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The Swiss Civil Service Association, best known under its abbreviation CIVIVA, is a Swiss organization that advocates for the preservation and expansion of Swiss Civilian Service. [1]

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History

The association was founded in 2010 in Bern by organizations supportive of civilian service and peace policy as a national umbrella organization for civil service. In 2013 other organizations joned CIVIVA: the advisory service zivildienst.ch and the Community of Swiss Civil Servants (German: Gemeinschaft Schweizer Zivildienstleistender, GSZ). CIVIVA is independent of authorities and is financed through membership fees and donations. Its members include individuals as well as civil service deployment organizations and institutions. The association itself is a member of the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection. [2]

CIVIVA maintains a professional office. The association is led by a volunteer board, co-presided by Priska Seiler Graf (National Councilor SP/ZH) and Fabien Fivaz (National Councilor Green/NE) since 2022. [3]

Heiner Studer (former member of the Swiss National Council, EVP from Aargau) held the presidency of the association from its founding in 2010 until 2018. [4] [5]

Focus

The Swiss Civilian Service Association aims to advocate for the concerns of civilian service providers and civilian service deployment organizations in politics and public perception. The association pursues the following goals: [6]

Activities

The following activities are the focus of the associations's work:

The association had announced a referendum for 2020 on the planned revision of the Civil Service Actm which aimed to restrict access to civil service. [8] [9] The referendum became obsolete as the newly elected National Council rejected the legislative revision to the final vote. [10]

Reference list

  1. ↑ "CIVIVA Schweizerischer Zivildienstverband – Zivildienst Schweiz – CIVIVA". www.zivildienst.ch (in German). 14 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Member organizations / European Bureau for Conscientious Objection" . Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ↑ J, Plattform. "Co-Präsidium für den Zivildienstverband – Plattform J". www.plattformj.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Höhere Hürde für den Zivildienst". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). 24 August 2010. ISSN   0376-6829 . Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Galbiati, Sabina (14 November 2017). "Wettingen – "Ausserordentliches Engagement für Zivildienst": Heiner Studer wird ausgezeichnet". Badener Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Politik – CIVIVA". www.zivildienst.ch (in German). 5 December 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ↑ ZIVI, Bundesamt für Zivildienst. "40 Jahre Engagement für den Zivildienst". www.zivi.admin.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Tribelhorn, Marc (17 December 2019). "«Reaktionär, verfassungswidrig, ein Eigengoal der Armee»". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN   0376-6829 . Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "«Der Zivildienst soll gleich lange dauern wie der Militärdienst»". Watson (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Geschäft Ansehen". Federal Assembly . Retrieved 3 July 2024.

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