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Welcome to the CAGI website ! Welcome to Geneva !

If you are working for:

  • an International Organisation
  • a Permanent Mission
  • a Consulate
  • an NGO (association - foundation)
  • an International Sports Federation
  • a Multinational Corporation

the Geneva Welcome Centre (CAGI) offers you  many free services to facilitate your settling-in and integration in the Lake Geneva region. Our colleagues from the housing, information, events and NGO Services as well as  the "Cultural Kiosk at the UN" will give you all the assistance you need, responding to your requests.

Do not hesitate to stop by and visit us, we are here for you !

 

NGO News


Consult the opportunities online
The NGO service offers a free employment exchange designed to bring together NGOs and persons wishing to have a paid job, or an internship, or to do volunteer work, in an NGO

"Modern Management for Non Profit Organizations" 2013 Session
Certificate of Advances Studies organized by the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Geneva

Call for nominations
for the 2013 Prize for women's creativity in rural life awarded since 1994 by WWSF Women's World Summit Foundation

All About IBFAN
Film shows the IBFAN Network in action in Europe, America, Africa, Asia and Oceania safeguarding the lives and health of children
 

CAGI Events


International SaturDay'n'Night
Saturday 8 June 2013 at la Pastorale Free entry and entertainments from 3 pm till midnight - Giant inflates games, World dances, Licia Chery concert, Salsa Party - Food trucks and Cocktails bar

Registration form
Don't forget to register in order to receive an email with all the necessary information about the next Afterwork
 

Recent additions on website


Activities during the vacation
The "Holiday Pass" is for sale.Discover all the huge variety of sport and recreation for children and teens during the vacation in our page

Genève Escapade
New residents free guided tours

Delegates Welcome Service
From January 2013, through this new service, the CAGI will offer an economic accommodation to facilitate participation in international conferences for delegates
 

Online Brochures GE & VD


Geneva Pocket Maps
Wie Gott im Welschland - Lucky eight tour - Spirit of Geneva - Welcome to the Capital of excellence - Surprenante Genève - Explore Geneva's Hidden Gems

Fun, Festival, Events 2013
When it comes to special events, the Lake Geneva Region is proud of its long tradition of cultural attractions that are fun and festive

The Lake Geneva Region
Would you like to discover new horizons? Then escape, for a few days, to the beautiful Lake Geneva Region. There's so much for you to see and to be captivated by. From our lakeside villages to our high alpine stations, from the Jura mountains to our tranquil countryside, a complete change of scene is guaranteed.

Top 100 experiences
The most striking encounters with Nature, selected by Swiss experts,

Handicap & Culture - Ville de Genève
About disability and culture (in french only)

Getting away at your own pace
Switzerland Mobility itineraries on foot, by bike, by mountain bike or on roller skates
 

What's on in Geneva


Open House Day at Geneva’s Wineries
Saturday May 25, 2013 - The first “Caves Ouvertes” day took place in 1987, when members of the Geneva chapter of the Swiss Winegrowers’ Association extended an open invitation to the public to come and visit their wineries. Twenty-six years later, nearly all of the canton’s wineries – some 80 – open their doors

Urban Geneva
May 25 & 26, 2013 - Urban culture & sport festival - Plaine de Plainpalais

La Fête des Voisins
Friday 31 May 2013 Neighbour Day in Switzerland

Fête de la musique
June 21-22 & 23, 2013 in Geneva

Fêtes de Genève 2013
From July 18 to August 11, 2013 - Portugal, Guest of Honour

Imagine Geneva
Geneva Tourism & Convention will guide you through the city and its region through a unique, creative and ongoing concept

GENEVA PASS
With the GENEVA PASS, you can explore city and countryside in all their splendour. Free entry, reduced rates, vouchers and many surprises...
 

What's on in Lake Geneva Region


The open wine-cellar
May 18 & 19, 2013

Caribana Festival
5 to 9 June, 2013 Nyon - The 23rd edition. Held on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Caribana Festival is a combination of some twenty concerts and a dozen DJs. Sunday is the day of Caribakids, the children's festival

Fête de la Musique de Nyon
Saturdays 15 & 21 June 2013

Fête de la Musique Lausanne
Thursday 21 June 2013

Festival de la Cité Lausanne
July 9-14, 2013 - The Festival de la Cité is a discovery festival of the arts in the historic part of Lausanne. The comtenporary program presents a mix of theatre, music, fun shows, dance, literature, etc..

