SMArt – Sustainable Mountain Art
SDC’s Global Programmes focus on key challenges such as climate change and environment, water, migration, health, agriculture and food security. Changes in behaviour and consumption require empathy. Art is a complementary pathway helping to create awareness, stimulate necessary debate and generate action. By engaging artists with society at large, with a particular focus on mountains as entry point and on youth as important actor group, the implementation of Agenda 2030 can be enhanced.
| Paese/Regione | Tema | Periodo | Budget |
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Mondo |
Sensibilizzazione allo sviluppo
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01.07.2019
- 30.06.2024 |
CHF 1’250’000
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- 50 exhibitions were held in Switzerland (incl. 4 collective exhibitions) and abroad with thousands of visitors and impressive media coverage;
- 21 artists (incl. 3 from Switzerland) participated and acted as connectors and ambassadors for topics related to the global programmes of SDC;
- 8 countries involved in sending/receiving artists for cultural exchange and dialogues
- 6 locations in Switzerland received foreign artists in their dedicated residencies
- 1 first south-south pilot cooperation between Lebanon and Morocco
- Altra organizzazione svizzera non profit
- Settore privato svizzero
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Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE Unallocated / Unspecified
Sotto-Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE Promotion of development awareness (non-sector allocable)
Temi trasversali Il progetto promuove la biodiversità.
Tipo di aiuto Mandato senza fondo fiduciario
Contributo al progetto e al programma
Numero del progetto 7F09111
| Contesto |
While factual knowledge and information regarding key global challenges are widely available, behaviour and consumption patterns remain on an unsustainable path. In order to trigger the necessary changes, other entry points need to be explored to complement the traditional fact based and rather abstract rationales that are difficult to be understood by many actors of the society. Herein art and culture - combined with inter-cultural exchanges and encounters - can make a meaningful contribution to help implement and achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other global agendas such as the Paris Agreement or the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Relevance of intervention: Art and culture have proven to be powerful agents of change when it comes to raising awareness about complex processes and abstract challenges such as the concept of Sustainable Development (SD). Herein the project ‘Sustainable Mountain Art’ (SMArt) attempts to sensitize various target groups both in Switzerland and in the countries of origin of the involved artists for global issues including in particular those related to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other relevant and related global agendas. By providing the opportunity to a number of artists to spend time in a different context – in particular the Swiss mountains – new perspectives and new contextual understandings are stimulated. This leads to art pieces of different kind that stimulate an exchange of ideas and perceptions with various audiences both in Switzerland and abroad. |
| Obiettivi | The key objective of SMArt it Phase 3 remains to create stimulating art pieces that help engage artists with a variety of audiences - including in particular youth and decision-makers - in debates and reflections on key aspects of sustainable development and on global challenges related in particular to climate change, water, food security, health and migration and with a link to mountain regions. |
| Gruppi target | The key target groups will remain the same as for Phase 1 and 2: i) artists in partner countries as well as in Switzerland; ii) art schools and related institutions in SDC partner countries and in Switzerland; iii) civil society including decision-makers; iv) youth / learners of primary and secondary schools; v) organizations involved in the promotion of art and culture including governmental and various funding institutions |
| Risultati |
Risultati fasi precedenti: |
| Direzione/Ufficio responsabile |
DSC |
| Credito |
Cooperazione allo sviluppo |
| Partner del progetto |
Partner contrattuale Economia privata Organizzazione svizzera senza scopo di lucro Partner attuatore Fondation pour le Développement Durable des Régions de Montagnes (FDDM)
Altri partner Other key partners in Switzerland: Canton of Valais through its ‘Service de la culture’; Lotterie Romande Valais; Fondation Château Mercier; Théâtre du Crochetan; artbellwald.ch; Verzasca FOTO Festival; Kunstdepot Göschenen; Air Villakulla Other key partners abroad: Centro de la imagen (Peru); Lugar a dudas (Colombia); École supérieure des Arts visuels (ESAV, Maroc); Arts Council of Mongolia; Rwanda Cinema Centre; Dar Al Mussawir (Lebanon), Three Shadow Photography Center (China) |
| Coordinamento con altri progetti e attori | SDC contributes to the project through funding, knowhow and a relevant network of contacts both in Switzerland and in partner countries; all five global programs are entrusted to look on a rotational base after the operational implementation of the project while the financial administration will be secured through the global program water for the new phase; a link to the DRR Network shall also be established. |
| Budget | Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF 1’250’000 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF 1’200’000 Progetto totale dalla prima fase Budget Svizzera CHF 1’240’000 Budget inclusi partner del progetto CHF 5’880’000 |
| Fasi del progetto |
Fase 3 01.07.2019 - 30.06.2024 (Completed) Fase 2 01.07.2015 - 30.06.2019 (Completed) Fase 1 01.07.2014 - 30.06.2015 (Completed) |
