Congress & AGM 2025

AGM, Congress, Swiss in the UK, 12.05.2025

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend the Official Congress of the Swiss in the United Kingdom and the 60th Anniversary of FOSSUK, taking place in London from Friday, 6 June to Sunday, 8 June 2025.

This important Annual General Meeting session will include a strategic presentation on the organisation’s future direction and the official election of the new Delegates to the Council of the Swiss Abroad, who will also serve on the future FOSSUK Committee.

Confirmed speakers include Mrs Yvonne Rohner and Mr Michele Malizia from the FDFA, Mr Filippo Lombardi, President of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, and Mr Lukas Weber, Director of the Organisation.

The programme also features an inspirational talk by Swiss Paralympic gold medallist Leo McCrea and will conclude with an aperitif kindly offered by HE Ambassador Markus Leitnerand Madame Doris Leitner, with a musical performance by Swiss artist Nat Cartier.

UK Candidate Profiles

Elections, UK Delegates, OSA, 03.04.2025

For the first time in the UK, all 5 candidates will be voted for directly by the public.

The candidate profiles are now published and in Issue 2 of the Regional Edition of the Swiss Review in 2025. 

Voting will open on the 12th of April and will be closed at midnight 11th of May 2025. 

Eligible voters will be sent an email with instructions on how to vote online by the FDFA (Federal Department of Foreign Affairs) when the voting polls open on Friday, 11^th April 2025.

The elected candidates are ratified at the FOSSUK Congress on 7 June 2025 which will take at the Swiss Embassy London. 

New director of the Organization of the Swiss Abroad

OSA, CSA, 28.03.2025

The board of the Organization of the Swiss Abroad (OSA), SwissCommunity, chaired by former Council of States member Filippo Lombardi, unanimously elected Dr. Lukas Weber as the new Director of the organization's Secretariat.

He succeeds Ariane Rustichelli, who is taking on a new professional challenge after 17 years with the OSA.