Please join us for the second get together of the Geneva Rotary Clubs. PS: it is an afterwork (or apéro) not a dinner
We will meet in Restaurant "Colladon Parc" 5 min walk from our InterContinental Hotel (Bus. no. 3 Colladon). Great garden, great menu!
Invitation: Fun Initiation to Golf followed by a BBQ You are invited to a fun initiation to Golf at the Golf Club Saint-Génis (right after the CERN). We will discover the golf, receive clubs and balls and have some fun trying to hit the ball. Our efforts will be compensated by a lovely BB...
Please join us at the pool of the Intercontinental Hotel to support our Peace project in the Balkans. The Balkan Harmony Peace project, from Inner to Outer Peace, Educational programm, aims to contribute to a harmonious change and sustainable peacebuilding activities in the Balkan region....
No meeting to respect "Jeûne Genevois" but feel free to go to Annecy and join our Rotary friends there. All details: http://jourdessuisses.com
Partage was created in 2005 by 5 founder members: L’Armée du Salut, Le C.A.R.E., Caritas Genève, Les Colis du Cœur and Emmaüs. Partage collects and sorts unsold stock from Geneva’s food stores and companies in order to distribute them free of charge to associations and social services, which as...
Note: The starting time and the end time indicated above are temporary. Upon registration, you will receive the exact starting time and the schedule of the day. Dear Golfers, you are kindly invited to celebrate de ILO Centenary participating at the “ILO Centenary Cup” at the Evian Resort Golf ...
Are you emotionally competent in society? Last June, Stephanie has been trained by one of the two key PD Dr. from the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences of the University of Geneva. She’s now certified to use their instrument: GeCo (Geneva Emotional Competence Test) to assess EQ in the context...
This evening we will learn more about Rotary global grants and our club's projects. By working together to respond to real community needs, Rotary strengthens its local and global impact. Mr Hansjörg Eberle will explain how Rotary global grants are currently supporting large international activ...
Our Club Member, Greg S. Garrett, will present on the Global Food System: its influence on human and planetary health.
This evening, our friend from EPFL, Matthieu Gani, who was instrumental in implementing the premature baby incubator, will give us a briefing on improved protective suit for healthcare workers involved in the fight against infectious diseases in developing countries, in particular Ebola. This suit ...
Tonight come and learn what FSD is doing to strive to clear explosive remnants of war that threaten the civilian population in many countries. Following this, we will learn about awareness campaigns that are helping to mitigate plastic pollution and solutions which are replacing single use plas...
Our friend and founding Vice-President of our Club, Vincent, will talk about the economy of Geneva, a unique global villege in Switzerland. Please do not miss this opportunity!
Within the last few years Dianova International has been focusing its advocacy efforts on a set of issues that has been widely unrecognized and underfunded: girls and women’s barriers to access addiction detox programmes, the lack of gender-sensitive treatment methods and facil...
With the kind introduction from our friend Coll, we will welcome the speakers from two oraganiztionas "Paint a Smile" and "Sharing Solutions".
If you are in Geneva over the holidays and would like to join fellow Rotarians for an informal get together, please join us at the Intercontinental Geneva
This evening we will learn about WBCSD's work in food and nature from Diane Holdorf. WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. We help make our member companies more successful and sustainable...
Professor Dr. Petteri Taalas shared the latest information on climate change, that we all should know as global citizen, and it was followed by active Q & As with our club members. Please find facts and figures available in the slides of Prof. Taalas.
The address of Association point d’eau is: Cabinet dentaire du Point d’eau 21 Rue de Vermont 1 er étage 1202 Genève
Rotary in action at home: food drives Lea Pfrogner will present Partage with the Rotary District Grant 2019 Award. The Partage Association takes unused stock from Geneva’s food stores and companies and freely distributes it to associations and social services.
