Events

Conference on "Hidden Hunger and Social Business"

Wednesday, 18.03.2015 – Wednesday, 18.03.2015
Conference Assembly

Food programmes alone are often not enough to alleviate chronic malnutrition. This conference on 18 March 2015 in Bern seeks to show how social innovations in nutrition can offer new solutions to chronic malnutrition.

Location: Hotel Bern, Bern

Panel discussion on gender equality with former federal councillor Ruth Dreifuss

Friday, 06.03.2015 – Friday, 06.03.2015
Public event; Conference Assembly

To mark this year's International Women's Day on 8 March, the FDFA and SDC are organising a panel discussion on gender equality.

Concert by Kara Sylla Ka

Sunday, 22.02.2015 – Sunday, 22.02.2015
Concert; Cultural event; Public event

Artlink, the office for cultural cooperation, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The SDC has supported Artlink for many years. The Senegalese musician Kara Sylla Ka will give a concert at the PROGR artistic and cultural centre in Bern as part of the celebrations.

Location: PROGR Foundation, Centre for cultural practice, Bern

Discussion on the power of visual communication at the opening of the Karina Muench exhibition

Tuesday, 13.01.2015 – Tuesday, 13.01.2015
Exposition; Cultural event; Public event

The exhibition “El grito del silencio”by the Mexican photographer, Karina Muench, presents a series of deeply moving portraits of women in Bolivia.

Human Rights Day event on 10 December 2014

Tuesday, 09.12.2014 – Tuesday, 09.12.2014

The state of being landless or without secure land titles often goes hand in hand with poverty, hunger and expulsion. Land is one of the most important resources of all, especially for the poor. Poor access to land compromises human rights such as the rights to food, water and health.

Location: Polit-Forum Käfigturm, Bern Time: 17h00–19h00 (in English)

Einladung: Die Post-2015 Agenda und die Schweiz / November 2014 (de)

Wednesday, 26.11.2014 – Wednesday, 26.11.2014
Conference Assembly; Public event

Location: Im Burgerratssaal des Kulturcasinos Bern

Traverse: Agricultural commodity trade, food prices and regulation – International debate and relevance for Switzerland

Monday, 24.11.2014 – Monday, 24.11.2014
Cultural event

The FAO estimates that over the period 2011- 2013 around 842 million people, or one out of eight worldwide, suffered from chronic hunger. Despite overall progress, food security remains a major global challenge and progress is mixed and subject to marked differences across regions.

Location: Sorell Hotel Ador, Laupenstrasse 15, 3001 Bern, Room Gnägi

Sexual and gender-based violence in conflict – a legacy for post-conflict reconstruction, sustainable development and peace

Tuesday, 11.11.2014 – Tuesday, 11.11.2014
Conference Assembly; Conference

During war and violent conflict, sexual and gender-based violence is a commonplace occurrence. On 11 November, a panel discussion about this issue, the challenges it poses, and possible approaches to solve the problem will be held at the Cinematte cinema in Bern. Among the participants in the event will be Zeinab Hawa Bangura, the UN secretary-general’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict, and Manuel Sager, the new director-general of the SDC.

Location: Cinematte Bern

13th Symposium of Medicus Mundi Switzerland

Wednesday, 05.11.2014 – Wednesday, 05.11.2014
Conference Assembly

13th Symposium of Medicus Mundi Switzerland

Location: Basel

International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development

Tuesday, 04.11.2014 – Thursday, 06.11.2014
Conference Assembly; Conference

Scheduled for November 4-6, 2014 in Washington D.C., this 2nd International Conference will tackle the difficulties linked to the evaluation of climate change and development, described by many as a major 21st century evaluation challenge

Location: Washington D.C.

Forum on Postal Financial Inclusion

Tuesday, 04.11.2014 – Tuesday, 04.11.2014
Conference Assembly; Speech

Location: Universal Postal Union, Weltpoststrasse 4, 3000 Berne 15, Conference room Montgomery Blair.

18th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

Tuesday, 04.11.2014 – Sunday, 09.11.2014

From 04 to 09 November 2014, the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Winterthur International Short Film Festival) is, once again, bringing a variety of short films produced by film-makers from around the world to Winterthur. As part of its commitment to culture, the SDC has been supporting the festival since 2008 to promote films from the South and East, as well as their directors.

Location: Winterthur