Partnerships
Patronage and Sponsoring
Together with the 23 other cantonal banks, BCGE promotes responsible behaviour towards money among young people through an educational game
Together with the 23 other cantonal banks and in collaboration with the ‘Syndicat des enseignants romands (SER)’ (teachers union of French-speaking Switzerland) and the ‘Dachverband Lehrerinnen und Lehrer Schweiz (LCH)’ (umbrella organisation of teachers Switzerland), BCGE is committed to promoting financial literacy. The national FinanceMission project aims to raise awareness among young people of the need to behave responsibly when it comes to money and to promote their general financial culture in a lasting way. To this end, an innovative educational offer is now available for teaching thanks to the FinanceMission Heroes game and its corresponding training material.The first FinanceMission offer includes the digital educational game "FinanceMission Heroes" as well as the teaching support material that goes with it. The game can be used by students as an app on their smartphone, tablet or computer. In doing so, they take on the role of a superhero and must free an imaginary city from devious and criminal robots. In the game, it is necessary to choose appropriate financing strategies for equipment objects, to allocate resources properly in terms of time and to budget correctly. In this way, students learn - in the true sense of the word - financial skills through play. For today's young people, the use of digital applications, apps and mobile devices is a matter of course. Serious games such as "FinanceMission Heroes" allow complex facts to be presented in a way that is very familiar to teenagers. In the game, students learn through their actions, suffer the consequences of their decisions in a stimulating environment and have the chance to correct their mistakes later on.
Website jeunesetbudget.ch
Launched by the Cantonal Banks, the website jeunesetbudget.ch deals with issues relating to young people and money.
This trilingual site provides parents with advice and tips, and helps them to teach their youngsters to manage their money responsibly.
The BCGE takes a targeted and limited approach to the support it gives to local initiatives and events in favour of structures in the canton and of youth work. Given its legal obligations (forming the capital, paying dividends, repaying the expenses of the Fondation de valorisation), the BCGE only has a limited and targeted budget for local and selected actions.
Donations
Within the framework of its patronage policy, the BCGE supports local associations with charitable, social or humanitarian aims. Donations are generally spread on an annually rotating basis to benefit local social and charitable causes or to target youth work and occasionally sporting initiatives which attract the general public, all without any commercial return.
Sponsoring
Sponsorship falls within a global marketing concept and primarily involves popular local events. BCGE's support is provided with commercial gains in return, mainly promoting the bank's products and services depending on the target audience, and enhancing the reputation of its business activities and its corporate identity.
Foundation for cultural, social and sporting support
The real estate foundation "Patrimoine" was founded in 1996 with the aim of supporting cultural, social and sporting activities of general interest in the canton of Geneva and its region. To this end, the foundation had acquired various buildings that had previously belonged to the Caisse d'épargne de la République et Canton de Genève and the Banque hypothécaire du Canton de Genève. Management of the buildings generates the resources which, once interest and customary loan/credit repayments have been made, on the one hand, and expenses paid for normal building maintenance and depreciation, on the other, means that the net income from the assets can be allocated towards the aims of the foundation. In the coming years, the foundation intends to increase its support for cultural, social and sporting events of general interest in the canton of Geneva and its region.
Banque Cantonale de Genève is proud to be represented by elite Swiss athletes who embody the same values of commitment and performance as the Bank.
These are long-term partnerships built on strong principles, common to sport and finance, based on a respect for strict rules, shared convictions and application of distinctive methodical choices.
Within the scope of their partnership, the athletes take part in exclusive BCGE events, in which they talk about their sporting careers and the work they have put in to be able to reach championship level.
They also allow their images to be used to illustrate the Bank’s various marketing and communication materials, each of them communicating a message specific to an area of expertise.
To find out more about the athletes that BCGE sponsors, go to: YouTube BCGE I Playlist Nos sportifs-ambassadeurs https://lnkd.in/ebBDRcfx (in French only)
Sebastianna Scilipoti, tennis player
No. 1 Swiss junior ITF player in 2020
Sebastianna started playing tennis at the age of 5. In 2015 she was selected by Swiss Tennis in the Espoirs category. She trained for three years between Geneva and the National Centre in Biel before joining the Bruguera Tennis Academy in Barcelona in 2018. Vice-champion in the U14 in 2017 and U16 in 2018, she won 4 European titles in 2019 and took 1st place at the ITF 18 tournament in Tunis in 2020.
her exclusive interview on our channel :
Interview with Sebastianna Scilipoti, tennis player and BCGE ambassador
@_.sebastianna._
Mickaël Matthey, wrestler
38 titles in Switzerland
Mickaël is a major athlete in French-speaking Switzerland and has won 40 titles in all competitions, including 2 in California, USA. The two athletes were filmed for the BCGE institutional video at on-site locations, respectively in Kandersteg and in the heights of Zermatt. On 13 May 2018, Mickaël Matthey was co-winner of the Geneva title at the Geneva Cantonal Festival of Anières. In 2019 he obtained 6 titles in French-speaking Switzerland and thus became vice-champion of French-speaking Switzerland. He won the only competition in 2020 (due to COVID).
his exclusive interview on our channel :
Maxime Chabloz, kite surfer
Junior world champion
After a remarkable start on skis, Maxime turned to kitesurfing at the age of 15 and quickly made waves. Today, he is one of the world's elite in the discipline and was crowned Junior World Kiteboard Champion at the age of 17. 3rd in the overall ranking at the GKA Air Games and in Akyaka (Turkey) at the World Kiteboarding Championships Elite in 2018, he participated in the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires and in the semi-final of the World Championships in Brazil. Now a professional athlete, he has distinguished himself in the most beautiful kitesurfing spots on the planet. Maxime was elected "Junior Sailor of the Year 2017 & 2018" by Swiss Sailing. In 2020 he won the only free style kitesurfing competition of the year in Brazil (due to Covid) during the GKA Kite World Tour.
https://www.maximechabloz.com/
RTS video on 24 mars 2019
Portrait de Maxime Chabloz, champion du monde junior du kite surf
Eline Rol, rower
World Champion
A member of the Canton of Geneva team of athletes, Eline started rowing at the age of fifteen. Since then, she has been training tirelessly and progressing rapidly. Swiss champion in her first year of competition, she joined the Swiss team, then won the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 2016. In 2017, Eline finished third at the Junior World Championships in the quadruple sculls (four rowers each with two oars) and is competing at the World Rowing Championships. In 2018, she won 6th place at the U23 World Championships in the lightweight doubles and the title of European Champion in the lightweight skiff also in the U23 category. On 28 July 2019, she won the title of World Champion with Sofia Meakin in the Olympic category (23 years old double lightweight) in Florida and received the "Best female hopeful 2019" award at La Nuit du sport genevois that same year.
http://www.teamgeneve.ch/team/le-team/eline-rol/
her exclusive interview on our channel :
BCGE has been sponsoring the Prix de l'Artisanat since 1999
The Prix de l'Artisanat, created in 1999, highlights the skills of a Geneva craftsman, his commitment to training the next generation and the transmission of his know-how.
Awarded under the patronage of the Association des Communes Genevoises (www.acg.ch), the prize highlights the richness and diversity of Geneva's craftsmanship.