Global obesity rates almost tripled since 1975. Yet, when it comes to addressing the issue most of the efforts focus mainly on weight loss and dieting. Their messages demonize weight and are often highly damaging to people. The overweight are stigmatized and target to diminishment by their s...
Presentation on Swiss Finance
This night we will explore around the topic "What does it mean to be a Rotarian?" Moderated by our past President, Christine Chappuis, we will have interactive sessions, and learn more about "The vision and objectives of Rotary International","The role of the membership committe", etc. Get ...
Stuart Orr is the Leader of WWF’s Freshwater Practice based in Switzerland. His team is over 450 freshwater professionals working in over 65 countries. He has spent the past decade devising and testing innovative approaches to freshwater conservation by engaging business and finance, and fo...
Our Club member Gavin Taylor is organizing a ski outings on Saturday, February 29th, at Les Contamines, and on Saturday, March 21st, at Flaine. On Saturday, February 29th, we will meet at 10 a.m. directly at the top station ‘Signal’ 1900m of Les Contamines and start skiing together, then split...
Presentation 1: Cyber security is a key issue affecting the confidence of Internet users and the sustainability of businesses. It is also a national issue with regards to economic development and resilience. As a concern, cyber risks are not only in the hands of IT security managers, but of eve...
John Fairhurst (Head, Private Sector Engagement at The Global Fund) will present on new public private partnerships -- including between Rotary and the Global Fund -- to step up the fight against malaria. The Global Fund is a partnership designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and...
Our Club member Gavin Taylor is organizing a ski outings on Saturday, March 21st, at Flaine. We will meet at 10 a.m. directly at the top cable station ‘Les Grandes Platières’ 2480m of Flaine and start skiing together, then split up into smaller groups based on what kind of runs we prefer. ...
This is on-line joint meeting. If anyone outside our club wishes to participate in this meeting, please provide your valid email address in the "Commentary" box. We will send you the invitation link.
Dr. Okayasu was responsible for Mekong Malaria Elimination (MME) Programme from 2017-2019. He provided his experience and overview of malaria elimination in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
This is on-line meeting. Our rotarian friend, Dr. Himansu Basu from London, will present his prominent project on Mother and Child Health. The CALMED stands for "Collaborative Action in Lowering of Maternity Encountered Deaths, and this long standing programme will be featured in the Rotary Da...
This is on-line meeting. Our friends, Vincent and Gilbert, will talk about how Geneva business communities are coping with the current pandemic. Vincent talks about how the Geneva Chamber of Commerce help mitigate the negative economic consequences during the pandemic. Gilbert shares his expe...
This is on-line meeting. This speacial evening, Mr. Christian Lindmeier, WHO Spokesperson for COVID-19, will give us a briefing on the latest information and the efforts of WHO during current OVID-19 pandemic. Please do not miss this opportunity!. If anyone outside our club wishes to parti...
This is on-line meeting. Our friends and the past President, Christine , will talk about what are the challenged that University of Geneva have been facing in the current pandemic, and how lecturs are provided in innovative ways! Through discussions and Q and As, you will discover more about h...
This is on-line meeting. Our friends, Walter Gyger and Dirk Lustig from RC Multinational Kiev, will take us to the Peace project meeting. If anyone outside our club wishes to participate in this meeting, please provide your valid email address in the "Commentary" box. We will send you the i...
Our friend & founding member, Sibylle, will share her views on the leadership in the times of crisis. This is going to be the last on-line meeting before we meet our home: Hotel InterContinental. Please join us!
Prof. Baumann-Pauly will talk about Business Sustainability with Human Rights post COVID-19. Prof. Dorothée Baumann-Pauly is the Director of the new Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights, launched in 2019 by the (UniGE). Since 2013, she is also the Research Director at the NYU Stern Cente...
Michael McKay is a communications consultant well-known across the Anglophone, international community in the Geneva region. He is also recognised as the charismatic, former Chairman of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce Geneva. His international, management consulting experience goes back many...
