{"id":8569,"date":"2016-02-01T15:05:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.organisator.ch\/?p=89"},"modified":"2016-02-01T15:05:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:05:34","slug":"der-schweiz-und-europa-ins-gewissen-geredet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organisator.ch\/en\/allgemein\/2016-02-01\/der-schweiz-und-europa-ins-gewissen-geredet\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland and Europe in the conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spoke about the various world problems: Gregor Gysi, formative figure of the German party Die Linke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The two-day knowledge event, which took place on January 12 and 13 in Interlaken, offered a wide range of political opinions and many useful inputs for entrepreneurs, CEOs and innovative entrepreneurs. This year, organizer Oliver Stoldt once again succeeded in attracting renowned personalities to the Bernese Oberland, who were able to make the audience think with thoroughly provocative statements.<\/p>\n

No democratic deficit in Europe<\/strong>
\nThus, the Greek ex-finance minister Yanis Varoufakis stated that there are no democratic deficits in the Eurozone, but a deep disregard for the democratic process. In a historical review of the creation of the Eurozone, Varoufakis tried to show that the developed system is not up to a crisis situation. He called for a pan-European political effort to find common answers to common challenges. The dream of prosperity can only be achieved with more transparency and democracy, he said. Former Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey also sees the world increasingly confronted with international challenges, risks and problems. Europe has reacted to these conditions with integration, whereas Switzerland is already a transnational democracy that can master such challenges despite different cultures, Calmy-Rey explained in a comparison of the EU and Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Criticism of development aid<\/strong>
\nIn order to be able to use intellectual capital economically as collective knowledge, one must know that one has it. The African child activist Dr. Auma Obama thus criticized conventional development aid at the Alpine Symposium in Interlaken on Tuesday, which primarily promotes a victim mentality. \"Development aid\" should not be explained by a question of conscience, warned the sister of the American president, who with her organization Sauti Kuu wants to build social, communicative and professional skills among children in Kenya in order to develop personal responsibility and awareness of their own potential. Obama wants to make better use of local resources in order to be less dependent on the know-how of Western development aid.<\/p>\n

Fantastic or terrible Europe...<\/strong>
\nThe two German opponents Wolfgang Bosbach (CDU) and the former opposition leader Gregor Gysi also inspired the audience with their rhetorical plain speaking. While Wolfgang Bosbach noted that the European idea is increasingly moving in the direction of national and regional political considerations, Gregor Gysi wished for more democracy in the economy: \"We only have democracy in politics, but not in the economy.\" Gysi concluded his presentation on the most serious world problems with much irony and two sketches of a Europe: \"In a fantastic Europe, planning and organization come from Germany, the police from Great Britain, cuisine from Italy, love from France and technology from Switzerland. In a terrible Europe, on the other hand, the planning and organization come from Italy, the police from Germany, the cuisine from Great Britain, the technology from France, and the love from Switzerland.\"<\/p>\n

The path to becoming a \"digital leader<\/strong>
\nIn addition to a lot of politics, however, it was also about entrepreneurial challenges. The focus was on digital transformation. The German Mr. Creativity and backward speaker Bernhard Wolff promoted intelligent entertainment, Manuel P. Nappo (Digital Transformation) and the brand specialist Dietmar Dahmen (The Digital Wolf) took the audience into the digital world. Nappo gave the audience the following tips on how they as entrepreneurs can become a \"digital leader\" themselves:<\/p>\n