10: Living the Swiss militia principle: Ensuring resilience through involvement
In cooperation with Avenir Suisse
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Hauptschule
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in englischer SpracheOne way to build resilience to unrealistic, populist policy proposals while including a diversity of views is to involve real citizens in tasks facing the public. Through the ‘militia principle’, citizens can have feasible political solutions for real world problems, including consensus building. This way they become more engaged in realistic policy proposals. This model is prevalent in Switzerland. Can it work in other countries? Could it also support inclusion and resilience in other countries?
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Murat Julian ALDER
Attorney-at-law; Member, Grand Council, Geneva
| Murat Julian Alder (LLM) is attorney-at-law and FDP member of the cantonal Parliament (Grand Council) in Geneva. He is a former assistant at the Constitutional Law Department of the Geneva University’s Law faculty and helped shaping Geneva’s new Constitution as a former Chairman of the editorial commission of the Constitutional Assembly (2008-2012). He also serves as a General Staff milicia officer in the Swiss Army. |
Melanie EBERHARD
Project Manager, engage.ch; Member of Management, Umbrella Association Youth Parliaments DSJ, Basel
| Melanie Eberhard studied media and communications in her bachelor degrees and holds a master in political science. Since 2014 she works for the Federation of Swiss Youth Parliaments as a member of management and as a project leader for "engage.ch". The Federation of Swiss Youth Parliaments (Dachverband Schweizer Jugendparlamente DSJ) is the umbrella organisation of about fifty Youth Parliaments in Switzerland and the source of several projects to support political participation of young people. The biggest projects are "easyvote" and "engage.ch". easyvote provides YouTube videos and brochures in advance of ballots and elections in order to present the contents in an easy and comprehensible way to young adults. "engage.ch" is an online participation website for young people in Switzerland where they can submit their ideas for the local authorities. |
MA Noemie ROTEN
Senior Researcher, Avenir Suisse, Zurich
| Noémie Roten joined Avenir Suisse in February 2017 and works currently as Senior Researcher. After her bachelor in economics at the University of St. Gallen, she completed an internship as economic analyst at the Swiss National Bank and holds a master in Philosophy & Public Policy of the London School of Economics and Political Science. During her Master Studies, she worked as parliamentary researcher at Westminster and external blogger for iconomix. |
Dr. Jakob SCHAAD
Vice Director, Head of Strategic Policy Analysis; Research Director, Effective Infrastructure and Markets, Avenir Suisse, Zurich
| Dr. Jakob Schaad is the Vice Director at Avenir Suisse and as such responsible for the Strategic Policy Analysis. He is also Head of Research "Effective Infrastructure and Markets". Previous positions were, inter alia, deputy CEO of Swiss Banking Association, Economic Policy Advisor to Federal Councilor Doris Leuthard, Member of Management of Swiss National Bank and various positions at the IMF. |
Dr. Verena PARZER-EPP
Director, Communications and Production, Avenir Suisse, Zurich
| At Avenir Suisse, Dr. Verena Parzer-Epp is the Director of Communications and Production. She graduated from the University of Innsbruck with a degree in Economics and Slavic Studies, and gained her first professional experience in the financial industry as well as economic research and funds management. She spent the next couple of years with the business and economics team at Neue Zürcher Zeitung and an ICT start-up before she joined Avenir Suisse. |
