Jean-Frédéric Jauslin, the current Director of the Federal Office of Culture (FOC), is to become Ambassador to Unesco and the Organization for La Francophonie. His position at the BAK is being advertised.
The 58-year-old Jean-Frédéric Jauslin will represent Switzerland at UNESCO and in the OIF (Organization of the Francophonie). His post as Director of the FOC, which he has headed since April 1, 2005, will be advertised and will probably be filled until August 2013.
Jauslin will continue to head the office until this date. According to NZZ it is not the FDFA but Berset's Department of Home Affairs that will pay for the ambassador's post.
According to the NZZ, this indicates that "a special solution for the BAK director" has been found in order to open up new perspectives for the office following "tensions both within the BAK and between the head of office and the responsible head of department, Culture Minister Alain Berset".
According to the NZZ, Jauslin himself denies that there were any conflicts with Berset. The mood at the BAK is good, even if "cuts in the personnel budget have not made life any easier recently".
