Thursday, 23.03.2017
– Sunday, 02.07.2017
Public event
AQUA, a travelling exhibition by the NGO Art for the World, will premiere in Geneva on World Water Day, and will feature works by thirty artists exploring the importance of water for people and the environment.
Location: Île Rousseau and Château de Penthes, Geneva
Thursday, 06.04.2017
– Sunday, 17.09.2017
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.
Friday, 23.06.2017
– Friday, 23.06.2017
Public event; Conference Assembly
This year's Annual Development Cooperation Conference takes a look at vocational education and training in different countries, sheds light on specific challenges and shows how vocational education and training can create local prospects for people.
Location: Lausanne, SwissTech Convention Center EPFL
On 11 May 2017, a public event on promoting democracy in developing countries will be held at the University of Zurich as part of the Democracy Without Borders initiative.
Location: University of Zurich, auditorium (main building)
Friday, 28.04.2017
– Sunday, 07.05.2017
Public event
The SDC will showcase a variety of projects from around the world at the coming LUGA, the Spring Fair of Central Switzerland, which takes place in Lucerne. Visitors will have the opportunity to find out more about the SDC and try tasty delicacies from a range of countries.
Wednesday, 26.04.2017
– Sunday, 30.04.2017
Public event
‘Melancholic Africa’ is the theme of Le Salon africain (the African Book Fair) at this year's Geneva Book and Press Fair, which will take place from 26 to 30 April. Le Salon africain is supported by the SDC.
Friday, 21.04.2017
– Saturday, 29.04.2017
Public event; Cultural event
The Visions du Réel international film festival in Nyon is an important gathering for professionals in the documentary film industry. The SDC supports the festival, which also presents documentary films from countries of the South and East.
Friday, 31.03.2017
– Saturday, 08.04.2017
Cultural event
The 31st edition of the Fribourg International Film Festival shines the spotlight on cinematography from Nepal. The SDC has supported the festival, which promotes film-making in the South and East, since its inception.
The SDC concluded its activities in Bhutan at the end of 2016. Switzerland’s contribution to the country's democratisation will be the subject of a panel discussion on 11 March 2017 in Bern.
Location: Generationenhaus, Bern. Free entry on registration
Wednesday, 08.03.2017
– Wednesday, 08.03.2017
Conference Assembly; Public event
Why are women and girls most commonly the first to suffer in the event of a natural disaster? How does climate change affect women more than men? What role can women play to improve their situation? Four female experts will discuss these questions in Bern on International Women's Day (8 March 2017).
Location: Kreuz Hotel, Bern. Free entry on registration.
Preview and review of the annual conferences of the SDC's departments for development cooperation, cooperation with Eastern Europe and humanitarian aid
