support the leadership in the Pacific Islands Region in this area of growing importance for the world. More info: https://www.sprep.org//switzerland-and-the-pacific-islands Photo: Tuvalu, FDFA

08.01.2022 Koala offspring at the Australian section of Zoo Zürich! For the first time, Zoo Zürich welcomes a koala joey into the zoo family. After several months well hidden in the pouch of his mother Pippa, the joey now continuesely expands his radius of activity holding on tight to the thick, woolly fur of his mother. The first #koalas arrived in Zurich in March 2018 on the initiative of then Zoo director Alex Rübel, and the Ambassador of Switzerland to Australia, Pedro Zwahlen: https://www.facebook.com//a.2102956149924/2113607628859632. Photos: Zoo Zurich More information at https://www.zoo.ch//zoon/erstmals-nachwuchs-bei-den-koalas

01.01.2022 Over 3.000 books on a wide range of topics were delivered to Bui-lebi Prison in the Southern Highlands in Papua New Guinea on 13th November 2020. The books were received with great delight by the prison commander, officers, and the inmates, who were eager to fill up the bookshelves they had constructed. Ambassador Yasmine Chatila Zwahlen, who initiated the project during her visit to Bui-Iebi Prison a year ago, expresses the project partners’ aim: I hope that the library will enrich the users’ lives, facilitate education and enhance literacy among inmates, contributing to improved reintegration. The project was implemented in collaboration with the Swiss Embassy’s long-standing partner Buk bilong Pikinini. Photos: Richard TOYOU #developmentaid #education #literacy

01.01.2022 On the occasion of CYBATHLON, let’s also highlight Switzerland’s commitment to achieve equality for people with disabilities. It has set out 3 priorities: independent living, equality at work & e-accessibility. Switzerland made great strides and concrete progress thanks to the Disability Discrimination Act and the ratification of the UN's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: https://www.edi.admin.ch/edi/fr/home/fachstellen/bfeh.html In picture: A wheelchair user is standing on the street in front of a shopping store in a Swiss city. The sidewalk is flattened and, therefore, he has unobstructed access to the shop. #equality #disability #disabilityrights