PR Suisse with numerous new projects and initiatives in 2015 and 2016
At the General Meeting of PR Suisse in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, the members approved all the motions of the Central Board without dissenting votes and granted discharge. The entire Board of Directors and the Honorary Council were also re-elected without discussion.
Hugo Schmidt from Lucerne was appointed honorary member due to his great services to the PR industry. PR Suisse is the Swiss professional association of PR and communications professionals.
Numerous projects and initiatives initiated and realized
In addition to the statutory business, President Peter Eberhard looked back on the activities in 2015 in his tour d'horizon and gave an outlook on the current year. The numerous projects and initiatives include, in particular, the new brochure "Corporate Communication and Public Relations", an actual status report from the perspective of the professional association, which met with great demand, the newly designed industry newsletter Swissprnews, which has been published monthly since January 2015, the cooperation with the Swiss Award Corporate Communications, the first comprehensive salary survey of the Swiss PR and communications industry, and a new free initial legal consultation for members.
AGM at the Planetarium Verkehrshaus Lucerne: President Peter Eberhard speaks
Review of the commitment in the field of education
In view of the challenges facing courses in higher vocational education and training in a competitive environment, the Board decided to conduct a fundamental review of its commitment to education and training in the course of 2016, with the involvement of an external, experienced education expert as a coach.
International contacts with the Global Alliance, where PR Suisse is also actively involved in a working group on the topic of education, were intensified.
Prior to the official part, the participants had the opportunity to take a special guided tour through the special exhibition "Neat" (the world's longest railroad tunnel), which opened at the end of March, and thus gained an in-depth insight into this construction project of the century, which will be officially opened to traffic on June 1.
