Events
Past events (137)
72nd Locarno Film Festival
Wednesday, 07.08.2019
– Saturday, 17.08.2019
Cultural event; Public event
The SDC supports the Locarno Festival's Open Doors section, which every year spotlights a different part of the world where there are few opportunities for film-making and the promotion of culture.
Location: Locarno
70 years Switzerland – UNESCO
Monday, 17.06.2019
– Thursday, 20.06.2019
Conference Assembly
From the 17th to the 20th of June the Swiss Commission for UNESCO will celebrate the 70th anniversary of its creation and of Switzerland's adhesion to UNESCO on the Waisenhausplatz in Bern, with multiple conferences, expositions and networking.
Location: Bern, Waisenhausplatz
African Book Fair 2019
Wednesday, 01.05.2019
– Sunday, 05.05.2019
Public event
The African Book Fair 2019, which promotes authors and publishers from Africa, is supported by the SDC.
Location: Geneva
Exhibition "Displaced" – In the footsteps of refugees
Saturday, 06.04.2019
– Sunday, 05.01.2020
Public event; Cultural event
Every day we see images of people who fled their homeland, only to tragically lose their lives. But what does it mean to be forced to abandon your home, work, family and country? The exhibition "Displaced" allows visitors to put themselves in the shoes of refugees and to get some idea of what it is like to be forced to flee one's home.
Location: Historical and Ethnological Museum St. Gallen
Visions du Réel
Friday, 05.04.2019
– Saturday, 13.04.2019
Public event
The SDC supports the Visions du Réel international film festival, which seeks to give film-makers from the South and the East greater access to the Swiss public and the international film market.
Location: Nyon
Water in Crisis – Annual Conference of Swiss Humanitarian Aid
Friday, 29.03.2019
– Friday, 29.03.2019
Conference Assembly
Water in Crisis, Annual Conference of Swiss Humanitarian Aid Friday, 29 March 2019, 1.00 pm, Kursaal, Bern
Location: Kursaal Bern, Kornhausstrasse 3
33rd Fribourg International Film Festival
Friday, 15.03.2019
– Saturday, 23.03.2019
Film; Public event
The 33rd Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) shines the spotlight on cinematography from the Caribbean. The SDC has supported the festival since its inception.
Location: Fribourg
The Future of Work for African Youth
Thursday, 07.02.2019
– Thursday, 07.02.2019,
8.30 to 17.30
Conference Assembly
Conference on the Future of Work for African Youth organized by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 7 February, 2019 in Geneva.
Location: International Labour Organization (ILO), Room IX, Geneva
«We're young and know our rights!»: Panel discussion on Human Rights Day 2018
Monday, 10.12.2018
– Monday, 10.12.2018
podium
Young people, human rights and the judiciary in Switzerland and the partner countries of Swiss development cooperation
Location: Polit-Forum Bern, in the Käfigturm
World record to mark young people's call for action against climate change
Friday, 16.11.2018
– Friday, 16.11.2018
Public event
Be a part of this new world record as children and young people from all over the world call for action against climate change with over 100,000 postcards on the Jungfraujoch.
Location: Jungfraujoch
Forum cinfo – «Working in international cooperation»
Friday, 16.11.2018
– Friday, 16.11.2018
Public event
Shaping your career in development cooperation, humanitarian aid, economic cooperation or peace promotion is an art, not a science. Paths are often entwined and you might face some challenges on your way.
Location: Bern
TRAVERSE: Addressing the drivers of health inequities
Thursday, 08.11.2018
– Thursday, 08.11.2018,
Traverse
Public event
Disparities in income, education or cultural customs lead to major health inequalities. At the TRAVERSE, the SDC welcomes Sir Michael Marmot to discuss how to address drivers of health inequities.
Location: Schule für Gestaltung Bern, Schänzlihalde 31, Raum “Aula”
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