Events

Conference Art at Risk – creative work in challenging contexts

A painting of a guard pulling back part of a border fence to reveal a mesh window onto the other side.

Thursday, 27.02.2020 – Saturday, 29.02.2020
international conference

Conference Art at Risk – creative work in challenging contexts in Zurich, Feb. 27th to 29th 2020

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

A hall full of spectators at the opening ceremony of the Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.

Tuesday, 05.11.2019 – Sunday, 10.11.2019

SDC panel discussion: Swiss support for health reforms in cooperation with Eastern Europe

A medical nurse is walking across the country

Friday, 04.10.2019 – Friday, 04.10.2019

SDC panel discussion Swiss support for health reforms in cooperation with Eastern Europe. What synergies and strengths can be drawn from the Swiss health system?

Location: Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana SUPSI, via Violino 11, Stabile Piazzetta, 6928 Manno

Zürcher Theater Spektakel

An artist, dressed in a brown dress, stands on a stage. She wears a wide band that she holds over her head and connects her to an image projected on her back.

Thursday, 15.08.2019 – Sunday, 01.09.2019

The SDC supports the productions of artists from the South and from the East at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel.

Location: Zürich

72nd Locarno Film Festival

Group photo of Open Doors 2018 participants from South Asia

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

A stand at the African Book Fair, where publishers present and sell African literary works to the public.

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

Exhibition "Displaced" © Swiss National Museum

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

Overhead shot of the festive evening atmosphere at the festival, with film enthusiasts and documentary film professionals chatting at the festival venue.

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