Events
Past events (143)
70th Locarno International Film Festival
Wednesday, 02.08.2017
– Saturday, 12.08.2017
Cultural event; Public event
The 70th Locarno International Film Festival is taking place this August. The SDC is supporting the festival's Open Doors section which promotes film-makers from the South and East and helps with the production and distribution of independent feature films.
Location: Locarno
A look at the gradual rebuilding in northern Mali
Saturday, 15.07.2017
– Sunday, 13.08.2017
Exposition
The SDC is involved in rebuilding and recovery efforts in northern Mali after the political and security crisis in 2012-13. In this exhibition, seven photographers from Mali give a voice to the women and men who are gradually rebuilding their lives in the towns of Timbuktu, Niafunké and Youwarou.
Location: Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich
Annual Swiss Development Cooperation Conference SDC/SECO 2017
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
Promoting democracy in developing countries – a futile effort?
Thursday, 11.05.2017
– Thursday, 11.05.2017
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)
LUGA – ‘Beyond one’s own four kitchen walls’
Friday, 28.04.2017
– Sunday, 07.05.2017
Public event; Exposition
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.
Location: Lucerne, Lucerne Fair
Salon africain du livre
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.
Location: Geneva
Visions du Réel
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.
Location: Nyon
Human Security Division Annual Conference
Thursday, 06.04.2017
– Thursday, 06.04.2017
Conference Assembly
The 2017 Annual Conference of the FDFA Human Security Division focuses on «Political inclusion: A key to preventing violent extremism».
Location: Kursaal, Berne
Exhibition "Displaced" – In the footsteps of refugees
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.
Location: Stadtmuseum Aarau
31st Fribourg International Film Festival
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.
Location: Fribourg
Annual Conference of Swiss Humanitarian Aid and the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit
Friday, 24.03.2017
– Friday, 24.03.2017
Public event
The Annual Conference of Swiss Humanitarian Aid and the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit will take place on Friday 24 March 2017 at the Kursaal in Bern.
Location: Kursaal Bern
AQUA exhibition
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
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