Athletissima Lausanne 2013
Thursday 4 July 2013

Montreux Jazz Festival
July 5-20, 2013 - Founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, the Montreux Jazz Festival has become an unmissable event for music fans over the years, both in Switzerland and abroad

Avenches Opera Festival
The Avenches Opera Festival, whose first edition took place in 1995, is set in the magical surroundings of the Aventicum Roman Arenas. This year from 5th to 18th July 2013, Nabucco is making an immense comeback to the Avenches Arena!

Paléo Festival Nyon
July 23-28, 2013 - Since 1976 – and the "First Folk Festival" that drew an audience of some 1,800 people in the town assembly rooms in Nyon –, Paléo Festival is today one of Europe’s most important musical events.

Hiking in Spring
Over 50 varied fun walks throughout Switzerland where all the family can soak up the spring sun...

Private guided tour: a zigzag stroll through Carouge
A microcosm with a thousand facets, the Sardinian city little by little reveals its secrets: the name of a street evoking a past full of history, a garden or a courtyard discovered by pushing open a door...

Lavaux - UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Lavaux vineyards have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Programme since 2007. The site illustrates the interaction between man and Nature. It is henceforth protected from creeping urbanisation.

Nyon, roman town
The Museum is installed in the basilica of the Roman forum. Noviodunum, a colony founded by Julius Cesar, has left many vestiges behind, in particular the amphitheatre discovered in 1996.

Yvoire, medieval bourg since 1306
This medieval bourg, ideally situated on the expanse separating the "little lake" from the "great lake", still possesses some of the essential elemants of the fortifications of the 14th Century : the castle, doors, ramparts...

Tradion & Know-how
Discover the Salt Mines in Bex, the Distillery for medicinal and aromatic plants in Bassins, the Wood Museum at Arboretum in Aubonne, and more....
 
 

IO Exhibitions and Museums


Musée international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge
Reopening on 18 May 18 2013 - The new permanent exhibition will be an introduction to contemporary humanitarian action, breaking away from traditional museography.

PLANET OCEAN exhibition by the GoodPlanet Foundation
From 9 May to 9 June 2013, a new GoodPlanet Foundation photography exhibition highlights how indebted mankind is to the oceans.

The Friends of MAMCO
WHAT CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM FOR THE 21st CENTURY? A conference cycle organised by the Friends of Mamco

Lake Geneva Museum, Nyon
Since 1954, the year of its foundation, the Lake Geneva Museum has gathered a unique collection of objects

The Art and History Museum
Current exhibitions in the MAHs: Maison Tavel, Rath Museum, Musée d'art et d'histoire, etc...

Museum of the History of Science
Parc de la Perle du Lac in Geneva. Many scientific instruments of past centuries with nice documentation. Free entrance!

Geneva Museum of Natural History
The Museum preserved million specimens belonging to the exceptionnel natural heritage. Invaluable, they are the delight of scientists...

The Olympic Museum
Without a doubt, this is the best known Lausanne museum throughout the world. It has the most visitors as well, somewhere between 160,000 and 210,000 each year, including lots of children and school groups.

Public Museums
In presenting jointly 36 museums and arts centres, the Cultural Affairs Department of the city of Geneva seeks to underscore the contribution and importance of each of these institutions

Museums in the Lake Geneva Region
The Lake Geneva Region offers over a hundred museums exhibiting a vaste range of cultural heritage items !

Microcosm Exhibition at CERN
From the infinitely large to the infinitesimally small, Microcosm will give you the key to understanding the secrets of matter.

Univers of Particles Exhibition
CERN - Globe of Science and Innovation - Entrance free
 

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For a successful integration


Bureau de l'Intégration de Genève
Invitation to an information and welcome evening on Geneva in order to help you settle down and get to know the Canton and the City better.

Welcome to the Canton of Vaud
Expat Guide - Services for individuals

Swiss Portal My Switzerland.com
General Facts about Switzerland: shopping, currency, public holidays, education and private schools, nightlife, etc...

The Swiss Portal: ch.ch
The administration accessible to all. Switzerland in all its many forms: Switzerland through multimedia, The Country and its population, Daily life and travel, etc...

Swissworld.org
Life in Switzerland: How the Swiss live, Swiss knowhow, Typically Swiss, Switzerland facts, Making a presentation about Switzerland, etc...